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Kfhe Pi'?? Covers Iprunswick County wtTHIRTEEN NO.iT Iming SoundedJ] May Morning/ |r Air Attack1 miciil Reports Of BL,nge Enemy Cra/t Off. | mire Result In Before jv Alert That Stirred | fusion results r m from this alarm rent That Organize- j K And Training Is Ne- I urv For Citizens Of | 1U* Community Mr confusion gripped South-1 c mn-.y Sunday morning as the n " 'olfan. I f. vf? coast was ruucij "?a "alert"?which wasn't, 8 folks supposed, just an Di test E LrffWal Army communique, a "is an aftermath of the v * alert, failed to describe it -at as an actual attack o , tut semi-official sources t; iat the East-coast black- ir ?ordered after an unidenr t-aft had been sighted n cshere off coast." Southport, jangled nerves of w -amy caused a temporary r( m the outlined proce- ^ i Hacking out." One street ^ . ni doused only when it h shot out. and every air & widen assumed the respon- ^ of ringing the church bell h a- the populace, i i consequenee, most South; residents were uncertain ( ijer the subsequent bell ring- ^ ns a sign for "all clear," or .r ft merely was intended an everybody to cut off his all it showed up bad for I icic so vulnerable to attack a Unted States, and it prov- ^ imcd all doubt that more ec rrecautions must be takjti'when the next real test e-e.ii> Wilmington and the F id?{ territory was ordertt had out and radio stalisr the State were or- p| ridIV air. Station i'-TTF liui. and all monitor stat in: off the air for over ta. I .N'ivy Department officials, i: Norfolk and at Charlestspressed no knowledge" of ^ any craft, and nobody is si ! certain whether the air h( iimir.g was a test or not I. .forth Carolina Shipbuild- ^ Oonpar.y, working on a 24- it s.". at Wilmington, suspend- n) il Operation during the air ?arr.g period, and the cc Ijari was completely black- CI s while workers waited 9 ia the darkness. It was F theorized that the Ship- A us the object of an at- 0\ ti many Wilmnigton re- jj, 3 tone hysterical. elac'xr which indicated that toent might have been "the Hefty" was that the test;" tier, few people were * Kd a test at that time si ' night would be far less bi 4 than one conducted th ;midnight. th : tones are theories, and ' anybody had to work w - test?if it was a test ^ *"t that the air raid system . btte co-ordination. That is, 'Seirg to work. 'ly Marketing j* legs Predicted '!,ri Are Expected To u " A Fourth More L P Thw Fall And Win- ? Jo Market Between H ^And Apri, ! Carolina farmers may J -s hog marketing troujj" ^ stait their ani"Ark't earlier tlian usual "?ording to H. W. ; ftonsion marketing epe- , ' 'v C. SUte College. ?/*are expected to send 1 : k?ss this f?? j Hbeh* , "av cvcr mar* Hi ;;e,. om October 1 to they should attempt K ?or^?emb r Janliw1 Percentage of m .?f? number, packing Asportation facili?V.city5bably ^ Uxed bey kJ"!** that growBh PL. dePend upon inBi:',ca'iC;t>' and more BbSt th. 11 -vestxk cars Ba Such ,f'ater peak marB-'> ?,ivCreaics would r?ItwT*' and tires and * Sm> .?f steel that the f'r jts war |ftr.S !?** the marketing farmers flB^fete! a avoid some of . H ' ^ 0n Page Four) TH1 District Direc Civilian D une Rose Will Speak To Mass Meeting Of Brunswick County Citizens Friday Evening At 8:30 O'clock 1EET1NG WILL BE HELD IN COURTHOUSE S^ill Be For Completing Organization Of Local Forces For Civilian Defense In This County June Rose, district director of Civilian Defense, will speak to a lass meeting of Brunswick counyr citizens on Friday evening at :30 o'clock in the courthouse. Since the program of Civilian >efense is county-wide, and since 11 sections of our coast are ulnerable to attack, a cordial ivitation is extended to residents f other communities of the coun/ to attend the Southport meet>g The Friday night meeting has een arranged as a follow-up to ^organization plans that were erfected during the visit here last eek of Ben E. Douglas, state disctor of Civilian Defense, and lr. Rose. It was requested at lat time that Mr. Rose return ere for a meeting of Brunswick aunty citizens, and Friday was st as a tentative date, provided e could be in Southport on that Shrimping Se; Underway lood Catches Reported During Past Week And Good Price Paid Shrimpers For Their Product OUR HOUSES ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS leat Wave Apparently Did Not Prevent Men From Making Good Hauls Of Prawn Last Week S. W. Davis and brother, of :orehead City, opened their irimp and fish buying house :re yesterday. They are using le old J. B. Church dock and is understood they will have a imber of boats from up the >ast. Three or four of those aft arrived yesterday. The local buying houses, Paul odale, Wells Brothers and J. A. mold, have been operating for rer a week. Despite the extreme sat that has been prevailing, >me good catches have been ade by the boats and the qualy has been exceptionally good r this season. The fishermen iy there are plenty of shrimp, it the warm weather ' causes lem to scatter, with the result lat the catches are not so large. A break in the present heat ave should see an increase in ie daily catches made by the ?ts. Since most of the work of indling shrimp, after they are night, is done by women, the lying houses do not seem to ancipate much difficulty in obtaing all the needed labor. - CONDITION IMPROVED ~ Friends wUl be glad to learn lat the condition of Mrs. J. J. oughlin. Jr., patient for the past vo weeks at Dosher Memorial tospital, is much improved. sharks Harass Fishermen. Sharks, always plentiful on the shrimp trawling grounds, ire particularly numerous this iummer. In addition they are larger and meaner, and instances when they completely iestroy a net are not infrequsnt. When such happens the lets are generally loaded and a :atch that may be worth a considerable sum is lost along with he net. In cases when the nets are lot completely destroyed severil square yards; may be ripped >ut of it. entailing a lot?, of repairs, Boats may go out- one lay and be forced to remain in he next to rig new nets or nake repairs on those damaged, rhe discovery of sharks in -in a .omhin and size has *I tSBCU liUittwi *i - _ rten discouraging d^ng-this first week of operations, even f the boats are .making, profit, ible catches when they escape hese' sea raiders. E SL A Goo 4 PAGES TODAY :tor For efense Coming * : ^ - .i# ! |- ' * i;l! fegf . \ I ; ^ V JUNE KOSE evening. Word was received this week that he will be able to make it. Mr. Rose not only is well known for his efforts in connection with the Civilian Defense program, but is a past commander. of the State Department American Legion. As such he cultivated a wide circle of friends in this area, and these and others who have heard him speak will want to attend the Friday night meeting. ! watermelons uw Boys In Trouble 'Attorney Takes Appeal j From Judgment Of Juvenile Court In Watermelon Stealing Case Firm in his belief that is the inalienable right of all little colored boys to have watermellons' in the summer time, evert if. they have to steal them, Attorney G. J Butler Thompson, Of Southport, appealed to Superior ourt. last; week from a decision of Juvenile Judge Sam T. Bennett" that"1 Alexander and Julius Ray be turned over to the welfare authorities. s> 'pie youngsters, both less than teen-age, were up for taking. . Mary Foster, colored, was tried (Continued on page 41? ing Shrimp At Their Work; Not to much damage is done while tlie nets are being drag- j ged along on the floor of,the ocean. At such times the bags, j are not so packed With fish'and shrimp. It is when the boats . are stopped and the nets slowly dragged to the surface to be .< unloaded that the sharks attack ] in numbers. With the net being . , pulled up, everything is packed i tin-ht ami the sharks swarm j "*6"v - ? around, ripping end slashing atthe bag to get at the -oontents. Hans Anderson, localfisher man, complained today that-ev- , ery time .he pulled his net to ihe, surface, .if -thefe waa any of ':it- i . left., to pull up, there would be;. dozens of large. sharks,. darting * around- and slashing at it. Com- ... , mercial shark fishermen- could ; garner a rich harvest by - ope-. rating with the shrimp- boats and . being on hand . lypen ..too.; j netsare. dying! Jiauied't-to the.-.'? surface. r.-XM a.-.'. ison Now / In Southoort r * Suggestion For Garfish Control H. M. MKeithan, who lives out at Bethel church, has come forward with a temporary but effective remedy to prevent garfish from bothering your favorite fishing hole. He says to catch a gar, put ! a small fish in its bill and tie the bill down on it to prevent its being swallowed. Turn the garfish lose and it will swim around frantically with every other garfish in 50 yards setting out after it in the effort to take the fish out of Its mouth. It is all pretty much like a flock of seagulls setting out in persult of another bird that has secured a fish. While the gars are chasing their companion with the fish in its bill the sportsman may fish undisturbed. in ? r.i L. J. Frevatte, In Recorder's Court Monday In Recorder's court here Monday Juanita Owen Lewis, white, was found guilty of -drunken driving and was given 6 months on the county farm, sentence being suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $50.00. Sylvester Wad dell, colored, was found not guilty of driving with improper license. Luther Durden, white, was found guilty of reckless operation. Sentence of four months, an the roads-was suspended upon payment--of Costs; Roosevelt Willetts, white, was found guilty of public, drunkeness and" "was given 30 days on the roads. Judgment- was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine of $10,00. Lee Hankins, colored, was found guilty of drunk driving, resisting an officer and transporting. He was given .12- .months on the roads and,his automobile was ordered confiscated. Notice of. appeal was given and bond was set a t$500.00. Frank.-. Delany, white; was found guilty on charges of pub lie arunKeness, tjejng aruiui tuiu disorderly and trespassing on church property. Given 6 months an the roads, Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs and a fine-of $50.00. Mrs. Shirley Nixon, while, faced wjth the .same -charge, -received the -same, treatment.at the .hands of the. board, save for the fact that her time, if.other provisions are not.-met, must be spent 'on the county farm. . Robert G. .Hatcher,-white,, was charged . with drunheness,-..trespassing on church property and drunk -, driving. ;He "was . given. 6 months. on each .of -these three counts, sentences, to-.run. concur^ rently. or .was given-.the privihge x <Continued on page 4} ME d News paper 1 Southport, N. C., Wi Local Men Have Good Chance For Ratings In Navy Men With Sea Experience Offered Petty Officer Ratings By Wilmington Recruiting Station; Men Called By Army Are Eligible INEXPERIENCED MEN MAY LEARN A TRADE Men Who Have Been Called By Army Still May Join Navy And Gain Ratings If you're facing a call to Uncle Sam's Army and don't want to go?you don't have to. That Is, if you act pretty quickly. North Carolina's Navy Recruiting Service has placed emphasis on the fact that men who have been called for induction into the Army still are eligible to enlist in the Navy ? if the induction date is still three or four days off. Married men, particularly, are advised to investigate their possibilities in the Navy or Naval Reserve, for the present, the Naval Reserve is offering a good setup for men with dependents. Since the Navy, and its wartime brother, the Naval Reserve, always has required its personnel to be qualified in some trade, men who have qualifications now are being offered petty officer's rationgs in certain branches. Men around Southport, for the most part, should have no trouble in securing a rating?up to chief petty officer?if they have had actual experience on the water. And, for the men who have had no sea experience there are 60 different fields in which a man may be placed. The navy needs men from almost every walk of life ? cooks, typists, construction workers, mechanics, fishermen. And there are ratings ready for every man who can give evidence that he is qualified. For youngsters there ?.re good opportunities to learn a trade which will have the individual ready for civilian life when the war is over. The Navy's 60 trade schools have been thrown open for all men who show that they i are interested in learning a trade. After finishing trade school, men are eligible for petty officer ratings. The recruiting station for this section is located cm the second floor of the post Office in Wilmington. That office is open every day in the week. Try Variety Of Cases In Court Several In teres ting Matters Heard_By Acting Judge POR' In A Good Coi ednesday, July 22nd, ] New Hope Church Association Was Formed Sunday Important Business Transacted In Connection With Annual Celebration At Presbyterian Church CHANGE DATE OF ANNUAL MEETING October Replaces July As Month For Meeting As Anniversary Of Church Is To Be Observed The annual New Hope Sunday school anniversary picnic was held Sunday, and one of the most important results of this year's event was the formation of a permanent association. Honorary chairman of the New Hope Anniversary Association is Henry McKeitban, Florence, S. C. The vice-chairman and head of a local committee on arrangements is Miss Gertrude Maultsby. Other members are Miss Josie Reid, Miss Katharine Johnson, Edwin Taylor and D. R. Johnson. Another important decision of the meeting was to change the time of meeting from its customary date In July to the Sunday in October of each year nearest the nineteenth day of the month. The next meeting will be in 1943. Miss Kate M. Johnson was elected historian and was requested to prepare a paper for the next meeting. She also was elected treasurer of the association, Briefly, the Sunday meeting was in the tradition of New Hope Sunday school picnics, although the crowd was somewhat smaller than usual. Two or three things contributed to this fact. One was that the date was set on short notice; others were the gasoline and tire rationing program. There was no rationing influence in evidence when dinner was spread in the grove, however, and everyone presnt agreed that it was a thoroughly enjoyable occa310n . . ? n* 1 nr r Disnop 10 uo To Conference RE A Superintendent To Leave July 24th For St. Louis, Where He Will Attend Conference E. D. Bishop, superintendent of the Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation which operates 480 miles of electric lines serving 1,300 fanners and 250 commercial establishments in this area, will leave July 24 for the National REA headquarters at St. Lbuis, Missouri, where he will attend the 20th conference of system superintendents during the week of July 27. More than 50 superintendents from the North and Middle Atlantic seaboard have been invited to attend. - REA AdminlstrHrarr atoETE REA Administrator Harry Slattery and other national officials will address some of the sessions, while others will be given over to round-table discussions in which the men attending and members of the REA technical staff will exchange information in the town-meeting style. The part REA systems are playing in the war effort, with special Amnhaaia nn thp Hrp rtf plprtrinitv "Vt" -? WWW- WW w>www*?w?tv .(Continued On Page Four) Discuss Plans I Fox Hunters < Brunswick county, said to have twice as many foxes as any other county in the State of North Carolina, may shortly have a fox hunters association. The plans are to start out in a small way, with the aim being to grow and have a lot of sport. In addition, there is a distinct possibility of interesting scores of the old time fox hunters in this and other states and bringing them here for annual hunts. Already it is a yearly practice for for hunters around Taylorsville and from points in Tennessee to come to Brunswick with packs of hounds for a week or more of fox chasing each winter. Rowan and Cabalas county fox hunters also come here. With a little organization to promote the sport; tnere arc a large numoer 01 lovers of the hounds in- Brunswick who would acquire packs of -fox dogs . and help ' to create widespread interest. --i J. B. and Sr A. Potter, of Winnabow, have a pack of five fine fox-hounds. Although it israther warm for fdx chasing just .now; the brothers became ex-" asperated at foxes getting their r pil nmunity [942 publisi First Good Salt Catch Of Sei Crew Fishing With Rod t Old Wrecks Off-Shore To Catch Under commercial fishing permits issued by the Captain of the Port of Wilmington Captain I. B. Bussells, H. T. Bowmer and Crawford Rourk went to one of the old Civil War wrecks off Bald Head island Friday and brought in 130 monster sea trout and 20 blues. All of the fish were taken with rod and reel. Orders issued several months ago by the Coast Guard in Wilmington dd not permit of any sort of sport fishing in the river at Southport or offshore, the local waters having been classed as stragetical to the defense of the port of Wilmington. Commercial fishing is allowed, however, and several people have switched frbm sport to comNew Rationing Goes In y ] Let's Talk About You Know What 1 You know what everybody's hottn tallrlno- ahntit far the nflJit ten days, so we wouldn't even ] mention in were it not for the fact that Sunday saw the mercury shoot up to 101-degrees, the highest figure recorded officially in Southport In recent years. And there's probably no need to add that the present hot spell is one of the most severe and one of the most prolonged ever experienced by residents of this community. This applies not only to the days, but? Let's don't talk about the weather any more. Its too hot. Long Beach Man , Hurt Yesterday R. C. Carr Critically Hurt In Automobile Accident Which Cost Him His ' Right Arm R. C. Carr, 24-year-old summer resident of Long Beach, is in a critical condition at Bullock Hospital, Wilmington, following an automobile accident Tuesday morning at Jackies Creek in which his right arm was severed from his body. The accident occured as Carr and his brother-in-law, Russell Hunt, were returning from work at the shipyard in Wilmington. Hunt was driving and he stated that the automobile side swipped the bridge when he took his eyes off the road momentarily to glance at the speedometer. Hunt said that Carr was asleep on the seat beside him with his right arm hanging out of the window. Hospital officials praised the resourcefulness of Hunt, who stripped off his shirt to make a tourniquet in order to stop the flow of blood from Carr's arm. The dismembered limb was left lying in the road until picked up v .(Continued On **age Four) j I or Forming Club In County! , chickens, and on a recent week- , end they went out with their dogs and ran down two of the animals. Their own trouble with foxes destroying their poultry j ancf the same kind of trouble" being encountered by many of their neighbors, led the Potter boys to come to town yesterday. Here they hunted up W. B. Keziah and asked him flatly why Brunswick county could not organize a fox hunters association. The idea had a distinct appeal to Keziah, who has a lot . of contacts with outdoor people, fox hunters and other kinds j of sportsmen. The present ^ status of the matter is that an ? association will be formed and ( if there are any Brunswick j sportsmen interested they are ; requested to drop the Chamber ) of Commerce secretary a card or" ; letter, advising of their interest. , A meeting will be called some time in- the near future at some ; point nearest the greatest ceh- J ter of interest, and officers will < ' be 'elected and membership dues i and' by-laws will be decided up- i on. ' - ,0T iED EVERY WEDNESDAY Water I ison Reported \nd Reel Discover That Are Still Good Place i Trout S merial fishing. The trout ran from twopounds up in weight, being fully as large as those usually taken in September, October and November. The blue fish, which ? usually respond best to trolling, 2 were caught along with the trout with baited hooks from the bottom. They were also large. . > This was the first catch of trout and blues wjlth hook and line made here this year. Thousands of sportsmen usually fish at these old wrecks each year h and the disoovery that the c trout were of such large size p and apparently more numerous _ than ever naturally created much interest. e n ; Program ' Effect Todayn / f Huge Job Of Handling Re- 0 gistration And Distribution Of Books Is Handled r By Volunteer Workers 0 t DEALERS ATTEND t BOLIVIA MEETING c Practically All Citizens Of Brunswick County Have a Received Ration Cou- r pon Books Pinal steps in the tremendous h job of registering all motor t vehicle owners of the county and h ielivering their proper gasoline v ration book to them was com- t dieted by the Brunswick County 0 Rationing Board and a corps of t volunteer helpers yesterday, and clast night gasoline dealers of the county met at Bolivia to register v under the new plan. This means that practically all c cf the residents of Brunswick c county have received their al- c lotment of gasoline, and that 1 service station operators are all set to operate under the new j plan. Ration books for some few j late registrants will be late in delivery, and there will be some delay in connection with the registration and delivery of proper coupon books to users of gasoline '<] tor non-highway purposes. How sver, mis latter situation is Deing corrected this week, and the necessary application forms will be mailed to all persons who write in and make a request for them. Representatives of the local ra- * tioning board stress the import- 1 uice of handling all possible s business through the mail. This not only conserves gasoline, but * ilso saves wear and tear on tires. * Where there is dissatisfaction over 1 m. allowed allotment, appeals ] from these figures should be made through the mail, then, if it. is E necessary for the applicant to ap- ? near before the board in person,' i ne will be notified^ ' The general policy in connection with the.registration was'for i downward adjustment In allowing gasoline for applicants. The ' ward hot only had the authority 1 jf the rationing rules and regula- 1 dons to back them up in this, but e secured the services of- seme- of } the best men in each community 1 n Brunswick county' to advise 1 them on equitSble adjustments. f Hlere promises to be a minimum ! jf dissatisfaction if applicants " will remember that an effort has been made to take care of aD lecessary travel, and that per: [ sonal conveniences must now play second fiddle to the more important job of winning the war< City Officials To Enforce Law feally Serious About Enforcing Payment Of City Dog Tax Before End Of This Month The city of So'uthport is waning aJl dog owners that they must ay ta?ces. on their animals i>eore August 1st, at which time variants will be issued for all >wners who have not paid. For he past two; or three years there la's been a'rather rigid'action in ill cases wherer Owners Of; dogs lave not complied with the law; ind it is said that there'will /be, to extension this-year. ' ]" "Under the criminal-code it; is l misdeanineor. ' with a fine of 150.00,-for failing to pay the special ' nrivilepe riof taxes Sn far ' .v . . *?. y .. ?. - if is is kncttvnr very few-pIaces outM I ride of "Soutfeport prolate. When | (continued on pa^e tour} _ !> 1 I Most Of The News All The Time l 1 ! 't = $1.50 PER YEAI ====-? Menhaden Boats G e t Permission To Catch Mullets ipecial Meeting Of Board Of Conservation And Development Held At Morehead City Monday To Discuss Matter iHORE FISHERMEN OPPOSE MEASURE Certain Restrictions Are Imposed Upon Menhaden Fishermen When Tak ing Fish For Food At a special meeting in More,ead City Monday, the commerial fishing committee of the Deartment of Conservation and ievelopment ruled that menhadn boats be permitted to take lullets and other food fish with heir purse nets this season, proided the boats so operating are quipped with modern sanitary methods of handling such fish. The boats must not take the ood fish within one half mile f any shore fishery or from a loint within three hundred yards f shore. It will be necessary for he craft to apply for and to obain a special license from the onservation board. Reports from Morehead City re to the effect that the special neeting Monday was productive if much debate, shore fisheries ieing much opposed to the men# laden boats being allowed to use heir purse sienes and the menladen interests being equally igorous in their claims that they le allowed to fish. They pointed iut that the war production ioard was using all possible proluction of foodstuffs, and that vithout being allowed to take ood fish to supplement their inomes the operators of menhadn boats would hardly be able to , ontinue to operate and make a ving. -i i mm shallotte Man Passes At Home V r. T. Browning Died Sun* day Night At Home Following Short Period Of Illness; Funeral Held On Tuesday T. T.- Browning, 60-year-old 'armer of Shallotte, died at hia lome Sunday night following a ihort illness. Surviving are one son, T. T. drowning, Jr., of Longwood; ftne >rother, Dexter Browning, <S/^, Treeland; and one sister, Mrs. T. < 2. Edwards, Shallotte. Funeral servies were conducted it S o'clock Tuesday afternoon it- New Life cemetery with the inal rites in charge of Rev. H. B. Bennett. RETURN HOME Mrs. O. L. Bishop, of Town 2reek and daughter, Mrs. C. B. Jolden, of Wilmington, have retimed" home after visiting Mr. ind Mrs. George F. Congleton, of iVashington, D. C. Mrs. Congleton s the grand daughter of Mrs. J. j. -Bishop. While away, they visted "places of interest in Maryand and Virginia. Tialn Tiklol m iwv A?mv following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide TIDE TABLE ^ Thursday, December 25 0:51 a. m. 7:16 a. m, 1:10 p. m. 7:38 p. nk Priday, December 26 1;44 a. m. 8:19 a. 9k \ 2:06 p. m. 8:38 p. m ' ... Saturday, December 27 2^9 a. m. 9:16 a. 9k 3:04 p. m. 9:24 p. Sk Sunday, December 28 -8:86 a, m. - 10:08 a. at .4:01 ,p,. tn,-. 10:11 p. m Monday, December 20 4=30 a- m.- 10:57 a. A ,4:55 p.m. 10:57 p. m - Tuesday, December SO 5:19 a. m, 11:44 a. m \ 5:43 p.. m.' 11:43 p. m |' / Wednesday, December 14 I .6:01 a..m.v. ? I BL\ 12:80 p. ~~-4*"