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The Pilot Covers Bruns,vick County THE STATE PORT r; ^SIXTEEN NO. 13 A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of The News All The Time 14-PAGES TODAY SouthDort, N. C., Wednesday, July 3rd, 1946 $1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY obacco Growers fote Next Week On Quota Plan ?,?rick County Farmers Will Have Chanc* To With Tobacco Farm 1 Of Other Areas In (IS u Balloting rrn WAREHOUSEMEN ?V0R CONTINUATION ?wer? May Vote For Or inst Control For One year Or For Or Against Control For Three Years tobacco growers will be given opportunity to vote in a re turn Friday. July 12. to de V-e whether they want quotas i'he 1W" cr?P of flue-cured aeco. referendum has been call ,"jy the Secretary of Agricul K in connection with the law pj provides for quotas in 1947 flue-cured tobacco. However, ?tJ will not be in effect for I* unless approved by at least ^thirds of all flue-cured to cco growers voting in the re turn. Bill Hooks, chairman the County Agricultural Con ration Committee, said that, [rv person who has an interest Che"l946 crop of flue-cured to (CO as owner, tenant, or share cper is eligible to vote in the (erffldum being held July 12." i person, he added, is entitled cast more than one vote even ?ugh he may be engaged in naucing flue-cured tobacco in tc or more communities, coun s. or States. a: the present time, flue-cured toco growers are producing love world consumption* levels i build up depleted stocks in mgr. countries. Marketing quotas furnish grow rs with a method of adjusting apply to demand and can help j' provide fair prices to growers ?r the tobacco they produce. As in the past, Mr. Hooka ointed cr_ growers will vote on hree propositions: (1) so you mr r.irt-t'ng q' iotas for thre? wbIMT. 1948, and 1949?; (2) re you opposed to quotas for tee years but favor the quota jr one year?; or (3) are you pposed to any quotas ? If quotas are approved, acre ge allotments, will be set and here will be small acreages avail ib!e for adjusting old allotments ind establishing allotments for inns on which no tobacco has leer. grown during the past five fears Individual farm acreage Botments for 1947 will not be ess than SO percent of the 1946 Potmen: for any farm which as grown up to 75 percent of !s allotted acreage in any one ' the past three years. Allot ments may be increased any ? op to March 1, 1947, if the "PP'y and demand situation' Brants, legislation authorizing Kt? on the 1947 and subse crops also provided for 'f at &0 percent of the parity N'o loans or other price iptnrts will be effective in 1947 growers disapprove marketing iotas Brief Newt Flasket ?ftSCE nUDAT I Arrangements have been MM for Billy Burke and Ps orchestra to play for a holi | f at Long Beach pavilion r'% night, July 5. r"E?T lights I iaycfl material neces FV fir Shallotte's street lights at last arrived. Mayor Leon | fciloway stated Saturday thatj P lights will be installed with in further delay and the cur- ] F11 turned on by July 15th. 1 i ? ft BARRM springs I friends here will be interested f know that Jerry Newbold. F?cr member of the local high P?ol faculty, is taking the sum rr ^cation off from his stu I he seminary to serve as 1 5crt- of recreational director at F"? Springs. Hia program has j r *> chiefly with the physical r recreation program. r-F W RES STILL I Jra' Policeman O. W. Perry f Ptured and destroyed a. 100- 1 steam whiskey still and . r^SAllons of mash Thursday.] still was located in the j P-"sh Branch section of Town| township. It was not in ff?t?tion and no one was in the f Jty The officer says, how &at the presence of the E" '"-^ated that a rua was PUsied. Markets Of Border Belt Will Open On August 1st Tobacco Association Of The United States Held Two Day Convention In Raleigh Last Week And Set Market Dates | The opening date of Whiteville and other markets of the North South Carolina Border Tobacco Belts have been set for August I according to a report of the final session of the Tobacco As sociation of the United States meeting held Friday in the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh. Closing a two-day convention in the North Carolina capitol, regula tions, opening dates, and office elections were initiated. Other openers have been set as follows: Georgia-Florida Belt, | Wednesday, July 24; Eastern j North Carolina Belt, Monday, : August 19; Middle Belt, Monday, I September 9; Old Belt, Monday, | September 16; and Dark-Fired j Virginia Belt, Monday, December i2' [ Sales regulations adopted are: The size of the piles of tobacco | shall not exceed 250 pounds; the j rate of sale shall be 400 piles per i.hour; the hours of sale shall be (from 9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. daily, with an hour for lunch, the luncheon hour to be determinedj by the various markets; the ? I boards of trade shall provide | tabulators to follow each sale and every basket shall be count ed; effective after sales on Fri day, August 16, the number of piles per day on all Georgia Florida markets then open shall be reduced to the extent of 40 per cent; effective after sales on Friday, September 13, the number, of piles per day on Whiteville, and all Border Belt markets then open shall be re duced to the extent of 40 per cent. In addition, the convention adopted the recommendation of the executive committee calling j for the designation of a commit | I tee of nine ? three from the I growers' groups, three from the warehousemen's groups and three from the buying organizations empowered to relieve congested markets by either a change in time, or reduction n hours of sale, i or calling a holiday. The com- 1 mittee of nine is to be taken from the committee of 15, repre senting all three tobacco groups, ! which was recently set up in j Danville. Ships Will Be Arriving . To Storage Basin Soon * First Of Fleet Of 500 Sur- ? plus Merchant Vessels | Will Be Coming In Be tween July 15th And August 1st STORAGE BASIN IS HALF COMPLETED Possibility That Some Of Work Of Decommission ing Ships May Be Done At N. C. Shipbuild ing Company The Brunswick county ship lay in basin on the Brunswick river in^ Town Creek township will be gin receiving merchant vessels for storage sometime between now and the first of August. The ships are expected to come in to be laid up at the rate of about 10 per week. Reports state that the basin is now about 45 percent completed. When fully finished it will ac commodate 500 of the large sur plus merchant vessels and that number has been assigned to it. Much work will have to be done on the incoming ships be fore their final storage in the basin. This work may possibly be done at either the North Car olina Shipyard in New Hanover county or in the basin itself. Last week a contract was let for near ly four miles of hard surface road on the west side of the basin, on what is known as the River Road. This stretch of road will be much used for handling the work in the basin. . The 500 ships that arc to oc cupy the basin when it is com pleted will be kept in such shape that they can quickly re sume service should they be needed. It is understood that $5, 000 per year has been allocated to each of the 500 ships for the dition after they are stored, purpose of keeping them in con Freak Storm In Leland Section Considerable Damage Caus ed In Small Area From Wind And Hail Storm Last Wednesday Night A freak hail and wind storm, a sort of infant cyclone that died a borning, struck a small area along the Lanvale-Leland road last Wednesday evening. Ex cept for the deluge of rain that preceeded and. also followed in the wake of the hail, it was all over in a minute. LeRoy Lewis, at whose home the storm apparently started. | lost about two-acres of very fine ? tobacco. In his field the ground ! was literally covered with leaves; from the tobacco stalks after the storm had passed. Leaves that were not broken from the stalk were left filled with holes where the hail stones had passed through as if they were paper. Aside from the two acres, the rest of Mr. Lewis' tobacco and his other nearby cups were not injured. The hail struck again on the farm of Steven Mintz, Democra tic nominee for county commis sioner. Mr. Mintz also had two acres of tobacco badly damaged and the rest of his crops were not injured. . Gall Meeting Of Election Board There will be a special meet ing of the Brunswick county board of elections at the court house in Southport on Tuesday, July 9, beginning at 11 o'clock. A protest charging irregu larities in Secession precinct during the Second Primary election on June 22 has been lodged by Dillon L. Ganey, can didate for the Democratic nom ination for sheriff, and by !?. C. Tripp, candidate for the Democratic nomination for member oX the b<*ard of county commissioners. Also to be heard at this time is the charge of Herbert J. Bryant, colored, that he and others have been refused the right to register and vote. Heavy Rainfall Visits County Downpour Of Gully-Washer Proportions Near Supply; Other Sections Have Heavy Showers Sunday And Monday The section of county between Supply and Southport had a real gully-washer rainfall Sunday night and Monday morning. Other sections of the county also had night-long rains Sunday night. W. C. Savage and county commissioner J. N. Sowell, both of Winnabow, stated they had more than enough rain Sunday night: Odell Blanton, of Supply, said that hia section also came in for plenty, but he thought the hardest rain in the county fell this side of Supply. Odell Williamson, of Shallotte, County Commissioner O. P. Bel limy, of the Hickman's Cross Roads community, and Commis sioner A. P. Russ, of Longwood. all said they had good hard rains, but not enough to hurt crops. Judge John B. Ward chipped in with a report of plenty of rain in the same township. Incidentally, until the present rains came, Waccamaw township had been getting less in the way1 of a soaker than other sections of Brunswick. Brunswick Man Retires From Army Sgt. Roney C. Hewett, of Sup ply, ia now on retirement fur lough. following more than 25 years of service with the army. He is now visiting relatives and friends at Supply but will make his home at Spring Lake, near Fort Bragg, when his retirement becomes effective. Sgt Hewett enlisted in the army at Fort Caswell, Southport, in February, 1921. He served through the ensuing period and through World War II with the 487th Medical Collecting Com pany and the 101st General hos pital in the European theatre of war. He saw action through to Berlin and wears the Presidential Citation apd various other ser vice ribbons. I Shallotte Legion Post Will Meet The Shallotte Post of the Am erican Legion will have its next meeting on Tuesday night, July 9. Regular meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. The Legion Auxil iary meets on the same nights. The more active members of this post have recently been very much disappointed at the poor at tendance. The officers state that they hope they will have a 100 per cent attendance at next Tues day's meeting and at all future meetings. Progress Being Made On Large Guano Factory Smith - Douglas Company Erecting Huge Fertilizer Factory At Navassa In Brunswick County AIRPLANE HANGERS FOR CONSTRUCTION It Is Expected That New Plant Will Be In Opera tion In Plenty Of Time For Next Season's Supply All of the steel framework ot the huge Smith-Douglas fertilizer factory now being built at Navas sa is up. The work of getting the plant completed and ready for operation is expected to re quire only a short time longer, and according to all available in formation the plant will be turn ing out fertilizers in the fall and storing them to meet next spring's demands. The main building is being built out of three huge airplane hangers, constructed for the use j of the government during the war. SThese hangers are being fab ricated into one building. According to H. T. Lewis, Na vassa merchant, this new factory will use the most modern ma chinery in its operations. Ferti lizer production will be stream lined and the Smith-Douglaa SSln pany will be able to produce fast (Continued on page 2) Frog-Gigging Is Popular Sport / Frog-gigging has been, added to the list of popular sports re cently, and stores that carry any sporting goods are reporting a sudden and large demand for frog gigs. Evidently many Bruns wick folk are out after fresh frog meat, but those who don't wear boots are running the chance of getting snake bit. So far, the outstanding report on frogging has' been made by Ed Mallison and W. B. Keziah. Their best night has resulted in their getting 62-pairs of frogs legs and two huge copperhead snakes. Fergus Vs. Wells Case Ends With Non-Suit Taken Counsel For Plaintiff Re quested Voluntary Non Suit At Conclusion Of Own Evidence Thursday JUDGE HAMILTON PRESIDED AT TERM Other Matters Of Minor In terest And Importance Disposed Of During Special Term Of Civil Court The case of Fergus vs. Wells, principal matter for trial at the special term of civil court here last week, ended with the plain tiff taking a voluntary non-suit. This action came Thursday af ternoon after two days had been consumed. Selection of the jury took up the greater part of the first day, following which evi dence was put on by the plain tiff. After this had been com pleted, counsel for the plaintiff moved that they be allowed to take a voluntary non-suit. This was granted, and the defendants took a voluntary non-suit in their cross action. S. B. Frink, counsel for the plaintiff In the Fergus vs. Wells aotion, advised this newspaper yesterday that a new complaint is being filed in this matter, and that It is expected to come to trial again at the September term of Superior court. Judge Luther Hamilton, of Morehead City, presided over this term of court. In the only other matters not previously reported the case of Melvina Hankins vs. Leanna Han kins was set as~the first case for trial at the September term of civil court. An order was signed restoring the citizenship of Adrian Long, alias Adrian Lancaster after evi dence had been presented show ing that the petitioneer has been of good behavior for the past several years. Good Catch Made By Two Parties Among the saltwater sports men, Captain Victor P. Lance of the Moja came in to report that a party composed of D. B. Floyd, Lumberton; O. W. Holmes, A. W. Dugan and I. H. Hanlon, Fayette ville, and J. E. Poole, Linden, had caught 14-large bonitas, 17 king mackerel and one barracuda. The day following this another party out with Captain Lance on the Moja caught 70 large blue fish. Things are beginning to warm up fast among the sport fish ermen who like the gulf stream and also the waters closer in shore. The indications are that boatmen will have all the custo mers ? and then some ? that they can handle from now on through November. W. B. KXZ11H Our ROVING Reporter We do not expect many of you to care anything about it. Still, a few folks may be interested in knowing that we counted 278 to bacco barns during one trip through the country last week. The trip was from Southport to Supply, to Exum, to Freeland, to Ash, to Longwood, to Hickman's Cross Roads and from Hickman's doubling back to Thoraasboro, to Grissettown, to Shallotte and to Supply. All of the barns counted could be seen from the car in which we were riding. Many more along this one route could not be seen because of the fields of tall corn and tobacco. R. D. Holden, former mail car rier out from Supply, has an especially attractive corn field. At least we suppose it is his, as it grows in front of his house . . Crops are looking good in the Makatoka section and alt of the way from / Supply to Exum . . . Lester Babson. rural mail carrier, farmer and merchant at Free land, claims that the King Town section of Brunswick has the best tobacco crop that has been grown there in ten years, and they always grow good crops there. . 1 Meeting up with W. E. fcrtana !and, of Ash, this young said he had 29-acrsa-ia _JSnt les pcdeza this year. He also has the pretty big job of handling 22-acrea of tobacco, has harvest ed 33-acres in small grain, con sisting of wheat, oats, barley. Mr. Stanland has 20-acres in good corn and is planting plenty of potatoes and other crops be sides these already mentioned. We believe we have already mentioned that there are only a few colored farmers in Wacca maw township and that some of the beat of thede farmers live be tween Exum and Freeland. Going through their section a few days ago it was interesting to note the fine crops they are producing this yeaie. Among the many remarkable old people in Brunswick county a place should , certainly be re served for Mrs. J. P. Milligan. of the Exum community. Mrs. Milli gan is 85-years old and still de lights to do housework, make rag rugs and even work in the field. She is more than usually active for any woman of her years. Her sister, Mrs. Drucille Milligan, who lives with her, is 83- years old but is not quite so active. A lady out in Chicago got hold of one ef the , Orton folders (we sent it to her on her request). {Continued on pa?* 2), Vets Sponsor New Service Flag A new service flag designed to enlist the full weight of public opinion behind employment of veterans, will soon be officially adop ted by the War Department if present plans of the American Vet erans Committee are successful. According to Charles G. Bolt, (right), national chairman of the AVC, the new flag "really stands for something? it shows the number of veterans that an organization is employing ? not how many employees were in the armed forces." Brunswick County Is Featured In Look Magazine Story Record Bass Is Caught In County Andrew Atkinson, Wlnnabow man, has th>> distinction of hav ing caught the largest big mouth baas that has ever been reported caught in Brunswick count)1 waters with a light freshwater casting rod. Using a boat, Mr. Atkinson was fishing with John L Thorp, of Wilmington, on McKenzie's pond last week when the big bass struck. It took some ex pert handling to keep it from being numbered with the other big fellows which get away. When weighed it was found to tip the scales at 9-pounds and 1 -ounce. Commissioners In Session Monday Routine Matters Disposed Of Before Members Of Board At Regular First Of Month Meeting Only routine matters were dis posed of here Monday before members of the board of county commissioners. G. H. Cannon was allowed to pay $100.00 now, $500.00 on September 1, and the balance on November I on all taxes now due on the Lindeey Walker estate. U. H. Grainger was re-appoint ed by the board to serve as 'con stable for Shallotte township to serve from July I until Novem ber 5. Edson G. Griffin was appointed to serve as constable for Lock woods Folly township until Nov ember 5. Titus Bailey was relieved of $200.00 valuation on property in Northwest township due to er ror in listing. Isaac Sparrow was given per mission to cut wood on the Henry Sparrow estate lands with the understanding that proceeds from the sale of this wood will be applied to taxes due on said estate. The board ordered the wind mill formerly in use at the coun ty home advertised for sale. Sealed bids will be received up to noon of the day of their next meeting. Babson Farm Is Among The Best L. M. Babson, Waccamaw Township Fanner, Has Widely Diversified Farm Program Underway Some of the nicest crops seen in the county are on the farm of L. M. Babson, near New Britian church on the road from Free land to Exum. Mr. Babson is one of the few Brunswick farmers who still grows cotton, and this year he has ten acres of extra fine plants. Seen last week, his cotton was about knee high and appeared in extra fine growing condition. This Waccamaw township farmer had 50-acres in small grain this year, the crops con sisting of wheat, oats and bar ley. H6 now has a big acreage in lespedeza, peanuts, beans, peas and two acres of cucumbers. He grows his cucumbers under con tract for the market at White ville. Mr. B&bgor. Ss growing 50-acres (Continued on Page 4) Five Of Fourteen Pictures Included In National Magazine Lay-Out Were From Scenes In This Area FULL PAGE PHOTO SHOWN OF ORTON Was Part Of Picture Story "River Vacation" Taken Along Route Of Cape Fear River The Brunswick county area was prominently featured in five pages of "River Vacation" a pic ture-atory in the issue of LOOK for July 9, which went on sale last week. The only full-page photograph in the five pages was a beautiful color work of Orton on the Cape Fear river eight milea above Southport. A smaller picture showed the inside of the Chapel at the same place and ottier sub jects were the swimming' puoi at Fort Caswell, the old Bald Head lighthouse and the famed Whit ler's aPrk at Southport. Other pictures showed scenes on the Cape Fear from Wilming ton through Fayetteville. Four teen pictures and a map of the route . were shown. When it is considered that the travel trip passed through four counties, j Brunswick, New Hanover, Bla den and Cumberland, this county did well in getting five of the fourteen pictures shown. Record Number Of Enlistments Wilmington Army Recruit ing Station Holds Spot light By Enlisting Total Of 98 Men In One Week Once again the Wilmington Army Recruiting Station, operat ed by Capt. N. G. Cottle, and a staff of expert enlisted mdn, held the spotlight in Regular Army Rccruiting for all North Carolina, and perhaps established an all time record as 98 men from Wil mington and vicinity, were ac cepted for enlistment during the week ending 30 June. 241 men were processed by the Wilming ton station during the month. At least 50 percent of these were veterans. Oapt. Cottle is check ing to determine what kind of record was established during the month of June, The following applicants were accepted from this area during the above period: Alfred C. Wil son. South port; Leamon LcHue, Shallotte; Manue L. Gore, Shal lotte; Golden E. Hewett, Supply; Harim L. Milligan, Ash; and Russell L. Smith, Ash. Several Cases Tried In Court Monday Was Busy Day For Judge John B. Ward And Other Recorder's Court Official* Infraction of the automobile laws was responsible for moat of the defendants appearing in Re corder's court here Monday. Fights and liquor law violations also had their share. The miniate book shows the following cases and the disposition made by Judge John B. Ward. James Wesley Hooper, assault, six months on roads. Judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $20.00 and costs. LoarJe Gric?, f*!se prttenae, (Continued en pagt 4). Big Real Estate Deal Completed Here This Week ? Sale Of 11,000 Acre. Of Land In Smithville Town ship Made By Carolina Land*, Inc., To South Carolinian* PROPERTY BROUGHT ABOUT $83,000.00 Transaction Handled By Local Firm, Frink & Her ring; No Indication Made A* To Future U*e The biggest real estate deal that has been transacted In Brunswick county since the Rei gei Paper company purchased the huge holdings of the Waccamaw Lumber company, was closed Monday when the law firm of Frink and Herring filed papers for recording in the office of Register of Deeds Amos J. Wal ton. Something In excess of 11,000 acres of land, practically all of it lying in Smithville lfc>wnship and embracing 17 different tracts, were involved in the deaL The purchase price as stated in the papers was $82,972.50. The purchasers were Robert E. Lee, Robert M. Lee and wife, Lottie E. Lee, trading and doing business as Robert E. Lee 4 Company, of Manning, S. C. The sellers were P. O. Meads. A. N. Mauricy and Julian Mitchell, trad ing and doing business as the Carolina Lands, Inc., of Charles ton, S. C. The Carolina Lands, Inc., also own and operate Long Beach and other property below Fort Cas well. The beach property waA not included in the sale. Inquiries of Frink and Herring as to what use the new owners plan to make of the property failed to reveal any information. Both of the attorneys stated that they were unacquainted with the plans of the new owners. Both stated that to the best of their knowledge that land was not bought for any pujpwood or lum bering interest. Outside of Uito * they could not say what was on foot. The largest single tract includ ed in the sale is one for 4044 acres. The smallest is one of 56-acres. Whiteville Downs Southport Nine Stanley Hurls Four-Hit Ball To Pace Columbus Coun ty Team To 7 To 2 Tri umph Sunday Afternoon BV JIGGS POWERS H. D. Stanley, Whitevllle's fire ball right-hander, threw a 4-hit ter at the Southport Coast Guardsmen, here Sunday, as the locals licked the visitors for the third straight time, 7-2, In a bene fit game for Tommy Davis, form er Comet player. Stanley was in rare form after a shaky start in the first when he walked the first batter, Hardison, and moved him around the bases on wild pitches and a sacrifice. After that he pitched a nice game, giv ing up only 2 walks all afternoon, and fanning 10 of the Brunswick boys. TTiree of the four hits he gave up were singles. The Comets knotted the count In the second when Brinkley singled, went to second on Thom as' overthrow of T. Ruse' ground er. and camc in on Neilson's single. In the 3rd, they- tallied another brace of runs when Brinkley homered into the trees In left with Heath, who had singled, on base. Another slipped over in the fourth on singles by Green and Stanley. Numbers 5, S, and 7 poured over in the last of the eighth after 2 were out, when T. Russ doubled, Nellson was hit by a pitched ball, Green Singled, and Stanley doubled, scoring all 'hands. Southport's other run came In the 8th stanza on a single by Hardison and a double by Che shire. Jack Hughes, on the hill for the losers, hurled good ball until the eighth, having allowed only 8 hits until that time. He re linquished 12 blows in all includ ing 2 doubles and Brinkley*s homer, hit 2 bitters, and whiffed 8. Batting honors for the Red Comets went to David Neilson, with 2 for 3 and Earl Bnnkley, who had a single and his 2-run homer In 4 trips. Ted Russ look ed very good in his old poaitioa behind the bat. Cheshire led the 'Porters with 2 for 3. In other games around the Eastern loop, Maaonboro took over second place with a <4 .(Ccntinucd on pagt 4t