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
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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.
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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)
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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)
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