!; Pilot Covers nsvvick County ). FOURTEEN NO. lswick Gr :h Other V Continual This County Was j ites In Favor Of I ation To 55 Votes I I To Quota Plan , /NSHIP AS UNANIMOUS hroughout North Was About 94ln Favor Of tued Tobacco Control ? North Carolina! rets have voted 94,0; avor of continuing in' ree-year tobacco marplan first instituted e's largest "money" | ndum held Saturday, 66 of the 72 counating in the voting to: year quotas. 90,984. *r quotas, 2,065. y quotas. 5,848. eligibility list of ap-l rfl.000 farmers, only! ti Saturday's referen-j npares with the 142,-1 d in 1940 when the' expire this year wasj cultural Adjustment { In. neaaquarit'rs nere, , Hrhich supervised the referendum, j Bud that there would be no re-'. Burns from the six counties which ' Bad not reported today. The AAA 11 Baid there were no votes cast in S In, - counties. ' I With one township voting unBnimnualy in favor of the tobacco Buotas Brunswick county farmers J I.j.i other 111 the state SaturBay in* voting in favor of tobacco Buotas for the next three years, n this county 355 farmers voted favor of quotas while only 50 . voted against The state as a ' lvhele voted in favor of quotas by bt per tent. [Farm Machinery i Now Available | i Additions Made To List Of Equipment And Implements That May Be Furchased Without Permits Pursuant to the authority vestJed in the North Carolina State 1 USDA War Board by an amend- , ment to Food Production Order 3. the following items of farm ( equipment have been released i from county quotas as of July 7, ^ Potato planters, potato diggers* i potato sorters and graders, lime 1 spreaders, manure spreaders, spike tooth harrows, disc harrows, i riding cultivators, pea and bean i harvesters, corn huskers and I shmiders, ensilage harvesters, 1 feed cutters, Grain cleaners and 1 graders, engines, horse-drawn ] moweis. dump rakes, side deliv- 1 ery rakes, pick-up balers, grain 1 hinders, grain threshers, ensilage ! cutter, corn shelters, hay presses, and tooth wceders. Items of farm equipment pre- ' viously released from county i quotas by the State USDA War ! Board include: 1 Tractor-drawn and mounted i planters, tractor-drawn and I mounted cultivators, tractor - 1 drawn or mounted moldboard I plows, tractor-drawn or mounted disc plows, one-way tillers, trans- ! planters, garden tractors, soil pul- 1 verizers and packers, Rotary hoes, spring tooth harrows, power takeoff tractor mowers, traction sprayers, spray pumps, power, power dusters, traction dusters, hammer mills, and burr mills. Removal of county quotas does dot release any of the above items from quotas set for the State, and manufacturers are required to follow the original distribution pattern by states. They are authorized, however, to ship any of the above items into the state without regard to county tags. Kach machine, however, should bear a North Carolina tag, designating it for sate to a North Carolina producer, and machines so tagged cannot be sold to farmdfs of other states. County farm machinery rationing committees may issue pureha.ie certificates for these items, and dealers may honor the certificates regardless of the counties f?r which the machines are tagged and regardless of county quotas. Applicants for purchase certificates should be required to certify that they have located the lachines in dealers stocks before a certificate is issued. The State War Board has deded not to release from county (Continued on Page Fou*i THI 15 !- sag owers loin ^eed Farmers tion Of Quota LANDMARK . -T ; ^ ,'Lsv si/- ' * %.w?" ' I w -A' . ! The old channel light | ower on Oak Island shown ' ibove has stood sentry dur- , ng three wars. Although it s playing no useful part in ( present preparedness, it stands as a proud veteran )f past activities. No Upset Bid I In W. B. Indication Is That Property Will Go To Persons Who _Bid It In At Public Sale Held Here On July 19 HAVE UNTIL NOON THURSDAY TO RAISE \ppears That Railroad Will Be Junked Unless Some Development Is In Prospect; Buses Will Continue E. F. Middleton, receiver for the IV. B. & S. Railroad, said yesteriay that no upset bid had been revived since the public sale of Lhe railroad holdings here one ,veek ago Monday. Any raise of bid must be made before tomorrow (Thursday) noon in order to oe considered. Already there is considerable speculation as to the fate of the rairoad. According 10 Dest auviw, that will be junked. However, there is a clear indication that the apprent purchasers are in position to operate the road and will look the favor upon its operation if business appears to justify such a move. It is expected that the bus and freight franchise will continue to De operated in much the same manner as it has for the pastj several months. There has been a suggestion that improved and modern equipment may be substituted in some instances, making possible a better service for freight and bus patrons. The road will continue operation under the direction of Receiver Middleton until August 1, 1943. Mussel Gatheri Recognize Mussel gathering may now be regarded as an important addition to the seafoods operations in this county, the work coming mostly during months when oysters are out of season and fishing is at a rather low ebb. From all information available, it seems that the musselgathering work will be carried on only from early spring until September or October. The value of the mussel appears to have been discovered only about five years ago, and gathering has been on a small scale until war broke out. The product seems to have a valuable chemical for both warfare and other purposes, and chemical industries in Delware are now buying all that they can get, the gathering operations extending all down the North Carolina coast. Sooner or later, it is said, they will be gathered on the coast of all states where they are found. E ST A Good Southport, Navy To Accept Men For School Seventy-Five Boys To Be; Enrolled For Navy Petty i Officer Training Needed1] Before August 8th A total of 75 youngsters from Eastern North Carolina will be accepted for the Navy's Petty Officer Candidate Schools in ceremonies in Wilmington on August ' 8, as the second annual observance of Eastern North Carolina Navy Day takes place. 1 Brunswick county has been allotted 20 places for its natives, and all 17-year-old boys who are interested in being a part of the August 8th group should visit or write the Wilmington Navy Recruiting Station, which is located ( In the postoffice. Only 17-year-olds arc eligible t to volunteer, and they will be given their choice of 55 different f schools. Chief R. L. DeLoach, offi- " cer-in-charge of the station here, , said today that the Navy Day en- . listments would "just about wind up voluntary enlistments in Eastern North Carolina?and all over the State." f DeLoach said that the large , juota was obtained in order that every youngster who desires the * special training be given a chance to enlist before it is too late. Application for enlistment on August 8 may be made at the Navy Recruiting Station at any , time between now and the seventh ? of August. Also, 17-year-olds may contact the travelling recruiters ivho travel on regular schedules c to many towns in eastern North j Carolina. Training is being offered in f medicine, radio, aviation, and (Continued on page *) j deceived 1 , 8C S. Railroad; Fame Of Southport Spreads To Iran j About three weeks ago Cpl. Dan Walker was in the barracks somewhere in Iran when an offieer strode in and inquired if i there were a North Carolinian in the crowd. The Southport boy confessed, and was led over to the officers quarters where there was an argument going on. Lt. W. S. Blakncy had the floor. "We, want you to prove something for us, Corporal," said he. "I have been arguing that Southport has the best fishing and that Bill Keziah can write the best fish stories in Nbrth Carolina. What about it?' That ended the argument, for not only is Cpl. Walker a native of Southport, he is a long inena anu iunucr muuimate of Keziah. Winnabow Club Meeting Held The Winnabow Home Demonstration Club met Thursday at the home of Mrs. C. W. Osborne. The new home agent. Miss Norfleet, met with the club and gave a very instructive lesson on "Busy Day Meals" and gave recipes for same, also receipts for pickles, relishes and such. It was decided to have a recreational meeting in August and members are asked to bring picnic lunch. This meeting will be held at New Hope Church lawn. ng Becomes ed As Business Robert Jones, of Southport, is handling the product on the lower North Carolina coast. He now has pickers at Shallotte Inlet, Lockwoods Folly Inlet and on the Elizabeth river, canal and creeks two miles below Southport. A ten-ton capacity truck starts out at Shallotte each day, loads the day's picking at that point, takes on more at Lockwoods Folly and finally completes the loading for the trip north at Southport. Gathering is done only at low tides, the workers sometimes being able to put in a few hours, sometimes a full day, dependant on the tide. The time of loading the truck and sending it on its way varies. Sometimes it can leave with its load at noon and again it cannot begin its journey until night. Ben M. Patrick, photographer for the North Carolina Department of Conservation and (Continued on p*gt> four). 4TE News paper In N. C., Wednesday, Southport Boy I Among Sailors Saved From Japs Potter Family Learn That Their Second Son On Cruiser Helena Is Included In 157 Men Rescued From Island FIRST BROTHER REPORTED SAFE Sryant Potter Had Written J Parents, but Anxiety Was J Felt Over Safety Of Frank Potter Following Sinking Having heard directly from heir son, Bryant Potter, last veek that he was safe following he recent sinking of the Helena, nembers of the young Southport sailor's family were still greatly ipset over the welfare of his broiler, Frank Potter, a member of ! he same crew. That anxiety was ended Friday vith the published list of 157 survivors picked up off a Japanesoleld island in a daring rescue folowing the naval battle, for the lame of Frank Potter was among hem. Following is an eye-witness ac:ount of that rescue, one of the nost daring of the war, by Gor- b< ion Waiknr staff correspondent sp or The Christian Science Monit- sl :r: tli "Steaming impudently beneath _ t moon of almost dazzling brilliince, units of the United States T fleet rescued 157 survivors of the * iruiser Helena from this island bebre dawn today. "(The 9,700-ton light cruiser rlclena was sunk in the first Bat- _ ;le of Kula Gulf July 7, It was :he only American loss in that engagement which cost the Japa-I icse nine warships, and most of Lhe probably 600 to 800 men ? iboard it were rescued within a few hours.) "The pre-dawn rescue was one t of the most magnificent maneuv- s ?rs in the Pacific war to date, e ind the very audacity of going I into the enemy's own backyard , through waters thick with submarines made its signal success the more remarkable. "Tnight heavily bearded men who had suffered from hunger, squalor, thirst and anxiety for ' more than a week slept once 1 again without fear of molestation. * It was an impudent thing to do, ' running up there, the commander ' of the protecting destroyer fleet ' said on his return,, but it was ' well worth while. The Helena's men were fighting men. The commander explained that the force of destroyers?converted four pipers now known as APD's 1 or destroyer transports?pcnctat?1 rieen intn the .Tana- I ?I- I nese Solomons. * We Americans do more than most other people to rescue our fighting men, he continued, I am very happy our mission succeeded as moothly as it did without in- C terferencc from the enemy. He crossed his fingers and grinned. We were lucky. Having been aboard one of the rescue boats, the writer can attest that during the entire period spent practically at a standstill off the enemy island, there were w constant enemy contacts on our c( instruments. "While we were waiting for the Sj return of our landing boats from w the beach?humorously so-called? g; a Japanese bomber came over and S( dropped a stick of explosives across the stern of one of the c] destroyers, but the blast appar- jr ently did no damage. y "At another point an enemy g, float biplane passed barely 100 feet above our ship, but the moon ducked behind a black cloud * at that moment, and we were un- | molested. "The rescue boats were in charge of Ensign Rollo H. Nuckles of Kansas City, Mo., erstwhile University of California drama j student. Lowered from the destroyers, they slid poiselessly at snail's pace into the coral outcroppings, feeling their way through the dark passages. (Continued On Page Fouri George Lewis In Flight Training si cl Naval Aviation Cadet George S W. Lewis, of Southport, N. C., has. le completed three months of phy- vi sical conditioning and ground; s< school work at the U. S. Navy w Prc-Flight School here at Athens, bi Ga. He has been ordered to the ci Naval Air Station at Hutchinson, bi Kan., to begin progressive flight training preparatory to joining a combat unit. 6' Lewis, son of F. L. Lewis, ti Southport, graduated from ?high oi school in 1939. He was transferred k here from the CAA War Training j c< Service School, Hickory. V POR' i A Good Com July 28, 1943 FOSTER I W' : . f -y^tt \ /( m - JOBC A . THIEF?A whole bus 1 jside Dorman Mercer's pas ie a pig robbing a milk cow ire,'and an even rarer thinj n'pf in the fact, with the. aid Western Unioi To Disco) * Fnds The Law No ! Respeetor of Person ! .Saturday night members of he board of aldermen called a .pccial session and met with ifficials of Civilian Defense to 'each an understanding about ules governing lights in homes nid 011 cars in the restricted irea, in which a portion of the sity lies. Following a discussion it was Iccided that a committee be lamed to decide about house ighting, and that Nash street nid a portion of West street torra the dividing line between the dim-out zone and restricted irea. Arrest and trial of violators was ordered. On his way from the meeting to his place of business two blocks away Alderman I'earce L'ranmcr was caught for driving with bright lights. rwo Cases Tried In County Court >ne Man Comes In And Makes Apeal From Sentence Previously Imposed; Another Given Preliminary Hearing Practically all of the case schejled for trial Monday in Brunsick county Recorder's court were intinued. John Floyd, white, over whom a x months suspended sentence as hanging, came into court and nve notice of appeal. Bond was :t at $200.00. Julius Knight, colored, was targed with breaking and enterig. Probable cause was found and le defendant was bound over to uperior court under bond of 500.00. bulletin Will Aid Sawmillers ips On How To Increase Life Of Machinery And Reduce Labor Require-1 ments Included In Free Booklet Valuable suggestions for rcducig labor requirements and for incasing the life of machinery in nail sawmill operations are in- j uded in a bulletin, "Operating1 mall Sawmills in Wartime" ire-] used by the U. S. Forest Ser-J ice . Of interest to portable] iwmill operators and farmers | ho harvest their own timber, thij ulletin is particularly timely be-! tuse wartime demands for lum-l jr require efficient operation of; II existing mills. Useful information on all phas} of sawmilling is included, from: ps on the most efficient methods f cutting logs to suggestions for] eeping records to compute in- ] )me taxes. Pointers on mill ope(Continued on page 4) ( r ph. tmunity PUBUSI MOTHER v V "-Kfk X s * jr"'A ; " 1 %; fW BBBb , i oaci 01 passengers stopped j ture at Bolivia recently to . That is a rare sight, to he * is to be able to catch the of a camera. ti Plans itinue Service Receiver Of W. B. & S. Has Been Advised That Service Will Be Discontinued Effective August 1st CITIZENS HOPE TO CHANGE PLAN Local Group interested In Attempting To Work Out Some Plan For Continued Operation Of Wire E. F. Middlcton, receiver for the Wilmington, Brunswick & South- ' crn Railroad, was advised last week that effective August 1 the Western-Union office in Southport will be discontinued. Henceforth ail messages must | be telephoned long distance to Wilmington ,and any incoming ' messages must be received either , via telephone or through the mail.' Mr. Middleton said Tuesday that he hoped that something could be rionn to influence the teleeranh company officials to reconsider their decision to discontinue local < service in Southport. He pointed out that for the past year the 1 railroad company has operated the wire service at a loss purely to keep the service available for Southport citizens. During this period the private telephone line to Wilmington was abandoned, and all telegrams either sent a received required a long distance telephone call. An effort has been made to get the manager of the Wilmington Western - Union office to come here for a conference with citizens for the purpose of working out some plan for keeping wire , service available. Mr. Middleton i has pledged his hearty cooperation with any move that may result. I USOClubN Dr. O. R. Grattan, (above) of i the National Staff of the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A., with Vesper Smith, of Raleigh, district supervisor of North Carolina, were guests of the Southport U. S. O. Club last week. Dr. Grattan met i with the pastors of Southport to discuss the Church Desk proposed for the U. S. O. Club, with re- i Iigious literature and the opportunity for the service men to talk with representatives of the churches on their problems. A feature of the U. S. O. program to help maintain the contact with home and the home 1 communities is the metropolitan 1 papers which have been added to the U. S. O. Library consisting of i The New York Times, The At- ! lanta Journal, and The Detroit 1 Free Press. Other papers will be i added. The U. S. O. appreciates the 1 splendid co-operation of the Naval Section Base in loaning their motion picture projector and in fur- 1 nishing transportation for it to 1 and from the U. S. O. Club dur- 1 ing the period when the U. S. O. projector was in Chicago being overhauled. The soldiers visiting for sever- ] 1 ~ " 'y ~ ' T("V5T"v? ,0T 1ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Tobacco Farm Encouraeet In Gee Lives 84 Years On Same Block! One of the venerable colored women of Southport is .Mamie Eliza Swain, eighty-four years old. She lives with her daughter, .Mary E. (iibbs, just In the rear of the colored Methodist church and she has spent her entire life on the block on which she was born. Her husband has been dead many years. She has three children, Mary Gibbs and Beatrice Swain of Southport and William Swain of Philadelphia. All of these, along with the aged woman, are highly respected. She has eight grand children and three great-grand children. Although not strong enough to work she gets around well, her eyesight is still good good and she has a remarkably clear mind. Farmers Free To Purchase Guano For Any Crop Now Any Grade Of Fertilizer Now Being Manufactured For Any Crop Available To Farmer COLTRANE MAKES SITUATION CLEAR Unprecedented Amount Of Fertilizer Is Anticipated During The Coming Fall And Winter Months RALEIGH. ? North Carolina farmers arc free to purchase any grade of fertilizer now being manufactured for any crop, D. S. Coltranc, assistant to the Commissioner of Agriculture, has announced. "In order to meet the war-time requirements for food, feed and fiber, it is anticipated that agriculture this fall and winter will call upon the fertilizer industry to produce an unprecedented amount of this material which is so vital to the farmer at this time," said Coltrane. Although manufacturers or fertilizer are faced with many handicaps, Coltrane is of the opinion that they will meet the demand "through careful planning and cooperative efforts." He asserted that "we are in a stronger nosition as re cards fer tilizer materials than we were during the past year, for only in potash is our agricultural supply less than that of 1942-43. No. shortage of chemical nitrogen is now expected. All told, this war has had much less effect on our fertilizer supplies than the last one." While the indicated demand for nitrogen is not definite, it will have to be greater than this country has known for it to exceed the supply, explained Coltrane. With the increased production of chemical nitrogen and the reduction of organic nitrogen, mixed fertilizers will necessarily carry more chemical nitrogen and less (Continued on page 4) ews Of Week al days in this section are splendid men and have been very welcome at the U. S. O. Ralph Fultz and Miss Gloria Freelund, both of Miami, Fla., will be married Saturday evening at Southport. John Silva, Ph. M. 3c, is receiving congratulations on his engagement to Miss Jeannetto Paciello of Brooklyn. They will be married in January. Miss Nermenia Rivera of the Bronz Hospital in New York City was a caller at the U. S. O. this week. Miss Rivera is now operating nurse at the Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital of Southport. The Revs. Russell S. Harrison and A. L. Brown were in Wilmington Tuesday attending the Counseling Seminar in the Field af War Problems. Dr. David Eitzen, of the University of Southern California now in the employ of the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. in the U. S. O., is the leader and lias specialized in this field of cdbnseling in war times. The Rev. C. D. Burclift, pastor of the Fifth Ave., Methodist Church of Wilmington returned with Rev. Narrison and is a guest in Southport. Most Of The News Ail The Time ] ?' j $1.50 PER YEA! ers Feel , i Over Sale | >rgia First Day Report Indicates That Tobacco Brought From 70 To 15 Cents Per Pound More This Year Than Last 41-CENT CEILING PRICE IS EXCEEDED First Sales Averaged 40-45 Cents According To Unofficial Reports Following Tuesday's Sales Flue-cured tobacco brought from 10 to 15 cents per pound more than last season's average price as auctions opened Tuesday in the Georgia-Florida belt and an extension service specialist reported prices for lower grades "surpassed all expectations." E. C. Westbrook, tobacco specialist for the Georgia Agriculture Extenson Service, said the unexpected prices for low grades was particularly true of the Moultrie, Ga., market. Leaf that sold for three or four cents a pound last year brought from 25 to 38 cento a pound there. Over the 15 Georgia marketo and the two in Florida sales exceeded the 41-cent average ceiling set by OPA. Best weed usually is offered first and later sales are expected to bring the average in line with the ceiling. Some of the cigarette type leaf touched 60 cents and a good quantity brought from 50 to 55 cents a pound. Most markets reported first sales averaged 40-45 cents. ' i The average price last year was 30.25 cents a pound for a 61,500,000 pound crop. This year's production has been tentatively estimated at around 50,000,000 pounds. The 41-cent maximum fixed by the OPA applies to total purrtvTu. 91 a single boy?r during the entire season, permitting a tobacco company to pay 50 or 60 cents a pound for some grades, but requiring purchase of enough ' lower grade leaf to bring the av- ,f crage to 41 cents. Offerings were light in some A sections, due to the lateness of the crop this year. Heavy Rain jj Damages Crop Heavy Downpour Monday Adds To Troubles Of 1 Farmers In Shallotte Vicinity i