Hp pilot Covers
usffick County
H$n"s NO
mresy C
Without
if or Fai
JuO F'nc^8 That
R^n Ed'nards Came
K, Death As Result
pHi!t0| Wound By DorBtisg~occi
RED
KST WEDNESDAY
.. Shooting, Cox
Ru Edwards To
Kort Hospital In
Kf Car And Sur
rendered
."ftnv last night rethat
Dorsey Cox,
m . of the Exum
T. te held without
T': bond for trial at the
swick county
Kourt for the murder of
rd*ards. resident of the
!V and a cousin of
. . was held before
Caison and rethe
fatal shooting
Mili-ssday evening of the
Edwards died
B- col bullet wound in his
?jenrout< to the Dosher
' jj at So"thport.
^tircueht to the hospital
H tnable to get
persons present
Btr.e of the shooting to
.\s soon as he
Bstj'Jipott Cox surrenderHr.:
to D- paty Sheriff H.
K an j chief of Police
K Oolemat was the first
H he stand last
Hie said that he and some
H-i. of that section rode
. Cox to the scene of
iy afternoon
spent several
Hteging a blaze under
. led to these
He sa: i. they came out to
H u . up to Burris Russ'
H?. witness said that he
r the yard talking
I had turned to
Kay when he heard Cox
I: int to fight?"
that Edwards re
: . : specially want to
I:. if nothing else
I. Coleman declared that
Br.:y following this stateI
>rd a gun fire. He
B inI saw the smoking gun
B saw it go off
I 1 Cox to put down
B to consider what he
Ba thi witness said.
B I some packg
vas carrying and crab
5:ii }! was holding
Srit/ a : i.?- box under his
i~ -. wa holding his bitis
his left hand. Edwards
U'k off. then walked
: . u H<- called Roy
to come carry him to
5. that Cox called
8 that he'd take Edwards
5: ar-i so to the doctor's,
' P.oy McKeithan put
5 back seat. He asked
t':y to come go with him,
did. the witness con:
"Ther. I offered to go
Ooleman related how
-? o' the side of the
r " 'here was a door that
="- open, then walked arund
L' Mb started to get in on
r side. There he found a
blocking his way and
' fi on the handle. The
caught on something
" Hoor of the car. according
*JMn, and -.'. hen they came
'.imcl against the door
tckseri cox dr0vc off be*
hid a chance to get in.
lamination this wit!U'
i that ho didn't know
!&- hun came from; that
* with his gun in his
'j?t he didn't know what
; *w: that the shooting
'5 about sunset?he did
exactly what time; that
^ help to put Edwards in
,,. :'lat ('ox niade no fur1,1
barm Edwards
tecoi h shot; that he
examine the wound; that
saw Edwards make any
*'to strike Cox.
P * the stand was R. B.
? brother 0f the first wito
present at the
h(- -hooting. His testii
5 substantially, the same
''' the first witness, ex^
' he told of seeing Cox
V car ani1 get 'something'
r' 0r three minutes before
^ shot." On cross exai',,
he declared that he
I,.' R" argument that had
between Cox and Eds'
that time.
TH1
50
ox Ordere
1 Privilege
\al Shootir>
An Ed
Not once in the seven
I this paper have we written a
didate for political office. F
factions spring up overnight,
gotten in a moment of expet
the partisians and not the pr
be blamed.
And so, in matters win
county citizen against Brunsv
pursued our normal course ai
ly and impartially the activ
party organizations; and v
editorial reference to any.
Today we are breaking <
didaey of S. B. Frink for the
District Solicitor. We do thi
of our county is involved in t
the firm conviction that it sh
of voters of Brunswick counl
son for this off;ce.
Formidable opponents i
and with the benefit of only ,
our candidate will be soreb
unless he receives the 100-pe
cratic voters of Brunswick.
Frankly, we do not antic
considerable movement of o{
in his home county. He has
his party cause long enough t
fellow citizens for this office
ently well-qualified to fill. Ai
ever one voice is raised in c
wick, one hundred voices wil
j words which seek to do him 1
Republican Co
To Nomina
i ^ *
Gathering Called At Supply |
On Thursday, April 9th,
At 10 O'clock For General
Party Purposes
PLAN TO AVOID
MAY PRIMARY
Will Nominate Candidates
j And Transact Organiza- ,
tion Business At One
Convention
| F. L. Lewis, chairman of the
j Republican Executive Committee
i for Brunswick county, has called
a county convention of voters of
his party to be held at Supply on
] Thursday, April 9, at 10 o'clock
; in the morning.
Although other business will be I
i transacted at this meeting, the
'principal business will be the noI
minatio.i of a county ticket
This means, of course, that the
' Republican candidates will not i
| participate in the May primary. |
and according to their party
chairman it is their thought to
nominate their ticket and to
complete such other business as
may be found necessary with the j
least possible expense and trouj
ble to the citizens. Chairman Le!
wis stated that he believed this
' *- '? .. nrUinv in view of
to uu a guuu yv??v^ ...
the tire situation and other con-1
ditions brought on by the war. I
| (
He declared that the decision .
not to participate in the primary J
was not supposed to mean that (
i the Republicans would not offer
; a ticket this year. On the other
hand, it is one of the purposes of 1
the county convention to see to
it that a candidate is nominated 1
for every office for which there j
is a contest.
i
FSA Employees
Buying Bonds,
?
Participating One Hundred <
| Per Cent In National Program
For Purchase Of
Defense Bonds j
Brunswick County employees of
Farm Security Administration are
participating 100 per cent in the
purchase of Defense Savings
stamps and bonds, according to j
Frank M. Page, County FSA
Supervisor.
Mr. Page said that voluntary |
"Do Your Bit" oganization has I
been set up in almost every FSA j
office throughout this 5-state I
regional and that by regular, v
J systematic purchase of these sav- s
ings a total of $109,961 has been ,
j purchased in the region to date. v
Of this amount $54,110 was pur- t
j chased in January. j
i By states, bonds and stamps!
! purchased by FSA employees to , v
(date are: Virginia, $22,631; Ten-Jc
nesse, $18,328; Kentucky, $20,990; v
jWest Virginia $9,843; North Car- s
i (Continued On Page Fouri
1
E ST.
A Goo
4 PAGES TODAY
d Held
Of Bail
Ig Scrape
itoriai
years that we have edited
n editorial endorsing a can'olitics
is a game in which
where differences are foriiency
and where too often j
incipals involved are left to
ere it has been Brunswick
rick county citizen, we have
id have tried to report fairities
of all candidates and
e have purposely omitted
)ur rule to endorse the canDemocratic
nomination for
s because no other citizen
his race, and we do so with
ould be the united purpose
ty to nominate their native
also seek this nomination,
a small county to back him,
f handicapped in his race
rcent support of the Demoipate
that there will be any
iposition against Mr. Frink
been a standard bearer for
0 deserve the support of his
!, whose duties he is eminld
it is our hope that wheripposition
to him in Bruns1
rise up to shout down the
harm.
nvention
ite Candidates
Ship Survivors
Landed Here
Announcement was made by
the war department Saturday
of the sinking last Monday of
a large merchant vessell off
Cape Hatteras. Thirty-seven
survivors of this sinking were
landed at Caswell Section base
last Tuesday afternoon after
being taken from a small
freighter by a navy patrol boat
at the bar.
Xo details of the sinking
were contained in the dispatch,
other than the fact that the
men were picked up from their
life boats within an hour after
the sinking. It was announced
that four members of the crew
were lost.
Eight Cases In
County Court
Defendants In 5 Of Eight
Cases Found Not Guilty
At Monday's Session Of
Court
Defendants in five of the
light cases tried before Judge
.Valter M. Stanaland in Record:r's
court here Monday were
ouna not gumy.
Clifton Grainger, colored, wasi
'ound not guilty of transporting.
F. C. Marlowe and Henry I
,Vood, white, were found not
juilty of larceny.
Ralph T. Mercer, white, was
'ound not guilty of drunk drivng
William Swain, colored, was
'ound not guilty of assault.
Dan McMillan, colored, was
'ound not guilty of assault.
Judgment was with held in the
:asc charging Bertha Dewbar,
(Continued On Page Four)
Firemen Will
Sponsor Rides
I. & S. Amusements Will
R<? In SouthDOrt Next
Week Under Auspices Of
Volunteer Fire Department
The R. & S. Amusements, featiring
five thrilling rides and
leveral merchandise concessions,
vill appear in Southport next
veek, Monday through Friday,
inder the auspicies of the South>ort
Volunteer Fire Department.
The show unit has been in
vinter quarters near Leland relently
and their appeaarnce here
vill Inaugurate its spring seaion.
One of the owners, James
(Continued On Page Four). I
ME
>d News paper 1
Southport, N. C., W<
Interest Grows
In Politics As
Others Announce
Among New Announcements
Is That Of John G.
Caison, Who Again Seeks
Nomination as Brunswick
County Coroner
BENNETT AND RUSS
OUT LAST WEEK
S. B. Frhik Will Have
Three Opponents In His
Race For Nomination
As Solicitor
Sam T. Bennett, who last week
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for clerk
of Superior court, was the first
to pay his filing fee for a county
office Saturday. But he made the
mistake of paying the wrong man.
He gave his money to J. J. Hawes,
of Supply, who had been
serving for two years as chairman
of the board of elections and
who was relieved of his duties
by action of the state election
board earlier in the day at Raleigh.
J. A. Russ, former sheriff, also
made his announcement last
week. He is opposing Sheriff Dillon
L. Ganey for the nomination,
and judging from the past contests
between the two, this
should be a close race. There is
a possibility of a third candidate.
In today's paper Coroner John
G. Caison make his announcement
of candidacy for the Democratic
nomination. He is without
opposition thus far.
Saturday was the closing date
for filing for state offices, and
before the deadline Alton Lennon
and (Jlinton L. Moore announced
their intention to seek the office
of district solicitor now held by
David Sinclair, of Wilmington, and
being sought by S. B. Frink, of
Southport.
Yesterday the Southport man
was hot under the collar about
reports that had come to him
that certain parties in the county
were discounting his patriotism
by spreading the rumor that
he did not serve in the U. S. Na....
a,.-Inn- W..H.I War Mo 1 His
j vjr uuiuij, ??"? ? ? ? ?
discharge now on file at the
courthouse shows that he was
enlisted at the age of 17 and
that he received an honorable
discharge from the service. Seven
months of hie service were spent
aboard a mine-planter.
Labor Shortage
Will Hit Farms
Reports From County Indicate
That Labor Will Be
Both Scarce And High
This Summer
The farming outlook in Brunswick
county for this year appears
to be both good and bad in
the opinion of the county agent,
who frankly admitted this week
that it seemed doubtful if the allotment
for tobacco could be
planted and harvested, owing to
the labor shortage.
Excessive rains have added to
the red side of the ledger by get-j
ting the farmers rather far beIhind
with their work. With a
normal supply of labor this
| would matter little. They would
soon catch up with things. As it
I is, labor is both scarce and high, j
Asked if woman folks could
help out much with farm work
this year, taking the place of
man who are in service or in
other work, Mr. Dodson stated 1
that increased help from such a
source would be merely nominal
as practically all of the Brunswick
farm women always work.
On the good side of things
there will be an increase of pork
production of over 100% percent.
The hog crop is one that can be
raised with very little labor. 1
(Continued on page 4)
Men In
Will Regis.
WASHINGTON ? President
Roosevelt, Thursday set April
27- as the date when some 13,000,000
men between the ages
of 45 and 61 inclusive, must register
for non-combatant duty
under the Selective Service
Act.
The roll call, fourth under
the draft law of 1940, will raise
the nation's registered manpower
to almost 45,000,000. It will
affect all men in the United
States, Alaska, Hawaii, and j
Peurto Rico born on or after
April 27, 1877, and on or before
February 16, 1897.
Many of the men involved?
some of them Supreme Court
P0R1
Sn A Good Com
;dnesday, March 25, 19PIC
Pictured above is a phot
Soldier-Artist Rangewald 01i\
explaining the drawing to a j
of the Woodrow Wilson recre
display, having been loaned b
*
Divide County
In Communities '
For Farm Work b
Acting upon orders from AAA l
officials Brunswick county has I been
broken clown into 17 com-1
munities, each community having I
w'thin its boundaries two or I
more neighixunogus. 'the idea be- 1
hind this is to have three com- i
mittemen elected by the people in i |
each community so that each i
committeeman will not have ewer I
fifty farms for which he is res- I
ponsiblc.
Instead of the 18 community 1
committeemen that are now serv- I
ing, under the new system there 1
will be 51 community committee- '
men and because of war condi- '
tions it is expected that these 1
committeemen will do compliance '
work instead of the local supervisors
the association has had in 1
the past.
Election meetings will be held |
in each of the 17 communities
about the middle of April, at _
which time community commit- 1
tccmcn will he elected and dele- '
gates to the county convention
will also be elected at these
meetings. The duties of the county
delegates will be to elect coun- R
ty committeemen at a meeting
which will be held in the association
office at Supply.
It is hoped that each and every
farmer will take an active
interest in these elections because
the AAA program will be entirely
in the hands of the committee- ai
men and it is desirable to have "
the very best men that are avail- ?
able elected. c<
Training Union
Meets Saturday s
r !ti
Brunswick Baptist Training
Union Meeting Will Be j
Held Saturday At Pros-' vi
pect Baptist Church | (J
The Brunswick Baptist Union
will meet at Prospect Baptist h
Church on Saturday. March 28.
The following program has 1 fc
been arranged: je!
(Continued On Page Pour! ,
I pi
Age Group [
ter April 27th
justices, others leading industrialists
or members of Con- p
gross,?are the fathers and
grandfathers of the men who
signed up during the registrations
of October 16, 1940, July
1, 1911, and February 16, 1942.
Although those in the 45-64 bi
group are not liable to military B
service or any other specific b
duties under the Selective Ser- s
vice Act as it now stands, Con- ?
gress is expected to enact legislation
authorizing the gov- s
ernment to draft them for civi- tl
lian defense duties, home guard r
service or possible employment
in war industries.
unt.
Tuesday. Main :.j h
ir the Navy, 7t30 to lrf:30 oock.
,
Wednesday. April 1: April Fool
iity.
)ave Ross Heads
Election Board
reeland Man Replaces J.
J. Hawes As Chairman
Of Brunswick County j
Board Of Elections
Dave Ross, of Frecland, has |
sen named chairman of the I
r u n s w 1 c k County Election i
oard, replacing J. J. Hawes, of j
upply, who has served in that i
ipacity for the past two years.!
This change was announced |
aturday following a meeting of'
le State Board of Elections in !
aleigh.
Continuing as secretary of the:
(Continued On Page Four), 1
OT
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
[T
i /^jpf
r pil
imunity
\2 PUBUS
:ture on exhib]
; >.;->.>?fVv -V" ' : " y!&
ograph of the oil painting
fer Johnson, of World War
jroup of military police and
ational center, in Wilmingt
y the artist to the hut.
\rtist Johnsoi
Army
Good Reports
On Navy Relief
Chas. E. Cause, in charge of
the drive for Navy Relief funds
ror Brunswick county, reported
n....AAlr th'it lie* in iv ??ll
1>III9 WCCIV lilt** ?v ?o ??*? I
pleased with the county-wide 1
response to the campaign to ;
raise ?750.00 for litis cause in !
this county.
He received over ten dollars !
front the benefit basketball i
fame played last Thursday
night between local all-stars
and a team comprised of navy- |
coast guard talent. A similar I
amount was contributed to the
local Red Cross fund.
.Mr. Cause said that he hop- !
I'd to be able this week to get I
it preliminary report of collec- j
lions ready for announcement
In next week's paper.
Veek's Program
For USO Club
owling On Tuesday For
Navy And Thursday For
Coast Guard Added To
Recreation For Men In,
Service
The following program of j
ctivitics has been approved by
ic executive committee of the
outhport USO Club for the |
iming week:
Thursday. March 26: From 7
> 8:30 o'clock, bowling for the!
oast Guard; motion pictures be-1
inning at 8:30 o'clock, "Slave1
nip.
Friday. March 27: Motion picire
at 8:30, "Slave Ship."
Saturday, March as: Social.
Sunday, March 29: Church sericcs
at 11 a. m. and S p. m.
Protestant churches' weiner
>ast at 9:l."i p. m.
TTm:. .
He also was the instigator of the
movement to have a Nautical
School located here.
- n a fl
' :rr '?
i, A - ?...
Local Hospital
Members Of Winnabow
Home Demonstration Club
Are Most Recent Benefactors
Of Dosher Memorial
Hospital
Miss Elizabeth Murray, superintendent
of the Dosher Memorial
Hospital, announced the recent
receipt of a number of gifts
headed by a large quantity of articles
from the Winnabow Home
Demonstration Club.
The Winnabow Club had a
shower for this purpose last
Thursday and turned over to the
hospital a number of towels,
wash cloths, pillow cases and
glasses.
Mrs. Lee Kye is president of
the club and the following ladies
donated; Mrs. Robert Sullivan,
Mrs. Clifton Cumbee, Miss Kate
Johnson, Miss Josie Reid, Mrs.
.(.Continued On Page Four^
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- ',-j\y't ' t v ?
v ; : \r ,ri
J-'/"' ;
'Jft xi ... -J* 1'' ' ..
"The Advance," drawn by
No. 1. The artist is shown
I Mrs. Peggy Powers, hostess
on, where the picture is on
i Knew
Life As A Boy
At Age Of 18, Was The
Youngest Corporal In Regular
Army Of United
Stater-, Later Studied Art
IS WELL KNOWN
IN COMMUNITY
Resided In Southport Until
Two Years Ago And Has
Since Been Identified
With Art Institute
? '
Children of Army parents and
reared i.i the service are generally
and affectionately known to
the men of the garrison as "Army
Brats." R. O. Johnson was
one of these children.
The artist's father nearing retirement
age, served with the 5th
Field Artillery, 1st Division all
through the World War in- the
A. E. F. in the army of occupation
until early in 1910 near
Coblenz, Germany.
The artist joined the Army at
Fort Caswell, the latter part of
190S at the age of 18 years and
became the youngest corporal of
the regular army in 1909. He is
an alumnus , of North Carolina
State college, class of 1913. He
studied commercial illustrating
jointly with the United YMCA
college and Columbia university
and the Fine Arts through the
assistance of Winfield Scott
Cline, portrait painter of New
York and Connecticut.
The "Advance" portrays the
"advancing of the National Colors"
from the trenches to the
crossing of tire Rhine river over
the famous pontoon bridge to
take up position as army of occupation
about December 4, 1918.
While living in Southport
Johnson participated in projects
for the beautification of Franklin
Square; renovation of the ArmyNavy
Club building and work on
*v?/% otvooic r\f fhi<3 pnnimimitv.
Most Of The News
Ail The Time
$1.50 PER YEAH
Sorghum Seen As
Good Substitute
For Sugar In NC
E. C. Blair, State College
Extension Agronomist
Says Farmers Would
Be Wise To Plant A Sorghum
Patch This Year
STATE AVERAGE IS
70 GALS. AN ACRE
Under Proper Care, Farmers
Have Found It Easy
To Secure 100 Gallons,
And 4 0 0 Gallons
Have Been Obtained
From Single
Acre
Face to face with a sugar
shortage. North Carolina farm
families would be wise to plant a
sorghum patch this year, advises
E. C. Blair, extension agronomist
|of N. C Plato College,
j Home needs should be supplied
first, lie s- . 'ii. 1 t . i:i
some 1 !i <
lieriv
'si . I
I Ie . <. . . ri
goad management, iam.vi'3 have
found it easy to secure 100 gallons,
and yields of more than 400
gallons are on record.
In general, the agronomist
pointed out, sorghum does well
on any well-drained soil that is
suitable for corn. Sandy loams
and clay loams of medium to
high fertility give the highest
| yields. Dark, heavy soils produce
darker syrup than light colored
I 1.. ,?ii.
cauujr 01/110.
Sorghuni has shallow roots
which draw rather heavily on the
top four or five inches of soil.
For this reason, it is advisable
j to apply stable manure, or to
grow a winter legume after the
crop.
Good fertilizers for sorghum
are: Coastal Plain, 400 pounds
of a 4-8-6 per acre; Piedmont.
400 pounds of 4-10-4 per acre.
TU ii apply 100 pc;.nds of nitrate
of soda or an equivalent amount
of readily available nitrogen ,
from other sources when the 1
crop is two feet high.
Funeral Sunday
For Mr. Holmes
Retired Resident Of South*
port Died Saturday At
Dosher Memorial Hospital
Following Short Illness
Funeral services for Robert J.
Holmes, 78. retired railroad man,
who died at Southport early Satnrriav
morninc aftnr a short ill
ncas, were held at St. Phillips
Episcopal church in Southport at
2:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon
with Bishop Darst officiating.
Burial was made at Harris*
burg. Penn. Mr. Holmes is survived
by a son. Col. W. H. E.
Holmes of Ft. Dix. N. J.; a sister.
Miss Elizabeth Holmes of
Philadelphia; and a grandson. W.
H. E. Holmes, Jr., of Dellafield,
Wisconsin.
Active pallbearers were R. L.
I Thompson, R. T. Woodside, John
Eriksen, J. E. Carr, L. T. Yaskell
and G. R. Dosher. Honorary pallbearers
were Warren S. Johnson,
J. Henry Gerdes, Dr. E. Bullock,
C. Ed. Taylor. J. J. Loughlin and
Dr. L. C. Fergus.
Mr. Holmes, who had lived
(Continued On Page Four)
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Thursday, December 25
0:51 a. ni. 7:16 a. m.
1:10 p. m. 7:38 p. m.
Friday, December 26
1:11 a. m. 8:19 a. m.
2:06 p. m. 8:33 p. a.
Saturday, December 27
2:39 a. m. 9:16 a. m.
3:01 p. in. 9:21 p. a
Sunday, December 28
3:36 a. m. 10:08 a. na.
1:01 p. in. 10:11 p. m
Monday, December 28
1:30 a. m. 10:57 a. Wk
1:55 p. m. 10:57 p. ofc
Tuesday, December 30
I 5:19 a. m. ' 11:44 a. m,
5:43 p. m. 11:43 p. ?
Wednesday, December 31
6:01 a. m. ?
6:26 p. m. 12:30 p.
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