North Carolina Newspapers

I PAGE 2 I The State Port Pilot I Southport,. N. C. | Published li very Wednesday j JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor i? (On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.) I Entered as second-class matter April 20, 192S, at :t,; the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. I SUBSCRIPTION RATES one year $i.r>o; six MONTHS 1.00: THREE MONTHS 75 ! Wednesday, July 5, 1914 ' Headed I:or Top Again ' In all previous War Bond drives this ' county has made its quota with some.f; thing: to spare. In the 5th drive, now I going- on and to end Saturday, it is safe to say that we will again go over the top. Thanks to several determined workers and the chairman and assistant I chairman, the county will not fail in [ showing the boys who are fighting I overseas that we are backing them in j what we are asked to do. But, despite the present confidence of our going over the top, our citizens J should keep in mind that this confideni ce is merely a result of confidence in | them. Our quota has not been reached 1 yet and may not be reached until the I very last day. A slacking up of efforts may result in it not being reached at all. Races are usually won on the home * ' - ' ' i J i | stretcn, and we are on tne nome sireicn now, racing against time. The folks 1 who have been merely thinking of buy' ing bonds should turn from indecision to action right now and help to make a whirlwind finish to the 5th War Bond ' Drive, just as they hope that our men overseas will make a whirlwind finish i to the Germans and Japanese. Buy your bonds now. j( A Post War Plan The end of the war will see this county with a natural field for development in its many thousands of acres of valuable farming and trucking lands, lands which for a long time have been calling for more people to take hold and develop into general farming and food producing centers. More than anything else, this county needs to call to the attention of energetic, enterprising farmers in other sections the farm and trucking prospects in Brunswick, the fertility of the land and the climatic conditions which render them suitable for both farming and livestock raising. A little time and effort spent along the way between now and when the war ends will result in a flood tide of buyers, seeking whatever the county has to offer in the way of farming lands. We should begin efforts to this ?nd now. Legal Precedent Destroyed Overruling' a decision that has stood for 75 years, the United States Supreme Court has held that insurance is a business in interstate commerce and subject to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. This is another split decision?four to three? V such as the Court has been rendering, which shakes public confidence and causes confusion not only in the minds of the people but in the minds of lawyers and lower courts. Legal precedent which has been the foundation of law and court procedures, is being wiped out. In the present case, anti-trust charges brought against the fire insurance J companies by the Justice Department | were dismissed by the Federal District Court at Atlanta, on the ground that the United States Supreme Court had | held for 75 years that the business of insurance was not commerce and not subject to Federal regulation, and that to rule otherwise would destroy the "sovereignty of the states." In his dissenting opinion, Chief Justice Stone said that the "immediate and only praciical effect of the decision I now rendered is to withdraw from the I states, in large measure, the regulation of insurance and to confer it on the national government." The stage is now set for the establishment of another gigantic Federal bureau manned by political appointees, to bring every state insurance department under the domain of the Federal I government. Thus is the net of an ever-growing bureaucracy being spread over the land. J Thinks Hotel Needed "A hotel here after the war would be the most helpful and most paying, thing you 6ould put up," volunteered Bill Sharpe, State News Bureau Manager, during a conversation Monday. This expression came from the Raleigh man without his opinion having been asked, and without hotels having been a prior subject of discussion. He simply saw that a hotel will be needed. When told he was going to be quoted he went on: "Quote all you please, I'm going to say the same thing over every time I have the opportunity. A hotel is certainly needed here and it is equally certain it would pay. The attention of a lot of people has been attracted towards Southport during the past few years and a hotel will be about all you will need to get things going big." The opinion of a man who knows North Carolina from one end to the other, as the State News Bureau man does, is not to be passed over lightly, especially when it coincides with what we have always advocated. Oil Industry Is? ! "A restriction on tetra-ethyl lead in civilian gasoline makes it imperative that the black market in gasoline coupons be stamped out," A. Clarke Bedford, Chairman of the Petroleum Industry Committee on Rationing for District One, comprising Atlantic Seaboard states, said today, pointing out the significance of Petroleum Administrator Ickes' order cutting premium gasoline about 60 per cent during forthcoming months. Bedford pointed out that "this gasoline is a significant indication of the x 3 ? j- _r xi j J iremeiiuous ueiruuius 01 me iimieu iuices for gasoline. A vital war product, premium gasoline is required by tanks and other mobile equipment used by | the army. The American motorist is undoubtedly more than willing to make this war-time sacrifice by switching to regular grade and releasing equivalent supplies of tetra-ethyl lead to the armed forces." He also said, "It is imperative for the motorist to do even more? and that is, to confine his driving to the coupons issued to him by the ration board and thereby kill the black market operations in gasoline coupons which are actually diverting to the chislers gasoline needed for necessary war workers." He urged motorists to follow the pe- ; troleum industry's four-point anti-black market program. The points direct car owners to: 1. Apply only for rations needed for essential driving. 2. Write license numbers and state on the face of each ration coupon. 3. Refuse gasoline without surrendering coupons. 4. Refuse to buy or accept gasoline coupons from others. Inevitable Cost Of War A cold comparison of figures. aD- I pearing in the United States News,, shows that clothing, while declining in quality, has risen substantially in price since the beginning of war, notwithstanding price ceilings and a mountain of regulations. According to the News, manufacturers have found they can profitably stop making lowerpriced items and switch to those with higher price ceilings. The lower quality of material and workmanship of the abandoned low-priced clothing can be found in the new and more expensive lines. Cotton dresses that sold for $9.95 before the war, now sell for $12.95 and up. Good quality items of children's clothing, when available, are up 25 to 50 per cent. The rise in men's clothing has been less spectacular?up 10 or 15 per cent, but quality is down. And so it goes with practically everything the consumer buys. Before the war, this country had developed the most efficient distribution system in the world. Every merchant, whether chain or independent, was on his toes to serve the public. He knew his existence depended on efficiency, reasonable prices and highgrade merchandise. If he sold food he had to sell good food. If he sold clothing, it had to be good clothing?for the money. That was the law of competition. And American merchants knew how to live by that law, just as did the manufacturers who supplied the merchants. . Our elaborate wartime system of production and distribution controls has proved it would be a poor substitute for the free competitive system in peacetime. THE STATE PC | THEY DIED TO Pv '' This poignant picture made I shows a kneeling Roman mother : ing flowers over the still forms supreme price to liberate them fi their faces and you will see that Americans died for them. Reme to buy an extra War Bond durin County Kitch Mines For M Women of Columbus county ca "mine" tin sufficient for 154 PI; ing Fortresses this year. These figures were compiled t J. A. Stewart, vice-president < the American Can Company, c the basis of canned foods consun ed by civilians in the county du ing 1943. On the basis of la: year's consumption, civilians wi open approximately 3.698,700 car of food this year, he said. Accorc ing to a table recently issued i TTT O A AOA nnnn V,WA?(.'r Waslinigivii, it.uuu i.aiio piv/' iv tin sufficient for one Flying for ress. Meanwhile, the armed force consumed approximately thre billion cans of foods during 194 and needs for the current yet are expected to rise to three an a quarter billion cans, Mr, Stewai said. He pointed out that with greatly increased number of tli armed forces in overseas dut; more canned foods will be neede because the can has proved th most practical container for tli shipment of foods abroad. Dry Weather Is Causing Cattle Raisers Alarn Shortage Of Grass Am Feed Crops Caused B; Dry Weather May Caus Cattle Raisers To Hav< To Sell Stock By THOMPSON GREENWOOD N. C. Department of Agrieultui - RALEIGH, July 2.?The bet cattle business in North Carolin is now in the most dangerous cor dition in several years, accordin to T. L. Gwyn, cattle marketin specialist with the State Deparl ment of Agriculture. In the opinion of Gwyn, thi serious situation is due in larg measure to the drought which hs prevailed in many sections in th eastern counties and has also a) fected crops in the mountain an as. Gwyn estimated that the ha crop in the western counties t the State will be approximately 3 per cent of that harvested in 194 and is of the opinion that tb corn crop in several countic throughout North Carolina wi be virtually worthless unless an W. B. & O Southpt BUS SG Effective J SOUTHPORT 1 Monday LEAVE Read Down AM AM AM PM TM 5:15 7:00 9:00 4:00 6:00 Son! 5:45 7:30 9:30 4:30 0:30 Snpj 6:00 7:45 9:45 4:45 0:45 Tloll 6:15 8:00 10:00 5:00 7:00 Win 6:25 8:15 10:15 5:15 7:15 lam 6:40 8:30 10:30 5:30 7:30 Will SUNDAY 7:30 10:45 4:15 0:00 Son! 8:00 11:15 4:45 0:30 Supj 8:15 11:30 5:00 0:45 Doll 8:30 11:45 5:15 7:00 Win 8:40 11:55 5:25 7:10 l.an 8:55 12:10 5:40 7:25 Will SOUTHPOUT 7:30 Sont 8:00 8upi 8:20 Shal 8:50 A she 9:10 Old 9:25 New 9:45 Whi SOUTHPOR 5:00 1:30 9:30 Snnt 5:25 1:55 9:55 Mill 5:45 2:05 10:15 Win 6:00 2:20 10:30 Lam 6:30 2:50 11:00 Ship SHALLOTT1 4:45 1:15 Shnl 5:00 1:30 Stipj 5:20 1:50 Boll' 5:40 2:10 Win G:00 2:30 l?n C: 30 3:00 Ship )RT PILOT. SOUTHPORT, N MAKE THEM FREE Army Signal Corps Phot by on Army Signal Corps photographe and her child gently and reverently pla< of two American boys who paid th rom the Nazi and Fascist grip. Look a both mother and child realize that thes mber this picture when you are aske g the Fifth War Loan. U. S. Treasury Depart met ens BecomeTin any War Items n rple rainfall comes before July lc y. \ The failure of these crops wil jlead to heavy liquidation of cat ,y; tie during the late summer am jf fall, he said. in I "Grass in the mountains is botl | late and very short," declare r_ Gxvyn, and he adds that this am 3t the other conditions will result ii H the selling off of stocker am ,s feeder cattle. This will have tw< j. effects: overloaded markets am iy elimination of butcher cattle com ie petition. t-i Ordinarily, these thin cattl J would be an excellent purchasi ;s for feeder cattle buyers in East ?e ern Carolina, Virginia, and else 13 j where, but for the fact that thi ,r cast is in the grip of the drough Itl! and is unable to provide sufficien : feed for conditioning:, a: Gwyn's advice to cattle prod le ucers: "Sell now, if your cattli y, are in marketable condition ant id, fair pries can be obtained." 10! "If the bulk of the North Caro ie lina cattle crop is held back unti the usual marketing time?arount the first of October?there will al most certainly be congestion it the market and consequently severe breaks will occur in th< prices paid for stocker and feedei cattle." i Cattle are now bring good pric J j es, the demand being sharp, anc | these prices should prevai | through July and August. Bj d maintaincnce of a steady flow o! y cattle into market during these e months, the seller will, (1) have e; the advantage of an active mariket, (2) lighten the load on his ! pastures, and (3) stay cler of the overcrowded October markets ant lp I the bleak which is likely to ocI cur at that time. f SEED SHORT ai I Insufficient supplies of legume o and grass seed are reported. InS'creased acreage in food crops ' winter-killing of alfalfa and ret | clover, lack of labor, a brisk de is mand for hay, and the uncertain;e ] ty of seed prices are some of the is contributing factors. 'I ~ SDSTINES, Inc. irt, N. C. HEDULES fune 16, 1944 TO WILMINGTON - Saturday ARRIVE Read Up AM PM PM PM TJI hport R^SO 3:00 5:3ft 7:5? 11:3C >1}' 8:N) 2:35 5:00 7:20 11:<X 'In 7:15 2:2ft 4:45 7:05 10:41 nahow 7:30 2:05 4:3ft 0:50 lft:3f rule 7:15 1:50 4:15 5:35 10:1! nlncton 7:00 1:35 4:00 0:20 10:0! SCHED1J.E hport 10:25 3:0ft 7:45 11-25 >ly 9:55 2:3ft 7:15 10:55 'In 9:40 2:15 7:00 10:40 nohow 9:25 2:50 5:45 10-25 rale 9:15 1:5(1 5:35 10:15 nlngton 9:00 1:35 0:20 10:00 TO WHITEV1LLE hport 6:40 >ly 5:10 lotto 5:55 I Poet Office 5:25 Dock 5:05 llmnsnlrk 4:50 tcvlllo 3:30 T TO SHIPYARD hport 9:00 5:25 1:25 Creek 8:35 5:0ft 11:50 nohow 8:15 4:40 11:35 rale 8:00 4:25 11:20 yard 7:25 3:55 11:55 5 TO SniPTARI) lotto 5:35 1:30 >ly 5:20 1:15 (la. 5:ftft 12:55 an how 4:40 12:35 rule 4:25 12:20 yard 3:55 11:55 I ! I , c. jWacs Have Fun, i Too, Says Sgt. j I Gladys Relyea * Recruiter Visits Whitevillej Post Office Every Wed-j nesday To Recruit For I WACS ,"It is by no means all work I and no play for members of the' fi Women's Army Corps," says Sgt.' ! Gladys Relyea who visits the j Whiteville Post Office every Wed-! | nesday from noon to four, and j who will be glad to make appoint- j merits for calls in the surround-1 ing towns on Wednesday after-! noons. "Army posts provide all1 sorts of recreation for their WACs ] ?Softball, dances, movies, record-! ed music, swimming, excursions to local points of interest. There are!; ? many free nights, and week-ends i j ? too, when passes allow visits to1 j nearby towns." ? I Sgt. Relyea goes on to say, . e | "Usually, one three-day pass a d j month and three ten-day fur(j loughs a year are possible, and - j WACs who have chosen to serve j at a post near their home towns | can k&ep in close touch with! ^ I friends and relatives." "At many Army posts, WACs j ; who wish to continue their educa' tion or to take special courses in I. '1 - languages, stenography, art, or! >. literature, may do so through Ar-j my Extension or through local organizations. Hobbies are en' couraged, too. ? music, drama, ^ photography, group-singing, tennis, fishing. A happy WAC does '"J a better job!" I ^iMany Tobacco ! - Crops Grow In J ??? *1 The Same field; ii " Tobacco Farmers Must Bei s Particularly Careful In I' Harvesting, Curing, Grad-;, ' i"! j! Tobacco growers must be parti- j8 5 cularly careful in the harvesting, I i curing, and grading of this year's, jj 'crop, because many fields showa - three or four different crops ofj ' tobacco growing together. Wea- j ^ ' I ther conditions have been such! j, [that the crop had to be reset ^ M again and again. jt; I' With a shortage of trained! t, r bands for harvesting the crop and [ t | a great difference in the growth j s j and maturity of the plants, grow- o 1 ers are up against one of the' e I hardest problems in many years, ff | ??? PULPWOOD CUTTINC the 35 essential e listed by the War ft i Commission and desig ! Selective Service Hea as a guide for local dn ? in considering applies occupational deferm If you are of draft ag cutting pulpwood, yo entitled to deferment you are? 1. Regularly engaged In eu wood and in 26-38 ag< VICTORY PULP1 JOHN B. WARD LENDON CLEMMONS I 2 Extension specialists at State j College point out that only ripe,1 well-developed leaves should be pulled and that the amount of prin^ng Will vary widely from plant'to jpnt ajp the ejwp is hpirvestod. "onifor *ity in*pulling to-1 bacco will add as much as any' other factor to the quality of the l crop," they explain. Curing will be particularly dif-. ficult and, unless extreme care is exercised in the harvesting,' large losses may be incurred. The more uniform the character of the tobacco placed in the barn, the better the chances for a good cure. When the tobacco is taken from' the "windrow" in the pack house t and placed in the square coop,1 with the butt of the leaves showing to the outside, the specialists! warn against having the tobacco in too high order. If packed down in this condition, the leaf may redden or damage. The specialists suggest that J growers be especially careful in sorting the crop this year and prepa ring it for market. On account of mixed conditions, it will be almost impossible to produce a uniform crop in many sections 1 : Production Of Lumber Falling Short Of Needs Blanchard Names Factors, Contributing To Loss of Production; Free Advice Available By H. E. BLANCHARD, Farm Forester T? nv*? tVia rlo/irfloeo in ] All VI UIC USViVttOfc ? ? , ouilding, our lumber production is 1 rapidly falling behind the req-j1 iireme its. The Armed Forces and j: jssential civilian needs will have j :o have 34 billion feet of saw- < rimber this year as well as 13 : nillion cords of pulpwood. The ( ^.rmy alone has 800 different uses , 'or wood and the navy has al- , nost as many. , Loss of production has been :aused by several different fac- j ors. Labor shortage is one of the . argest and there is little hope of j ( mprovement in the situation this j ummer. ( Another big factor in decreased ] iroduction is that many people j lave timber that should be cut ] ,t this time and they will not j iut this timber on the market, e "he boys on the battlefields may , >e giving up their lives because j hey did not get the ammunition s hat would have been delivered c ut for the lack of lumber. It s akes 100,000 feet of lumber to j end every shipload of supplies I verseas. Can those timber own-11 rs who will not sell their timber;I ice their neighbors whose boy j t I [{Selective Sen i is one of 2, An essenti .ctivities age, 18 thr lanpower _ ... .. x J , 3. Now 4-F b ;nated by iarjy and * dquzirters iflcation of ift boards santial war itionu for Your local enfs. Board is the ;e and are tiality, subje< u may be State Selecti providing and will tree yod should k tting pulp- ment recogr b group or ting as an es WOOD COMMITT FRANK C. LENNON H. O. PETERSON WEDNESDAY, JT-yy. isn't coming back? Stumpage prices have been higher and the mill ^ Hf' are anxious to buy. They a ir.g;.to cite the tin!,., j, the tfamlotyfcer Free advice and help is" able to timber owners to see if" HT they get a fair price for their, ? her and to help them find buvf" Anyone who has timber for'? H or knows of timber for saif* C requested to get in touch ^ Vj their county agent at once. ]. ! Hail back the invasion with more ?,'! ^Kn war bonds. "4" Kitt Allowance Made I In Oil Ration!F ^Kfir Homes With Children l]? ^F5'1 der Six Will B? Give, ^F More Oil '' f1 RALEIGH. June 29. ? Hosseholders who heat their homes ly with oil heating stoves will ^ given extra fuel oil allowance, ^Fsi equal to 10 per cent of their re- ^E| newed fuel oil ration for her ^F 8 when children under 6 years rj ^F age live in the household. The,. H, dore S. Johnson. Raleigh District OPA Director, said today. This allowance may not exceed ^Km the amount that is allowed for ^Fn the same purpose in homes heated ^Fet by central heating plants. Th.s ^Ber amount is 50 gallons in Xonh ^F. Carolina. Children's allowances this year for all types of heaters ^L. are about the same as last year ^Fo Today's action makes an ex- Hi ception to the general rule that not more than 550 square feet ot ^fti floor area may be counted for each oil heating stove in deter- ' i mining the amount of the fuel oil ration. In North Carolina the ceiling for all types of non-portable F ail stoves is increased to 656 square feet. This takes into ac- Hr eount the milder temperatures oi H 1 the South, where larger floor are- Hv as can be heated with a single 1 stove. H With this action, the special Hi/. limit of 1,100 square feet for norportable heaters equipped with B :ans or blowers was eliminated. H CLINIC FRIDAY Ke An orthopaedic clinic will he aeld Friday,. July 7 in the base- Bg nent of the Agricultural building In: Lumberton. This clinic is free to ill indigent children under 21 ^hc rears of age. Dr. Lenox D. Baker >f Duke Hospital will be the B turgeon in charge. Register at the lesk between the hours of nine ind eleven. The first European known to B" lave visited Alaska was Vitus H"1 3ering, a Dane in the service of H1 he Russian Navy. . b /rce^fioard I ??????? ? i i inn HH al farm worker of draft fl oug/i 37, and tut pulp- fl time or fl lit cut pulpwood regu- fl rtsh occupational class- H 2-A or 2-B as an es- H worker. fl Selective Service I judge of your essen- I :t to review by your 8 ve Service Director, 8 it you squarely. But 8 now that the govern- 8 lizes pulpwood cut- 8 ssential activity. 8 ****** I * % 8 "KSS V V I H