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^ pilot Co* ei s Uruns'vick County THE STATE PORT W piO. SIXTEEN NO. ?? 6-PACES TODAY A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Section III Tobacco Edition Southport, N. C.t Wednesday, July 28th, 1948 PUBLISHED every WEDNESDAt fijso PER YEA* :air Bluff Is Ready T o Live Up To Great History Jjetic Stadium Symbolic Of fear's Progress tm P>ant Now Use T lighting Equipment tpSed To Follow In U Future^ .fHROOM ANOTHER JSnity project Achievements Provide For New Faith In (estiny Of Town Of fair Bluff jc BLUFF." This historic sailed beside Lumber i, a spot close to the Robe aexy Une and only a short K from the borders of Carolina, has moved for , an almost unprecedented icing the past year. ? buildings, new businesses c and church progress toMlMd to give Fair Bluff lcwk. a new faith in the< and a new confidence in J .'S teels of a $50.000 out '? (torch improvements by Xr-jodist and Baptist con-1 ? r.ci-.ir.ded citizenry [- r. both school and _ -jy recreation have erect ;-co::-.munity stadium rl-ks with the best In this' It area. | .vi) park, circled with t: blocks, is already in use . iei bv the Fair Bluff y- the Border Belt baseball 3j, When Fall comes, high! d -.earns will make it their i and thus this magnificent till be in use throughout1 WK. ?r the leadership of the ? canity's progressive citizens,I teir.um-covered grandstand i?n erected to seat some Krso-j and plans are already ke to go ahead with installation of lights for t baseball and football should high school field a gridiron! i: :r. the near future. Light-; Kpment is certain to come! to r.ext few months. k same community coopera ?tich made possible the j ill stadium was responsible i i magnificent lunchroom j c is r \v used by both the k i'; civic clubs. Working fer the town's citizenry com >>500 structure dur -- past year and for the I H'?ral months has been (if Its use. b of progress could be fc"?! almost at will. The Hall has undergone re L " a new cotton ginning 1 '*ell on the way to com-1 ; large addition to the '? '?'?artriouse is ready for -??i many other changes i ft" of r.ote have taken place.' Ws developments seem *i continuation of the spirit j *? caused the people to assist building of a hotel to j * tobacconists and other! ' 7" mle- residential con- ! ^as continued a pace and of its size have wit ; construction of more ""n? than Fair Bluff. ausey & Parker Have Big Store ^ Opened About One Ago In Fair Bluff; Wted By N. J. Caus f And Alton Parker 'UP. BLUFF. -One of Fair *?? newest enterprises is the 4 Parker clothing store ipenea about one year ago. size 50 by 75 feet, is P tal operated by N. J J*!' A~on Parker, both Hen experienced in this, M work. They come here l S. c. 4 Parker have mer J* ?w all the family, and ^ delusively for Fair * J^rlee suits, Etchison ^ shoes, and for the lhe line of Loma Leeds jk,' are now stocking a e tall line of dresses by Itw L 5':';ition of this store to L'r mercantile trade, H ?' a wr'" rounded shop 2Jf'ter for this section of H* county. kb"" i^, known in Mediter tWotrles- have been ^ prehistoric times. POWELL'S BUILDS ADDITION. TO 53-YEAR-OLD WAREHOUSE Extra Floor Space Makes House Second Largest In Fair Bluff And Give One-Third More Room; A. H. Powell And Arthur Carver To Manage Business FAIR BLUFF.?Powell's ware house on the "Fair Bluff market, this season will sell tobacco for the 53rd year of successful op eration. Although the original house, built 52 years ago is still standing and is in daily use, the structure now is considerably [larger than it was in the be ! ginning. Just being completed is a new, I modern addition to the warehouse that gives it a third more floor space, and makes it the second largest house on the market. This additional space will permit the firm to take care of more of its customers on each sale. The Powell warehouse, under the [management of A. Hicks Powell and Arthur Carver, will be com bined in operation with the mam moth Planters warehouse, the largest house on the market, op erated by Norman N. Love, Sr. and Carl Meares. A. Hicks Powell, veteran ware-! house operator, succeeded his fa ther, the late I. M. Powell, in the ownership and operation of the historic old warehouse. He has been in active management' of the house for the past 44 years excepting about 8 years when he rented it to other op erators. He now has two sons who are taking an active part in the business. As a symbol of its age, Powell's warehouse remains the only one in this section that still has a bell tower. It was used during the old days to summon the farmers, who traveled about from one market to another, to the sales. The tower still stands today with the bell, whose rustic clapper has been silent for years. Mr. Carver is a respected man among warehouse circles, having operated on the Durham market for twenty-two years. He, along with Mr. Powell, head an ex perienced staff who will serve the Border Belt growers this year. A. H. Powell, Jr. will serve this year as the bookkeeper, while Norman N. Love, Sr. and N. N. Love, Jr., outstanding auctioneers who worked a number of years on various markets, will ring forth with the characteristic chatter of high dollar sales. Other members of the ware house personnel will be Hubert Rogers, bookman, H. G. Love, of Danville, Va., ticket marker, and Oliver Rogers, clip man. Other members of the Powell stall Include Sleigh Waddell, and Wesley Harrelson, weighmen; Clyde Hinson, floor mgr., Maxie Small, floor man; Waldo Hinson, checkout man; Mrs. N. N. Love, Jr., clerk, B. A. Powell, stabiliza tion clerk. PLANTERS WAREHOUSE WILL ENTER UPON NINTH SEASON Norman H. Love, Sr., Versatile Tobacconists, Is Auction eer And Is Beginning Thirty-First Season In Busi ness; Experienced Staff 1? Secured FAIR BLUFF?The Planters, with its 36,000 square feet of floor space, the market's largest tobacco sales warehouse, is in all readiness to begin its ninth selling season when the market opens Tuesday, August 3rd. The Planters will again this year be under the management of Norman N. Love, Sr., veteran tobacco warehouseman and auc-| tioneer, and Carl Meares, Fair| Bluff businessman and farmer. Associated with these men will be Hicks Powell, manager of the [Powell warehouse, and * Arthur Carver, with the four operating both Planters and Powell ware houses jointly this season. ( Norman N. Love, Sr., has been a big name in tobacco for a number of years, having operated j the Piedmont, warehouse in Dan jville for around 14 years before (coming to the Border Belt. He i operated warehouses for eight i years on the Mullins, S. C. mar ket and the past nine years on | the Fair Bluff market. Love is I not only a seasoned tobacconist | but a versatile one also, and re I mains as one of the few who can [carry on several jobs efficiently, j For instance, this year as in 'years past, Mr. Love will handle the duties of the auctioneer in his own warehouse, ably assist ed by his son, Norman N. Love, Jr. When Mr. Love, Sr., is not auc tioneering he will act as sales manager and will stand ready to serve an amazing number of pat rons that have learned to pros per by continued patronage at Self-Service Is Recent Addition Firm Opened For Business Eight Months Ago Under New Management Of Cliff Sarvis FAI RBLUFF?One of the re cent additions to the business life of Fair Bluff is the modern Self Service Grocery which was estab lished last Fall and opened for business on Nov. 22, 1947. The building located between Causey & Parker and Weaver's Clothing Store was leased and the business has enjoyed a wide pat ronage during the past eight months of operation. Cliff Sarvis, 'formerly with I Lewis Gore in Tabor City, is 'manager of the Self-Service Gro cery. Groceries, feeds and seeds are I carried in stock, t j the Planter's warehouse. Edward B. Love will take over the post as assistant bookkeeper and pay-off man for the first time under the Planters opera tional banner. He will be assist ed by Mrs. N. N. Love, Jr., clerk. Clausen Edmunds will head the force on the floor again this year and has already assumed his duties as floor manager. Henry Powell of Lake View, S. C. is employed as the night floor manager. Weighmen will be James T. Smith of Danville, Va. and Ros coe Enzor. Harold G. Love will be ticket market, Frank Turbe ville, check-out man and B. A. Powell, stabilization clerk. . R. C. (Rufe) Grainger of Fair Bluff, large tCSacco grower and former tobacco warehousemen! for many years on the Fair Bluff' market will be associated with the Planters warehouse in the capacity of solicitor. Mr. Rufe, as he is familiarly known to hundreds of farmers in the Bor-I der belt will be seen shaking j hands and working with growers, i For the past four seasons he! has not enjoyed the robust health of former days but is now im proved and will be seen on the Planters warehouse floor fre quently. Other solicitors for the Planters warehouse Include Jim Bullard, T. C. Parham, C. C. Enzor, J. H. Lovett, Jim Bullard, Hosea and Keyo Brown, Jack Grainger, Gomery and Henry Mc Neill and Rockers Bullock, all well and favorably known to to- ] bacco growers in the Border belt area. Three Buildings Go Up In Town FAIR BLUFF.?Three busi-' jness structures erected during 1 the past year are the two own-1 jed by J. T. Ellis and the one by j Barden Collins. Mr. Ellis is using one of his buildings for a super-market and ithe other was leased to a dry j ! cleaning establishment. The Collins building is occupied by the Barden Collins general] merchandise store. His Heritage One rainy afternoon Aunt Sue was explaining the meaning of various words to her young nep hew. "Now, an heirloom, my dear, means something that has been handed down from father to Son." she said. "Well," replied her boy thoughtfully, "that's a queer name for my pants." The Old And The New Shown above are the old and the new in tobacco barns. While there are still many of the old types, the newer, safer structures are on the increase. (Cut by courtesty of i State College Extension Service). DEVELOPMENTS IN FAIR BLUFF INCLUDE WORK ON CHURCHES Townsend Set | For Fifteenth j Year On Mart ? i Veteran Supervisor Of Sales Is Among Greatest Boost ers Of Fair Bluff Market FAIR BLUFF?G. B. Town send, a life-long resident of Fair Bluff, will begin his 15th sea son as supervisor of sales on the Fair Bluff market next week. Mr. Townsend is a popular to bacconist who is known to farm ers all over this area. Through out the 14 seasons he has served as supervisor, he has made many, friends among growers, buyers and warehousemen, and has been a distinct asset to the market. The' veteran mart executive has predicted one of Fair Bluff's best years and is cooperating with the progressive warehouse operators in promotional efforts to keep the market among the leaders in sales and prices. Marble Yard Open In S. Fair Bluff FAIR BLUFF.?Now receiving supplies and just beginning to op erate is the new marble yard which has been located in South Fair Bluff by Davis Fairfax. The new place of business is located just opposite the new gin ning plant. Mr. Fairfax is now ready to supply his patrons with any type of memorial marker they desire. | FAIR BLUFF?Fair Bluff cit izens are proud of the part they [have played in one phase of in the community's development I during the past year. That phase is the work in the town's two principal churches. I Close to fifty thousand dollars have been spent by the people of Fair Bluff to put the Methodist; Church and the Baptist Church j in position to render greater ser-; vice. Those of the Baptist faith have! contributed in the neighborhood of $25,000 to build 12 additional! Sunday School rooms, to install a Baptistry and to erect a par sonage. Tire parsonage has just been completed and is now being occupied by the pastor, Rev. B. G. Bas3, and his family. Not the least among Baptist accomplishments was the instal lation of a Hammond organ at a cost of $5,000. Keeping pace in the church program, the Methodist congrega tion has completely remodeled the famous old church building and' now they have one of the finest church structures in this section of the State. i This work included complete renovation of the entire plant and the installation of a Conson ata organ. Methodist leaders estimated the total cost above $20,000. Few congregations have finer facilities than do the Baptists and Methodists of Fair Bluff. ! The term "Siamese twins" was first applied to Chang and Eng, joined twins born in 1811 at Meklong, Siam. DON WATSON READY TO BEGIN 2nd SEASON AT DIXIE HOUSE Green Sea Man Will Operate Business By Himself This Year After Partnership In 1947; Bill Martin Will Be Auctioneer; Dixie Has Sale On First Day I FAIR BLUFF?Don Watson of Green Sea, S. C., one of the | younger warehouse operators but, a veteran in the tobacco busi- ( ness, next week will begin his second season on the Fair Bluff j market. Mr. Watson will operate the Dixie Warehouse by himself this year, having purchased the in terest of O. L. Coleman of Tabor City who was associated with him during the 1947 season. The well-known operator of the Dixie had a most successful season here last year and made his mark in the auction business, becoming well known among the farmers who patronize this mar ket. Previously, Mr. Watson had worked on the Tabor City, Me bane and Boone markets. He owns an" operates a farm at Green Sea and has been engaged in the tobacco business every since he was a boy. The Dixie Warehouse will have a sale on opening day this sea son and the management is lay ing plans for a banner season, j Bill Martin, popular auctioneer | of South Boston, Va., will be at the Dixie to chant sales. Lewis Rogers will be bookkeeper, while [Hubert and Oliver Rogers will I be bookmen. j Mrs. Louise Fingerfelt will serve as clerk. j Interesting details in connec , tion with the Dixie Warehouse | and its operator are that the I house is located in the first to bacco market town in this sec-J tion of the Carolina? and that; Mr. Watson is a descendant of, ! the family which was among > those fir.'.t to grow tobacco in ,'this area. The Watson family' ! planted a crop the same year that the late J. P. Derham and a few others started growing the golden weed in the Green S*1 section and another group set out plants in the Spring Branch 'community near Fair Bluff. These | two groups were later joined by others and brought about the establishment of the market here. ROBERT H. WRIGHT RETURNS AS OPERATOR OF GRAINGERS He Will . Be Assisted By E. J. Clayton And O. T. Man g rum, Who Operated House During Last Season; Grainger Warehouse Has Been In Auction Busi ness For Over Quarter Century FAIR BLUFF?Returning this season to the Grainger Warehouse here after an absence of two years is Robert Wright, who Willi manage the warehouse's opera-1 tions and lead its sales. Mr. Wright is no stranger on the Fair Bluff market nor to the hundreds of loyal customers of the Grainger house. He is from Reidsville but has J owned and operated warehouses on the Border and Middle belts for years. Two seasons ago he sold the Grainger warehouse, af-1 ter buying it from R. C. Grain-j ger of Fair Bluff, to E. J. Clay ton and J. M Bullock. Mr. Bul-1 lock died after a year's opera tion of the house and last year it was operated by E. J. Clayton and O. T. Mangrum. Mr. Mangrum and Mr. Clayton j will be with the warehouse again this season with Mr. Wright lead-| ing sales and in active charge, j The Grainger will offer its t patrons one of the best, ex- ? perienced tobacco warehouse or- J ganizations obtainable for this season. Bill Martin of South Bos-] ton, Va. will sing the auction! chant. Louis Rogers will be the i bookkeeper and payoff man; j Oliver Rogers, clipman; and Hu-; bert Rogers, bookman. Demsey | Hinson of Hinson's Cross Roads is the day floor manager while' Frank Rogers will take over the floor duties at night. Jimmy Soles of Fair Bluff is head weighman, | ! Alva Hinson is checkout man and Mrs. Louise Llngerfeldt if office clerk. Horace Powell is j stabilization clerk. | In operation in Fair Bluff for more than a quarter of a century | the Grainger warehouse, operated for many years by Rufe C. Grain ger, is the second oldest house, in years of operation, on the local market. Its floor space totals a little more than 30,000 square feet and is said to have one of the best lighted floors In the belt. I Although the Grainger ware-' house has many years of history and experience behind it, and al-i though it glories in a successful past in service to its farmer cus tomers, its present management i looks forward to the coming sea- j son to serving an even larger number of patrons and to paying the most satisfactory prices In its long history, starting on open ing day, Tuesday, August 3rd, 1948. Ants Go With Picnics And Pants But Are Unpopular House Guests What goes with picnics and [pants? That's right ants. Under some circumstances, they can ,be fun?y. | But mostly, ants are no joke. They're not funny to the house keeper who finds them in the sugar and butter. They are not funny to the property owner who finds his lawn and flowers being destroyed or even part of the crops on the farm. They're not funny to the store keeper who finds them swarming over his meats and bakery goods. No, [they're certianly not funny to [anyone who has been betten or stung by an ant. Yards, gardens, anr lawns are b?ing damaged by ants crops, [truck crops and grapes are yield ing a terrific toll to ants and their symbionts?the Aphids, scale insects and mealy bugs that ants keep as their private herds of "milk cows." No. ants are hardly funny. j The latest practical method of ant control is the use of chlor dane. Ants can't escape its three way killing action. If they walk on it, breathe it or eat it, they die. Properly perpared and applied, it shows no tendency to repel? ants seem unaware of its pre sence until too late. If a 2o,o solution, for example, is poured around the entrance of agallery, worker ants still enter and leave freely, but everyone picks up a lethal dose and dies in a few | hours. Within a few days, the last of the new generation of workers has hatched, emerged and killed. The queen then stralves to death, and the entire colony has been eliminated with a single treatment. ? ? Germans Value Cigarette Butts American Product Worth Four Of Russian Made Variety; Tobacco Remade In Other Packa And Sold ? For High Price BERLIN, Germany. ? Berlin's professional butt hunters value1 an American cigaret butt at four' Russian-type butts. Picking up of cast off butts, around theaters is the sole oc-| cupation of a few strong souls whc have managed to beat off all opposition. i Tobacco from the American ( butts is rolled into new cigarets | and repacked in original packs ana sold for 80 marks each. (Weekly coat of the highest Ger man food ration is five marks.) Among Germans generally, butt hunting is on a free-for-all basis and is still one of the most popular activities. Rationed to less than one pack of German (Continued On Page 0) Improvements Made By Four Large House* Supervisor Townsend Pre dict* Sale? Close To Be*t Year Of Market Record 'OLDEST' LOOKS FOR HIGH QUALITY CROP Excellent Eating Places, Good Stores And Warm Welcome Awaits Grow ers At Fair Bluff fair BLUFF ? Pre-season tenseness pervaded the atmos phere of this oldest tobacco mar-' ket in this section as warehouse men, leaf growers and the popu lacc in general readied themselves for the opening on Tuesday, Aug. As the golden weed poured In to the four houses here, Super visor of Sales C. B. Townsend predicted a most successful which would rank with the best In the market's history. . Townsend said a survey of the area shows that farmers are rais h?,a.500d crop 01 tob?cco and that those who have had past experience selling on the Fair Bluff market have indicated that they Plan to bring their weed here for the 1948 season. The Fair Bluff market, es tablished in 1897, when the old r armers warehouse was built, has seen steady growth and en joys the confidence and patron age of farmers from a wide area who have brought their crop here season after season. 1 The Fair Bluff market has al TTk ab0Ve the average and has paid the top dollar .for | tobacco for as many as four fr,g t 3^ars' Supervisor Town jsend and Tobacco Board of Trade I The local market has always had a full aet of buyers with tierw C??pany represented on f?H 7 noor? here every pounds" h?? ^U?h "8 10 miUl0" ^cn sold here dur ing a single previous season. Recent improvements and ad ditions to the four Fair Bluff warehouses has greatly increased the floor space and it is expect ed farmer, may rest assurTS selling their loads in a single rtav and not have to waVl! ,y ?ales the following day. ?f ?7* f0Ur warehouses, well i j d and modernly equipped, Powell, operated by a K ssssur Meares^FaT&utt aiAorSS Love of Danville Va W0rm4n ?assess Mangum and Clayton o, 8^ 11? b?5 ?'i"?" o! ZJPJSS, ?SS them. People to welcome J. S. Potts Buys Jewelry Business Army Veteran Now Engag ed In Operation Of Store Located In Heart Of Fair Bluff J S POTTS BUYS 24 FAIR BJiUFF ? Among the business developments of the put 12 months in this town was the purchase of the Patterson Jew ery Store by J. S. Potts, a young Army veteran. Mr. Potts, who is a brother of Dr. Sam J. Potts of Tabor CiJy, has brought the business up to date in the mat ter of stock and has prepared for an exceptionally good season. After leaving military service, Mr. Potts attended a watch-mak ing school in Kansas City and maintains a repair department in addition to his marchandise busi ness. Potts' store is dealer for (he famous Keepsake diamond ring and all the popular makes of watches. Herb gardens were planted within the cloistered walls at European monasteries during the Renaissance, and the prodnati used to treat ailing people.