North Carolina Newspapers

?r? _ Announcement L .r At the request of the Treasury Department we announce - a new feature of interest and 'j service to many readers who are buying or will buy Defense i .4 Savings Bonds and Stamps, j This will be called the Defease Bond Quiz, and will start in ' j next week's issue. ;t The questions will be chosen I 4 from among those asked by ! ^ most Bond and Stamp_ buyers, j The answers will tell what the I new Defense Savings Program | meaas to the individual and to the Nation. Winnabow News j Mrs. A. VV. Davis, who has j I en visiting her sister, Mrs. G. I 1 . Swain, and brother. E. J. < >rc. has returned to her home i Petersburg, Va. Mrs. W. R. McCabe and two < ildren, Helen and Russell, who 1 ve been visiting their aunt, ] rs. George Swain, and uncle, E. Gore, have returned to their 1 me in Colonial Heights, Peters1 rg, Va. Mrs. McCabe was the Irmer Odessa Davis. BOLIVIA NEWS friends of Miss Fannie Henry' ug^l be sorry to learn that she is Mrs. Hurley Maultsby and lit( < son, Tommy and Miss Florine Stand spent part of last week: \Mth the S. W. Maultsby family, urley Maultsby came for the Iiamuzu THEATRE SOUTHPORT Program For Week Of July 2 - July 10 Wednesday and Thursday? "VIGIL IN THE NIGHT" m Carol Lomhard and _ Brian Ahearn FOX MOVIETONE NEWS Friday and Saturday? "YOU'RE THE ONE" with Orrin Tucker and Bonnie Baker i SNEAK, SNOOP AND i SNITCH COMEDY < 11 Monday and Tuesday? "THE PENALTY" with Lionel Barrvmore J * and E<lward Arnold Comedy: "The Little Mole" Wednesday and Thursday? |. "LIFE WITH HENRY" with The Aldrich Family j , ami Jackie Cooper I: FOX MOVIETONE NEWS j, ???? I' i 1 byt he v Whenever you ? Supply, regardless c we'd be glad to have tion for a check on y< other needs. JJHA STANDARD OI Supply, I NO! Brunswick County Be to receive bids for 118 cor ly one-half pine and one-1 to the various colored sch of delivery to be not lat< The wood to be of good q County Board of Educatior te office of the County S until noon, July 25, 1941. The bids to be submi addressed to Brunswick C< The Board reserves the r bids. Any desired informa may be obtained at the o: BRUNSWIC - BOARD OF 1 ANNIE MAY \\ Southport, N. C., July 1, 1. [week end and Mrs. Maultsby returned to Fayetteville with him. Mrs. Milton Johnson is home at the fire tower after being a patient at James Walker Hospital. She is much improved. I Mrs. Ken Milligan and Mrs. Evelyn Bill were in Southport Monday. Mrs. Hiram Long is recovering after several weeks illness. S. M. Sixton is spending sometime with his mother, Mrs. Simson, and - sister, Mrs. Lee W. Phelps. Mrs. Ken Milligan and little son spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Mintz. Mrs. Ellas Shawl, of Wilmington, visited Mrs. Walton Maultsby last Wednesday. ASH NEWS J. H. Phelps happened to the misfortune to lose a fine guernsey bull and heifer last week. It was thought they ate some poison herb in the pasture. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Watts of Fort Bragg, spent the week end here. Kermit Mintz of the U. S. Navy spent last week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mintz. Miss Maggie Hewette of Shallotte Village is spending a while here with her sister, Mrs. C. W. Sellers. Miss Greta Cox .of Wilmington spent the week end here with friends. Mrs. J. F. Rankin and little daughter, Rosemary, left Friday to make their home in Baltimore, where Mr. Rankin is employed. Mrs. Charlie Caison and little daughter of Supply spent a few days here last week with her mother, Mrs. Mamie Mintz. Miss Mary Ellen Stanley of the Regan section is visiting relatives here this week. Miss Ida Mae Mintz has returned home from James tWalker Hospital where she underwent an operation for the removal of her appendix two weeks ago. The heavy rains of the past week has done lots of damage to crops in this section, especially tobacco. RETURN TO DELAWARE Pomphrette Swain and Julian Southerland are returning to Maryland this week after" a visit of several days here with relatives. Both the young men are employed on U. S. Engineers dredges. There are twelve huge dump dredges and three pipe liners working day and night on a national defense project in the Delaware Bay. RETURN" TO ASHEVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pittenger, Missgs Lucy and Julia Pittenger and Paul Pittenger, Jr., have returned to their home at Asheville and Enka after a ten days stay here at the Allen Ewing lome. They plan to return next summer. FAY... ire passing through >f your destination, you stop at our sta3ur gasoline, oil and iWES L PRODUCTS N. C. 'ICE >ard of Education wants ds of wood, approximatetalf hard, to be delivered iooIs of the county. Date it than October 1, 1941. luality, satisfactory to the >. Bids will be received at superintendent of Schools tted in a sealed envelope >unty Board of Education, ight to reject any or all tion relative to these bids ffice in Southport. K COUNTY EDUCATION 'OODSIDE, Secy. 1941. J III | ALL THIS AND fl M s JK C.AA* fK | A J^K 4 i J ; KL This North Carolina farm wor tides which will be available und< plan to cotton farmers in stores Fanners who curtail cotton acreaf cents a pound, on the basis of no purchases of any and all new coi The farmer eats his own wheat or own cotton, and that without cost Carolina cotton farmers will receii will be sheets and shirts, socks handkerchiefs and handi-cloths a-p prices already have felt the stim price experts predict markets will GET CHANCE TO FLY. (Continued from Page 1) men in the Army for training and instruction as aviation stud-1 ents, in their respective grades, j When they have won their wings, i they will fly as noncommisisoned j officers. And these enlisted avia-1 tion students will be issued S10,000.00 in government insurance, the premium to be paid by the government while they are being trained, and by themselves afterwards. Eventually, one out of five! Army Corps pilots may be a man who has risen from the ranks to become a noncommissioned offic- j er. While all of the manifold de-' tails of selecting, training and using these enlisted pilots have j not been worked out, these are I some of the probabilities: Applicants between the ages of 19 and 22 years, inclusive, will be given preference. The physical standard required of all student pilots will not be lowered; it will be the same as that for aviation cadets. Graduates of accredited secondary schools who have credits for at least 11a units of mathematics will be accepted for training without examination. A plan is being considered whereby, on completion of training as a student pilot, the high j school graduate would be appointed as a Flight Sergeant, 3rd Class, ranking as a staff sergeant in the ground forces with j of n mnntVi whilo nn ! flight duty. After completing a three year enlistment, he would be appointed Flight Sergeant, 2nd Class, ranking as a Technical Sergeant and drawing $126.00 pay each month. Upon his third three enlistment, he would be promoted to Flight Sergeant, 1st Class and rank as a Master Sergeant, with pay of $207.00. After nine years service, Flight Sergeant, 1st Class, would be eligible to participate in a competitive examination for appointment as Warrant Officers, Junior Grade. All enlisted pilots will be entitled to clothing, subsistance and rental allowances normal for the grade in the Army. Air Corps officers made it plain that high school graduates not in the Army who had hoped to become aviation cadets but had been disappointed because of the more stringent educational requirements, might now visit the Army Recruiting Office and have the advance assurance the Army needs them and has a place for them as pilots in the Air Corps. Sgt. Pate sadi that any one interested in more information regarding the above, should write, telephone or apply in person to the Army Recruiting Station, Post Office Building., Raleigh. W. F. WARD DRAWS FIVE TO 7 YEARS (Continued from page 1) contendere plea, was given three years, suspended on probation, and Roy Barden Simmons, who testified for the State after tendering a like nolo contendere plea, drew two to three years, suspended upon probation. The defendants entered notice of appeal to supreme court, and Judge Frizzelle fixed the appearance bonds of W. F. Ward at $5,000, W. C. Ward at $3,000, ind J. D. Baxley at $3,000. The jury deliberated for two hours and a half Friday before returning a guilty verdict as to 0 THE STATE PORT PILOT COTTON, TOO nan inspects the many cotton arir the AAA surplus cotton stamp throughout the state this year. ;e will be paid at the rate of 10 rmal yield, with stamps good for tton goods made in this country, i the farm, now he may wear his to him. More than 70,000 North re $2,000,000 in stamps and there and skirts, towels and trousers, lenty for the farm family. Cotton ulus of the reduced acreage, and hold strong throughout the year. all the defendants, but with recommendations for mercy. The jury got the case at 10:45 Friday morning, and filed out of the iurv room at exactly 1:15 that afternoon. Before passing sentence upon the defendants, Judge Frizzelle heard an impassioned pica from counsel for W. F. Ward, who pictured Ward as a model character driven to desperation by mounting indebtedness and financial involvement. The attorney said that Ward owned between S6.000 and $7,000 to a tobacco curer concern at the time of his disappearance, and that he had been allowed till May 15th "to do something about it". In this dilemma, Willie War;l "succumbed to this weakness" his attorney said. There was no collusion between Ward and his wife, the counsel argued to Judge Frizzelle, but rather the defendant Ward had hoped to disappear in order to "get his bearings and recuperate" from his financial difficulty. He had no intention of the insurance company paying the money on his life when he disappeared, Ward's counsel argued. Counsel for all defendants, after the jury had returned its verdict, made motions to set aside the verdict on grounds of errors made in the case, and Judge Frizzelle denied the motions. District Solicitor David Sinclair recommended probation judgment for Mrs. Ward, inasmuch as she has four minor children, and fur ther because of the fact that after her arrest she willinglyturned over to court authorities for the 'benefit of the insurance company, approximately $21,000 in cash which she had in banks of this vicinity to her credit. The solicitor further recommended probation for Simmons, who had testified for the state, and who was termed by the solicitor "a tool in the hands of older people." In passing sentence. Judge Frizzelle characterized the case as one of the "clumsiest cases of fraud I have ever seen" and said that he would have been "ashamed" of the jury if it had not returned the verdict it did. "These appear to be intelligent people" said the jurist. "And how they figured they could get away with such a thing as this. I cannot see". Judge Frizzelle, who Thursday directed a not guilty verdict against Joe Ward, said Friday afternoon that he was convinced that Joe had a part in the conspiracy, but that the State simply failed to show it by the evidence it offered. The jurist also said that he considered the evidence in the case rather weak against Baxley, but he was convinced that this defendant also was as much a part of the conspiracy as the others. Willie Flowers Ward, the principal figure ig this sensational trial, took the verdict of the jury and the sentence of the court Friday afternoon with the same unsmiling stoacism that characterized his demeanor throughout the trial. Before the time of his disappearance, Ward was a prominent produce broker, fur buyer, and salesman for a tobacco curer concern, and lived in Tabor City. There is still pending against Ward and his wife, Mrs. Edith Ward, a charge of false pretense In connection with the fak(ed drowning affair, but the die , SOUTHPORT, N. C. j trict solicitor indicated Friday | afternoon that if the defendants abide by the Judgment of the court in this case, the other charge will be nol prossed. An array of legal talent was involved in the case, which has attracted more attention than any case in Columbus county for many years. Assisting Solicitor David Sinclair in the prosecution was the firm of Lyon and Lyon. Representing W. F. Ward was W. H. Powell, while Baxley and Simmons were represented by J. K. Powell. Counsel for Mrs. Ward was R. B. Mallard, of Tabor City, J. W. Brown represented W. Chess Ward, and Joe Ward's counsel was the firm of Tucker and Proctor. TRY THREE CASES IN COUNTY COURT (Continued from Page 1) costs. Eli R. Ratley, white pleaded guilty to charges of reckless operation. Judgment of 6 months on the roads was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $50.00. The defendant must remain of good behavior for a perior of 2 years. George Bethea, white, was charged with being drunk and disorderly but judgment was with held. WEATHER WASN'T SO HOT IN JUNE (Continued from Page 1) | the other hand, neither were there very many cool days, for 73-de| grees was the low reading for the | month. This was recorded on ! June 3rd and again on June 6th. It had no trouble at all raining during June, and the 3.33inches rainfall was spread rather thin over 15 days. There were 16 partly cloudy days, 1 cloudy day and 13 clear days. There were thunderstorms on June 2nd, 4th, 13th, 14th and 26th. Prevailing wind was from the southwest, the breezes blowing from the direction on 20 days. OPENING 8 DAYS " EARLIER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR (Continued from page 1.) houses will become a part of the naval base at Norfolk and that they cannot be used. Of shipping, Dunnington said that never in the history of the association had "conditions been | so chaotic as they have been during the past year. The number I Better pick one out toda bargains . . , late-model b new Ford cars by motorists 1940 Deluxe Mode Radio and white si tiful car that looks One you'll be prou Special low price c 1938 FORD Tudo ditioned. New tirei new, clean upholsl t covers. We are o sacrifice during th 1938 FORD Pickgood. A wonderful farmer to get thous omical transportat gain. Willei *- .... of ports to which our export may go had been curtailed an even on the ships that have gon to these ports it has been mor difficult to get room for tobacc than for many other commodi ties." THREE BRUNSWICK MEN JOIN NAV1 (Continued from page one) may be interested in obtainin a commission in the medica corp's of the navy reserve, an where possible, would mak recommendations for their enrol ment in same. INCREASE SHOWN IN FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THIS COUNTS (Continued from page one) last year in the number of per sons killed in street and highwa; accidents," stated Ronald Ho cutt, director of the Highwa; Safety Division. "This trend can be stopped land careless motorists and pe destrians must make up thei minds that it shall be stoped This cvarnage is unnecessary And it is preventable. Let's stoj r NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMON PROBLEIV j (Continued from page 1.) jmet. j Liberty and license have beei i sadly confused in this countr; j for many years, General Hershe; declared in urging the immediate I and important need for puttinj ! the nation"s house in order. "Profit-grabbing and wage grabbing are shortsighted anc [willibe costly to the recipient ii I the end. The obligations of de fense are making heavy demand 'upon management and labor. Th i government as the representative of the whole people has the righ i to demand that neither manage ; ment nor labor slow down o cease its national defense effort TEXACO PRODUCTS GASOLINE ... OIL AND LUBRICANTS AUTO ACCESSORIES W. RUSS, Station TEXACO PRODUCTS Shallotte, N. C. ^ ~ BAN! 'USE AT YOUR * y! You'll find plenty of exciting eauties that were traded in on who under ordinary condition} 1 TUDOR FORD.? idewall tires. A beauand drives like new. d to own and operate, luring this sale. r. Completely recon>. Paint looks good as :ery with new seat ffering this ear at a is sale. up. Looks and runs opportunity for some ands of miles of econion. Yours at a bartts Mot BOLIV i?***? i - - - WEDNESDAY, in.v I lj^H tions that wood replace rubber, coti!-'.' !t5: I; e young men are now waiting for metals in the bw\i aCJ e guns, for ships for airplanes? slum-clearance hor',',8 o the time of the arrival of these LABOR M ,,, H i- guns, ships, and airplanes may President 1: , ,"v M be measured in blood?blood of Committee on paJ ' ct581^B your sons and mine. You and I Practice to taw.-:.'! and the government have the of discriminate,: f right to demand that management ployment and ' % and labor find some other method agencies to fl g than delay as a means of nego- contracts a provigj ln il tiating their differences." the contract:>r H d ? . . nation. The e THIS WEEK IX DEFENSE some instant. (Continued from page 2) barred from defe--v '* be reserved in an emergency pool because of H to meet expected 1941 shortage; national origin." I and priority control over tung- The OPM H ^ sten has been extended two shipyards had agn?,i months past June 30, the origin- year pact eliminat H - ally scheduled expiration date. lockouts and provj, H / U. S. Housing Authority Ad- adjustment of v. H " ministrator Straus issued instruc- to living costs. { I ; CORN WANTEDI We Buy Corn in Any Quantity . . Shelled or* Shuck?FOR CASH?At Mill? I . . (J We are Grinding Wheat 24-Hours a dauH COME TO SEE US? Ifl : WACCAMAW MILLING CO. I M. O.NELSON, JR. 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One of the best being offered at this sale. taj 'ill A good selection of other cheaper u> jg cars . . . including Model "A" l,,,|t'',la 2?1935 Chevrolet Coaches?tone slaI1KI dard and one Master) all of whiel' being offered at extremely low i11ia H during this sale. j*i :or Companyl 1A, N. C. I