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iPilot Covers svvick County ^^? ? FOURTEEN NO. 18 feed Crop I i5 Million ~ ids Is Seen | For The State m nt Of Agricul- || Crop Will Be & Cent Less Than W > POUND | I -D SEEN HERE | diets That The 5 It Yield Will | d One Thou- I ounds Per Vcre Prospects for the J flue-cured tobac-1 Jjg crop of 555,570,1 pproximately two i . an last year's pro- J ^,ti ing to J. J. Mor- j ]jfe i of the State De- chi riculture. get rio<l of early July ^ y rapid growth of !? co, Morgan said,' f t weather the last j ^ ripened the crop I ucing a compara- A light-weight crop." 1 outlook for the a flue-cured yield * pounds, compared I Is for 1942," More western half of . eather conditions v favorable, and - 1-<'> r\?*r??v,ieino- T,i I J portion of the belt, < v weather has reduced ! . > si. irplv. Excessive rains in ] Eastern and Border Belts tllizer, packed soils, ,i caused some tobacco to wilt, pjr bacco on light soils was badly untcl by the rains, and yields p very poor. . Throughout the center of the \ belt, where rains were it utaluly heavy, most farmers ive a good crop of tobacco, r vers generally are pleased ith the color of tobacco coming _ * ,t of the barn." Sup Bru Morgan made the following nig] it:.... s yields"; - ac* end was r.duction by belts compared j of itT 1P42: nex OKI and .Mi ile Belts?Yields per ire. SSO pounds: down, seven per che r.t. Production, 201,520,000 ing (Continued on page 7) Sat I^eed Offerings cs0h?a Continue Heavy ? teai xpected That Today's Of- sto ferings Will Run At Or a Above A Half Or Three Lin, Quarters Of A Million In Wh Whiteville a c Tobacco continued to come into ^as e Whiteville market today in nesi creased volume, and estimates of F toys sales run between a half ^fa >d three quarters of a millions aisc Mr.ds of weed or better. cu" The other three markets of recl ? county, Chadbourn, Tabor ecl ' ity. and Fair Bluff, report simi- Sre: r upward swings in the selling sio^ Prices are running practically 'be le same, and there is still a res' lantity of cheap weed on the ^ hors of local warehouses. But W1'| 5 the season progresses, better ' rade offerings are expected, and ciP! cs will be reflected in the av- son price. (Continued on page six) Ration Pointers p gasoline ? In North Caro- ^ 8 a-6 coupons are now valid. an'i C coupons expire according . 1 dates on individual books. All Moline coupons in the possession ' (car owners must be endorsed 'ft the owner's license number M state of registration. ^ sl'gar ? Stamp No. 14 good in lr five pounds through October. Afr (amps Nos. 15 and 16 are good ?f )r 5 lbs. each for home canning 10 arposes through October 31. S 'Wisewives may apply to their bis lca' ration boards for more if rec< Kessary. day SHOES?Stamp 18 (1 pair) is mel J'"1 through October 31. cntj SToves? Consumer purchases bca rationed stoves must be made aro 1 a certificate obtained at lo- for ? ^\ar Price and Rationing frie ?ards. V Meats, etc.?Red Stamps T, saif ' and W valid through Aug- wb' 31; x valid through October tbo . ' becomes valid August 29, Z 80" comers valid September 5, and bon ? remain valid through Octol get processed FOODS ? Blue Seti hrr/'t P'' S" and f remain valid V hi September 20. U, V, and 1110 eJ*come valid September 1 and bus n vai'd through October 20. TH1 WAR MAI '^i Mi; \Mi MKS. BENJAMIN BE: den wedding anniversary Friday 1 ;e, where they have lived througho At a reception in their home, 1 ldren, twenty grandchildren, am her with a large group of friends couple are, M. V. Bennett, G. L C Bennett of Wilmington; S. T. Be 1 Smith and Mrs. Oleta Norris of minent in church and civic life. ill Brunswick S 3n The First C * hite And Colored High'r" ind Elementary Schoo I Grades To Begin Fall Session Next Wednesday I Morning tOUT ALL TEACHERS R\ ADY TO BEGIN WORK h( ac unty Superintendent Op- in mistic As To Session ei Despite Any And All ?. Of The Prevailing Conditions , 01 m liss Annie Mae Woodside, B lerlntendent of Schools for ( nswick county, stated last D it that apparently everything .. i in readiness for the opejieig" all white and colored schools cr t Wednesday. With few ex- 1,1 tions all needed teachers have hl n secured. Most of these tears will be arriving and report- fr to the various principals 6n urday and Sunday. pi rincipal Henry C. Stone of the llotte school announced his ?, lplete list of teachers last| [r] k. This school is the largest; in Brunswick, employing 28 :hers. It has been under the able direction of Professor ne for several years. c .t Southport Principal W. R. gle will again be in charge, ile he has not yet announced omplete list of his teachers it understood that a full faculty been secured and is in readis to begin work. 'rincipal Glenn Tucker again ds the Bolivia school. He is boa ? nnHprstonH tn havp a full fa- TTn :y in readiness. Under his di- wa Lion the Bolivia school is credit- wil with having made splendid pro- spc ss during the past several ses- res is. H. 'rincipal S. D. Wright heads the Lelands school, following the a ] gnation of O. C. Burton, he Waccamaw school at Ash goi I be in charge of Principal J. dai Station who was formerly prin- nei II of Herring School in Samp- on( County. He succeeds Principal ad( (Continued on page 7) hui sai esents Arrive wi< _ # an< rom Far Tunisia in< * tha Churchill Bragaw, Now In Sicily Or Italy, First Local Man Reported As wa [letting Christmas Home tha To Family And Friends ha' eqt ,t. Churchill Bragaw, fighting sp< Tunisa when Mussolini lost his ican" empire lost no chances P getting his Christmas presents J4) the folks back home, hipped while he was in Tunisa, T mother, Mrs. Helen G- Bragaw, 1 jived- two large boxes Satur. They contained a big assort- q it of pretty and valuable pres3, ranging from half a dozen utiful leather bill folds on und to solid silver bracelets some of the Lieutenant's lady nds. Writing his mother Lt. Bragaw 1 1 that during a lull in things bu: le he was in Tunisa he wil ught of Christmas and had erj le wishful thinking of being am ie by then. However, as that off not seem possible, he was bei ting his Christmas presents to- trii her and sending them on then. On was more than possible, he the ught, that he might be too soi y to get and send them later. P01 (Continued on Page Four) - _A.rrjr>--5jTr * .{ , EST; A Good S-PAGES TODAY ERIAL I | . . v( .yy?. ,. VNETT ? who celebrated their b tug. 13 at their home in Shal- b >ut their fifty years of married there were in attendance seven 1 two great-grandchildren, to- 11 and neighbors. The children of *" Bennett, L. B. Bennett, and s nnett of Southport; Mrs. Hattie \ n Shallotte. The couple has been j c ? i" .|b chools Open; \N >f September I V, jeneral Grimes b In Museum Now o g iencral J. Bryan Grimes, a 1 ouml rattlesnake captured ii re a few days ago, has been tl Ided to the collection of snakes w the State .Museum at Ral- " gh. The capture of the reptile b as effected by Douglas Jones c hile accompanying .Mrs. Roxie t mpson and other Bird Club K embers on trips through runswick. )nslow. a huge and famous old " iamond back rattler, died at ! p iC museum IS months arn aft" . U fourteen years residence e, iere. At present the museum h us no diamond back snake hut iere is a Canebrake rattler 1 om Pasqurftank county :uid a e inded rattler from Spruce d ine. The canebrake rattler is a P ib-specles of the banded. s ioneering Boat jjj Sold By Owner J i r a Girl Which Made Sport I u Fishing History On Fry- g ing Pan Shoals Has Been a Sold By Captain Watts v To Parties At Georgetown ? The Sea Girl, a sport fishing \ it that made history out on yring Pan Shoals before the r, through her pioneering work, 1 not be here to serve the itsmen again when the fishing p trictions are lifted. Captain T. Watts, owner and operator of i vessel, sold her last week to * -i 1 ~ C r* pariy at ueorgetuwu, o. rhe Sea Girl had a record of ng to the shoals every possible f during one season and of g ,'er returning without at least i barracuda in her fish box. In v lition she brought in literally v idreds of amberjack, dolphin, t Is and other big game fish. c e boat and its skipper became ? iely known among sportsmen p 1 to readers of outdoor pages northern and eastern papers. t| Captain Watts stated this week a it the going of the Sea Girl e s not to be taken to mean that p would not be found continuing :h the sport fishing when the _ r restrictions are lifted. When it time comes he expects to ] re a larger, faster and better J lipped boat for the service to irtsmen. ew Offenders 'o See The Judge lly Four Cases On Docket For Trial in County Court Monday, Two Of These Were Continued, One Appeal Noted It may have been due to the sy tobacco season, combined th the fact that practically evrbody is busy at Something Or ather. At any rate, very few enders presented themselves 'ore Judge John B. Ward for al in recorders court Monday, ly four cases came up, two of :se were continued for good real and the other ty/o were dissed of as indicated. (Continued on Page Four) "" " -.' i-. \TE 1 News paper In Southport, N. C., Wed Winters Given T On Growing And Grading Wheat Vheat Growers Are Warn- N ed Against The Marketing Of Moist Or Wet Wheat, And Not To Grow In Onion Infested Land T, INDING BENEFITS OF GOVERNMENT AID Ti . 1 dany Farmers In This Area Took Advantage In 1942 Of Federal Wheat And Farm Storage Program CO' RALEIGH. ? "Most mills are he, ow buying wheat on their know- ial :dge of mhrket grades or on the | ra asis of the test weight per bu- j st hel?a very good indication ofjap he market grade" remarked W. co I. Darst, farm crops marketing pecialist with the State Depart- te< lent of Agriculture, recently in ge ommentlng on the high-grade no lilling wheat produced this year ye y the farmers of North Carolina. (je It is the opinion of Darst that a heat producers of this State ed rere not encouraged to grow good thi heat until recently?"many mill- th< rs bought wheat on the basis of cu he daily market price and on the ha eneral avdrage quality of the ac 'heat in the community rather tci han on the daily market price an ased on the actual market grade f the individual lot of wheat. m< "From a survey _ of the crop ap rown in North Carolina in ull 942, and from observations made ita l other years, it is obvious that ? ?nit? nf ini tie graae ox 11x1111115 ? ?, 'heat can best be improved by coi lcreasing the test weight per At ushel, by lowering the moisture thi ontent in the wheat and by con- th rolling onion," declared Darst in in; iving the following grade fac- of irs for wheat: nii A good milling wheat must Pa teigh at least 58 pounds per bu- tir hel. This may be obtained by an roper fertilization of the crop, se of improved varieMesv_and tlje O mploywient of proper-methods of i avesting and handling. Wheat containing more than 4 per cent moisture is considerd wet wheat and must be dried own to around 13 and one-half 5^ er cent moisture for safe bulk torage and milling. Wheat containing onions when lilled for flour or feed is objecionable. Wheat should not be rown in fields badly infested with nions. It should be protected at 11 times from high moisture and n? xcessive heat in storage. Oats, ye or barley found in wheat sed for flour tends to lower the _ TV rade, as do weed seeds, trash and mixtue of white wheat and red 'inter wheat. (Continued On Page Four* tlc fow Surfacing f Caswell Highway ^ I wl :irst Asphalt Poured Lastjne Week And Cline Con-jfai struction Company Pro- ch ceeding With Work tel lit The work of pouring the ash- or alt surfacing on the eight mile sn tretch of road from Route 103 tri o the Navy base at Fort Casrell, began the past week. The be rork will be pushed to completi- an ion as rapidly as possible, ac- fpi ording to employees of the F. ha ). Cline Construction company of Sh laleigh. an State Highway employees state th< hat it is the hope to have the fr< pproaches to the bridge all grad- uc d and the surfacing laid to the I of oint of permitting the use of (Continued On Page Foiw I Nickel A Bucke Is Way The The old order of paying h shrimp pickers a nickel a buc- o ket for their work seems to be a a thing of the past. In most of d the local packing houses the 1 workers are now receiving a p penny a pound. A bucket full t weighs fifteen pounds and for e full buckets a nickel and a dime c is being handed out as fast as t the buckets are brought to the e washing vats. ii It-still takes scads of nickels, as many as it ever did. The 1 a dime thrown in is only so much j r more money for the workers a and their time ad&s up pretty j f well. \ a At the Hardee and Pigott j t house a slightfy new form of f handling the pay roll has been a inaugurated. Instead of the boss ' handing out the nickels and dimes as fast as the buckets t are picked, a regular paymaster : ' ' - m U P0R1 A Good Comi Iriesday, August 25, 19^ ax Rate Still j| At Same Level r As Last Year i ew County Budget Shows No Changes In Tax Rate;\ A Fine Progress Is Being .;i| Made AX RATE STILL STAYS AT $1.60: ix Rate Admittedly High There appears to be Good Reasons For Not Making Any Change This Year The tax rate in Brunswick unty will remain at the same rel, $1.60 on the hundred dol s, according to the budget ar- ^ nged by County Auditor R. C. . George. The budget has been proved by the board of county j\ mmissioners. _ ^ Although the tax rate is admitlly high there appears to be veral good reasons for making changes at this time. A few ars ago the county became ~ eply involved in debt. Finally <a refinancing program was work- I and a tax rate fixed at a level at would insure taking care of 8 debt and carrying on with rrent expenses. This program s worked out exceptionally well, t) cording to information. All in"est on the debts have been met * d much of the principal retired, irrent expenses are also being :t. Good substantial progress pears to attend the efforts to :imately retire the couny from " former heavy burden of debt. _. With war time conditions exist- '} X there was no possibility of the HI unty cutting down on expenses, ly lowering of the tax rate at "~ is time might have resulted in e slowing up of the debt payX program to which 70 cents out each dollar must go. The com ssioners and the auditor aprently deemed it wise to conlue the rate as it is for at least j, other year. ? icture Story < Of The Mussel b U ate News Bureau Now s Releasing Pictures Of P New Brunswick County " Coastal Industry A picture story of mussel ga- ? sring operations in this area is a w being released to the press J northern and eastern states by c irland Porter, manager of the a ate News Bureau in Raleigh. s ,e pictures were made by Ben d Patrick, official photographer ' the Department of Conserva- 1 m and Development. ^ Some of the pictures will also 5 released to papers in this ite. This work being done by I local news agency. L Mussel gathering is a new instry, gaining great impetus beuse of the war. The use to lich they are being put has v,Af?n rpvAnlAri hevond the Fi ;t that they are wanted by the emical industry. Like the oysr, the shells appear to' be of tie or no value. It is the more less fluid-like contents of the ells that the chemical induses use. bo Robert Jones, of Southport, has en having the mussels gathered 1 d has been shipping them daily c r weeks. Most of the product s been harvested from around lallotte Point, Lockwoods Foly j" d Southport. The pictures show . e entire process of harvesting c >m the gathering of the prod- . t in the marshes to the point shipping. G Other interesting local pictures ? (Continued On Page Four? m ill tPluslOc c, y Pay Pickers p as been put on. He has to be n the spot and make payment s' fast as the buckets full are umpped into the washing vat. _ "his keeps the pickers from ex- " eriencing any delay by having o wait for their nfoney. Incidntly, it also permits better heck on the buckets to see hat they contain as much pickd shrimp as the house is payng to have picked. ra There does not seem to be B< ny shortage of labor. At least S< lone was noted at the Hardee m ,nd Pigott house this week. The ct irst.. of the week saw only bout half of their boats in ac- th ion, as many have not yet come T n from the eastern part of the T1 tate. In accordance with hav- vt ng only a small fleet now, ony about half the regular num- m ler of pickers were taken on. w (Continued on page 7) l r pii nunity CUBLISI Brothers In 1^ OF FREELAND?T-4 Ce 5 Earl Edwards, sons of Mi Freeland, are now serving North Africa. Both were ? igh School near Ash. Cecil id Earl Jan. 7, 1942. ^on-Deferrabl May Be Tak MB*.../ uota For The Month Will For The Armed Forces, Washir WASHINGTON?War r als, disclosing that October ate 312,000, said tonight th bility" that the only pre-Pes iose in non-deferable jobs. -IBrothers Meet In The Pacific I Recently at some far away j loint in the Pacific Henry Law Iwan, Boatswain Mate, 2nd Class, net his brother, Reese Earn- 1 ardt Swan, Seaman, 2nd Class, 1 or the first time slnee March, 942. From letters received here >y the parents of the boys, the .arships on which they are J tati'oned were at the same j iort In the war zone. Henry visted Reese aboard the ship on j rhich the later is stationed and ] hey had shore leave together, i loth have been in the Navy j nd in the Pacific for over two i ears. Law Swan was wound- 11 d right seriously a little over I ( , year ago and came home on a < hort leave shortly after being ] ischarged from the hospital. Tie meeting of the boys in the I acific was a happy one. 'hey are sons of Captain and Irs. C. N. Swan, of Southport. ! ocal Red Cross Workers In Meet ield Representative Met WIfk I nra! Workers And Was Much Pleased With Way County Chapter Is Carrying On j Miss Mary Pegram, of Greens- I ro, field representative for the 1 Tie ri can Red Cross, was in 1 mthport on Monday to meet ' :th various heads of departments i the county chapter. She ex- i essed herself as pleased with ' e* way the Brunswick county 1 apter is carrying on its work. 1 Those with whom Miss Pegram 1 Iked were Miss Annie May oodside, chapter chairman. Mrs. ace Ruark, executive secretary; ' rs. L. C. Fergus, disaster chair- 1 an, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert, ' irse's aide chairman; and A. L. 1 rown , chairman of junior Red oss. lew Ration Book Into Use Sept. 12 rown Stamps To Replace Red Ones At The Time Of The Change; Gasoline Coupons Must be Exchanged Soon WASHINGTON. ? The brown .tion stamps in War Ration x>k Three will come into use > ?ptember 12 for the purchase of eats, oils, fats, butter and : leese, the OP A announces. j The brown stamps will replace ' :e red ones in War Ration Book wo as the latter are used up. hey will have the same point ilue. Henceforth, OPA announces, the eats-fats ration stamps always I ill expire on the Saturday near-l C Continued on page 4j i ' -v.-; ,0T p 4ED EVERY WEDNESDAY* ^lorth Africa to R j Jun ! thei a the icil C. Edwards (left) and . and Mrs. D. B. Edwards, " with the U. S. armed forces this graduated from Waccamaw E was drafted May 16, 1941, croj 695, e Fathers E thai en In October 2 firs Approximate 312,000 Men croj It Is Announced From pou igton by per nanpower commission offi- exC( s draft quota will approxi- acr( .*4 (hnvn \tmc o "ctrnmr IIOS rtij tuci c f c*o n, uv? j- ? iroi irl Harbor fathers would be . moi The month's total was ties- fac cribed as "just a shade" under yea September's call and the officials are reiterated that it appeared defi- the nite that induction of the prewar fathers (those with children born r1 prior to September 15, 1942) 'or would actually begin October 1, ce"' Furthermore, they told reporters, they have received no word " from military authorities that " 'here wiJChe any cut in the lon;?[Jroclaime'd goal of a total of 1*f ^ 300,000 men had women in the ^ irmed forces by the end of this year. There have been persistent mai reports that such a cut was com- ]al lnS- hot On the other hand, it appeared abl< from-figures released this week (ion by Secretary,of the Navy Knoxjarol that the number in the armed rec( forces by next January 1 may be (or Jven greater than any prospective Rep total hitherto announced?11,061,- A 300, not counting navy nurses or 12 5 lollege youths in the navy's en- injj listed reserves. pCr Knox said the navy, marines but md coast guard already had 2,- m0I (Continued on page 7) ave, plat Mail Packages 2? Overseas Early All Christmas Packages To Men In Overseas Service Must Be Mailed Before November 1st, General - Instructions L. T. Yaskell, Southport post- J master, is seering to it that our t_ Soys overseas will get their Christmas packages in time for i the Yuletide. Instructions which R ivill help the post office depart- Car ment in their gigantic task of her< delivering to the boys overseas was the parcels which mean so much Met to them when they are away are from home are simple and easy COni to follow. Christmas gifts to Naval and Marine personnel overseas should jy be sent between September 15 bee, and November 1. This period has j,er been designated by the Navy De- the partment in cooperation with the we{ Post Office Department. Parcels js j (Co:.ttnuvd on page 41 eler Officers Capture h Large Steam Still U att< Three Men And Large Mir Amount Of Mash And Some Of The Finished Product Taken By Raid ls In Northwest Township By Officers C of Rural Policeman O. W. Perry, is assisted by A. T. U. Agents, cap- mei tured a large steam whiskey still ing in the Northwest township section the Df Brunswick, Saturday. The still we( had a capacity of 150 gallons. Br? Not the least of the round-up Qui was the taking of the three negro tali men, found in the act of operating the contraption. They were Willie Robinson, John Grady and J Willie James Hatcher. All three the of the men have been given a a j (Continued on page 4; % | , " ost Of The News Aii The Time $1.50 PER YEAR )11 Weevil Cuts otton Crop In unswick County anty Agent Reports That Veevil Infestation Has leen Great Since Recent -ieavy Rains \TE EXPECTED TO HAVE 695,000 BALES e Reduction Of The Cotn Crop By Combination )f Causes Is Said To Be State-Wide ains during the latter part of e and until around the 15th of r, along with some wet wea since that time, nave greatlided boll weevil infestation of Brunswick county cotton crop, the extent that the crop has l drastically cut. his was the opinion expressed morning by County Agent J. Dodson. North Carolina's 1943 cotton > is expected to produce 000 bales, according to the > reporting summary issued by State Department of Agriculs. This is four per cent less 1 the 727,000 bales produced n the 1942 crop but 15 per t more than the ten-year 32-41) average production. The j t yield estimate of this year's p, which was placed at 390 nds per acre, is exceeded only the record yield of 427 pounds acre in 1940 and last year's silent yield of 412 pounds per ;. The crop wili oe narvested n 856,000 acres, or 10,000 acres e than harvested a year ago. Although cotton continues to a few days later than last r's unusually early crop, stands nnifnrmlv L'ood throughout State. Record high tempera- i s and ample soil moisture >ughout June was favorable cotton, and the crop made exent growth, overcoming most ts late start. However, almost y rains from late June until and mid-July caused plants to on excessive growth, prohid proper field cultivation in le areas, and greatly aided weinfestation. While late July .ther was fairly favorable for ntaining rapid growth of its and fruiting, recent dry, weather has caused consider! shedding. Boll weevil infesta- , was comparatively high jnd the first of August, but int weather has been favorable some control of tile pest," said orter J. J. Morgan. . United States cotton crop of 58,000 bales was forecast. This cation is 266,000 bales, or two cent, less than the 1942 crop seven-tenths of one per cent e than the ten-year (1931-41) rage. The average yield is :ed at 279.4 pounds per acre ch is 6.9 pounds more than 1942 yield and 62.4 pounds e than the ten-year average !17 pounds per acre. NEWS BRIEFS ,,, n ORMER PASTOR VISITS ev. and Mrs. Edgar Hall, of y, spent part of the past week > with friends. Rev. Mr. Hall i formerly pastor of Trinity " - ' 1- -?1 >h_ -.Mini# HoaiSL cnurcn auu lovingly remembered by the gregation. TO BEGIN SC HOOL [rs. A. W. McDaniel, who has a spending the summer with husband, who is stationed at Section Base, will leave next :k for Fairmont, where she I irinciple of the South Robeson nentary school. AWAY ON VACATION lev. R. H. Harrison of the chodist church is away on hree weeks vacation. He has n spending part of the time in ! ;ndance on the conference or listers at Lake Junaluska. He 1 visit relatives at Bostic and er points before returning to work here. TRAINING IN FLORIDA lorporal William R. Sellers, son Mr. and Mrs. Ledrow Sellers, now receiving training with a lical regiment at Camp Bland, Fla. Cpl. Sellers enlisted in army in 1940 and until a few ;ks ago was stationed at Fort igg, where he served with the irtermasters Corps and a baton of Field Artillery. NURSE ILL Irs. Willie Walker, a nurse at |j Dosher Memorial hospital, is >atient there. -1 Ls
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