North Carolina Newspapers

The Pilot Covers prunswick County ^thirteen NO. 21 Ifcacco Price If I Ceiling Fixed ' I By Henderson Administrator Places flue-Cured Leaf Under fjuiporaiy Ceiling At Current Price Levels liS DISCUSSIONS f' IN THE INTERIM E( Temporary Ceiling E* Not Apply To PurBiases Made For The government's C o mI modity Credit CorI poration iSHIN N Aug. 31.?Price H i Leon Henderson, j Ec.-.c the product in "grave I I ina way market" Kiv j lace flue-cured leaf K temporary 60-day >t current levels. Kgjenon said the regulation Kjntende to stop an upward E adiich already had carried Ec-jre.: prices to levels not led since 1919. Flue-cured leaf ['o is I almost entirely ; ture of cigarettes. I the concurrence of SecEry of Agriculture Wickard, Earser. issued an order that E-jie next 60 days, no private rs may buy flue-cured E,- on any loose-leaf market I , averaging higher than E'weighted average price on ' tween August 24 E August 28, inclusive. W Recognize Did Practice I the ceiling to purE?ers, rather than sellers, the I -1 Innff-afondinp1 I TH1 ?A ret'ji: tii*. ? ictice of marketing leaf tobacat public auctions where purasjrs bid ar. i set the price. While the temporary regulation in effect. Henderson said. OPA i! hold discussions with proofs warehousemen and pursers "with the idea of deve- ir aing a permanent regulation. ' w e added that it was not contem- jj ated that any permanent order s, ould impose a ceiling lower than _ at set by the temporary regula% ( Se temporary ceiling does not ^ lly to purchases made for the warrant's Commodity Credit wration or to purchases of e leaf tobacco, which, in turn, resold in loose leaf form at pilar auction warehouses. The ?: exclusion exempts small rtfcases b voperators who claim, paie .. 1 resell. These so-call"pinhook transactions" are wed by the ceiling upon rele T .3 expected to buy more Jf it 2 <iOOO.OOO pounds of fluent tobacco during the refer of the current marketings tsr. Upwards of 75 per cent f the flue-cured crop remains to aarketede, the OPA said. ormer Citizen Passes At Homem e> Kph F. Vines Died Thursfay Afternoon In Wilmington; Funeral Held b< On Saturday 0j Joseph Franklin Vines, 68, of ?J ' Cambell street, Wilmington, * hsuider-jy Thursday afternoon. c Vines was a native of ttwick County, having lived cl ^ ' his life until he accepted M ! Pjti.sif.cn nt the Wilmington M tcffice where he was employ- M " than 19 years. He re- C S two years ago. st waiving are the wife, Mrs. v Vines: two nieces, Mrs. r Rogers and Mrs. Dorothy y, pW; and three nenhews Tom. I ar John Vines, of Wil- _ jton. ral services were conduct- I ?? the Rev. C. D. Storey 1 r' St. Andrews Presbyterian Saturday morning at 11 o'*? Burial followed at Dobson liiy cemetery, at Kenansville. the pallbearers were: E. s H C Piatt, C. B. Case, "( * Haines, d. h. Williamson, , c - M. Thorpe. , "neral Services i or E. L. Burriss Resident Of South-1 *>rt Died Suddenly At : je?rgetown Last Tues- 1 funeral Here Thurs* J y i L: nod Burris, retired 1 J--- ? contractor, formerly of j teot*. e d suddenly at at th'n' C"' Tuesday mornj , "J; home of his daughter, I. v , Rayburn. S : been in declining health "umber of years. "aaUnued on Page 8) Luy DRIVE CAREFULLY? l driving heedlessly along t ick County boys and girls is the responsibility of mo ifely. Schools Of Br County To < ive Consolidated Schools Of County Will Open For Fall Term On Monday, September 7th; Faculty Lists Complete <VITE PUBLIC TO ATTEND OPENING lost Of Schools Are Planling Interesting Exercises For The First Day Of School; Urge Good Attendance Schools of Brunswick county ill open for their fail term on onday morning, with opening cercises being arranged for the terest of friends and patrons ho are invited to attend. At Southport the faculty has >en completed, with the addition Mrs. Robert L. Jones, wife of le of the men at the section ise, as English and French tealer. Other members of the local failty are in the grammar grades: iss Miriam Bullard, Chadbourn; txt V> T.incrlp SoilthDOrtl .ro. ??. ??.. rs. Ruth Hood, Southport; Miss arolyn Stanford Albright, Winon-Salem. ? High school teachers will be W. . Lingle, Miss Josephine Corbett, rilraington; Miss Cha'rlotte (Continued on page 8) -eaves Newsp. /"i np? T uives lime 1 The 1942 honey crop in southeastern North Carolina is >xceptionally good, according to IV. J. Martin, owner of the widely known Whiskey Creek Apiaries. Mr. Martin operates 14 yards, 5 of them being in Brunswick county. These yards lach have from 35 to 75 xdonies of the workers. This ^ear the production has been lbundant and the quality high. All of the Whiskey Creek /ards are located along the Cape Fear River and tribuitary streams. Unlike some other bee keepers, Mr. Martin reposes no faith in the migratory movement of bee yards about from place to place. He attributes lis success with bees to selecting good honey producing territory for each yard, and when the yard is established it stays there. He only sees to it that the colonies in that yard shall not become so numerous that E ST A Goo* S-PAGES TODAY BACK TO SGHOOI WWH.lliW'liT7^ Despite tire and gasoline ri he highway. Beginning Mon will be going to and from torists of the county to see t< unswick 3pen Monday K Coast Guard Gets By Sunken Bridge It takes more than the matter of a sunken pontoon bridge to stop the eoast guard in their goings and their comings, and It was no little surprise to local residents Friday and Sat1 urday of last week when they saw trucks and cars being transported bodily from Oak Island to Southport by way of the over-water short cut route. The renter span of the water way bridge was sunn weunesday when rammed by a loaded barge. The method is to lash two I surf boats together, then pay a eouple of 6-lnch boards across the craft. This done, the vehicle is driven aboard and the surfboats get underway | through the courtesy of the I engine in one of the boats. Once the two-mile trip is com| pletcd, the motor vehicle may | be driven off the boards and I on the bank. This type of carry was com; pletod about half-dozen times f during the two days, but the bridge will be back in its old ' position and ready for traffic by Friday. aper Past And 0 Bee Keeping 1 they will overwork the field. He I was emphatic in his assertion I that he did not consider it practical or worthwhile to move the yards from place to place. Among newspapermen there is an old saying that once the smell of printers' ink gets on a ~,or, tt will never be shaken off. I Mr. Martin is an exception to this rule. For 30 years he was a newspaperman in Raleigh, and for 4 years he was city editor of the Star and Messenger in Wilmington. Laying aside newspaper work, he went to the | business of raising honey and I has had such a remarkable success that he has never been afflicted with a desire to return to the 4th estate. He is now 70 years of age, but gets about much faster and covers much more ground in a day than does the average young man of 20: ATE d News paper i Southport, N. G., W IJ School! V J . jjsLOWj If lUl | ationing, there still is danger day more than 5,000 Brunsschool five days each week, a it that they make these trips Inquest Monday For Supply Boy Colored Youth Fatally Injured When Car Driven By His Mother Was In Collision With Oil DelivI ery Truck John Henry Boykin, 12-year-old colored boy of the Supply section, was instantly killed about 11 o'clock last Tuesday when he was crushed in an automobile-truck accident. According to reports of the wreck the youth was riding on the running board of a car being driVen by his mother. As she started to turn from the highway, her car was in collision with an oil truck being operated by Bruce Hawes, of Shallotte. An inquest has been -*et by Coroner W. E. Bell for- Mdnday night at Shallotte. Brunswick Has Bicycle Quota Permission For Six Certificates For Bicycles May Be Issued By Board This Month _____ North Carolina's rationing quota for new adult bicycles has been set by the Office of Price Administration at 1,316, the same nitmk/ff dllAttorl Aumiat . j iiuiiiuci auuncu xvi Auguov. In announcing this total. State OPA Rationing Officer W. H. ! Hofler pointed out that the SepI tember quota, of 90,000 for the ^ | nation was also the same as for 1 I August. September quotas for neighboring states follow: Virginia,. 2,288; Tennessee, 1,610; Georgia, 2,112, and South Carolina, 1,260. The quota for Brunswick county for September is. 6. Notice Received Of Stolen Books Word has been received here that 1450 gasoline ration books were stolen . from the-office in Washington, D. C., the first of this month. Included were Class B books Nos. 302501-303000; class S-l books Nos. 691750-692000 and 97501-98000; class S-2 books Nos. 428401-428600. Any person having any clue to the where abouts of any of these books should communicate with the local rationing board Immediately. 1 PORr n A Good Com ednesday, September 2, Rationing Board j Besieged By Gas Card Applicants Many Persons Have Gone Ahead And Burned Up Allowance Good For Three v Months During v First Month And Now g Seek More o REPORT CASES r OF VIOLATIONS t Board Receives Notice That c Some Persons With "C" Books Are Using Cars 1 Principally For Own Pleasure , Latest development in connection with the rationing program 11 in Brunswick county is the mistaken belief that all a person j; must do to be eligible for a new gasoline book is to use up his old one. . The "A" books were issued for a full year's use, and only the coupons on the first page are to be used during the first two J months. Despite this, some peo- , pie have come in to the rationing board and reported that filling station operators in some sections are accepting No. 2 gasoline f stamps. This is a dangerous prac- ? tice, both for the dealer and the ? holder of the book, since it is ^ possible to recall the book and to suspend the business operations of outlaw dealers. Other complaints have come in about persons who made false re- 1 presentations about the amount of I necessary travel for their automobile, and there are specific charges of person using "C" books for pleasure while riding with others to and from the shipyard. Investigations will be made into these charges, and where it is found that they are true, the books will be recalled, and persons violating the rules of gasoline rationing will be denied further con- . sideration under the rationing program. So far, the Brunswick county board has been unable to receive necessary blanks for completing registration of'tractors, boats and other non-highway equipment. A final despi rate effort will be made this 'veek to remedy this situation, and proper notice will be sent out to interested parties whose names have been left with the rationing board. Special attentionv is called to the fact that gasoline ration books must be turned in when an automobile is traded, as the ration book does not go with the car. New books, with the proper registration, will be issued. - The hours for the rationing board are from 8:30 in the morning until 5:30 in the afternoon, except on Saturday, when the office closes at 12:30 o'clock. Board members wish it distinctly under- . stood that they do not retain a 1 key to the office, hence it is needless to make trips to Southport on rationing business during off-hours. County Board Is F After Wine Tax Clerk Writes Letter To All Dealers Telling Them To > Pay Up Or Close Up By Saturday Of This Week j The county commissioners are a in dead ernest about collecting county licenses for the sale of wine, and this week Register of " Deeds W. S. Wells has mailed , notices to all merchants handling this product that their fee must ' be paid on or before Saturday of this week or their place will be padlocked. Thus far only two places have t paid, both of them in Southport. The proprietors are Elmer Davis ? and Tom Frink, colored mer- j chants. On Monday the commissioners awarded the contract for repairs and improvements to the county building at Supply to Fred Spencer, Southport contractor. County Court Honors Cranmer Resolution Passed By Members Of Local Bar During Regular Session On Monday Of Last Week The following resolution was passed during last Monday's session of Brunswick county Recorder's court in honor of Judge E. H. Cranmer, former resident judge of the eighty judicial district. "Be " it remembered that the Recorders court of Brunswick county -was duly opened on Mon(Continued on page 8) * AWS Meeting At Phoenix-Success Jim Finch, district director of the Air Warning Service, was ? principal speaker at a meeting held- Friday night at Phoenix for the benefit of colored resi- \ dents of that section. Jim Ferger presided over the meeting. The success of the session was attested by the fact that at its conclusion C. C. Chennis, chief observer in that area, was besieged with volunteer observers. g Mr. Finch says that arrange- c ments have been completed for c booking up the forest service j telephones of the county with f the Filter Center in Wilmington, thus giving direct contact { with all sections of Brunswick c county. This step has resulted I s from months of tireless effort I c on the part of the district direc- f tor. iVilliam Styron J Enters Navy I 'i ilember Of Pilot Associa- j tion Assumes Duties As j Warrant Officer and Pro- . bably Will Be Stationed t At Norfolk s William L. Styron, prominent j roung Southport citizen and memler of the Wilmington Cape Fear r Mlot Association, left last week c or Norfolk to assume his duties ' is a Warrant Officer in the U. f i. Navy Reserve. J (Continued on page 8.) i Southport U. S. By MRS. IDA MARSHALL ~ Although Director Gordon Avi-11 on is out of the city, the activi-1 \ ies of the local U. S. O. are j 1 irogressing nicely, and the atten- s lance at the different programs t s reported to be steadily picking t ip this week. On Friday night a square dance' i vas thoroughly enjoyed by all of ] c he service boys and young ladies | ( iresent. Some of the boys, being i inable to reach Southport due to c he bridge being damaged, tried! c xossing the span of water on an' mprovised raft, only to get ma-! e ooned in midstream. i Saturday night was devoted to! fames and quiz contests. In the t atter, the boys proVed to be bet-! ? er than their teachers, / j t Sunday evening at 9:30 o'clock J t l most enjoyable program was j i >resented by the members of the 11 fethodist church junior choir. Monday night,, by special req- j 1 lest of the service boys, another j t |Uiz night program was arrang- t id. Amid the fun, it was quite >lain that many had studied f leriously for the contest. 1 Tuesday night a number of lo- ? :al girls, directed by Marion 1 "rink, presented two short skits. 1 [he audience roared over the r ph. munity 1942 pubusi Red Cross Fielc Reports ( -ee Greer, Well Known In Se Visit Southport This Brief Va *Lee Greer, Whiteville attorney irho is almost as well known in . Southport and Brunswick in his iwn county, is back at home this reek after spending several nonths as field representataive in he First Aid and Water Safety irogram of the American Red >oss. Lee, who resigned as judge of he Columbus county Recorder's :ourt to accept his present posiion, is at home on a five-day >ave and promises that before le goes back to work he is comng to Southport for a brief visit. Some of the most interesting >hases of his \york in Water Safey have had to do with teaching eamen to swim through oil-coat !d water, and with training army nen to swim with full equipnent. Lee is an expert swimmer himlelf, having swam from Wilmingon to Southport on one occasion, ie says that he is delighted with he work that he is in, and says hat there is a great field for ervice, particularly in Red Cross i'irst Aid. He was much interestd in the progress being made in Irunswick county in that connec-j ion, and had several worthwhile | uggestions to make for a more j gressive program. j Border Belt Ma Continu ng from $46 to a top of joo. Gutters are up again this week, |' anging from $45 to $48. Quality I' uggs and leaf are also up selling!' or $42 to $48. Medium Lugs are 1 letting $35 to $42, and even fair 1 ugs are running from $30 to $35. j' Border market warehouses are j1 iving up to the same government! imit of 360 piles per hour and 1,-!1 100 piles per day as the the other I' jelts. The reason for the heavy j ales and fancy prices is that the 1 rrowers are making fewer grades ' ind bigger piles. "Your tobacco will bring you 1 nore money this way," Tobac- 1 :onists are advising the growers. 'You will also make more room ' or yourself and neighbors to sell, :1 Ind you will save on gas, tires, ] ind trips to market." 0. Club News! :omic antics in both the Russian j Drama and "Little Nell." There | vas much display of genuine ta-!. ent in the group presenting these J j ikits, and the service boys and | own people attending enjoyed j his program very much. Wednesday and Thursday nights j ire devoted weekly to the movies [ >ver which Tom Morgan offi- j, dates. . Friday night will usher in an- . ither round dance, and a large \ :rowd is expected. , A six piece orchestra has been ingaged for this dance. It pro- , nises to be a gala affair. , As all of the service men seem | o appreciate the nice cots avail- , ible to them at the club. , en more have been ordered so hat there will always be a sleep- j ne Dlace for those desiring it , lere. |; On Wednesdays, the Service | ,Vives Club meets regularly, and , hese ladies plan to assist with I he local program in everyway. The thought for the U. S. O. i or this week is "EVERY DAY 1 N EVERY WAY I WILL ; STRIVE TO MAKE MYSELF ; HORE USEFUL TO MY FELLOW MAN." (Continued on page 41 ,0T 4ED EVERY WEDNESDAY I Worker ' 3n His Duties tuthport, Says He Plans To Week While On 1 cation C. sy ' wJb af t mlfeMK 11 ' St JSlHg I M %jK LEE GREER 1 irkets 1 e High Prices < \i Varehouse Floors Being . Cleared Of Offerings Daily And Growers May Get Sale Any Day They Go To Market 'RICES PAID ARE I] GOING STRONG ?7", . v > f Varehouses Still Sticking To Regulations Governing Number Of Piles That May Be Sold During One Day | ( After four weeks of capacity;' iales and $40 averages, the bor- i 1 ler belt tobacco markets finally) :leared its floors today, and had I >lenty of space for the growers 1 rom now on. , j i "Our rush is definitely over," 11 Sales Supervisor M. R. Alexander, if WhiteviJle, declared today, "and : j ihould be able to accommodate all j1 mr old customers and new friends j( or the rest of September." Near wrappers are still bring- j1 Most Of The News Ail The Time $1.50 PER YEAH J District Home Nursing Meet Held Thursday -lome Nursing Consultant For Eastern Area, American Red Cross, Here To Preside Over Meeting For District PROBLEMS OF HOME NURSING DISCUSSED Meeting Held In Southport USO Was To Acquaint Leaders With Latest Methods In Training And Practice Miss Christine Cornwell, Home tfursing Consultant for the East;rn Area, American Red Cross, :onducted a Regional Conference )n Thursday for Home Nursing Instructors and Officers and inlerested persona. The meeting was leld in the U. S. O. club. The meeting opened at nine thirty in the morning and continu;d until the afternoon. Problems "elating to the Home Nursing program were discussed and suggestions were made by Miss ttornwell in handling these probems. Teaching plans were dis:ussed and the new home nursing lextbook was studied. The following women attended: Mrs. Mary S. Powell, Community Hospital, Wilmington; Miss Leah j. Fisher, Whiteville; Miss Ellen nicnuruson, wuniingiuu, jviijs. P. K. Avant, Whiteville; Mrs. Ethel Hines, Mrs. L. H. Reynolds, Mrs. Emma J. Williams, Mrs. Joe P. Verzaal and Mrs. E. J. Million, Leland; Mrs. E. J. Prevatte, Mrs. R. C. Daniel, Mrs. John Swann, Mrs. V. V. Fredere, Mrs. Arthur Weeks and Mrs. James Harper. Heavy Session Of County Court Large Docket Cleared In Busy Session Held Before i r, I. Prevatte, Acting Judge, On Monday OF ** This Week In one of the busiest one-day sessions ever held in Recorder's ;ourt at Southport twenty cases vere disposed of Monday before E. J. Prevatte, acting-judge. Collie Holmes pleaded guilty :o charges of public drunkeness. Jiven 30 days on the roads, judgment was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $10.00. John Henry Williams pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk n a public place. Given 30 days an the roads, judgment was suspended upon payment of costs ind a fine of $25.00. The'same lefendant was convicted on charges of being drunk and disorderly and threatening to kill, jiven 90 days on the roads, judgment was suspended upon payment of a fine of $25.00 and :osts. Of this amount $5.00 was remitted. The case of Minnie Carr Smith, rharged with larceny, was remanded to the juvenile judge. John W. Avery pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk in a public place and was given 30 fays. This sentence was suspend;d upon payment of costs and a fine of $10.00. Dan McKay was found guilty >f being drunk and disorderly, tliven 90 days on the roads, judgment was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $25.50. Milton Lewis entered a plea of nolo contendre to charges of being drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest. He was found guilty and was given 60 days on. the roads, judgment being suspended upon payment of costs * ind a fine of $10.00. Lucille Linton was found not guilty of soliciting prostitution. Robert Reeves was found guilty sn charges of being drunk and lisorderly, possession and expo sure of his person in public. sentence of four months on the roads was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $25.1)0. E. A. Harmon was charged with drunk driving and reckless operation. He pleaded guilty to the latter charge and judgment was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $25.00. Junior Archeves pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk and disorderly. Given 90 days on the roads, judgmemt' was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $15.00. * Justice Elli Phillips and Ruth Branch Were charged with fornication and adultery. Each was given 12 months, judgment to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $100.00 and costs. Robert Livingston pleaded guilty to charges of drunk driving. (Continued on Page 8) * -