I j]ie Pilot (Covers
mprunswick County
thirteen no.
mcom Stanlt
154,000 Thrc
I Of Comp
jllotte Man Was Suing I
Consiruction Co. |
W Brown Walker For
po.QOO For His Injury
Mo-DAY TRIAL
MBROVGHTJTO CLOSE
Hg, Was 1 ried Before
jHgjge Jeff D Johnson,
Mq(?Clinton: Much LeB
gal Talent
H-t _ s of a compromise
B. iched Wednesday folB.
a two-day battle in <*bB...
Supirlor court BasB
Stanley. Shallotte citizen.
K wive the sum of $4,000.00
Btf settlement of his suit for
siO.00 aaginst Oobb ConstrucB
; and Brown Walker. Costs
B" case are to be paid by the
was moved from
1 dt county for trial this
Bi before Judge Jeff D. JohnB
who is presiding
Br a term of Superior court
B-3- of dvil cases.
Bfirier this year a Brunswick
II.-v -Ury had returned a verL
providing payment of the full
t'of 520.000.00 to the plaintiff,
[judge John J. Burney. presidLtver
the term, set the verdict.
L; attorneys for the defense
Loned for trial in another
Ex This was granted, and the
L favor of the plainII
resulted.
Particularly outstanding was
[array of legal talent that ap[..
cr. each side. For Stanley
t counsel included S. B. Frink
k P.. I. Mintz of Southport,
nr. Mclntvre and Henry,
p'oerton: P.. H. Burns and sons
li y M Toon. Whiteville. The
fcse was represented by C. Ed.
fx and E. J. Prevatte of
Klport: John D. Bellamy and
(a and Carr. James and Carr,
kr.gtfr.: and Tucker . and
mr of Whiteville.
Its case gre wout of an autoBe
accident which occured
re than two years ago while
shsction was in progress on
Shallotte-Whiteville highway.
?r. Walker, an employee at
t tine of Cobb Construction
was driver of a car which
:;k ar.d seriously injured Stanresulting
in his permanent
total disability. It was upon
i grounds that the suit was
?ilt.
eed Graders
Are In Demand
Bmouncement Of Civil SerH
iice Examination To Fiji
B Several Positions In This i
BType Of Service
BW-L-D?Thus rings the chant I
B" ' bacco auctioneer: and an-1
Be lot of tobacco is on its way
B tie factory. Before this pics'
phase of tobacco selling j
B ice. however, the Fed- i
B< Government has performed
m*.r. important. if somewhat
B" khmsque, function: the inBjton
ami certificating of the
Bl tobacco by inspectors of the j
"cultural Marketing Service of
Bkpartment of Agriculture. If
Bvct to be a tobacco inspecB
the United States Civil ServBtbwninlon
has just issued an
B?natior. for vacancies in these
Bbwis which pay from $1,620
B 13,200 a year.
J* inspection of tobacco inthe
judging of lots of leaf
Bitco to determine its type,
Bj& quality, length, and other
Bucteristics rand placing it in
60 or more grades accord^pto
United States standards.
jB^tors may also work in the
market news service of |
B Department of Agriculture.
B ^htion to the three grades j
B^ition involving regular in- ]
Bl? *ork appointments will
for trainee inspector and
aid positions ($1,620
JuUO a y<ar respectively).
^ appointed to these posi- 1
have an opportunity to
V ""'inn the close supervision
B?Wcnctd inspectors, and in
B| '*-v acquire within the scrvL'
knowledge of tobacco inKr"
and the United
standard grades under the
Bt? Inspection Act. OpportunPhunotion
is good.
B e-cants must have appropriBj*I*riencc
in the sorting, in "*>8,
buying, selling, or blcndtW^000
a<-'cording to qualBL
'aion is made for the sub-1
of colli gc study for parti
t[ ;[!Sper"ncp- Applicants for'
[ ^ntinued on page 4) \
TH
34
iy Gets
>ugh Terms
romise Toda)
JFDGE JEFF D. JOHNSON
Establish Go
F.S.A. F
County F.S.A. Supervise
Frank M. Page Attende
A Three-Day Farm An
Home Management Pr<
gram At Goldsboro
LIVE-AT-HOME
IS FARM THEM!
Year-Round Garden An
Small Grain Are Two Of
The Requisites Of New
Set-Up
At least two milk cows, E
laying hens, and a brood sow
to be a Food For Defense goi
in 1942 for recovery farm famil
farming under U. S. Departmer
of Agriculture's rehabilitation pr<
gram, County Farm Security Ac
ministration Supervisor Frank J
Page announced today upon his ri
turn from Goldsboro, where he a
tended a 3-day farm and hoir
management conference.
Other goals include a yea;
round garden: 3 acres of whea
where harvesting facilities are I
be had; and potatoes and true
crops adapted to local condition
Page said the conference ws
called to set goals and standari
in farming plans for FSA borrov
ers next year with emphasis c
"health and diet". Vance E. Swif
of Raleigh, State FSA Directo
was the prinicpal speaker an
representatives were present fro:
District seven, eight and nir
Eastern North Carolina counties.
"L,ive-ai-nome nas ueeu a m.
requirement of FSA borrowers i
past years," the supervisor sail
"and we are redoubling: our e:
forts now, as our part in tt
current 'Food For Freedom, I
furnish such financing and advi:
ory assistance as will help farn
ers who need it to establish livi
at-home enterprises."
"Two needs are paramount," i
pointed out: "FSA farmers nee
to produce now sufficient food t
safeguard the health of their ow
families, with some to spare f(
others in the fight for freedon
and secondly, they need to ma&
provision for the future".
"Now when the world neec
poultry, meat and dairy product
and we have a chance to se
our surplus, is the time for th
small farmer to establish himse
on a sound operating basis an
thus be in better shape after th
war is over", Mr. Page said. "K
must not only get started on
sound food and feed productic
basis now but he must impro\
his land now so that after th
war is Over he will have a fan
which is capable of supportfn
his family on a decent standard
he pointed out.
The Supervisor quoted State D
rector Swift as saying that
large proportion of farm peop]
who come to FSA for help "usua
ly are those who have not bee
able to produce more than ha
of the essential foods?such a
milk, chickens, eggs, pork an
vegetables?necessary to maintai
safe health standard^,
"Farm Security Administratio
is trying to help such families t
acquire the facilities to produc
100 per cent of their own foe
needs with a little surplus for d<
fense. And on top of that we ai
trying to help our borrower fan
ilies to so plan their farming opei
ations and follow.such practice
as will build up the land."
"Food For Freedom" goals s<
up by the Department for Bruni
wick county as a whole for 194
(Oontlnuea on page 4)
E ST.
A Got
4 PAGES TODAY
Close Waterway
; For Maneuvers
Only Part-Time Schedule
j For Passage Of inland
Waterway Traffic Will
_ Be Allowed Under Plan
It is planned, in the interest of
war maneuvers, to close the Inland
Waterway between New Riv|
er Inlet and Swansboro from Jan|
uary 11 to January 21, 1942, according
to announcement from the
I war department. It is proposed
i to close the waterway at 5 P. M,
on January 11 and open it thereafter
for the passage of navigation
each day between the following
hours: Midnight to 1:00
A. M.; 8:00 A. M. to 10:00 A. M.;
4:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M.
Boatsmen are asked to advise
the department immediately the
number of trips they expect their
vessels to make in this 16-mile
section of the waterway during
the period of the proposed maneuvers,
and to what extent they
would be delayed or otherwise in(Continued
On Page Four)
al For
'armers In 1942
sfgi
r Flowers Bloom
At Plantation
a
Yellow jessamines are still
in bloom at Orton and there are
some six varieties of camellias
now blooming, out of the 350
E kinds that provide an almost year
round succession of flowers. The
d greatest profussion of the camellias
breaks forth in December,
January and February.
Orton will figure largely in a
camellia festival that is to be
held at Wilmington in the near
is future. Bob Godfrey and Churchill
Bragaw, horticulturists at the
Y gardens, are making extensive
preparations for the event.
)
l Sprunts Return
fe To Orton Home
r- Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence
t' Sprunt Will Spend The
? Winter Months At Orton
k Plantation
s.
is Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence
Is Sprunt have recently moved from
Wrightsville back to Orton, their
in winter home. Where they formerly
t, spent only two or three months
r, out of each winter here in Brunsid
wick county they are now residm
ing here for half the year or
le more, coming in early in November
and not leaving until May.
3t Last fall recognition of the
,n acute housing shortage in Willi,
mington, and the need of every
f- available dwelling, resulted in the
le Sprunt's leasing their town house
:o there. With their town house now
s- occupied, it is understood that
i- their permanent plans are to live
8- for half the year at Orton and
the other half at their Wrightsle
ville summer home.
'd As has previously been said, the
:o opening up of Orton Plantation
n and gardens during the past few
>r years has made the Sprunt pro1;
(Continued on page 4)
ic
State Bulletins
Is Now Available
ii
le The Agricultural Conservation
jf Program Bulletin for 1942 now is
|d available at th ecounty AAA ofie
fice, according to B. R. Bennett,
[e chairman of the Brunswick county
a AAA committee,
in The bulletin covers all provide
sions of the conservation program,
ie including information on payments
n and deduction rates, said Mr. Beng
nett. It also contains full details
with regard to soil-building practices.
ia
Three Brunswick
? Boys At State
l" RALEIGH, Dec. 2?Three stu1S
dents from Brunswick county arc
(l included among the 2.425 registcred
at N. C. State College for the
1941-42 academic year, Registrar
W. L. Mayer reported this week,
o All except two of the state's
;e 100 counties are represented in
,d the student body, with North Car?.
olina providing 1,997 of the total.
c Other states account for 411 of
1. the students, and 17 registered
r. from points outside the contin,s
cntal United States.
State College students from
>t Brunswick county are: Addison
3- Jenrette, Ash: William Talmage
2 Sellers, Shallotte; and James Roy
Rabon, Route 2, Leland.
ATE
>d News paper I
Southport, N. C., Wedi
Points Value
Of Prevention
Of Woods Fire
Writer Sees Timber As Major
Cash Crop Of Brunswick
County And One
That Has Bright Future
TIMBER PRODUCTS
HAVE MANY USES
[ Offer Many Possible Sources
Of Revenue To Farmers
From Early Growth
Until Near Maturity
(BY W. B. KEZIAH)
"The State Department of Agriculture
has been regarding forest
[ products more and more in the
[ light of being a regular farm crop.
Down here in Brunswick your
' woods are really a great crop.
The products rank equal with to|
bacco and cotton and this fact is
largely the result of foresrghteri
protection from forest fires for
the past several years."
So. remarked J. R. Spratt, District
forester, who was here last
week from headquarters at Fayetteville,
accompanied by County
Forest Warden Dawson Jones.
In Brunswick county the woods
probably outrank either tobacco
or cotton as a cash crop. January
until December small but well producing
sawmills are humming in
uie orunswicK wooas. xou can
scarcely travel anywhere through
the county and be out of sound
of the axe that is felling trees
1 for pulpwood, cross ties, fire wood,
pilings or lumber the whole year
round.
And there is another side to it.
The unburned woods conserve
(continued on page four) :
Clay Smith Gets
His Commutation
Governor Commutes His
Sentence In Consideration
Of Work Performed
While At County Home
Clay Smith, white man from the
Howell's Point section, was re- '
leased from custody yesterday i
when Governor J. M. Broughton
commuted his sentence in consideration
of work done during his
period of servitude at the Brunswick
County Home.
Smith was convicted in April '
for violation of the prohibition
1 law and was given 12 months on
the roads. In poor health, he was J
i assigned to work under supervi
sion of the superintendent at the '
county home instead of being sent 1
to the roads.
(Continued On Page 4) i
i
Mrs. Cannon Is
Club Hostess i
i
The Bolivia Home Demonstration
Club met with Mrs. Geo. ,
Cannon on Nov. 3rd. I
Mrs. Frank Mintz. vice-presiI
dent presided over the business
session. The nominating committee
brought in the following report:
President, Mrs. VV. A. Kopp; '
1 Vice-President, Miss Bessie Wil!
lctts; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs.
Geo. Cannon. Plans were made for
1 a Christmas party.
Due to the absence of Miss
Genevieve Eakes, home agent. <
there was no demonstration. Meat ;
canning will be given at the Dec. ,
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Frank Mintz.
Mrs. C. C. Russ was a visitor. ,
' During the social hour the hostess
served hot chocolate and cookies.
Bolivia Autom<
Has Inte
1 J. A. Elmore of the Elmore
Motor Company has apparently
pulled a fast one on those with
an idea that Orton Plantation
has a monopoly on growing
beautiful flowers in Brunswick
county. Mr. Elmore is growing
flowers as a hobby and for love
of the plants, A procedure that
might well be followed by other
Brunswick people.
The discovery of Mr. Elmore
as a flower lover came about
recently when he was encountered
on the road with a huge
truck load of very rich, black
earth. He was naturally asked
what he was doing with that
earth. The inquiry led to the
general information that Mr. Elmore
had 7,000 azalea plants
growing near his garage at Bolivia.
And if that was not enough
for the hobby of one man, he
also had 5,000 camellias, of
many different varieties.
The information did not end
P0R|1
n A Good Con
lesday, December 3, 1
STILL IN
"F"
4 ^
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...
H ^7
IV ilk-:.
CTII I RITI1MP. T?uori"
ki>< m. in >_ ij< vij
Florida and Southport the 1
above photo, showing" Kay Jt
bill, gaffing an albacore duri
take nin November. Last yeai
out from here had luck in D
ture ar Bill Garrison, center,
of Washington, D. C.?(Was
Estimate Thai
Work Will
Motorist Magazine j
Has Fine Publicity
In the November issue of the!
American Motorist Don N. Carpenter,
hunting and fishing editor i'
of the Washington Daily News,!
stole the show with a two page, f
front story with pictures all about |
Brunswick county, Southport, Or- j
ton Plantation, Bald Head island
ind Frying Pan Shoals.
Of the hundreds of good out- j
:loor stories by outdoor writers j
during the year, Carpenter is
probably plugging Brunswick
county in its masterpiece of pub- [
llcity with this story of his in
the American Motorist.
Old-Fashioned
Church Bazaar
Will Be Held Friday In i
Masonic Building Begin-.
ning At 4:30 O'clock; !
Numerous Departments
An old-fashioned church bazaar[
will be held on Friday in the
Masonic building with the doors j
opening at 4:30 o'clock. It is being
sponsored by the circles of the j
Woman's Division of Christian j
Service of Trinity Methodist
church of which Mrs. Harold St.!
(Continued on page 4) 1
>bile Man
resting Hobby
there. A third person who was '
approached with a chance remark
about the flowers at the j
Elmore garage came forward ]
something additional.
"Oh! But, you should see the
yard at the Elmore home in
Wilmington! I have been there
several times and I have had
people who are well versed in
flower culture to tell me that
the flowers in the Elmore yard
could not be duplicated at a cost
of less than $2,000."
This information from a j;
friend of Mr. Elmore was rather
amazing, especially when he added
that he had often heard the
flower lover say that the flowers
in the Wilmington home
yard and at the garage had not
cost him more than $50.00 and
the time which he had been
more than glad to give since
it afforded him a lot of healthful
relaxation.
r pil
imunity
941 r PUBLIS
SEASON
~
. ^ s
HP I
. ' ,!adwM .
where except California, ,
Fishing season is over. The
irgensen, mate on the Torong
a Gulf Stream trip, was
r in December parties going
ecember. Others in the picand
Bob Wilson, left, both
hington Times-Herald Cut.)
: Caswell
Take 60-Days
That Is Extent Of Present
Contract, According To
E. A. Mull, Superintendent
For Construction Co.
ARE DISMANTLING
OLD BUILDINGS
Construction Plans Call For
Erection Of Mess Hall
And Dock; Other Buildings
May Follow
It will require about sixty days
for the Southeastern Construction
Company of Charlotte to finish
their present reconstruction contract
at Fort Caswell, according
to statements made this week by
Superintendent E. A. Mill.
Some 25 men worked last week
dismantling several of the old
buildings that were in such shape
that there was no desire to rebuild
them. This week, with material
coming in, the force of
workmen is being increased to a
hundred. The work consists mostly
of replacing porches and other
woodwork that has been exposed
to the weather and has decayed.
New plumbing, plastering and wiring
will also be in order, as will
painting.
The contract calls for the construction
of a large mess hall and
the building of a dock. There is
nothing in the contract relative
to the building of shops, etc., so
it is possible that other contracts
will be let by the government as
soon as the housing project begins
to clear up.
Weekly Session
Of County Court
Routine Session Of Brunswick
County Recorder's
Court Held Before Judge
Walter M. Stanaland On
Monday
It didn't take much time for
Judge Walter M. Stanaland to get
through his duties Monday as only
two cases were tried.
Ralph Callahan, white, was up
for driving an automobile after
his license had been revoked. The
case was nol-prossed, the defendant
to pay the costs.
Archie Wilson, colored, pleaded
guilty to charges of forcible trespass.
Judgment was with held in
that case until he can be tried on
another count, resisiting an officer.
It was impossible for the
prosecuting witness in that matter
to be present at court Monday.
,0T
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Red Cross Ro
Figures In
Increasec
*
NOVEMBER WEATHER
WAS WARM AND DRY
Weather during the month of
November distinguished itself
by being unusually dry und unseasonably
warm.
Total precipitation for the (
30-day period was 1.21-inchcs,
making for a condition that is
a forest-fire menace. There
were 31 clear days, 3 partly
cloudy days and 4 cloudy days.
Prevailing wind was from the
northeast.
Maximum temperature for
the month was 17-degrees on i
November 1st, although the
mercury traveled up around
that mark on several other
days. Low rending was 31-degrees
on November 12th.
Lack Of Farm
Gardens Costs
County $9,984
Last Census Showed That
208 Farmers_ In Bruns
wick f ailed lo Urow A
Garden
TOTAL 1513 FARMS
WITH GARDENS
Total Value Placed On Gardens
Produced In County
Last Year Amounts To
$72,083.00; Shortage
Effects Health
Too
Farm people of Brunswick county
rob their pocketbooks, as well
as their health, when they fail to
grow a garden, says L. P. Watson,
Extension horticulturist of
N. C. State College. To prove his
point, the agricultural leader presents
the following facts and figures:
The 1940 census showed that
1,513 farms in this county had a
garden, but 208 farms in the
county did not have a garden.
The value of all the farm gardens
in the county, as estimated
to the census-takers by the farm
people themselves, totaled $72,083.
That is an average value per
garden of $48.00.
By multiplying the average
value per garden by the number
of farms without a garden, it
can be seen that the loss to the
county due to the failure of every
farm family to have a garden
totaled $9,984.00.
Watson reported that the State
totals shows that $1,868,940 wasj
lost by North Carolina farm pco(Continued
On Page Four)
Missionary Field
Worker Coming
Miss Myrtle H. Zentmeyer
Of Raleigh Will Be At
Several Churches In The
County Next Week
Miss Myrtle H. Zentmeyer, of
Raleigh, Woman's Missionary
Union field worker of North Carolina,
will be in Brunswick Association
next week to conduct two
mission study classes in the study
of "These Things Remain".
The class will be held with Mt.
Pisgah Church Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The following day Wednesday,
Dec. 10, she will be at Mill Creek
Church. These classes begin at
nine-thirty o'clock. Those who attend
should bring a lunch.
The members of every Missionary
Baptist Church in Brunswick
Association and adjoining associations
are invited and urged to
attend these classes at the church
most convenient. The pastors are
urged to come too.
Tuesday night at seven-thirty
o'clock Miss Zentmeyer wil deliver
an inspirational message at Antioch
Church. Everybody is invited
to come.
Close Meeting Of
Woman s Society
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist
church closed the week of prayer
with an interesting program on
Sunday moming, Nov. 23, with
Mrs. Geo. Cannon as leader.
Others taking part on program
were: Mrs. B. M. Wilson, Mrs.
W. K. Cox, Misses Mary E. Gibbs,
Madeline McRee, Elizabeth Henry.
1
Most Of The News
Ail The Time
r
1 B
$1.50 PER YEA!
11 Call ~ I
dicate An
I Membership
Incomplete Returns From
Southport Indicates An
Increase Here Over Last
Year's Membership Drivd
BIG INCREASE IS
MADE AT BOLIVIA
Only Two Places In The
County Have Reported,
With Returns Indicating
Increase Over
Last Year
A complete tabulation of Red
Cross memberships has not been
completed, according to Mrs.
James M. Harper, Jr., roll call
chairman, but Southport is within
four members of last year's
total with two solicitors still unreported.
In the county the trend is just
as promising, although final reports
have been made from only
two places. Greatest improvement
was noted in the Bolivia community
where Mrs. W. A. Kopp secured
18 new members. Last year
there was no report from that
community.
In the Shallotte section Miss
Mae D. Mastalertz increased her
last year's total of 18 Red Cross
members to 22 members. Ij
Last year Mrs. J. L. Henry at
Winnabow led all other workers
outside of Southport with 18 members.
A preliminary check with
her vesterdav revealed that she
has not reached that number for
this year, but that she has good
prospects of doing so.
So far there have been only 60
members reported among the
school faculties of the county. It
is expected that at least twenty
more members will come in from
this source, bringing the total
members for the Brunswick
County Chapter comfortably above
last year's figures of 211.
Frank Sherrill !Sells
His Yacht
In Letter Last Week To
Secretary Of Chamber Of
Commerce Says Drifter
Has Been Sold
Southport people will miss tho t'
Drifter, the beautiful 76-foot
yacht of Frank O. Sherrill, who
wrote W. B. Keziah of the Cham-,
ber of Commerce that he had sold 1
the Drifter to Mr. Eisenlohr, the j'
man who made Cinco cigars fatrrtous.
The Drifter was a splendid boat,
admirably suited for Naval serv-; j
ice. In fact, local people have sort . j
of been expecting that the Navy i'
would requisition her.
While the Drifter is now gorte,
there is a good possibility that
another craft of the same size,
a $50,000.00 boat, may be permanently
based here by early in
the new year. The owner, one of |
the outstanding bankers in the
state, wrote the Chamber of Commerce
this week advising that he
was losing his captain-pilot, ow-ing
to the war conditions. He asked
if any good captain could be
obtained here, and also asked re
garding facilities for possibly basing
the boat here. He has bsen
furnished with recommendations
of local skippers who may be
available for handling and taking
care of the vessel.
Tide Table
Following is the tide table (
for Southport during the next
week. These hours are appro- (.
xlmately correct and were furnished
The State Fort Pilot
through the courtesy of the
Cape Fear Pilot's Association.
High Tide Low Tide
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, December 4
7:41 a. m. 1:35 a. m.
8:05 p. m. 3:20 p. m.
Friday, December 5
8:14 a. m. 3:14 a- m.
8:43 p. ni. 3:38 p. m. !
Saturday, December 6
8:48 a. m. 3:50 a. m.
9:31 p. m. 3:33 p. m.
Sunday, December 7
9:35 a. m. 3:34 a. m.
10:04 p. m. 4:08 p. m.
Monday, December 8
10:05 a. m. 4:00 a. m.
10:51 p. m. 4:45 p. m.
Tuesday, December 9 j
10:51 a. m. 4:39 a. Hi.
11:43 p. m. 5:37 p. rn.
Wednesday, December 10
11:41 a. ni. 5:39 a. in.
6:20 p. m
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