i^H*
I The Pilot Covers
! Brunswick County
Kl no. FOURTEEN NO.
pM
eorgia Prices
Mre Encouraging
oWeed Growers
. ^ hiteville Tobacco Market
put In Readiness For The
^Bopening Of The Market
11 Here Thursday
b)oking forward
TO GOOD SEASON
H, Basis Of Georgia Opens',
Prices Should Be
Good For The Open
I ing Of The Market
i ' pa rations incident to the
Hemr.g ol a big tobacco market
H\e been completed here, and all
warehouse organizations opeHt:r.g
on the local market toHthe:
with storage and redrying
ivnort everything in readi
IKfciiV- * -4" - " ?
for opening sales Thursday
I ments have been made
I every warehouse organization
I 1st season, and the marI
, a prepared to handle a
I , volumn of tobacco at a
I ol speed than ever be|
the history of the market.
I, ol the strategic locaI:.
: Wluteville in the center
I a large tobacco producing area
I growth and development of
I h t< ville Tobacco Market
L c nslstent and steady
[ iod 01 years, and it now
I ks high among the leading toIcco
centers in the country.
| i'he market now consists of six
L waiehoustss covering more
L:i tight acres of floor space
Iciuti ; oy veteran warehousemen
[no have all been engaged in the
Lsiness here and 111 other marIts
dining practical'v their enL
1- uiie. '
f The operators of the six local
laichouses have a combined total
t more than 100 years actual exmencc
in the warehouse busiess.
It is to this experience that
ic Wluteville tobacco market
vis its rapid rise as an import.t
tobacco marketing center.
As in past years the local
archouses will start the 1943
lling season with only a few
lar.ges in their operating personantl
no changes among the
tcran executives who will head
e various o rganizations.
Olivci .N'elson, and John. Neln,
will again direct Nelson's |
ek .N'eal and Dial Gray will ope- |
te Tuggle's; Raymond and Gai- j
tir Pn:t/?ht'ir?lrl will hpaH thd I
:utchf;cld ciganization. Bert
toore, and L. R. Jackson, will
anage Farmers. Hunter Y. Lea,
"1 Townes Lea, will again Direct
ea s; while Blair Motley, Latane
lotlcy, and Frank Hayes, will
gain be in charge at Brooks.
Plans have been made by these
eteran tobacconists to maintain
ni keep open through Septemtr.
or as long as any other martt
in the belt remains open.
Due to the heavy rainfall in
us section of the state during
ie past several weeks farmer's
enerally have had to devote most
1 their time to the harvesting of
ieir tobacco. As a result it is unItely
now that sales at the open:S
of the market will be as heavy
s they may be expected to be j
iter on in the season when it
tcomes practical for farmers to
vote more of their time to the
Ming of tobacco.
The effect of this condition will
e to assure a quick sale to all
timers who have been able to
Me their tobacco early in the
riser..
Wuction Room
Takes Vacation
fed Cross Sewing Room To
Remain Closed During
Month Of August; Materials
Available For
Knitting
Du'-r- the month of August
Red Cross production room
ritfl m the city hall will not
* open.
Mr; r Ed Taylor, production
usifiran announces that this
will not make any differn
the work being done lo*j|>'
- .she will have a supply
v "J at her house which may
^ secured at any time. Knittingl
,as taken the place of sewing in!
production program, and a'
*.umber of articles are now
made.
Roth wool and directions may
(Continued on page 4)
] TH
mr
*
AN EDI'
It is no secret that Soul
turbed about the dim-out ri
enforced here. In the first
this has suddenly developed
submarine situation off our
it was during the first eight
In the second place, tl
Southport should be dimmec
volving beacon on Bald H
sweep its beam seaward ev
a perfect silhouette.
In the third place, then
?some of them apparently
along our coast, Myrtle Beat
cific, are under no such reg
Let it be understood t
dim-out regulations or anj
prescribed by the U. S. Arm
sary and as long as they ;
alike. But we do believe th{
to know if and why these st<
Following a telephone
Director for the Office of C
local official was advised th
in charge of dim-out enforc
here for a public meeting di
This meeting will be widely
the chance that several local
to ask the whys and wheref
Meanwhile, remember 1
fense officials were given a
thev have done it well. Cont
. ? i ? .. 1:1 4.1
port ana cooperation uiuu i
you have one, is not with th
with headquarters.
4
Railroad Sale <
On Basis1
<
Machine Tool And Imple-f
ment Company Of New
York Successful Bidders'
Fc? Rail And Truck Ar?d;
Bus Line
PROMISE BETTER
BUS FACILITIES
Wilmington Man And
Southport Physicion Pur- i
chase Real Estate Holdings
On Wilmington,
Brunswick And
Southern
Results of the sale of the Wilmington,
Southern and Brunswick
Railroad at the public sale
here on Monday, July 19, were
confirmed last Thursday in the
absence of any raise of bid.
Principal purchasers of these
oldings were the Machine Tool
and Implement company or new
York. That firm bid $48,500.00
for the track and right-of-way,
together with all junk that might
now be the property of the railroad.
This same outfit also bid
$20,000.00 for the truck and bus
franchise, together will all rolling
stock.
Dallas Orrell and Dr. L. C. Fergus
submitted a point bid of $4,000.00
for all realy estate owned
by the Wilmington, Brunswick &
Southern.
So far there has been no definite
announcement of the plans
of the purchaser for the continued
operation of the road. Fred
Fredeburg, representing the New
York firm who bought the franchise,
stated at the sale that his
organization had plans for improved
and expanded facilities for
the bus and truck operation.
Museum Workers
Here Next Week
Mrs. Simpson And Several
Others Interested In Obtaining
Specimens For
The Museum Coming
N. C. MUSEUM FOLKS
Mrs. Roxie Collins Simpson,
one of the dependable and indispensable
fixtures of the North
Carolina State Museum in Raleigh,
will arrive here Tuesday
for three or four days stay. She
will be accompanied by half a
dozen young men and boys who
Ac much interested in bird and
animal life, as well as in collecting
various specimems for museum
and laboratory work.
Mrs. Simpson, who will be
making her second trip here this
year, will be with Mrs. Helen G. j
Bragaw at the Camellia Inn
when she is not in the field. The j
boys will all be guests of Douglas
Jones, local Eagle Scout, who
is also much interested in birds
and various specimems. It is understood
that the whole party
(Continued on Page Four)
EST
A Good
30-PAGES TODAY
MAR!
TORIAL
thport citizens are much dislles
that are currently being
place, they do not see why
into a vital need, since the
coast surely is not as bad as
een months we were at war.
tiey do not understand why
1 out completely and the reead
Island be permitted to
ery thirty seconds to afford |
; have been repeated reports
authentic?that other places
:h and Charleston, to be speulations.
hat we are not opposed to
r pther defensive measures
iy as long as they are necesare
enforced in all sections
it the people have the right
eps are necessary,
conversation with the State
Civilian Defense, Saturday, a
at Colonel Prichard, who is
:ement in this area, will be ,
jring the week of August 9. .
advertised, and this will be'
citizens have been awaiting ;
ores of these rules. 1
this: The local Civilian De- j
job to do by the army, and ;
inue to give them your suphe
meeting. Your quarrel, if (
lem. So wait and take it up
)
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aUilllllllCU
Of Public Sale,
Tobacco Edition; '
Tax List Coming
We present herewith the J
1943 Tobacco Edition, an annual
issue of The State Port Pilot
that has come to be recognized
as a sort of catalogue of the
approaching tobacco market
season. t
Next week's issue of The *
Pilot will also be filled with in- '
terest for many of our readers, '
for in it will be the first list '
of names of land for sale for (
non-payment of 1942 taxes due
Brunswick county. !
They say that everyone i
likes to see his name in print,
but we think the tax list offers i
an exception to this rule. Per- <
sons who make payment before i
Saturday of this week will b? i
spared the extra expense and I
the humiliation of having their 1
property advertised. f
i
Decrease In t arm
Renters Is Seen <
RALEIGH. ? Although the !
number of renter families on the 1
farms of North Carolina has increased
steadily for 30 years, fig- <
ures released by the statistics
division of the State Department 1
of Agriculture indicate a decrease. 1
In 1910, there were 107,28?
renters; 1920, 117,459; 1930, 137,- '
615; 1935, 142,158. Although latest <
estimates set the figures at ap- 1
proximately 123,476 renter families,
agricultural statisticians ad- 1
mitted that this is "undoubtedly a 1
little low" but added it does "de- <
finitely indicate a downward trend
in the number of agricultural
renters in North Carolina." <
Men Captured
With Whiskey
Three Brunswick county men
are under bond, pending trial in
Federal court in October following
their arrest for transporting
liquor. They are Earl Medlin,
$50.00 bond; Woodrow Jones,
$300.00 bond; and J. D. Jackson,
$200.00.
This trio was taken by A. T.
U. Officers Lon Howe and Charles
Gray and Special Officer O. I
W. Perry.
The same men captured and
destroyed a 100-gallon still together
with 250-gallons of sug'ar
mash last week in North West
township.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Dr. J. V. Davis, of Shallotte,
entered Dosher Memorial Hospital
Friday for treatment.
BACK ON DUTY
Lt. (jg) Preston Bryant has returned
to the West Coast following
a visit here with his wife,
ME
News paper In
Southport, N. CM We<
CETS
USO VISITOR I
j
Dr. O. R. Grattan, (above) of n
the National Staff of the Army
and Navy Y. M. C. A., was e
guest of the Southport U. S. O. tj
Club last week. Dr. Grattan met ^
with the pastors of Southport to ^
discuss the Church Desk proposed ^
for the U. S. O. Club, with religious
literature and the opport- w
unity for the service men to talk w
with representatives of the ,,
churches on their problems. y
Regular First ?
Monday Meeting
Of County Board "
j a.
Monday Was Busy Day For u
Members Of Board Of {tl
County Commissioners, P'
With Tax Matters Taking
Much Time R
TAKE ACTION ON I
WELFARE CASE
Members of Board Pass Resolution
Designed To Relieve
County Of Re- A
sponsibility Of Child
Support
Members of the board of coun.y
commissioners had a hectic
session Monday, but when the ?
leat of the day had passed it was
iiscovered that most of their time! S'
j gi
lad been spent in the settlement j
| Q(
>f tax matters.
The board set a valuation of
55.00 per acre on the James T.
Hughes estate for unpaid years. fc
A motion was passed unani- si
nously ordering the Brunswick s<
county superintendent of public j r(
velfare to sign a warrant charg-jir
ing unaries jrinnnec wiui uaoi- v*
irdy. This action was taken upon ei
the advice of the county attorney,
ind in an effort to prevent the ;g
illigitimate child in question from p
becoming a county charge. r<
The board ordered the C. L. Ed- u
wards tract to be foreclosed. loj
It was ordered that Harry r(
Spencer be notified at once of
the revocation of his beer license, fc
Mrs. Lacy Dawkins was allow- jir
:d to segregate and pay taxes on 01
12 acres of land in Town Creek I pi
township at a valuation of $6.00 ai
per acre.
David Hobbs was permitted to cl
segregate and pay taxes on his r<
sne-fourth interest in the Harrie rr
itobinson estate. ti
Violet E. Hankins was given b<
sermission to pay her 1932 and
prior years taxes upon the basis cl
)f her 1933 valuation. w
Charles Wallace was relieved of di
^600.00 valuation for 1942-43 be- si
:ause of error in listing. N
Frank Freeman estate taxes
'or 1932 and prior years may be n<
(Continued on page 4)
Looks Like Eve
Bench Doomei
In a letter from Lewis J.
Hardee of Southport and Der- 1
wick, La., he suggested that (
the Whittler's Park on the 1
water front should be rebuilt i
and in the most' substantial 1
form. A move is now underway s
to restore this ancient land- I
mark. 1
Mr. Hardee's idea was that 1
popular subscriptions should |
make the rebuilding the park
benchs. He backed up the idea j
by mailing his own donation for
the purpose. It is his idea, and
that of other interested people, .
that large and really substantial
benches should be built, con- 1
crete benig used for foundations
and the seats to be of heavy
and durable timber, bolted to
the foundations,
\
PORr
i A Good Com
inesday, August 4, 19'
AWA
Dressings Show
Increase Here
Month Of July
Report For Month Of July
Indicates That Fewer
Women Made More Dressings
During July Than
In June
COLORED WORKERS
INCREASE TOTAL
[ here Will Be No Change
In Schedule Of Surgical j
Dressings Room During
Month Of August
Fewer women working less
ours made more surgical dressigs
in tlie two Red Cross Surgial
Dressings rooms here during
uly than they did during the
lonth of June.
The totals as revealed by the
nd-of-the month summary shows
lat 10,822 dressings were made.
l total of 124 women, working a
ital of 492 hours, participated in
lis effort.
In the unit being operated by
'hite women, 8,812 dressings
'ere produced. There were 38
'omen who aided in this work,
leir 'hours totaling 313.
In the colored work room a to.1
O AA" ...am mn/lo
li ui uicoauiga wcic uiaut.
here were 86 women who work1
during the month, and their
ours totaled 179.
There will be no change in the
ihedule of Surgical Dressing
>om operations during August,
ccording to the chairman, who
rges every available owman in
lis community to help whenever
ossible.
Numerous Cases
Tried In Court
ill Day Monday Spent In
Trying Cases In Record-j
er's Court Before Judge
John B. Ward
Monday was a busy day in
unswick County's court.
Wiley Wells, white, was found
oilty of speeding. Judgment was
ispended upon payment of
ists and a fine of ?25.00 The
ne was remitted.
George Goodman, colored, was
>und guilty of making an aslult
with a deadly weapon. His
mtence of 4 months on the
lads was suspended upon payLent
of a fine of ?25.00 and
jsts. Notice of appeal was giv
u. \j. oause, cuiuicu, wa? ii-'unu
uilty of possession and transorting.
Given 8 months on the
jads, judgment was suspended
pon payment of costs and a fine
f $100.00. His driving license" was
:voked for one year.
Charles Ellis, colored, was
>und guilty of operating with
nproper license. Gicen 60 days I
i the roads, judgment was susended
upon payment of costs
rid a fine of $25.00.
Grover L. Hickman, white, was
larged with drunk driving and
ickless operation. Motion was
lade by the solicitor for a jury 1
ial and the defendant was
nund over to Superior court.
C. M. Jenkins, white, was
larged with making an assault
ith a deadly weapon. Given 30
lys on the roads, pudgment was ]
ispended upon payment of costs, i
otice of appeal was given. I
Otho Bell, coolred, was found i
3t guilty of making an assault I
(Continued On Page Four' (
n Whittlers j
d To Progress'
Whitlers Park and the now 1
iroken down benches are one 1
)f the oldest and must famous 1
andmarks in Southport, if not I
n Brunswick county. No one
<nows when the first benches 1
were built or how many times i
they have been reconstructed. 1
It is certain, however, that the 1
first benches were put up more i
than a hundred years ago.
No estimate has been made '
is to just what the cost will be, !
DUtside of the statement of one
citizen to the effect that nothing
less than benches and
foundations costing $50.00 or
more should be fooled with.
Donations for aiding in the
work may be made to W. B.
Keziah. 1
r pii
imunity
n PUBLIS
TM
RATIONIN(
CHANGES?W. P. Jorj
chairman of the Brunswcik (
Board and Chas. M. Troot, 1
the new member following tl
of the former chairman.
News Bureau (
Into M<
" '*
Hold Black Bears
Buttin' Over Bees
___?__?????
Dr. J. A. Stone, of Little |
River, shot and killed a large I
black bear last week. The aninial
was killed in four hundred
yards of the residence of Mr.
and .Mrs. J. L. Stone, nephew
and niece of Dr. Stone. The
bear had several tiroes raided
the bee apiary of Mr. and
Mrs. Stone, destroyed a total
of twelve colonies.
This past week Luther |
Holden, of Bolivia, reported j
that he, assisted by neighbors, I
had killed two large black i
bears that were caught in the j
act of raiding the lfolden
apiary. These two bears were
killed on different ocassions. '
.Mr. Holden lives about 30 i
miles from the home of Mr. f
and Mrs. Stone, where another j
apiary raider was slaughtered. '
A couple of weeks ago a |
story in this paper told of I
bears lit t-ne urcen owmup
slaughtering four feet cows
and badly injuring another. It
seems they are becoming thick
to the point where they were
serious [tests.
Sergeant Gore
Back On Duty
Brunswrick County Marine'
Gunnery Sargeant is Adding
To His Long List Of
Service Stripes
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC, July 31.?When Gunnery
Sergeant Ernest F. Gore retired
from the Marines in 1939
ifter 16 years of service he'
:hought his traveling days were
>ver.
He returned to his native Southsort,
married, set up a hunting
odge on Lockwood Folly and
ooked forward to an easy-going
ife.
He had seen a lot. He'd crossed
the equator a dozen times; he;
tad seen duty in the Dominican:
Republic, Nicaragua, the Philip-1
pines and in China. Twice he had
gone on long sea cruises.
The war called the white-hair
;d "gunny" back into active service
as a non-commissioned gunnery
officer in charge of the Marine
anti-aircraft machine gun
groups aboard a ship.
And since his return to active
duty Gunnery Sergeant Gore has J
added three more campaign ribbons
to the nine he already possessed.
Mrs. Gore, the former Elena;
Barnhill, of Southport, and their j
two children, live in Southport.
His brother, Henry, is in the Merchant
Marine and a half brother,'
Herman, is with the Army signal
corps.
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.OT
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
roPE
,i
j OFFICERS
i
Wm! |g|
i
gensen, left, has been made)
bounty War Price and Ration i
ight, has been nominated as
le resignation liere this week
Dutfit Runs
j. 1 R^.^/^1
junieu i~cuiui
,nH> j
While Here On Recent Visit
Manager Of State Newsj
_ Bureau And Photograph-j
er Make Trip To Nearby
Island
MODELS TAKE
TO HORSEBACK
Guardsmen Apparently Enjoy
Playing Hosts To
visitors While Off Duty;
Very Obliging In
Cooperating
For the first time since December
7, 1941, a nearby North Carolina
island, was opened to press!
representatives last week. There 1
is, of course, a reservation to the l
foregoing, the press representatives
could go where they liked i
pictures of both military and non
military objects and write whatj
they pleased, under the same rul-j
es that govern all war correspondents.
Stories and pictures, |
covering military objects, that are]
to be rleased to the press, will all;
be submitted to the Navy andl
Coast Guard for their voluntary I
review to make certain that not!
the slightest revelation is made
which could aid every intentions.
Commander Thrasher, Captain
of the Port of Wilmington, was
very courteous in obtaining clearance
for the visit of the party, as
was Boatswain A. E. Huntley,'
officer in charge of the Island
Coast Guard station, who provided
passage on one of the regular
DUfllS, its SWW ao v,itoiaiivv ?? mm
effected. Once on the boat, Chester
Harris, a St. Louis Coast Guardsman,
who operates it, was all out
for giving service to the party
until he returned it to the dock
in the late afternoon. Sammie T.
6irgany, another guardsman on
the boat was also very helpful.
The party was composed of
Ben M. Patrick, photographer for
the North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development,
Garland B. Porter, manager of the
North Carolina State News Bureau
and W. B. Keziah. With them
as models for some of the scenery
pictures were Misses Marion
Frink, Mary Ann Moliycheck and;
Marion Fredere. Some of these
girls got rather sunburned and
half drowned. Still it appeared to
be the bigest day in their young
lives, as it well might be when
each of them had more than a
handful of tough and bronzed
mounted patrolmen, all trying
their hardest to be nice.
Once the party landed on the
island "Pop Stewart," (Commander
G. A. Stewart) of the pat-'
rol stations, took charge as transportation
executive. After sundry
photograps by Patrick at the
lighthouse, "Pop" took the wheel'
of an oversize Coast Guard Jeepj
that had equally oversize tires, j
built for use in the deserts of |
Africa or any other desert. The|
party climbed in, so did a good
sized reception committee of off
duty Coast Guardsmen. They!
swarmed in and over that machine*;
like flies. "Pop" had assured the1
party thta the Jeep would hold
everybody who could hold on. It
(Continued On Page Four)
iTl?.MM.ln
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Most Of The New?
All The Time
$1.50 PER YEA!
NiNG
May Use Ration
A Coupons For
Eastern Trips
W. P. Jorgensen Offers
Some Advice As To The |
Regulations Governing
Trips Out Of Rationed
Area j
PERMIT RETAILERS
TO SELL PERISHABLES
Provision Enables Retailers
To Make Emergency Reduction
Of Points On
Food Likely To Spoil
1
Motorists will be enabled to
use their "A" ration books for
H
trips in and out of the Eastern
gasoline shortage area by special
provisions announced here today
by W. P. Jorgerson, chairman of
the Columbus county War Price
and Rationing Board.
Tljese provisions are necessary,
he pointed out, since eastern motorists
are now using "A-6" coupons,
while those outside the East
are using "A-7" coupons from
their basic book. In order to overcome
difficulties in travel "across
the border", a new amendment to
the gasoline rationing regulation!
sets up procedures by which "A"
ration holders may exchange any
of their valid "A" coupons for
other coupons that may be used
in the area in which they expect
to travel.
The1 provisions permitting retailers
to make emergency reductions
in the point values of rationed
meats, fats, and dairy products
in imminent danger of spoiling,
due to expire July 31, has
been extended indefinitely, Mr.
Schulken said. 'J
The emergency point reduction ]
arrangement which is a safeguardr
against the spoilage of perishable
foods which may be moving slowly,
has worked out satisfactorily.
As a result, the provisions will be
retained with the same limita-.
tions as previously.
Holders of "B" and "C" supplemental
rations for passenger
cars and "E" and "R" non-highway
use are no longer required to
apply for renewal of their ration
at the date specified on the covers
of the coupon books, it was
made known by Mr. Jergenson.
Now it will be possible for tha
holders of these rations to con- A
tinue to use their stamps until
they are exhausted, unless there
is a change in the purposes and
uses to which the vehicle was ,h.
put at the time the rations were if
issued. The erstwhile expiration !
period is now the earliest date !
at which renewal may be made.
Persons who run out of stamps j
prior to the renewal date are in S
danger of going without. V
Dealers having in stock used Bl
passenger tires that are not fit I
for recapping, but which can be ,
made serviceable for emergency "!>i
use by temporary repairs, may J
brand them with an "O" on the
sidcwall and sell them with or
without repairs, to consumers
holding Grade Three ration certificates,
Mr. Jergenson stated.
A dealer branding tires in
stock must report to his OPA
District office not later than the A
tenth day of each month the num- 11
ber branded during the preceding 1
month.
NEWS
BRIEFS j !
FOR OBSERVATION J
Jonathan Potter, of Southport, '
entered Dosher Memorial Hospital
last Wednesday for observation.
m
FOR TREATMENT
Mrs. W. F. Jones, of Southport,
entered Dosher Memorial Hospital
last Wednesday for treatment. . PATIENT
I
Mrs. H. B. Smith, of Southport,
entered Dosher Memorial Hospital
Friday for treatment.
FO RTREATMENT
Mrs. Peter Hewett, of Shallotte,
entered Dosher Memorial Hospital
Saturday for treatment.
NEW ARRIVAL j
....Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Fergus, of <F|
Southport, announce the birth of |
a daughter at Dosher Memorial I
Hospital on Sunday, August L ]