Tabor City Building Activities
Heralding Big Expansion
Executive Secretary Cole
Says Construction May
Reach Three - Quarter
Million
TABOR CITY. August 19 ?
New construction in Tabor City
may easily reach three quarters
of a million dollars in 1946, ac
cording to Willard G. Cole, exe
cutive secretary of the Tabor
City Merchants Association.
Business and residental struc
tures at a cost of approximating
$400,000 already have been com-|
pleted or are now being con- !
structed, Mr. Cole pointed out. |
The executive secretary, whoj
is -spending practically all of his i
time on the tobacco market as
sales supervisor, said he had been
unable to make an accurate sur
vey due to the pressure of other
work, but listed some of the units
being constructed as evidence of
fC
the rapid growth of Tabor City.
One of the major items in the
S400.000 total is the W. F. Cox
building recently leased to B. A.
Garrell and now operating as
GarteU's Warehouse 2.
Soon to be completed is the
cold storage plant near the Jes
sup-Inman undertaking establish- '
ment. The final unit of the
! three-unit structure being erectcd
by G. L. Dorman across from
City Hall is nearing completion.
One section of this building will
be occupied by the Tabor City
Tribune.
The other large business build
ings will be finished soon. These
are J. W. Peay building which
will house Prince Furniture store
and the B. A. Garrell building,
which will be the home of Gar
rell Motor company. Another au
tomobile sales home was recently
completed and is now being oc
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The equipment, which is to be
housed in two buildings that will
provide 39,000 square feet of
floor space, will be new and up
to-date in every respect, the gen
eral manager said.
The new plant will occupy a
site just west of the old one in
asmuch as the scarred remnents
have not been cleared away,
Bradley disclosed.
Fire swept the veneer section
of the N. C. Lumber & Veneer
company around five o'clock on
the morning of June 27 after
originating about the log deck,
and within an hour and a half
had rendered complete destruc
tion to the plant. Co-owned by
J. W. Wells of Montgomery, Ala.
and B. P. Shaw of Hampston, S.
C., the entire concern was cover
ed by insurance.
LEGION INSTALLATION
New officers for the Shallotte
Post, American Legion, will be
installed on Tuesday evening,
August 27. Other important Le
gion business will be up for dis
cussion at that time, and all ex
service men are invited to be
present.
cupied by S & T Motor company.
Construction of the stables for
the Wilson Mule company will be
finished in the near future. The
owner of this firm, N. M. Wilson,
has just finished modernization
of the Modern cafe, another new
establishment.
In the preliminary stage are
a small business building by Mrs.
Letha Butler and a filling station
by Ottawell Watts.
Already occupied but not quite
finished is the Presbyterian
church which will cost the con
gregation an estimated $25,000.
Among the apartment build
ings which have or will be finish
ed this year are those of J. C.
Bell, Jr., Dr. J. S. Smith and C.
A. Davis, Harry Prince, J. M.
Soles, Albert Williams, and Wil
liam Shelley.
Residences include four by Mr.
and Mrs. Z. B. Lewis, W. C. Har
relson, Grover Jacobs, J. R. Stal
vey, Forest Fowler, A. H. Wright,
T. S. Angle, D. A. Stevens, Car
son Grainger and Ralph Inman.
Mr. Cole emphasized that this
list was indicative of real pro
gress toward alleviation of the
housing shortage and added that
construction now in the blue
print stage probably would al
most double the figure.
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SELF
REGULATION
The sole aim of the United States Brewers Foundation is that the
sale oi beer in North Carolina shall conform to the highest plane
of social responsibility and law observance.
Toward this end, a definite program of education and self-reg
ulation within the industry, and in full cooperation with law
enforcement agencies, has been in operation for more than
seven years.
Field men regularly check on the places where beer is sold.
Where necessary, the state director warns an operator con
cerning certain corrections that must be made. In such cases,
most retailers respond quickly. As to the few who do not, steps
are taken to eliminate them.
All branches of the brewing industry are pledged to the main
tenance of wholesome conditions wherever beer is sold. ?
United States Brewers Foundation
Edgar H.Bain, State Director
606*607 Insurance Bldg., Raleigh. N.C.
Lumber Company
Re-Constructing
Hallsboro Plant
Bradley Declares New
Plant Will Be Bigger
And Better Than One
Destroyed By Fire
HALLSBORO, Aug. 19.? New
ly-laid foundations mark the ini
tial work in tne reconstiuction
of the North Carolina Lumber
company's veneer plant, anni
hilated by a $200,000 blaze last
June. Leon Bradley, general man
ager, acclaims the plant now un
'der construction "among the
finest in the state." Contacted
this morning, he enthusiastically
vouched that it wou'd be "bigger!
and better."
The actual construction of the
buildings is expected to begin this
week with operations to be re- j
sumed in about 60 days. Even
more modern than its predeces- 1
sor, which was comparatively
new at the time of the disaster, 1
the new factory will be prepared
to double the capacity and will
employ approximately one hund
red more workers, bringing the
total of veneer employees up to
around 175.
James Urges Weed Farmers
To Invest In Savings Bonds
James Urged Weed Fkrm^r!
To Invest In Savings Bonds
Visits Whiteville And Con
fers With County Chair
man Coburn And Others
Allison James, state
of the U. S. Savings Bonds L>i
vision for North CaroHna anJ
Ted Merrill, assistant director,
were in Whiteville Friday cal .
ing on J. N. Coburn, Columbus.
County Chairman of the ". ^ .
eavin"- Bonds Division, bankets
taavine,. radio station,
:rir ????>??
Ind saw Of u. s. Savings Bonds.,
in urging Columbus county!
farmers to invest as much as
oossiHe of their tobacco dollars,
in U S. Savings Bonds this sea
son, Mr. James stated tha
"farmers, in 1946 are in the best
financial shape they et>ted
been Their mortgage indeDtea
ness is at the lowest point since
1015 Through their splendid sup
port' oT the War Bond drives they
have salted away mtlUons of do -
lars in War Bonds and have con
tinued purchases of U. ?? i
m "T(f add to this good picture ,
in North Carolina, tobaC<;? C?P^ :
are bringing good prices and it is
predicted that the cash ncome
for this state from our largos
farm crop will exceed the 3^ A
million dollar mark of last ^yea .
Mr. James warned that this
situation is something like th
power hooked up in an atom
bomb ? "It can be a power for
good or it can blow the farmer
111 the way back to the despai.
of 1920. And the outcome de
pends on what is done with these |
savings and current income. The
safest thing to do now for al
of us is to hold on to our War,
Bonds and U. S. S^vings Bonds
?and invest as much as possiblc
from current tobacco dollars and
other crop income, in U. fc. s>av
ings Bonds".
Mr. James stated futher **
??this is not the time for farm
familes to plunge ^ly ^ ,
debt or over expand their cred
Debt should be held at ver>
build and keep up
serves against sue* g
H??dto Sfss and accidents, and
especially against a possible fall,
in farm prices," he said.
He reiterated that
present reserves of Wa I
tobacco and other^ ^ fojm^amily
calf maintain' its present stand ard
? rt
Will provide for educat.onofchi
dren funds for retirement, futu.
purchases of desired goods and
old-age security.
Eastern Belt
Begins Sales
Predictions Indicate Largest
Crop In Area's History
To Be Sold
The auction season on the
Eastern North Carolina flue-cur
| ed tobacco market began today
j amid predictions by Agricultural
i officials that the largest crop in
the area's history will be offered
for sale.
The United States crop report
board said Sunday that 431,
200,000 pounds of the leaf wouid
be harvested this year, topping
the previous record made in
1939 by a "slight margin" and
last year's production by nine
per cent.
The yield per acre will drop
bqlow the 1945 figures but the
greater acreage given over to the
tobacco crop this year is ex
pected to more than make up
for the loss, the board said.
Superior Quality
Federal and State Agricultural
officials said that this year's to
bacco in Eastern North Carolina
appeared to be superior in both
quality and color to the 1945
harvest despite heavy rains dur
ing June and July. The coastal
plain especially sustained an ab
normally large rainfall but tobac
co leaves developed a lightness
and fluffiness that were said to
be particularly desirable for cig
arette manufacture.
The conditions under which
farmers will market their crop
this year will be somewhat dif
ferent from what prevailed dur
ing the recent war period. There
will be no ceiling on offerings:
and government selling restric
tions will be more relaxed than
they have been since 1941.
HAIFA, PALESTINE? British
troops claimed a rigid cordon
around the port area of this city
following a tumultous week end
in which a group of illegal Jew- !
ish immigrants attempted unsuc
cessfully to scuttle a transport as
signedfto deport them to Cyprus.
Rovin' Reporter
(Continued rrom n?g? 1)
ed us with 12 rattles from a
dead rattler, free, gratis for noth
ing. The rattles were not much,
if any use to us. What we want
ed, and still want, is the live
snake. Kermit partly atoned for
the rattles, minus the rattler
present, by offering to take us i
to the old Gause Cemetery, !
where the oldest monuments in j
the country are said to be. One
of them is said to be an exact '
duplicate of the "King" Roger 1
Mcore Tomb at Orton.
Entering the University of !
North Carolina in September, j
Halstead Holden of Holden's'
Beach will be a candidate for)
the University's track team this;
fall and winter. Mention was
made in this paper last week of
Halstead and the Durham high
school tmck team winning out in
the high school national meet in
Philadelphia last spring.
"I wish you'd do something to
help those folks at Howell's Point
get a road. One of the best
beaches in the world is just
across the waterway from' them
and they have the finest fishing, !
oystering and hunting and the
most cussed sorry road in Bruns- ,
wick," so said F. D. Hinson,
former life guaid at Carolina
Beach and former service man of ,
Leland, last week. A little bit
later a business neighbor of Mr.
Hinson's told us that F. D. had
no property nor any relatives at
Howeils Point, but last week he
g?t .so mad at the sorry road
leading from Route 130 to the
point, he sent his truck and two '
men to put in two days work
getting the road in passable con- j
dition. He neither asked nor ex- '
pected pay, just thought that the
fine little Howell's Point com
munity was getting a sorry deal
in the matter of a road.
C. R. Boyer, of Wilmington,
member of the crew operating the
big dredge that is digging out
the ship lay-in-basin on the
Brunswick river in Town Creek
township, tells us that the dredg
ing work will not be completed
until some time in December.
This is against earlier reports
that the work would be done by
September 15th. The extension of
time is not due to any dredging
trouble. The basin is simply be
ing dug several feet deeper than
the original plans called for.
Cornelius Thomas, owner of the
historic and beautiful old Claren
don Plantation on the River
Road, is somewhat of an "Injun
Giver" in our estimation. Three
weeks ago he told us that the
next week when we went to Le
land he wanted to meet us there
and take us down the River Road
on a sight-seeing trip. Almost
immediately after extending this
invitation he said: "No, I remem
ber now I can't meet you next
week. I have to be in Charlotte
then." Since then we have heard
nothing of the promised ride down
the River Road.
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We are sort of intrigued with
the invitation from W. C. Gore,
of Shallotte, to go out to his
farm and see his lespedeza crop.
Mr. Gore has 40-acres in this
crop and says he will harvest
three tons of hay per acre. Some'
of his neighbors who mentioned
this hay crop later in the day
said that four tons per acre
would be nearer the correct ton
nage. For several years, with
this and other soil building crops,
Mr. Gore has received a very
valuable and inexpensively pro
duced crop from his lands. At
the same time he has been add
ing a great deal of fertility to !
his soil each year.
Everet Holden, of Shallotte, in
forms us that the Missus has
canned 310-quarts of fruit and
vegetables this year. Mr. and
Mrs. Holden's children are mar- 1
lied and gone and- it seems to usj
that 310-quarts of canned stuff is
a pretty fair amount of proven
der for two persons to consume
in a year. The point is that we ;
think Mrs. Holden has done very
well and we would like to have
the names of folks in Brunswick
who have been laying in good
supplies of canned goods.
? -
Commenting on the numerous
reports appearing in this paper
regarding the killing of rattle
snakes, L. W. Clemmons, civilian
guard at Fort Caswell, comes
across with his own contribution.
He was on his way to his post
one day this week and ran over
and killed a big rattler on the
highway about two miles north
of the Fort. "The rattler," said
Mr. Clemmons, "was all coiled
up ready for duty."
Our share of the office desk
accummulates more junk than any
other spot in The Pilot office.
Pet haps this creates a sort of
magnet that d*aws Dawson Jones
over next to us when he is visit
ing around. He was in here Mon
day and was wondering why on
earth his former fishing crony,
L. T. Yaskell, was so crazy as to
resign the job of postmaster at
Southport and move away when
we have the best fishing in the
whole United States of America.
Miss Betsy Jane Galloway, of
Southport, will be given a free
ticket to any show at the Amuzu
this week upon presentation of a
copy of this issue of The Pilot
at the ticket window. Miss Beu
lah Edwards, of Shallotte, will
also be given a free ticket upon
f presentation of a copy at the '
ticket window of the Shallotte
Theatre.
We may have our figures mix
ed, but our understanding is that
ja fair average production of to
[ bacco covering the whole county
j is somewhere around 900-pounds
| per acre. If this understanding
J is correct M. C. Gore, of Shal- 1
| I
iotte and Longwood, has done ex- 1
tremely well with his tobacco
crop this year. Mr. Gore has
1 20-acres in tobacco and he has
aveiaged 1250-pounds per acre.
J He has sold only a small part of .
his crop, but from early sales he
(received $66.00 per hundred.
J Jimmie Pemberton who will be
[ right up against the left front |
J end of the ship lay-in-basin when !
j it is completed, claims to have '
the only open-all-night dispensory '
of gas and oils in Brunswick )
county. After passing his place
on Routes 17 and 74 there is no j
other place where gas can be ob- 1
| tained in a distance of 100 to 125 ,
! miles on the main roads and
some of their branches. i
J. C. Gore, who Immigrated
ifrom the Shallotte to the Bruns
jwick River Bridge section about
j a year ago. has built himself a
j nice new home and a grocery
j store there. The grocery store is,
I now functioning and an oyster
\ roast is scheduled to be on the I
program early in September. Mr.
!
? ^
Gore comcs from a SACttf,?
the county where they kr..,
to handle oysters.
Jimmie Raftery, the p,
Amusement company ::a,
branching out at the Bi ... '
River Bridge where ih.
its winter quaite.s u,,
Mr. Rafte.y bought ,JUl lilrj
D. Hmson garage i :M,;.
acre of land on which it ?
ed. The shop is repwu-.j .
been pu; chased for the ptr.
of servicing cars an-i
longing to the show.
Editor and Mrs Henry ^
Goldsboro, and their liau*.'
Miss Marrie Belk. .
the Winston-Salem J. - . ;;
unusually attractive for a r.?
paper woman, spent last trce^.
the beach. We weie over
one night and in the to'aifc ,
whiling away the time Ed?
Belk inquired of us: I.
Boyd Robinson that I ui;
in this week's State Pj;; p^
as building a home anj siot?
Shaliotte Point the f^thrr
Boyd Robinson. Ji , 01 Goy
boro?" Now, j gooJ many ^
mistakingly credit us with a
ability of being able to
off hand any question al t,
thing or anybody in Btunsnc
In this case we fell .low- w
pletely. AH we could it ply n
"I don't think so He has oa
been married eight months."
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RAYMOND CRUTCHFIELD
PROPS. GAITHER CRUTCHFIEJ
ANNOUNCING NEW HOURS
AND IMPORTANT SALE DATES FOR
REMAINING 1946 SEASON AT
CRUTCHFIELD
WAREHOUSE ? WHITEVILLE
"A SALE EVERY DAY"
AUGUST, 1946
Tuesday, 20th 9:00 Sale
Wednesday, 21st 1:00 Sale *
Thursday, 22nd 9:00 Sale
Friday, 23rd 1:00 Sale
Monday, 26th ....
Tuesday, 27th ....
Wednesday, 28th
Thursday, 29th ..
Friday, 30th
9:00 Sale
1:00 Sale
9:00 Sale
1 :00 Sale
9:00 Sale
SEPTEMBER, 1946
Monday, 2nd 9:00 Sale
Tuesday, 3rd 1 :00 Sale
Wednesday, 4th 9 00 Sale
Thursday, 5th 1 :00 Sale
Friday, 6th 9:00 Sale
Monday, 9th 1:00 Sale
Tuesday, 10th 9:00 Sale
Wednesday, 11th 1:00 Sale
Thursday, 12th 9r 00 Sale
Friday, 13th 1:00 Sale
NEW SALES HOURS
9 to 12 a. m.
EACH FIRST SALE
STARTING TODAY
1 to 3 P-ffl.
EACH SECOND SALE
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