j *- - f' - y-I % f | The Pilot Covers ! I Brunswick County loL. NO. FOURTEEN NoTl jiarm And Home t [Club Federation In Great Meeting lecting At Bolivia of Farm1 And Home Federation I Clubs Friday Night An I interesting Event For AH t(. I Who Attended ' L llCNIC DINNER U A FINE FEATURE a< sistant Director John W. P< Goodman Of The Exten- c sion Work at State Col- p I lege Was The Main tt Speaker Following m Picnic BOLIVIA, Nov. 10.?The Farm ' iiiation meeting held) i iav 'gilt at the Bolivia school ia^ i fair number of peo-j value was such that it!?' . that all farmers and en of the county could "i present. County Agent I . Ho ne Agent Miss Eliza 'Pi x i fleet, and Mrs. Carl a:i; president of the Farm and en... Federation, all deserve much ition for their untiring ke the gathering a jj H. profit and recreation for ' P' dng a picnic supper, where the farms was in abun of a quality that is reiv found on a table these Hiy- tiic crowd adjourned from L : vvmnasium to the audi-) iriui Mrs. Ward served as j. she called the meeting R and introduced Riley a Ion.:.. -. who had charge of the i,:: . iv Sing. Mr. Clemmons j.i the audience sang "When the c;i is Called up Yonder" and stand up for Jesus." After this r. Clemmons led a quartet in : ? spirituals. Assistant Director John W. ::: -,n of the Extension Ser- se e at State College was then wi trocueed by Mr. Dodson, who fa iefly - .led that the speaker was f0 eil acquainted with the nation- H situation. Mr. Goodman, who lias Just le- " trned from a meeting in Chicago, his pleasure at being ^ went. sei He stated that a good basis on rich to judge a community is 'al the production of its cooks. sti tie meal which had just been P)! taken of gave the Farm Fed- ^ ation women of Brunswick a us rv high rating, in his opinion. acl Mr. Goodman was delighted :th the progress made, a prothat has been greatly aided ' getting together in clubs. He J-5 r.phasized value of leaders and ted Mr. Dodson and Miss Nor- ac Ef. He pointed to the need of ?r' encouragement of ' est and other workers. J? There are several things impori i- said, to all who produce er< ? and equally important to the uners. They are: Te< 1 Men in service must have ff* ; a a half times as much e (Continued On Page Four* fP thi ra tn Ration Pointers % ? ;po j se< BLl L AND GREEN STAMPS ' T'. _ . . . _ . _ Irur canned, frozen and certain [ on iiyiirated foods) [ou Blue stamps good j cr< tl November 20. t'11 Green stamps in th( ?r Ration Book IV are valid coi til December 20. FUEL OIL Th Period No. 1 (43-44 now in foi These arc only "period coup- inf - valid and will expire Jan- ab ty 3, leu. op NOTE: All definite value cou 'sometimes known as change siting coups i arc good any time, O GASOLINE |\ i ' book coupons No. 6 good " three gallons each expire on '' 'ember 8. Stamps No. "A-8" r.ew "A" book valid on No9 for three gallons each " three months. LOOSE STAMPS 1 "tamps (except accom tying mail orders and the one1 fed .stamps used for change) 112 worthless. BRON X STAMPS 'for meat products, canned tio lible oils and cheeses) pie re.'.n now valid, expires aw "o.mber 4 coi Lro-A-n "H", now valid, expires elc *?ember 1 tit; ^ ' I", now valid, expires fee ; tc,nber 4. he: SHOES at L,'' Stamp in War Ration I RT ?nr e?0,t anytime. wt I. p ' inplane stamp in Ra- u? E . 3 now good for one fo< r of "hoes. ed s. SUGAR E. Ro. rv? *V*?' 29 in Raiion Book Pttar S?0ci for five pounds of pu IL. ,un^' January 15. This W< ^ marked "Sugar." TH !9 \merican Leg For Armisti utch Supper, Speaking By ian, Song Festival Ai U.S.O. On Commander Charles Trott of le Brunswick Post, American egion and his committee for the rmistice Day celebration at the SO are all set with their plans, icording to announcement made st night. The committee is com>sed of G. Butler Thompson, rawford Rourk and Dallas igott. Outstanding as an aid to lis committee in making arrangeents has been Jasper T. Gibson, rector of the USO. He has enred heartily into the preparaans and all of the facilities of e organiaztion have been made railable. First on the program is a utch supper to be served in the r. R. Murphy On Big Scale [as Just Finished Planting 175 Acres In Mustard, Kale And Broccoli For His Winter Crop In Town Creek Township AND BEING USED ALL YEAR ROUND ents From Owners During Winter When Land Would Otherwise Be Idle; Is Looking For Large Farm In Brunswick County To Grow Truck T. R. Murphy, of Rose Hill, is tting a fine example for Brunsck farmers on the 175 acre rra near Winnabow he is using r growing winter truck crops. : will probably produce more ee?js in the way broccali, le and mustard this winter than e average farmer in Brunswick :s in a lifetime. Mr. Murphy lives at Rose Hill, gest trucking center of the ite. Fourteen years ago he inted two acres in greens and ;ed the results so well that, to e his own words, "I have been ding a little to the acreage each ar since then." It certainly appears that he s been adding. He now plants 0 acres in greens for his fall siness at Rose Hill; the 175 res of the same for his winter jp at Winnabow and 50 acres r a spring crop on two islands! lich he owns on the sound at >lly Ridge. He rents for his options at Winnabow but is very ich interested in finding a large rm in Brunswick with the obit of buying. He sells an avere of around 75,000 bushel basts of his greens each winter and ring. The chain stores take all ey can get. He owns and ope-1 tes six mules, eight trucks, three tctors and everything in the ty of modern equipment that j tractors can draw for the purse of preparing land, planting xl, etc. The mules do nothing ICh out pua JJIXie plows ior a igle furrow to burst the middles! t between each row. The winter >ps require no cultivation, but 3 mules also come in handy for 3 work of producing 75 acres of rn that is grown on Ash and rmuda islands each summer, is corn is for the market and feed for the mules. The plantJ of this crop of corn embraces out all of the Murphy farming erations during the summer. (Continued on Page Four) j EA Seeks Wise Current Users wards Will Be Made To Farmers Who Have Best Met Food Goals In War Time With Help Of Electricity rhe Federal Rural Electrifican Administration is making tns to provide a plaque to be arded to one farmer in each anty who, through the use of ctricity, has increased the quany and quality of his food and id,' announces D. S. Weaver, ad of agricultural engineering State College. Beginning immediately, farmers io know of people who have sd electricity to help meet their >d goals in war times are askto report their names to J. Dodson, farm agent. Both cooperative customers and blic utility users are eligible, eaver says. (Continued on Page Four) j EST) A Good 4-PAGES TODAY ion AH Set ce Day Events Outstanding North Carolintid Square Dance At ] Program i followed with a song competition |USO at 7:00 p. m. This will be j between men of the first world : war and the service men of today, j After the supper and songs will ] come the high-light of the evening, an address by Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, a veteran of the j first world war and one of the most outstanding public citizens in North Carolina today. Following the address by Major Cherry the Section Base Four will furnish music for an old fashioned square dance. The boys composing this band have been showing marked skill at furnishing dance music at recent events at the USO. Grows Greens At Winnabow : ?J I Ronffht A Cow? Cow Bought Bond Last April Mrs. A. B. Willis yielded to her own desires and bought a nice milk cow which became the special object of her attention and that of Mr. Willis, when he was not otherwise busy. The cow repaid the kindness and attention it received by furnishing all the milk that the Willis family needed. In addition Mrs. Willis sold a lot of the surplus among neighbors. This week she counted up the profits from the sale of milk and went out and used it all to buy herself a $100.00 War Bond. Only Three Cases ^ Heard In Court" s Very Small Docket Greeted t Judge John B. Ward In t Recorder's Court Here' c Monday Morning j, s This weeks docket in the Rec- j. order's Court was the smallest p that has greeted Judge John B. j, Ward in some time. Out of five f cases on the docket, two had to g be continued owing to the absence of State Highway Patrolmen O'- g Daniel and Pridgen, who made the 8 ., ,-t c I' Three cases were disposed of as follows: ' A1 W. Spencer, speeding, 60 days in jail or fine of $25.00 and costs. ' Thomas Hickman, assault, twelve months on roads, judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $100.00 and coSts and defendant placed on good behavior for a period of two years. H. A. Jenrette, drunk and dis- p orderly and assault, twelve ij months on the roads, judgment a suspended on the payment of a j fine of $75.00 and costs. Defend- g ant placed on good behavior for ij a period of two years. a fc Agricultural Boys Doing Fine Bolivia Has Well Equipped Vocational Agricultural Building And 53 Boys Are In The Class Under Guidance Of Mr. King This Year BOLIVIA, Nov. 8. ? Starting from scratch five years ago, J. M. King, teacher of vocational agriculture in the local school, has brought up his department to a condition of extreme usefulness to the boys of this consolidated district. This year the class numbers 35 boys. They are getting an extremely practical course, dealing with all major farm and livestock problems. Each boy must carry a farm project and a strict requirement is that he keep a written record of everything dealing with his work. This record is summed up at the end of the year. Practically all of the advanced boys are also well qualified in the art of pruning and the care of fruit trees, culling chickens and grading various farm products. They do many excellent repair jobs around the school building. Many of the boys obtain experience that qualifies them to become good carpenters. In their shop they are well (Continued On Page Four> r VTE News paper I Southport, N. CM VV< Food For Freedom Goals To Be Talke Here November 18 Plans For Producing The Right Kind of Foods Will Be Discussed With County Farmers Here November 18th DEMANDS FOR FOOD IS ON INCREASE Meeting Under Direction Of Dean Schaub Of State College Will Be Held In Every County In The State "Although American farmers ire setting a new food production record this year, there is itill not enough food to satisfy! ill the demands", says Dean I. O. | Schaub, director of Agricultural | Sxtension work at State College, 'and since America's food sup- j )ly represent perhaps the great>st potential weapon in our fight igainst the Axis we must proluce more." Ill outlining the objectives to >e accomplished in the 1944 "Food J Tights For Freedom" program vhich will be launched in every I :ounty in the State between Novimber 15-19, Director Schaub | joints out that it is up to our jeople to cooperate in every way! jossible in the production of more if the right kind of food; to con-: ;erve this food, and avoid waste. [ "The demand for food has in:reased from both civilian and j nilitarv authorities. Civilians are loing more work and have morel noney than they have had in the t >ast. We are taking new terri-, ory from the enemy every day.! This territory has been strippec if every vestige of food and tilt ! latives are starving. We must | eed them," until they can again iroduce their own, Dean Schaut j aid. Food,?American food?can bf : he deadliest weapon of all. Plant or producing the right kind of j ood will be discussed at a m etng held at the County Ageiit's j ffice at Supply, November 18th i ,t 7:30 P. M. when those in harge of the program in this ection will draw up the county ilans. Since the course and length of he war may depend on how sucessfully we produce this food, iow willingly and widely we hare it, how carefully we save t, how wisely we use it, every ierson able to produce a single tern of food should cooperate ully in this program, Director Ichaub concluded. :nd Of Dimout Is Gladly Welcomed VII Shades To Southport Street Lights Came Down Last Week In Accordance! With Orders Of Mayor Eriksen The dim-out, so far as Southort street lights are concerned,1 i a thing of the past. In accord- j nee with orders from Mayor: ohn D. Eriksen all shades for j treet lights were taken down j ist week and all streets are; gain as well, lighted as they were iefore the war began. (continued on page twQi 1^1 Qtir SHALLOTTE. Nov. 8.?An army training plane landed in the Shallotte River, four miles below town, Friday afternoon. The cause of fhe trouble with the plane has not been given good swimmer. As he had to have remarked that he was a | but the pilot is understood to j come down he kicked the I smoothest surface available. He was not injured and damage to the plane is understood to have resulted mostly from immersion in salt water. It has bgeen taken out and hauled away for repairs. Fishermen who bring their ; catches to town for retail trade i found a good business Saturday, j Some five or six had up stands I and one of these stated that he j sold over a hundred bunches, j Sales were good all through the week. The value to the town in j these fishermen always having a j i P0R1 n A Good Com idnesday, November 1C Returned Here AGAIN.?Serving Trinity Methodist Church at Southport for four years, Rev. R. S. Harrison ' was returned here for a fifth year by the North Carolina Con- . ference last week. Rev. W. G. , Lowe was also returned to Shallotte. i i Health Nurse Visiting Schools; i Mrs. Smith In Office Mon- 1 days And Saturdays, At Other Times She Makes Calls To Various Points In County Mrs J. Fred Smith, county health nurse, has begun the innoculation of school children for communicable disease. To date 350 school children have had antitoxin administered. All persons desiring vaccination for any of the communiable diseases may find Mrs. Smith at her . office in Southport on each Monday and Saturday. On other dates she works at various points in the county. Recruiter Asks Citizens Help Readers Asked To Recommend Young Women For WAVES; Basic Requirements Given With the cooperation of The State Port Pilot, the Navy Recruiting Service is calling for help from hundreds of patriotic citizens of Brunswick County in the program to contact young worn- j en of this section for service with I the WAVES. 1 Jesse Helms, petty officer in charge of the Wilmington Navy Recruiting Station, said recently that many women in eastern North Carolina have a lot to learn ? about the WAVES. "I was surprised," he said, "to learn that there is so much misimdaratandincr almnf- filir hrnnp.h of the woman's auxiliary. Manj young women are missing the op- a portunity of a lifetime, just be- s cause they have listened to wrong ( information or because they have c labored under a false assumption." t The recruiter said that civilian ? citizens could help the Navy, and e the war effort, tremendously, if t they would help spread the true 1 (Continued on page 2) e 0 1 c r WING j Reporter' supply of fresh fish on hand, i when fish are obtainable, has ? always been underestimated. The fact that fresh fish can nearly always be obtained here draws a lot of people to town from a wide area and they naturally do a lot of other trading, t Many people think that the r fishermen should be given a r building or shed in which they ii can handle their business in bad s weather. u Postmaster William R. Holmes has discovered some- ( thing relative to the Shallotte t post office, dating as far back il as 1700. It may surprise some s people to know that the com- a: munity had a post office that 1 far back. It will probably sur- d prise them still more when they learn what the name of the of- s fice was. The matter is so in- r teresting that the post master r (Continued an Page FourJ, r pil imunity I, 1943 publisi New Pulpwooc Begins / Pulp wood Producers Of*County To Be Asked Tot' Cut An Average Of Cord t For Each County Boy And t Girl In Service h CAMPAIGN BEGINS ON t THURS., LASTS MONTH * c Pulpwood Vitally Needed 1 In Country's War Effort; e Shortage of 2Yg Million t Cords Exists t Cut-a-Cord of Pulpwood for Ev- j. ery Local Boy in Service. , This is the slogan and goal of c a. new national drive announced c recently by Walter M. Dear, chair- E man of the Newspaper Pulpwood ^ Committee, as a climax to the c Victory Pulpwood Campaign which j this newspaper has been support- \ tng. a The new drive begins on Armistice Day, Thursday, and runs un- ( til December 11 when the News- j paper Pulpwood Committee hopes t to see the threatened 2,500,000- j cord pulpwood shortage for 1943 t averted. More than 1,200 local pulpwood { committees organized as part of t the newspaper Victory Pulpwood a Campaign are expected to enlist e in the new drive which will cover r pulpwood producing areas in 27 i states of the Northeast, South, t Appalachian and Lake States. t The idea for the new drive was Waccamaw Scl Because C * Is 81-Years-Old And Going Strong I E. J. Danford, of the Bolivia community, is now 81 years old ? and the very least that can be ' said of him is" that he is still going strong with his farm work. He is a little hard of hearing in his advanced years. Outside of this he is hale and ? V hearty, doing a mans' work on f the farm every day. He is not only a good farmer in his own right, he has P raised five sons who are all mighty good farmers and stock S raisers on their own. The boys c all own and live on their own c farms. They are E. M. Danford, ? G. T., J. M., E. and Early Danford. ^ Mo Holidays For * Thanksgiving? . n State Board Of Education j Rules That Work Must s Be Continued As Usual tl On Thanksgiving Day e According to available inform- I ition there will be no holiday ob- |' lerved in the schools of North Carolina at Thanksgiving. A few if them here and there may elect o close for the day at noon. The Jtate Board of Education, how- p ver, has decreed that work in he schools should go on at Thanksgiving. Many schools have often followd the custom of a half holiday ir no holiday at Thanksgiving. This in order to have longer Thristmas holidays. This plan will " lot work this year. The ruling is ? or no holiday for Thanksgiving ? ,nd only one week's recess from looks at Christmas. Usually the ~ eachers and children get around ? wo weeks at Christmas. ^ Revised Rules l On Slaughtering ? ? _ s a r m e r May Consume e Home ,- Slaughtered Meat T If He Qualifies On ThreeW Counts J It The Office of Price Administraion has simplified its rationing egulations so that a farmer may iow easily determine whether he 3 eligible to consume homelaughtered meat without giving ip ration points. In a joint announcement with ci )PA, the War Food Administra- w ion has authorized such indivi- a luals to slaughter for home con- u umption without a permit if they o: sect the OPA requirements, 'heodore S. Johnson, Raleigh OPA p lirector, said. ti Under the two revisions, a per- t< on may slaughter and consume f< neat at home without giving up cl ation points if he can qualify on n (Continued on page 4) si OT " iED EVERY WEDNESDAY 1 Drive ( Armistice Day mggested by one of the news>apers participating in the Vicory Pulpwood Campaign. It was / he Jackson Herald, of Ripley, W. la., of which Sattis Simmons is mbliaher. So enthusiastic was the esponse of the people of Ripley ind Jackson County that the luota of 1,700 cords for as many jocal boys in the service was passid in a few weeks. To date, Ripley has cut more han 2,200 cords of pulpwood, or ' tetter than a cord and a quarter or every boy in the service and las sold on the stump and iledged to cut an additional 8,200 lords. Moreover, the town has leveloped a new industry as a relult of the local drive. The West j, Virginia Pulp and Paper Co., to p ibtain the pulpwood more readily c las arranged for a receiving yard a vhere cash is paid on delivery for ^ ill pulpwood cut in the campaign. "I'm sure that the people in a he 1,200 other pulpwood produc- P ng communities are just as pariotic and just as energetic as d hose of Ripley and Jackson Coun- o y," Mr. Dear said. * 'The Victory Pulpwood Cam- v >aign has aroused the country to t he realization that pulpwood is r i necessary and vital raw mat- h irial for war. Without its varied 1 nanufactured products our fight- a ng men overseas will be severely s landicapped in their drive against v he Axis powers still in the war. t (Continued on Daee 4) P tiool Closed ' )f Differences; p bounty Board Temporarily ii Closes School While Row w Is Settled P 4EARING BEFORE v JUDGE BURNEY TODAY ? The Local Committee And 1 School Principal At Wac- J camaw At Odds The Brunswick county Board of Mucation has temporarily closed Vaccamaw School because of dif- ( erences which have arisen beween the local committee and the rincipal, J. S. Station. This was done at a meeting on laturday night. Members of the ounty board are R. T. Woodside, hairman, R. I. Phelps, and J. L. u itone. o Local committeemen for the w Vaccamaw school are George v, Vard, chairman, E. Vereen, L. C. A frown, Elroy King, and P. Formy d )uval. f< Principal Station came to Wacamaw school this year from Her- d ing school in Sampson County. o There is to be a hearing in Wil- d ling ton today before Judge John lc . Burney, to determine what C tcps are to be taken to reopen a' lie school and to settle the differ- w nces which have been revealed. a Mrs. Williams Dies At Supply? r< uneral Services For High- j( ly Esteemed Elderly Lady h Of Supply Community At Mt. Pisgah Today Mrs. Sarah Emma Williams, 79, rife of B. J. Williams, died at er home at Supply Monday night fter a long period of failing ealth. Funeral services are being held lis afternoon at the Mt. Pisgah hurch with Rev. F. H. Brinson fficiating. Burial will be in the alloway cemetery. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Williams is survived by three aughters and five sons. The ic aughters are Mrs. Effie Phelps n f Supply; Mrs. Ella Little, Bol- p >n; Floria Walker, Rocky Point. a ons are Zade Williams, Bolivia; l >an Williams, Detroit, Mich.; p homas Williams, Raleigh; O. T. illiams, Supply and Adria Wilams of the Coast Guard. Also surviving are three sisters, 5 (Continued on page 4) s le Vo Volunteers w For The WACS J Mrs. J. A. Russ, civilian reruiter for the WACS in Brunsick, stated this week that not w single Brunswick giry has vol- T nteered towards filling the quota S f three for Brunswick county. T She is naturally much disap- ir ointcd, she says, at the disinclina- ai on of Brunswick women to cn:r service. The drive for recruits >r the WACS is scheduled to lose on November 16th and it ir lay find Brunswick without a IH Ingle girl having volunteered. |s Most Of The News Ail The Time <1.50 PER YEAi :<>unty Lagging In Support Of The War Fund Appears Now That Counter May Fail To Reach It! Quota Despite All Effort* Of Chairman And Wo liters )RIVE WILL END NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN Appeal Is Made For Redoubled Efforts To Bring County Up To Its Quota Before Drive Is Over With the United War Fund ctoslg on November 18th, Mrs. S. B. ' j "rink, chairman for Brunswick ounty, is still hopeful of makii% good showing. This in spite of he fact that there appears to be gloomy prospect of Brunswick eople subscribing their full quota. "We have gone over the top and one all we were asked to do In ther good causes," said Mrt. 'rink yesterday. "I do not see /hy we cannot do the same in his. Brunswick people who regain at home, safe from war and y their comfortable firesides oerainly cannot ignore our men who re fighting and suffering oyer eas. We must go over tne wp rith the United War Fund drive efore November 18th, if we eto lossibly do so." Several of Mrs. Frink's helper* re doing fine service, as %fe ome of the schools. No complete heck-up has as yet been mtKfe f these workers but from the eports that have come in it Bpears that Brunswick county peole may find themselves weighed i the balance and found wantMg rhen the drive ends. Mrs. Frink is renewing her fcpeal to the public and to heir /orkers to continue their efftffr nth redoubled energy betwddk ow and when the drive closes. fordan Protests Sale Of Land , Commissioners Meeting On Monday Had Only Tax Matters For Attention, All Members Of Board Present j Only a few minor matters came p for the attention of the boarq f county commissioners last reek. Most of these had to d<* rith tax matters. One tract, the i. M. McFadgen estate, was orered foreclosed upon and sold >r taxes. / In the case of the John SSran property, recently sold by the ounty to G. F. Benton, Mr. Joran appeared and asked to be al* iwed ot redeem the property, !ommis3ioncr Bellamy voted , to ustain the sale to Mr. Benton tfiile commissioner riusa woo ty* Mowing Mr. Jordan to redeem the roperty. Chairrfian Mintz voted 1 support of commissioner Bellmy to sustain the sale to Benin. Mr. Jordan, in a statement, did ot protest his indebtedness which J vaulted in the sale of his prop- alj rty. He, however, appeared be>re the board representing that e had been ill for a considerable .(Continued On Page rourj .i NEWS j 1 BRIEFS 1 m ????? j MOVIES CHANGED J. T. Gibson, Director of the ical U. S. O. announces that the :gular Thursday night movie has een postponed until Friday night t 8:30 P. M. because of the egion dinner which is to take lace on Thursday night. HOME ON LEAVE Edward Earl Wescott, son of . E. Wcscott, arrived at home aturday night He is on a 27-day avc from the Merchant Marine ith which he serves. His recent 'avels have taken him to North .frica, Sicily and other points. SON RETURNS Mrs. Brady Lewis received a 1re Tuesday from her son, Lt. eddy Lewis who is now in the tates. Until his arrival home, eddy was serving with the Ar- , ly Air Forces in North Ailfca I nd Italy. i <>i OOBLENTZ TO PREACH,, David H. Coblentz, of gjchlond, Va? will preach at T?w _-l. J| ope church at WinnabOV onf j j opday at 11:00 o'clock. ' / tP^i j ?: / ?5

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