ft The Pilot Covers
ft Brunswick County
fef NO. SIXTEEN *
IfflTE
ft *
local Me]
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jjve Done Everything Pos- f
Vsible To Get their Stock
I Ready To Meet Increased j
Demand Of Tobacco Sea-'
fti;\V HARD-TO-GET
ITEMS ON HAND
Stores Will Discontinue
Wednesday Afternoon
Closings Effective
August 1st
I: of Whiteville I
. eve.ythuig possiole tol
K uieir stores, stocks, and!
?? v.-aov to meet thej
.
jjej demand during the to-j
i marKeting season,
r uie past several weeks
merchants have been visitnai'set
centeis all over the I
rv and buying merchandise j
e type that tne farmers have j
iseeaing and have not been I
to nnd. Inventories alii
town have reached a new'
according to a quick survey I
by the Whiteville Met-1
i Association.
tpo:t of this survey revealit
many hard-to-get items
ow in tne YVhitevnle stores :
ic convenience of the to-1
growers who bring their ,
:o Whiteville for sale. Sales
have been enlaigcd to the1
wheic the customers can:'
then putcheses with the'
an of delay. A few of'
Dies have done minor re- j
rig to make it more con- j
I for the customer to look
r.c available merchandise. !
.. '.ncs will discontinue their
stray afternoon closings ef- j
Wednesday August 1, J
: day lor the \vhiteville
a Market.
ddition to the extensive'
nade by the merchants -for'
ovenier.ee of the farmers'
:l their tobacco here, the
naiv hank & Tiust Co. will
stay open longer hours to
serve me puoitc. Bank ofmformcd
the Whiteville
r.ts Association that they
to keep their doors open1
least one hour after the!
e each day. This is being j
> make it convenient for
mcr to cash the check he
from the warehouse for
villc has always beenj
as "a farmers town" but
next two months it will I
THE FARMERS TOWN, j
nt Outlines j
four Musts tor
County Farmers
"ewes Importance Of Gardening
As Means Of
food Production On
County Farms
BY c. D. RAPEK
Wty-two hundred families of,
ter.bU3 County are finding it
l'- to find sufficient food to
The tobacco season has
til most farmers so hard from
fete daylight to dark that a
number of our farm gur?s
are out of production. Many
of manpower is being lost1
' families trying to find vegeties
and meats in town. We
? that these are practically un-,
tittle. |
fc order that people of Colum-1
h County might eat, we find
' there are tour musts:
Must So. I. Every farm
!uaay must produce enough
^tables to meet the famJ
needs in their own garIt
would be well If
?->' produced enough for
?e!r own usc anil some for
, people in town, or some
?!!.
No. A well-round
Ml victory garden must
* Plant, d.
'lust No. 3_ Looking for
I-- i" next summer, tne
JJJfpSUi cf these vegetables,
-at car ijf, g?w/n this fall,
- -it be grown for canning
-4 etc Mr r
,'-i- No. f Leafy and yelvcgctablea
must be
^ - -3d c9.ns.umed la order
? eiaiataia the health of the
-ssstv.
Eve w
iirm f amily in Columbus
35 v"e!l as a large numb
3rts:_ dwellers, are urged
Pfc "v''nue t"eir victory garPr
to "e!P sPeecl our vic"
fc crder that we might
collards turnips, ruU^auautd
On Page 6)
] TH1
Mr
rchants A
Whiteville Will
Two New
*1
Dean Of Market
lc
I i li
^Bb M
HI m, ^ N^H
s s, u
WWsJ fi
-v * u
b
^Eranra^L
jj
' &
M O. Nelson, Sr., who has e
been on the Whiteville tobacco I
marirot fnr 31 Mars He baa had I u
? ? > ? II
52 yeais experience in the selling p
of tobacco. jj
js
Announce Holiday P
On Labor Day c
e
/
A dispatch has been received '
from the Tobacco Association s
of the United States that all a
markets will be closed on Labor ;i
Day, Monday, September 3, '
1M3. "Markets operating dur- ?
ing the month of November
will also observe a holiday on
Xovember 22, 1945, for Thanksgiving.
There will be no holiday for
Armistice Day as it falls on
Sunday this year.
Gives Pointers
For Management
Of Pasture Land
Extension Specialists Sug-i*
gest Four Major Points!^
In Working For Better jE
Pasture Management ;c
f
Good management of permanent t
pastures increases the amount of i
grazing on a given area of land]
and increases the protein content L
of the feed, resulting in larger ij
total gains of beef or milk per .
acre. j
Extension specialists at State
College suggest four major points ,
in working for better pasture ,
management. First, the pasture (
should not be grazed too early in ]
the spring, not until the grasses e
have made a growth of about 6'l
to 8 inches and firmly established 1
themselves. t
Second, overgrazing of the pas- >
tures, especially during long dry ?
pencils in summer, reduces the
total amount of grazing. Such s
temporary grazing crqps as soy- I 1
beans, cowpeas, and Sudan grass'f
can be used to bridge over the .1
dry periods when grasses be- i
come tough and low in grazing i
value. Kudzu is another good'l
crop for this period.
Third, keep down weeds by two ?
or three mowings of the pasture
during the summer months. 1
Weeds reduce the yields of grass- j
es and compete with them for,<
water during the dry periods. i
| Fourth, fertilize the pastures |i
J so as to stimulate the growth ofj;
| legumes and grasses and increase i
I the total amount of grazing, i
When legumes are included in !
the permanent pasture seeding
mixtures, they help to produce ,
more grass. | (
I Permanent pastures and tem-'i
'porary grazing crops, where thejj
animals themselves gather their
jown feed, are furnishing much \
i cheaper feed than ordinary feed .
j crops and should be included onj
even the smallest farm, the Ex-j
I tension specialists say. Two :
series of temporary grazing crops j;
are needed; one seeded aboutj;
lOMtiAUttJ on Page 6) i
i
est;
A Good
Southport, N. G.,
T0BA(
re Ready
Have
Eating Places
'wo Additional Cafes Under
Construction; Sche- j
duled To Be Open By
August 1st; Both Owned |
By Local Men
)NE IS CAFETERIA
STYLE ESTABLISHMENT
-eroy Gore And Paul Williamson
Will Be Proprietors;
Same Three Of
Last Year Still Open
Two new additional cafes are
nder construction in Whiteville
nd are scheduled to be open
>r business on or before August
rst. The two new eating estabshments
arc both being opened
y local men.
Leroy Gore will open a cafeteria
tyle eating business in the new
uilding he is erecting on Bast '
lain St. next to Crutchfield
Warehouse. The building and
quipment will be modern in
very respect.
Paul J. Williamson will open
ae other new cafe in a remodeld
building located between Carona
Motors and Ellis-Meares
'uncral Home on South Madison
t. He is also installing the most
lodern equipment available.
In addition to the two new
afes the same three that operatd
last year will again be open,
it least one of the five eating
luces plans to operate on a
even-day-a-week and a 24 hour,-day
basis. Whiteville is now
ssured of ample facilities to
iroperly serve meals to the farmrs
and visitors during the 1945
obacco season.
Tells How To
Increase Fall
Egg Production
5uggests Plenty Of Feeders
And Waterers, Also Adequate
Shade For Pullets
While On Range
Putting pullets in summer range !
ihelters on soybeans or lespedeza!
ind vaccinations for chicken box'
ur two of the best practices that!
:an be carried out at this timei
or increasing egg production in |
he fall when egg prices ai-e
lsually relatively high.
T. T. .Brown, Extension poulryman
at State College, suggests
ilenty ol' feeders and waterers,
md also adequate shade, for the
lullets while on range.
Plans for building an outdoor, j
:overed type of feeders may be
ibtained from the county agent
>r by writing the Agricultural
2ditor, State College, Raleigh, for
l free copy of War Series Buletin
No. 5, entitled "Equipment
or Poultry." The county agent |
:an also provide plans for a J
ange shelter that is easy to build I
tnd economical as to cost.
1
"As the chicks get larger, be I
iure to increase the feeder space,"!
3rown says. "Entirely too many
jrowers are providing too little
eeder space as the pullets de/elop.
Green feed and plenty of
nash at all times keep the pulets
developing rapidly, which is
just what is npeded for early production
of eggs.
"Keep mash in the feeders and,
late in the afternoon, feed all the
grain the pullets will eat. In addition,
inany poultrymen prefer
to keep a hopper of whole oats
available at all times. Plenty of
feeder and waterer space will
not only give much quicker growth
but will also reduce the num-1
ber of runt3 and culls materially.
"Pullets should be kept on
range that has not been used by
rhickens or received poultry man-,
are for two years. If the field ia
sloping, put the range shelter at
the foot of the 6lope and move it
up the hill a short distance every
3 to 4 weeks."
Dealers and manufacturers no
? * * nUa.n
ionger mil oe requireu iu vvuui:
special application forms from
farmers befoge making deliveries
if fertilizer.
*
m
News paper I
Wednesday, August 1
XONiS
kit k k k k
I >
r
Pictured above is what
since they can remember?]
stage and subsequently the
field of tobacco.
Merchant
Supervisor
IT :
JH
mMH
Jl
M. B. Kibler, Jr., secretary of
the Whitcville Merchants association,
is also sales supervisor of
the Whiteville tobacco market.
He came to Whitcville in January
1944, and since that time
has been active in promoting the
best interests of Whiteville and
Whiteville markets. His office is
located above R. B. McRoy Co.
on Madison street.
Chemicals Kill
95 Per Cent Of
Plant Bed Weeds
State College Extension Expert
Discusses Best Methods
For Treatment Of
Plants
BV DR. ?. R. COLLINS
N. C. State College
While chemicals correctly applied
give 95 percent control of
weeds on tobacco plant beds, poor
control is sometimes reported by
growers. Incomplete mixing of
the material with the soil, late
applications, and breaking the
soil too deep at the time of seeding
of the beds are some of the
chief reasons for the failures.
Picking weeds on a plant bed
is a back-breaking and time-consuming
job that everyone wants
to avoid. Chemical treatment of
j tile beds to kill the weeds is ar
accepted practice 011 Experiment
Station farms and farms throughout
North Carolina are now learning
to do the job properly.
Under the old system of pulling
weeds, the root system of the
plants is disturbed and disease:
may easily be spread over the
bed. Growers report a much betI
ter growth of plants where chemical
treatments are applied.
DISCUSSION OF TREATMENTS
Preparation of the bed, application
of the chemical, and othei
factors are discussed so thai
growers may avoid those practices
that lead to failures ir
controlling the weeds.
Consideration should be giver
? ?? onnrlihnnc ir
; LU yutll vvttui wviiu
selecting the chemical to use. Cyanamid
and Uranion have both
given satisfactory weed control
I (Continued on page 2)
i
P0R1
n A Good Con
1st, 1945
;~ts al
*
7 ami liar Scene In Golui
ijsawsfw zrry'" " ?'
Columbus folks have been
?reat fields of golden weed
warehouse floors. This is
s' Group
? *
Merchants Association Occupies
Prominent Posi-,
tion In Business Life Of I
Community
CO-OPERATES WITH
BOARD OF TRADE
Has Been Active In Promoting
Best Interests Of Entire
Community; Planning
Committee Was
d?
I IUJCCV
The Whiteville Merchants As-'
sociation occupies a prominent
place in the life of the com-j
munity. Aside from the regular
routine duties of such an organization
it has become the central
point the ideas of its members
and other citizens of YVhiteville
arc put into- active operation to
promote the growth and progress
, of the town.
The Whiteville Merchants Association
co-operates to the fullest
with the Whiteville Tobacco
rioard of Trade with both groups
working constantly to improve the
Whiteville Tobacco Market. A
good example of this co-operation
and what it tan accomplish is
manifested in the Whiteville
iDrieAnon rtf War Pamn I Jlflt
according to Morgan.
I Though experiments til hj
brid corn were originally made i
scattered parts of the country
jlowa presented the most adapl
labile field for expansion. Frot
there the use of hybrids rapidl
spread throughout the adjacer
region. Now nearly nine-tenth
of all the hybrid acreage in th
country, close to 54 million acrei
is in the North Central state;
With the increase use of hybrid
in other areas, the proportion c
the total hybrid acreage whic
is planted in the North Centn
states has gradually decrease
front 99 per cent in 1938 to 8
per cent in 1915, even though th
actual acreage of hybrids hi thi
area haa continued to ir.creas
Taking into consideration the re
ativeiy high yields in the Cor
Belt, it is likely that at leas
three-fourths of all com produce
in 1945 in the United States wi
be grown from hybrid seed.
' Since 1942, hybrids have bee
planted on 99 per cent or mor
of the Iowa com acreage. Th
percentage has increased froi
93 in 1942 to 93 per cent in bot
Illinois and Indiana, and fro:
(Continued on Page Five)
[.January the- Whitevillc Merj
chants Association begun nego\
tiations along with a group of
[ timber and pulpwood operators to
get the Army to establish the
POW Oamp here to relieve the
tight labor situation. As a result
of these co-operative efforts
Whitevillc got the last POW
camp to be established in North
Carolina. 100 of these Prisoners
of War will work on the Whitcville
Tobacco Market this year to
(make possible the handling of a
larger volume of tobacco.
The Whiteville and Columbus
Planning Committee was a project
of the Whiteville Merchants
Association. Realizing the ' need
for constructive planning for the
future progress of Whiteville and
Columbus County a committee
from the Board of Directors of
the Whiteville Merchants Association
worked out a plan of organization
and put it into practice in
forming the Whiteville and Columbus
Planning Committee. The
. organization plan of this committee
has received ngtion wide
attention .and has been set up
as a model for other towns to
follow by both state and government
agencies.
One new industry for Whiteville
was a direct result of tlie
work '.f the industrial section of
the nlannina eroun. That indus
j try is the Columbus Cold Storage
I Co., one of the most modern and
' | best equipped freezer-locker
1 plants in the State.
The Whiteville Merchants Asi
sociation has been working tire:
lessly toward improving the cafe
. and public eating situation for
. the approaching tobacco season.
I The Board of Directors has rcj
alized that existing facilities
I. could not care for the volume of
!, business that annually comes to
i Whiteville in August and Sept:
ember. No fault has been found
. with the existing, eating establishments
other than the fact that
they just can not accommodate
enough people. Whiteville will
have two new cafes ocen by
August first as a result, which
will greatly help in the feeding of
farmers and other visitors to
| Whiteville. At least one of these
i places will be open 24 hours a
day and 7 days a week
The Whiteville Merchants Association
has co-operated with
every phase of the war effort and
with all war time agencies. Its
members have been called on to
contribute heavily to bond drives
(Continued on Page Five)
r pii
nmunity
lTea
nbus
accustomed to seeing ever
readying for the curing
a typical Columbus county
Is Active
Percentage Of
Hybrid Corn Is
Greater In '45
Is Four Percent This Yeai
Against 2.1 percent Lasl
Year, Crop Reporting
Service Shows
RALEIGH?-Four per cent o:
all corn planted in North Caro
- ' ? - e J 1
una uiis year is ui uyum
variety, as campared with 2.1 pe
cent in 1944, 1.6 per cent ii
1943, and only one-tenth of om
per cent in 1938, according to th
Crop Reporting Service of th
State Department of Agriculture
J. J. Morgan, statistician wit!
| the department, said that 90,00
j acres of the 2,248,000 acres ii
I corn this year is planted wit!
hybrid seed. Although this figur
is high in relation to other yean
only two states are planting les
hybrid corn than North CMrolini
?South Carolina and Georgia
Iowa, for instance, is planting 10
per cent hybrid corn this ycai
and 64 per cent of all corn i
the United States this season i
hybrid.
"From a mere dot on the ma]
in 1933, hybrid corn acreages ha
expanded at such a rate to mak
up nearly two-thirds of all cor;
acreage today," said Morgan.
In 1933, of every thousan
acres of corn in the United Sta
tes, only one was planted wit!
hybrid seed. In 1945, more tha;
60 million acres of corn wa
seeded to hybrid varieties. Thi
is an increase of 3 million acre
over the hybrid acreage in 1944
I Since 1938, when 15 per cent o
j the corn acreage was planted t
j hybrids, there has been an in
crease of nearly 7 million acre
each year. This expansior
bringing an increase in yields o
[at least 20 per cent over th
native types of corn, enable
corn growers to obtain a succes
sion of record corn crops sine
Pearl Harbor. But more tha
that, it required less acreage fo
corn than in the early decades
thus providing growing space fo
I other wartime crops.
In North Carolina, the nortli
eastern and northern Piedmon
counties lead in the production c
hybrid corn, planting approxi
mately eight per cent of the totf
crop in this species. In the wesl
Jern and southeastern ureas, onl
| two per cent is of this variety
,0t f
$1.50 fer yea? publish
fvetj
All Have
Year's E
M. O. Nelson, Sr., Is L
Warehousemen Havi
ience Totaling More
Are Outstanding T<
bacco Ir
(By mTITf
Every one of the ware
Whiteville is a veteran of ma
ing tobacco. These men are 1
of the entire tobacco industry
of the warehousemen of W
' have a combined experience
| years of selling tobacco.
When Tobacco Is !
Yellowing, Watch |
Heats, Moss Says!
Tobacco That Is Green Cured
By Raising Temperature
Too Quickly During
"Green cured tobacco" is caus'
ed by raising the temperature too
1 quickly during the yellowing
period, and when a farmer has
' to make a choice between curing
tobacco green or sponging it, it
' should be sponged, says E. G.
Moss, in cnarge 01 me ruoaeeu
'Branch Experiment Station at
c Oxford.
He points out that green cured
tobacco brings a relatively low
1 market price because of its poor
1 quality and bitter taste. During
2 the yellowing period the starches
B',of the leaf are converted to
" sugar, and the efficiency of the
' change from starch to sugar
1 largely determines the value of
"the tobacco.
a | "If primings are not of even'
ripeness, the correct manipulation
c of the temperature to prevent
green tobacco on one hand and
8 sponging on the other is almost
a impossible," Moss says. "All of
Jj the tobacco placed in the barn
should be primed in one day, so
' that uniformity in ripeness and
n time of primine may supply to
s bacco capable of yellowing evenly.
|This makes it possible to raise.
P the heat to fix the color at just
s the right period. Such a condie
tion is theoretical, and in prach
tice, the tobacco curer will find
lit best to raise the temperature
d as dictated by the average to-1
- bacco in the barn."
P In discussing proper manipula-;
n tion of temperatures during the
s yellowing period, Moss says that
s more tobacco cures are ruined by
s raising the heat too quickly than
1. by allowing the tobacco to yellow
f too long. While sponging hurts
0 the market value of the leaf, a
minor amount is of no serious
s, concern. If tobacco sponges too
i. j much, the soluble sugar content
fiis reduced, giving the tobacco a
e! strong flavor.
d| ^
1 Gives Hints For
I Stretching Sugar
Home Demonstration Agent
Tells How House1
wives May Get Most
1 From Sugar In Canning
111 BY GENEVIEVE TAKES
" I Home Demonstration Agent
yj Home canning is one of the|
r" j nation's most important wartime
I programs on the Home Front in
^! 1945. With this in mind, we
, must use safe methods to reduce
Ll the loss of food due to spoilage
n and poor quality,
y | Home canners are concerned
it over the sugar available for the
18 j canning of fruits this year. The
general waRime rule is 1 pound
j'' (2 cups) of sugar to 4 quarts of
13 fruit. Five pounds of sugar will
,f can 20 quarts of fruit if the
h1 is cup sugar per quart ratio is
i! jrsed. Five pounds of sugar can
d be stretched to can more than
9 20 quarts of fruit if thinner sirj?
ups are used. Also, % the sugar
~ may be replaced with light corn
l sirup or 1-3 the sugar may be
n replaced with honey; this latter
it suggestion, however, plunges the
d | flavor of the fruit slightly. If
1! sugar is added directly to very
juicy fruits and heated slowly
n to draw juice out of fruit, less
e sugar is necessary. Strong flavor'
ed sirups should not be used In
j, j canning fruits. The use of brown
sugar or unrefined sirups, as
I (Continued on Page 8)
section iii 1
ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
ERANS
< 1
lad Many 1
xperience
)ean Of The Market;
i Combined Exper
: Than 290 Years;
obaceonists In Toidustry
Libler, Jr.)
housemen who operate in
ny years experience in sell;he
outstanding tobacconists
r. A brief look at the roster
hiteville reveals that they
! equal to more than 290
M. O. Nelson, Sr., is the oldest
tobacconist operating in Whiteville
from the standpoint of experience.
He has been active in
the tobacco business for 52 years jj
and active in Whiteville for 31 1
af those 52 years. His partners
In business are M. O. Nelson, Jr.
and John Nelson, his sons. Oliver '
Nelson Has been selling tobacco
for 24 years and John ha/? had
15 years experience. Nelson's
warehouse boasts of a total combined
experience of 91 years in
the tobacco warehouse business.
Brooks Warehouse, operated by
the Motley brothers, Blair, and
Latane, compose one of the two
"brother teams" of Whiteville. Besides
being expert and veteran j
warehousemen they are also to- ^
bacco farmers themselves and as
such they are thoroughly familiar \
with the farmers problems and
troubles. Together they have sold
tobacco for a total of more than
42 years.
Crutchficld Warehouse, the
other warehouse in Whiteville that i
is operated by brothers, will have
to get along without the services
of the junior partner this year.
Gaither Crutchfield a veteran of
16 years experience is now in the
Armed Service of his country and
will be absent this season. Ray
moiid crutcnveia, me ouier or
the two brothers and himself a
veteran of 18 years experience, is
on hand again this year to seo
that the farmers get the samo
top prices and top quality service
in the Crutchfield Warehouse j
that they have always received in
the past. I
Farmers Warehouse will be opcrated
again this year by Bert
Moore, a veteran of 28 years experience,
and L. R. Jackson, who
has been selling tobacco for 27
years. A combined total of 55
years of experience by these two
warehousemen makes it possibld
for them to use the slogan "Sell
with Moore and Jackson for
more jack."
Lea's Warehouse is operated by
ffunter Lea and his nephew,
Townes Lea. Hunter has had 22
years experience in selling tobacco.
Townes Lea, like Gaither
Crutchfield, will not be in Whitevillc
to sell tobacco this year.
He has more important business
to conduct as the pilot of the
famed B-29 plane now bombing
Japan out of the war. The name
of Lea is a very well known
name in the tobacco warehouse
business. They have operated
warehouses in Mullins, S. C., and
Danville, Va., as well as the one
in Whiteville.
Tuggle's Warehouse, with Dail
T-?l
yjiay diiu o atn. ncai eta utc uperators,
finishes up the list of tho
six warehouses in Whiteville. Dial
Gray was connected with Tuggle's
warehouse for D years prior to
the death of Mr. Got don Tuggle
and has been operating the warehouse
with aJck Neal as a partner
for 5 years. Dial is a prominent
year round citizen of White- !
ville and serves the farmers and
food producers well, both in
iTuggles Warehouse and in the
| Columbus Cold Storage Co., a
freezer locker plant in which he
is also a partner, Jack Neil is
another warehouseman who is a
tobacco farmer. He knows the
tobacco business from start to
finish and has had many years
experience to back up his judgment
in the value of the leaf.
The tobacconists of Whiteville
can boast of a combined experience
of more' than 290 years
among the warehousemen alone.
The auctioneer and other niembesr
of th It staff are also ,
iperie.nced veterans in. their Jobs.
The tobacco grower has only to
put hia tobacco on the floor of
one of the Whiteville warehouses
to get the full benefit of these
many, many years of experience
i Sales start on Wednesday morning
August' first at 9 a. m. and
run .until 3:15 p. m. each day
Monday through Friday. As last
year, each warehouse will sell
tobacco every day. This makes
! Whiteville truly a farmers m^p?
^ket?in a farmers town. ^ .
MHHOBi