I JL
ff,e Pilot Covert
Brunswick County
mfrhlrteen ~no7
Lti'on Office
flit Shallotte
I flow Operating
B, Office Will Serve Re-1
Rdents Of Lower Part Of
frmiv From Shallotte, j
(1(, Freeland, Longwood,
little River, Wampee
Lrate board
r has it in charge
1$ Located On SecIJ
floor Over Carl AnI
jpws* Store And Is In
I Charge Of Mrs.
I Lewis
I. been two important |
I ::i the rationing
: - the county during the
Bwek. with one of these
1^;.. resulting in the estaboffina
of
pt*l (.'I it UUfli U umvc aw
:nents were completed
*V ! : having the applicafi
residents of the lower
* ; county handled at the
! ^ -.a office. This means that
all persons whose
... - Shallotte. Ash, FreeL
. 1 Wanipee and Litr
: who are residents
> - k county, shall go to
5:s 'ffico for the trans-1
K- .: then business with the I
. :-ard.
- s.uthport office will con*
K ha: ile rationing business
:*:scr.s whose address is:
:: Bolivia, Winnabow. Lct
Xatassa and Southport.
r is have been divided
r:ai:v \ and there is no
sir. for handling applcaSo.
the basis of any other
is:'
ether change has to do
i;: vmg of the rationing
fc . s uthport from its ohl
c; >;t to the tax office in*
; Mays building on the same
ft: The new office will afford
t; it commodious quarters
r help the staff render
K efficient service.
1 tte office is located
pa. vor Carl Andrews'
k Mis Louise Lewis is
e : Members of the'
t." boartl are: Thomas,
E - ir.. Fred .Mintz and
S. y Hewett.
pive Launched
To Get WAVES
by Wants 3,000 North
Carolina Women To En-1
bt In This Important Ortanization
For Women In
War Work
Bv (. B. NKKLY,
tt. Cnidr., I'. S. N. R.
UlEIGH. Mar. 22. ? With
1 >; of Thi State Port Pilot
N'avy Recruiting Service has
etakcr. one of the most imJabs
of its career ? that
eating o.OOO North Carolina
r-"with the WAVES.
l': - are prone to believe that ;
! WAVES program is not so
L ?s pictured by the Navy
B" The idea that the
program is. shall we
' cissary is the most misWea
that we have ever
1 ttair.st
Wtirally, the Navy does not
c' never will ? except her
c-: volunteers to see com- 1
1 :'J'But that docs not les1
ihc importance of women I
' Jackets. It's a known fact I
n are direly needed at
hut, it's also a fact that
' :- n are needed "oil the
^ to keep one man at sea.
- Waves have been de
1 for many of those shore
J I?*y can do the jobs as
._ . Jst as efficiently, just as
ar men. Consequently.
* enlistment means another
. 'or the firing line. ;
^ have lung been in the
. ?f foreign countries ?
?ur enemies and our allies,
-'a.'fs, have them flying
r combat; the Germans '
jj taem doing every type of 1
land's women auxiliar- '
a large part in 1
^ ; war effort. We're in an
war against an all - out <
, o d'ol that is why the Na- i
calling on the women of i
i
' from it . 1 -*?i /
u (Kisundi owiiu" '
r' thi Nhw Iihs everything
WAVKS volunteers. The i
i women arc guar- <
' : >t lin y won't leave the j'
.. ' limits of the United, 1
it off.-rs the women a Job
^ t- proud to do; and it of- 1
t "in ' ijual to two years'
y
t a any women today 1
- para tod from their t
L'' " because of the war. '
C ai d want some- '
I la . lo to pass <
I "Mlnueti on page four) 3
TH1
49
RED CROSS
W& #6888811
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--y Eg
A Red Cross disaster worker is
during a recent Ohio flood, to brii
disasters handled by the Red Cro>
set: Roy Wingate, national direct'
who worked on every major disasl
County Threa
Not Rea
With Only One Week To
Go In Drive For Red
Cross Funds, About OneHalf
Of County Quota
Must Be Raised
SPIRIT IS STILL
RUNNING STRONG
Mrs. S. B. Frink Makes Direct,
Personal Appeal
For Liberal Contributions
To The War
Fund
With less than one week to go,
the Keu Cross War Fund Quota
for Brunswick county has only
reached the half-way mark.
"We simply cannot let this happen
in our county," pleaded Mrs.
S. B. Frink, county chairman, this
week. "Please ask the people to
give, and give until it hurts so
we can reach our goal of ?4,000.00.
That may mean that some
who have contributed must contribute
again. But that isn't much
to do when we compared our
position to that of the men in
our fighting forces who are giving
so much more than wc do."
In Southport some of the people
declare that they want to
wait until all reports are in before
the money-raising championship
is awarded to the citizens of
Shallottc and vicinity. "We have
several agencies working in this
locality," they point out, "and
when wc get them all added we
think that the Shallotte money,
all of which is being channeled
through the school campaign,
will be in second place in the
county drive."
This, you understand, is friendly
rivalry; but it is keen enough
to make citizens of both communities
leave no stone unturned
in their effort to out do the other.
Four Cases Are
Tried In Court !
Short Session Held Here
Monday Before Judge
John B. Ward In Recor-!
ders Court
Four cases were tried here in
Recorder's court Monday before
Judge John B. Ward.
F. B. Bone, white, pleaded
guilty to charges of reckless
operation. Given 60 days on the
roads, judgment was suspended
upon payment of costs and a fine
Df $50.00
Wm. N. Willetts, white, plead!d
guilty to charges of drunk
Jriving. Given 90 days on the
oads, judgment was suspended
upon payment of costs and a fine
jf $50.00.
George Lewis, white, pleaded
guilty to charges of reckless
operation. Sentcnco of 60 days on
:he roads was suspended upon
layment of costs and a fine of j
525.00. Of this amount, $15.00 was j
~emuu.*u.
Etina Jones Adams, white, was I
:harged with dmnk driving. The;
lefendant failed to appear. She [
vas found guilty, with judgment
ieing suspended upon payment
>f costs and a fine of $75.00 Her
Iriving license was revoked for
12 months.
E STi
A Good
4 PAGES TODAY g
IN ACTION f
t.sM ^^ra?ftipirM'g t>j % JI1I&
shown visiting a marooned family
rig them food and fuel. Of the 180
is last year, 45 were floods. In in- ]g
?r. Red Cross Disaster Operations, Q|
ier in the United States.
tt>r\t>A W/itV* lw
engaged in the handling of live- y
stock for the purpose of resale [
arc required to have permits to f,
operate. - s
Farmers who slaughter iive- p
stock for home use only are not
required to obtain a permit. s
However, if they sell or trans- p
fer dressed meat after slaughter, a
a permit will be required prior
to sale, which may be obtained g
by applying through local AAA
Committeeman, or through ' the i
county office at Supply. c'
Farmers are not required to | P
obtain a permit to buy or sell j o
(Continued On Page Four) I a
tvxivu TT 1UX p]
fc
ching Its Goal S
I A
Mayor Eriksen
Will Not Run u
j B
U
pi
John I). Eriksen, now com|
pleting his fourth straight term
| its mayor for the city of South- IC
port, declared last night that
he will not lie a candidate for *v
re-election this year.
"I appreciate the honor of
being the mayor of this town,
and I thank the people for p
sending back to do the best I
could for the |ntst two or three
elections. But the way things
are with me now, uncertain as c
they arc, I know that I cannot al
be a candidate again this time." m
With less than one month ^
before the nominating conventions
to name the ticket, this w
leaves the field wide o|kmi for w
someone to take the place of ^
Mayor Eriksen.
Committee Still [
r Trying For Base
Group Of Citizens Visited _
Charleston, S. C., During '
Past Week To Investigate
Possibility
A committee comprised of L.
T. Yaskell, J. J. Loughlin. Jr.,
C. Ed Taylor and E. J. Prcvatte wj
visited Charleston, S. C., last ctJ
Thursday for a conference with wi
navy officials with regard to the
establishment of a naval air base 10
in Brunswick county. to
Another purpose of the trip to th
Charleston was to learn of any pi
possible steps that may be taken
in order to save the W. B. & gr
S. Railroad from being discon- ve
tinued. Some encouragement was sp
received in this connection, but
much remains to be done if final liquidation
of the railroad is to *
be averted. I"
Meanwhile, the full citizen's
committee met last night to dis- f
cuss follow-up steps designed to \
press the local claim that Brunswick
county presents superior
advantages for the location of a H
naval air base. a
1;
Directions For [
Meat Production I
s
Farmers May Slaughter For
Home Use, But Must Get
Permit For Marketing d
Home-Killed Products n
e
Under Food Distribution Or- f,
ders effective March 31, 1943, all n
persons who slaughter livestock n
Siw transfer or sale or who arc) s
\TE
News paper Ii
iouthport, N. C., Wedi
JYA Has Placed
5 From County
During Past Year
I'ar Production Projects Of
The N Y A Placed 3
Youths From Brunswick
County During The Past
Year In War Industry
iNE GIRL NUMBERED
AMONG THIS GROUP
raining Of Youth To Take
Important Place In War
Production Program Is
Paying Big Dividends
War production training promts
of the National Youth Adlinistration,
War Manpower Comlission,
in North Carolina placed
youths from Brunswick County
i employment in industries holdig
essential war contracts during
le first six months of the cur:nt
fiscal year, Deputy Regional
dministrator Warren T. Davis,
p. announced yesterday.
They were: Carl Williams and
harles Thomas Williams, of Lend;
and Annie Margaret Watts,
: Southport.
North Carolina youths were
rincipally placed in the shiplilding
and aircraft industries,
ith largest groups entering emloyment
in the yards of the Nor>lk
Navy Yard, North Carolina
hipbuilding Company, Newport
ews Shipbuilding & Dry Dock
ompany, and the Glenn L. Marn
bomber factory at Baltimore,
mong other industries taking
ibstantial groups of North
arolina youths were Wright Auimatic
Machinery Company,
altimore Dry Dock Company,
nited States Signal Corps in
vil service positions, Faircraft
orporation, and military bases
icently located in the state,
niflrpmonts were made in
le government shipyards at Pearl
arbor during the same period.
NYA projects now in operaon
in North Carolina, with (he ,
'pes of training provided, are
cated as follows: Elizabeth City,
elding and machine shop; Rocky |
ount, sheet metal, foundry, nibline
shop, aircraft woodworking,
id welding; Greenville, radio,
achine shop, and aircraft woodDrking;
Wilmington, welding;
:otland Neck, aircraft woodorking;
Kinston, aircraft woodorking;
Washington, aircraft 1
oodworking; Durham, sheet met- [
, radio, welding, aircraft wood(Continued
on page 4)
!lue Mold Hits
Tobacco Plants
]
! 1
estilance Hits County Commissioner
O- P. Bellamy, I
Who Had One Of Best
Prospects In Brunswick (
i
O. P. Bellamy, of the Brans- ;
ick board of commissioners stat
Monday that the blue mold
as getting his tobacco plants, j
3 also said that there seemed ,
be prospects of serious damage .
plants throughout the county |
is year, as a result of this '
ant disease. ]
Continuous rains and very wet ;
ounds have made conditions I
ry favorable for a general 1
read of the destructive plant i
(Continued On page 4)
arm Situation
lood Despite A
Despite the labor shortage
I appeared in a trip through
, portion of Brunswick county
* 11? * *t?/, fomvmrQ nnrl
iSl WeeK LXiau U1C iaimv>?
arm women are something like
he marines? they have the sitation
well in hand. Conditions
re described as being surprisigly
good, despite the fact that.,
o many men are engaged in
efense construction or in serice.
There were few signs to inicate
that less than the full
lormal acreage would be devotd
to some crop or other. In
act, newly cleared fields on
lany farms indicated that still
lore land would be devoted to
oine purpose or other this i
ear. One thing noticiable was
he great number of farm tracors.
They were in evidence
omcwhcrc on almost every
arm.
The acreage now devoted to
mall grain and legumes seems
o be heavy, and these crops
IU 1IUUI 1BI1I Jig .
One thing especially intersting
at the moment is the
art that Brunswick county '
hickens are taking in food
reduction. The white leghorns
f Mrs. J. E. Dodson, of 4si),
ppeared to be leading the
J
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PORr
i A Good Com
lesday, March 24, 1943
BUILDING A
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L 5& v % i. .1
SHINGLES?Riving shing
ral Brunswick. And it may be
building materials, is over, see
inet iimUhpf pvarrmlp of t.he
and knows how to do things 1
Many Matters (
Settled Before
County Board?
, ???
J. D. Price Is Named As (
Superintendent Of Coun-1
ty Home And Manager
Of County Farm, Sue- ceeding
Chas Hickman
STANALAND AGAIN
ON WELFARE BOARD ]
i J
Numerous Tax Matters Arc j
Disposed Of before Com- (
missioners In Meeting
As Board Of Equali- ]
zation - Review I
Much business has been trans- ,
acted by members of the board
of county commissioners during .
the past week both as a board .
?1-~? "ii/l rnuipu; .anil <
JL UlJimuz-aLmi, aKu ,
as commissioners. i
For one thing, J. D. Price was
employed at a salary of $175.00 ;
per month as superintendent of (
the county home and manager of ,
the county farm. County Attor- |
ney E. J. Prcvattc was asked to s
employ someone to check Mr. ;
Hickman out and to check Mr.
Price in by April 1st. f
Upon motion of O. P. Bellamy, J
seconded by A. P. Russ, W. M.
Stanaland was reappointed a 1
member of the Brunswick county J
welfare board.
A. J. Robbins was permitted to
pay his taxes from 1939 to 1942
jpon the basis of the adjusted
valuation reported last week from
the board of equalization and review;
the Henry Bell estate was
permitted to pay 1942 and prior
years' taxes upon basis of $2,000.- a
30 valuation; Garland and Ruby Si
Clemmons were permitted a re- B
Juction of $1,056.00 because of 0;
tContinued on page 4> B
In Brunswick ;
adverse Factor
A
flocks. MI'S. Dodson takes a 1!
truck load of 19 cases of eggs ai
to market each week. There are C
30 dozen eggs to each case and w
this means her hens arc laying
6,840 eggs a week. Mrs. Dodson
is understood to have the 'J
largest flock in the county.
Although their daily or
weekly eggs production was
not ascertained, it is very definite
that a lot of hens are p;
now cackling industrious all of
through the county. Among w
other farmers who have a reg- G
ular poultry and egg business cc
following have flocks of hens la
of the size indicated: Mrs. Dod- a;
son, 1,700 hens; Rice Gwynn, fc
1,200; LeRoy Mintz, 500; F. G. R
Watts, 500; J. L. Mintz, 5uu; i
E. L. Vcreen, 600; L. C. Brown, A
400; J. M. Roach. 400; B. R.
Bennett, 300; B. Little, 200; W.
B. Edwards, 20; J. L. Benncttee,
200; Ben Gray, 200.
The above all live in the nc
lower part of the county, where th
many others whose names were ai
not learned are also in the w
business. There was no informrtion
available as to the upper re
part of the county, but it may
be accepted as certain that at ai
least two or three big truck ct
loads of Brunswick eggs go to be
market each day. se
I
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munity
, PUBLISt
/IATERIAL FROM 1
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les is a long-lost art in man;
that before this war, with
nes like the one above may
fact that you cannot stop a
or himself.
Community Cc
To Assist Wi
HUBf9*4**
- ,s *
__ - v
Group Effort On
Moving Program
7
.Moving is never a pleasant
job, and so it was that employees
of the Southport War p
'.'rice and Ration Board were
lreading their move from the
building next door to the tax
jffiee into the May building.
Word got to Principal W. R.
Lingie that there was a job to
>o done, so .Monday afternoon
right after school was out he tl
showed up with about every a
ible bodied boy in his high fi
school group. With the assist- o
nice of Robert Maultsby's * '
transfer truck the shift was c
made in short order. a
Nor was the professor just fi
i straw boss. While rolling
lowu the sidewalk the safe
jverturned, and it was not mi- E
111 Mr. Linglc stooped over c'
iiid straightened up that the b
safe was ever righted. 0
si
Sunday School
PpAffpam Plannprl J:
l 1 ugl uiu jl iuuuwh
I
ai
ssociational Sunday School'11
Conference Will Be Held 11
On Monday, March 29, Cl
At Bolivia if1
| lr
Following is the program fori01
one day Associational Sunday jtl
chool conference to be held at S'
Olivia Baptist church on Mon- 11
iy, March 29, under auspices of
runswick Baptist Association: n
Song ? Scripture ? Prayer
10 minutes); Review of attain- R
lents in 1942 and reports from j pi
ssociational Officers, Pastors, | A
id Superintendents (15 minutes) jK
-Team Leader; Conference on'
ssociational goals and plans fori^
)43 (30 minutes)?Team Leader'1
id Associational Superintendent; | _
onference on the Sunday School .
ork in the churches, with cf- j R
(Continued On Page Four)
1 : p
hompson Given ai
New Commission !*
R. B. Thompson, who for the Ila
ist year has served as captain:
the pilot boat after that craft! I
as taken over by the Coast j *
uard, was released from his! l
immission as chief petty officer | I
st week and has become active)
fain as a pilot. He is now a
ill lieutenant in the Coast Guard j B
eserve.
Jamed To Head
Price Pannel
Ifi
E. J. Prcvatte, Southport attor- 01
y, was named yesterday to head B
ic price pannel of the War Price1 ci
id Rationing Board of Bruns- ir
ick county. ' pi
He succeeds R. F. Plaxco, who j "1
cently resigned. j 51
Other members of this board j
e E. H. Kirby, Shallotte mer- s<
lant, and Gilbert Reid, Winna-1 bi
>w man who; is in the forest1R
irvice. ! tl
,0T
IED EVERY WEDNESDAY
THE FARM
Pf^B
life
iiBy&l
WE^
y sections, but not so in ruthe
resulting scarcity of
become more general. It is
man who lives on a farm
y
unmitteemen
th Rationing
Vill Assist Farmers In
Completing Applications
For Gasoline For Tractors
And Farm Autos
RANSPORTATION
GROUP PASS ON THESE
Recommendations Of These
AAA Officials Will Be
Closely Followed In
Making Allotments
Of Gasoline
Community committeemen for
fie AAA program in Brunswick
ounty will cooperate with the
inn transportation committee
f the USDA War Board and the
vo rationing boards of the
ounty in seeking a more equitble
distribution of gasoline for
irmers.
Before any more applications
jf supplementary allotments of
asolinc for farm use will be filial
by the rationing boards, it will
c necessary for a completed rccrd
of farming activities to be
igned by a community chairman
nd approved by the Defense
ransportation Board.
For the convenience of appliints
a supply of application
jrms, both for passenger cars
nd for tractors and other nonighway
equipment, will be in
te hands of each community
immitteeman. The committeelan
will be responsible for mailig
in the blank to the county
ffice, which will in turn forward
lem to the rationing noard, toether
with their recommendaons.
Following is a list of commnity
chairmen in this county:
[erbert Russ, Shallotte; B. A.
,uss, Ash; L. J. Carter, Warnce,
S. C.; Clarence H. Jenrette,
sh; Elroy King, Frecland; S.
eifer Babson, Ash; D. B. Edards,
Freeland; Paul Brown and
imes T. White, F. Leo Medlin,
eland; A. P. Henry, George N.
wain and W. E. Lewis, Winna3w;
F. H. Swain, Southport; G.
Holden, Bolivia; John W.
ellers, Edgar Holden and Lucian
ulford, Supply; H. B. Bennett
nd L. Thomas Hewett, Shallots;
R. T. Long and John F. Al:n,
Ash; Weston Evans, Freeind;
A. J. Walton, Jr., Ash.
iond Sales For
Half-Month Good
' _1 A IJ 1 1
runswicK /Appears neaueu
For Another Month Of
Sales Totaling About
$10,000.00
According to reports received
oni the Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond and the Charlotte
ranch Bank, the issuing agenes
of Brunswick county, includig
the post offices, have for the
sriod March 1-15 sold Series
E" Bonds in the amount of $4,18.75.
The above figure includes all
lies for which remittances have
sen cleared through the Federal
eserve Bank by the last day of
le accounting period.
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Most Of The News
All The Time
1 I
C $1.50 PER YEA!
Cooperation Is
Secret Of Good
Fire Protection
Farmers Of This County
Have Become Thoroughly
Sold On Value Of Protecting
Their Timber
From Fires
REIGEL PEOPLE
SET FINE EXAMPLE
These People Not Only
Have Aided In Educating
Citizens In The Value,
But Also In Pro- ,
tection , iBy
W. B. KEZIAH
Half of last week spent in going
over Brunswick county with
Garland B. Porter, Ben M. Patrick,
and with County Agent Dodson
being in the party one day, revealed
a lot of things that are
pleasing to know. A fair sized
book could be written as a result
of that trip, telling how Brunswick
farmers are coming along.
One of the main things of interest
to all of us was the pine
wood crop. To grow this crop the
control of forest fires is essential.
The trip revealed unmistakably
that the wood crop is growing
well, even faster than it is being
cut. It is as farm forestry agent,
H. E. Blanchard, remarked to
us a few days after our tour of
the county. Mr. Blanchard said:
"In spite of such fires as we
do have, our woods arc growing
much faster than we are cutting."
His remarks mean that a great
surplus of lumber, pilings, pulpwood
and cord-wood is in the
???? nf prowins'. It will not be
t" ? O O- - long
after the emergencies of war
have passed before practically every
landowner in Brunswick will
be able to harvest a sizable and
very profitable crop of wood products
each year.
It is doubtful if many Brunswick
land owners will ever again
put the axe to everything growing
in the shape of trees on their
farms. Instead they will cut their
timber gradually, thinning out as
the trees mature to the size suitable
for this and that purpose.
Above all, they will always
seek to guard against destructive
forest fires and will leave plenty
of regenerating patent stock
standing when they take the axe
to the woods. The farmers, or
such is our conclusions, are literally
forest fire prevention minded
and throughly sold on the value
of the woods crop that can be
produced on the farms.
A year or two ago County Dodson
remarked to us that the /
value of the woods was much
greater than that of all the crops
that could be produced on the
farms. To some people that may
sound like a strange remark to
have come from a county agent,
supposed to be interested only in
farm and field crops. The remarks
were not strange at an; uie
growing of a crop of woods, is
little different than growing a
crop of cotton, fobacco or corn,
except that it takes less work. j
The day is coming when it will
be realized on ail sides that one
of our most important farm crops
is our woods.
Reigel People Cooperative i|
It took little if any questioning
to reveal the fact that the Reigel
Paper company of New Jersey is
a powerful factor in aiding forest
conservation in Brunswick coun- !
ty. They preach against the des- I
tructiveness of forest fires and
take practical steps to avoid and
control them. J
The company has 94,000 acres
of land in Brunswick and much
in the adjoining county of Oolum- i
I bus. This big acreage is all in I'
I umnfla snmo nf if. hearing mature
timber, but with the major part
in young and rapidly growing
pines that are zealously guarded
from damage by fires.
With none of the timber on
their lands being harvested in
that time, the Reigel people have'
been paying Brunswick county
around six thousand dollars each
year in taxes. Over and above
that, and with no revenue yet
coming to them, they have been
maintaining an efficient forest
fire fighting force and expensive
fire fighting machinery.
The big yearly sum that they
are paying out in taxes .and for
fire protection, on lands that arc
bringing no revenue, is a guarantee
in itself of how highly the
company values its timber. They
arc not paying taxes on the land
and paying for forest fire protection
for the fun of paying.
They know that in their woods
they have an immensely valuable *
crop in the making.
Their fire fighting efforts arc
not confined solely to their own ,
lands. They cooperate with tho
neighboring farmers an all sides.
Should a woods fire breakout
anywhere, even many miles from
the Reigel lands, then the Reigel
(Continued Uu Page tfourg j