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fhe Pi'ot Covers I Prunswick County K^no. fourteen noT Re Gremlins Got MiterWaterworks luring Past Week i jter Mains Bursted Twice J In Three Days And City I Was Without Water For several Hours In One In-' m'SUal occurances j ' STARTiZD ON FRIDAY l,g Truck Snapped Off A 1 Hydrant Friday Night I1 I And Main Lea ding To )( I Army Camp Burst i{ Out Of Sympathy Sunday Night j I price i- a week employees of ( ?. city have had to wade out the cold, which was not in-jj 9 -siiierable at the time and J WLfi like mad to make repairs . B restore the usually reliable! { ;.: system to its everyday j ( irpetor.iv in the matter of fur-|{ liiri water to Southport homes j providing the wherewith to fi:: fires. was accident after accident J d through no fault of either ( K uaain system o- any of the ? w employees. The trouble has t K:, v been laid to Gremlins. ? it it was no joke to the city ( fiy. prcvidence stood a of then during the trouble. d fires broke out and no one H: ich during the several city was practical- J at water, twice inside of ' m (lays. ft. j -it :rouble occured Fri-! iv r.jpht when a truck here for! c . I a corner at the too sharply for its 1 The lesult was that the ar wheels snapped off a fire Idrant. Thousands and thoubqs of gallons of water went to. iste before the mains feeding, ? hydrant could be shut off.' lit : . tank was not drained but' s pi-.s-ore jot alarmingly low :J:: t. k -omc tirra to replace!1 iivdrant and reopen the f jt Just two nights later. Sunday1 j, pfit without any known cause. i was ? -jUtdil-e, cut U- u old C C. C. property, now ' led a.- a' army camp, burst. 3 ithout any logical reason behind 0 if procedure. Except that a t fik joint gets the credit. The cctse.-.t occired at an issolated pet and t:o one noticed the i( syser that proceeded to flood u if lar. istapc. To make matters < t: plovers at the pumping f (at i had checked up on the i war- just before the break i Xi other inspection wasjv a.- until three or four hours: C Uf" : I at that time it was re-11 something was wrong! ittwhere. The pressure was \ e to z-.ro, both the mains and , j if tank were practically drained |. " Mfore the trouble was locat-: c - at.: the flow through the ' (at shut off Mayor Eriksen 1 v I'.f i that the water was off for , tat four hours during j ..ntcd to the coldest lV ie winter. ~ Available 8 irmers Now} >n? for Loans Nowic teceived At Office c nty Agent At Sup-;c v crop loans and 1 feed oans for 19441, mailable to farmers in I County, and applicarse loans are now be' I at the County J ice. Supply. N. C.. by len. Receiving Agent. i an announcement by Bradshaw. field superled on Page Four) on Pointers NNED FOODS i (Book January 20, 1944. (Book February 20, 1944. K KL OIL "2" coupons valid lanuary 24, 1944 and coupons valid -Fbruary 21, 1944. ASOL1NE "'I pons expire Kcb1914. I EATS, FATS n Stamps valid, expire Jan1944. SHOES s 'Book I) valid inPanc Stamp No. 1 now valid. SUGAR J (Book 4) good for mds through January TH 38 Wants To Get Back In Action As Soon As Can eighteen Months. Overseas And Sgt. William Holmes Southport Colored Soldier Is Anxious To Get Back Where There's Action Sgt. William D. Holmes. Southjort colored soldier, who has >een spending the past eighteen nonths on active service in New Guinea, left Sunday for a camp n Georgia. Since returning to the Jnited States he has been spendng a 30 days leave here with his nother. Dona Holmes. The Sgt.. who is now 27 years >ld, enlisted in the army as a irivate in 1940. Over a year and i half ago he was sent overseas, le made a good sole ier and was >romoted to Sgt. bJt lost this ank for awhile owing, as he said. ,o having been too fond of the :olored women in New Guinea, lis rating was later restored. Sgt. Holmes said he would be itationed at Camp Stewart, Ga., vith Battery D. cf the 99th Toast Artillery, for awhile. He idded, however. "I want to get >ack overseas, where there's lome action, just as soon as hey will send me." He indicated i profound distaste of any pros>ect of having to serve at home. Must Buy More In Fourth Drive Tentative Quota Shows That Brunswick Will Have To Buy More Heavily Of Series E. Bonds In 4th War i ufdn l/i ivc The tentative quota for Brunsvick county in the 4th War Loan >rive, according to Chairman | tobert F. Plaxco. is $90,000. Of! his amount $42,100 is of Series 3. bonds, which must be taken ip by the ch ' ;il Brunswick f the quota is reached. In the rd War Loan Drive only $32,000 f Series E. bonds were bought iy Brunswick people. The total quota for the county s something less than $25,000 inder the quota for the 3rd drive. )n the other hand the Brunswick oiks who are backirg the attacks hat are expected to win the ear in 1944 will have to buy $10,00 more in bonds than they lought in the 3rd drive. There is no better buy on arth today than U. S. War ionds. The purchase of a bond s merely a loan to the United States at good interest The gov- J rnment needs the money to back ip the men who are now fightng overseas, as well as the milions of other men who will soon >e fighting. The great push to nd riiuerism anu io ciusu unreacherous Japanese will be on oon now. Chairman Plaxco whose vigirous efforts did much to put Srunswick county over the top n the proceeding drive, will apireciate the help and suggestions if all patriotic citizens of the :ounty. The campaign is set to ipen on January 18th. Local Hospital Dn Approved List I. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital Among Those Getting Approval Of The American College Of Surgeons The J. Arthur Dosher Memorial iospital at Southport was among he six southeastern North Caroina hospitals that received full ir provisional approval by the American College of Surgeons for he year 1943, it was announced ast week. The local institution and the laker Sanatorium in Lumberton ach received provisional approvil. Highsmith hospital, Fayettcrile; Thompson Memorial hospitil. Lumberton and the James Valkcr and Bullock hospitals in .Viiniington were each given full ipproval. The James Walker hos)ital was also approved for trainng internes. The American College of Surgeons represents some 14,0000 cading surgeons in the United Itatcs, Canada an< I other countries. Phey carry on ex :ensive work in mproving hospital service each rear. Their listing indicates hos>ltal which have complied satisactory with the minimum reqlirements that insure the best :are of sick and injured. EST, A Goo< 4-PAGES TODAY Expect A Gre At Shall . Free Movies And Pulpwooc em Kraft Division Of Inl Expected To Draw A ( School Thursday T From the interest that ha been manifested by farmers am land owners it appears that th Shallotte school will see a grea gathering Thursday night a 7:30 when the Southern Kraf Division of the Internationa Paper company will put on i free entertainment that is design ed to give much information re lative to pulpwood growing am the uses to which pulpwood ii put. ! The program calls for twi minutes of introductory remarks . This will be followed for 38 min i utes of sound moving pictures o ! varied subjects. This will be fol lowed by a Southern Kraft pic | ture, 35 minutes long, and show i ing the manufacture of pulpwoo, jinto its final use. A 20-minute: j Conservation picture will follov the above two reels. Following the three reels o moving pictures there will be < five minute talk by a veteran o the war. County Agent Dodsoi New Draft Sv By U. S. Si New System To Become Ef fective Here February Is Eliminates Physical Exar By Local Board PREINDUCTION FURLOUGHS DlSCONTlNUEt AH 1-A Men Who Are Pliy sically Fit Will Know At Least 3 Weeks In Advance Of Induction Date Beginning in February Colum bus county men will be inductee into the Armed Services of thi United States by a new systen adopted by Selective Service ac cording to announcement Friday The new plan will eliminate uncertainties among men classec 1-A as to whether they are phy sically acceptable or acceptable or not for service and will pro vide the men with three or more weeks of notice of induction i I they are acceptable. There wil be no more physical examination; by local draft boards Many uncertainties and incon vionces will be overcome by: Abolishing the present systen of "screening" examination b; local boards. Giving pre-induction (final | examinations at least 21 day before the induction date. Doing away with all post-in duction furloughs, now thre weeks in the army and one weel in the navy. The new system does not f.ppl; to registrants ordered to repor [for induction before Feb. 1 bu local boards will begin at ono to order a substantial number o men now in class 1-A to repor for the pre-induction examina tions. in addition to taking en ough men in the old manner ti (Continued On Page Pour> Waccamaw Farmer Hopes For Mail Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Piver, o the Ash community, found ou Monday that the new bus lin between Whitcville and Southpor offered a very convenient way o reaching Southport and gettinj back home, whether it was to at tend court here or just an ordin ary matter of business. Th' couple came in Monday and Mr Piver, talking to a rcpresentativi of this paper, was much pieasci with the bus passenger service He was still more pleased at thi [ prospect of the bus lines beinj able to get a mail contract be tween YVhiteville and Southport thereby putting an end to the ex tremely poor mail service tha the lower part of the county hai always had. Find Comfort lit Being Togetliei Quite a number of Brunswicl boys who have recently been in ducted into service are reporter as being stationed in the sanv barracks at Bainbridge. The; write home that they get com fort and that it lessens homesick ncss to be together. Among the boys from Bruns wick at this camp are Palme Bellamy, Lindberg Holden, Nor | wood Reynolds and Lennon Swain all of Shallotte. r 4TE J News paper ] Southport, N. C., V at Crowd otte Gathering I Products Exhibits By Southternational Paper Company jreat Crowd To Shallotte Slight Of This Week s and Forestry Agent H. E. Blan:lj chard will each also speak foi e1 five minutes and these speeches tjwill be followed by further ext j planation of the display of pulpt; wood exhibits that will be arII ranged in the school building. i This display will include manj - articles made from pulpwood and - which are essential to carrying 11 on the war. A partial list ol s these exhibits will consist of gasoline bags, V boxes, food containjjers, ordnance wrappings, papei !. | parachutes, bomb rings, shell -j cases, aviator's vests, soldier's f! helmets, eamoflage nets, blood . I plasma containers, multi - wal _ j bags, rope, twine, mats, etc. . j The meeting is expected tc i prove very informative, instructive s1 and helpful to young and old v There is no charge and the public is urged to attend and gel f some real first-hand knowledge i of the value of the southern pine f trees and the uses to which theii i products are put. 'stem Adopted elective Service ; Had To Lock Up At Court House j General Messing - Up Ol County Court House A1 Nights, Has Led To Closing And Locking Door: After Business Hours In accordance with orders from | the board of county commissionI ers, the move being made tc protect the interests of the tax 1 payers, the Brunswick ^ounty - Court House is being locked each 1 night, Sundays and holidays. The Janitor will lock up each * day when he finishes cleaning up ' after the officials have left the ' building. County Auditor R. C * St. George said Monday that in 2 view of the fact that the build" ing has always been left open, E only the offices locked, he fell f that the public should be giver 1 some explanation as to why it 5 must now be locked. He stated that for a year oi * more it had been found neccssarj to lock the toilets at night, ow1 ing to persons going to there tc V drink, breaking whiskey bottle! in the latrines, etc. This causet )! both trouble and expense. In ads j dition the walls were frequentlj ! defaced with obscene writing anc - the floors messed up generally. 2 Locking the toilets partly re t lieved the obnoxious situation bul a lot of people, both men anc f girls, who had no business in the t court house at night, are said tc t have been going there and mess2 (continued on page two) ; j^sJOar f IV. 1). KEZIAH r ? Merry 01c England must be - right smart away from here, e Writing us from there one Deem' ber 5. 1943, a letter from Major e R. I. Mintz was delivered to us 1 on January 5. 1944. He claimed ! that the newspapers printed in - America must be for the Ameri' cans who are staying at home. - On December 5, the day on . which he wrote, he had obtained - a copy of the Washington Post t of October 17th. His subscription s to the Raleigh News and Observer was entered on October 24th and the first issues had not | reached him on December 5th, The same thing, he said, could be sai< 1 of the State Port Pilot, However, lie was expecting a { whole bundle of papers. Major - Mintz, Rudolph to everybody in J Brunswick, is with the air corps, e Last year the fruit crop was t almost a total failure due to a - mild winter and freezes in the - spring. Despite the handicap of having no fruit to put up the - women folks of this county turnr | ed to their gardens and farm - j crops. They cannad about as ,! much as more than they do during a year when the fruit crop J ' ' - '? - FORI In A Good Con /ednesday, January 12, Merchants May Claim Discount On Sale Tax Although Some Failed To Claim The 3 Per Cent. Allowed By Law They Can Get It Now i 3 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON SALES - USE TAXES According To Section 407 r Of The Revenue Act, The Merchants Can Get A Refund If They Have Already Paid Under date of Nov. 1, 1943 each I registered merchant was sent a i notice to the effect that unless I the discount of three per cent, I allowable on sales and use taxes by virtue of Section 407 of the i Revenue Act, was claimed at the , time of making his monthly remittance to the Department oi . Revenue, same would be lost. Since mailing this notice we [ have decided, after consultation with the Attorney General, that ! if a taxpayer has filed on time r his July, 1943, sales or use tax return (due to be filed on or before August 15) or has filed or time any such return due thereafter, and has actually paid the tax due on each suchs return, but has failed to deduct the three pel k cent, he may claim and deduct . the three per cent on a future report. It is suggested, however that any merchant who has failed to claim this discount should Intake such claim on his next I monthly report to this Division . (Line 15 on the monthly sales tax report from provides space . for this deduction). At this time of claiming this past due credit, the taxpayers is ' required to attach to the re' turn, on which the claim is made, an itemized statement showing the month or months on which the discount was due and the amount of tax actually paid for that month or months, announced W. A. Baker, chief of sales and Use Tax division. Army Pilot Lands In Green Swamp Forced Down By Engine Trouble, Pilot Of Thunderbolt Fighter Remained In Swamp For Twenty Four H o u rs Awaiting Rescue i i An army pilot from Bluethanthal field, his name not disclosed by the Public Relations officials, made an emergency landing in Green Swamp, about ten miles west of Bolivia, last Wednesday. His landing was apparently forI j ced by engine trouble. He was (rescued Thursday afternoon, 24 -1 hours after he was forced down, t! The plane, a Thunderbolt fightl er, is understood to have not i been badly damaged. It is reported to have already been removed, In -inU (hot t.rot- ottAn.ln/l i.titli | a. juu uiab wcto ativnucu mui (Continued on page 4) WING Reporter _______ : | is normal. This year, according . i to the wcatherwisc, will bring a splendid fruit crop. Continued ' cold weather has been holding i buds and plants back. When I spring comes it will probably . come to stay. At any rate, farm ers and farm women say that it is their expectation of having a i good fruit crop. Should their exI pectations prove true and the ; war go on through the summer i there will be much to do in the way of preserving foodstuffs on the farms. War times have made the county agent's office indispensable [ to farmers. Whether they grow foodstuffs for home consumption . or purely commercial crops, it is essential that all farmers keep in touch with the office of the agent. Realizing this fact, and ali so how difficult it often is for a , farmer to get in touch with the : agent for information on every : matter that comes up, the State i Port Pilot has been and will continue to keep as closely in i touch with the office as possible, i Believing it a public service that will be helpful to a great many i (Continued on page 4) r ph imunity 1944 publ General Clark A:^ / ^ Jr ,. ** r'A 4mHKv''V t SOMEWHERE IN ITALY ! the American 5th Army recent! 1 the Italian Commander, Gener 1 photographed as shown here. T ' now helping to free Italy fro artillery units have been in acti i the Fifth Army front. : Army Turns ;| To Brti ' " * T . 1 rp j Farmers urgea i o i Plant More Weec M. A. Easley, president o ' the Eastern Carolina Ware housemen's Association, urg ing tobacco farmers to plan their full allotment in 1944 sinee the demand for the lea has grown so much greate than the supply in the pas J year. Growers are |>ermittod a 21 per cent increase in acreagi over their 1943 allotted acre age, the AAA has announced A 5 per cent increase was al lowed in 1943, and this new increase means a 25 per cenl allowed increase over 194' j production. "The increase ill productioi is as important in l'J44 as tht cutting of production was several years ago," Easley df' 1 ciared. Liquor Defendant Got $100.00 Fin Caught At Still In Norl West, James Grady, Co ored, Got Twelve Monti j On Roads With Alterni i dua Of Heavv Fine Only five cases, three of the being continuances from previoi session, came up for disposal i the Recorders Court of Judj John B. Ward, Monday. Of chi interest was one charging Jam Grady with manufacturing ai possession. He was captured at whiskey still in North West tow ship. Judge Ward sentenci Grady, a negro, to twelve montl on the roads. This sentence wi suspended on the defendant pa; ing a fine of $100.00 and ti costs of the case, an addition condition was that he be of go< behavior for two years. The ot er cases disposed of were as fc lows: W. O. Welsh, failure to stop I stop sign, judgment suspended < payment of the costs. David Bryant, retailing, n guilty. Moc Patton, slander, continui i to January 17th. Mrs. Ethel Hewctt and Ers< Evans, assault, continued to Ja uary 17th. Stills Taken Near Phoeni: Rural Policeman Perry Sti Getting Operators Alon With Their Moonshin Stills In Northwest Towi ship Rural Policeman O. W. Perr assisted by M. B. Chinnis, ca tured a 150 gallon still and ti alleged operator, James Grad colored, near Phoenix last wee Along with the still and Grad the officers took and destroyed 300-gallon vat and eleven ba rels of mash. They also seiw eight gallons of non tax-pa (Continued on page 4) 7 ,0T : JSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Discusses Strategy ! F -General Mark Clark, Commander of ^ y paid a visit at the headquarters of p al Capino, during which they were fo he Italian army is in the field again si m the Germans. Both infantry and ri on recently in the Mignano sector of g E P k Chapman Over 8 inswiclf Sheriff!; ' w ? ? ? ? ? ? JL, n ? Man Who Robbed Bolivia t( School Brought Here For Trial After Army OfficI ers Said His Claims Of ? I Desertion Were Faked f STOLEN GOODS FOUND n - jON HIM WHEN CAUGHT v 1 Had Sold $4.00 Worth Of " Stamps But Remaining fj f j $179.00 Worth Stamps And Bonds Were It Found On Him " o ' Sheriff C. P. Willetts and De- p 3 pnty Sheriff H. L. Willetts went 6 - to South Carolina Sunday night f' in response to an invitation from ei . the army to get Lewis Wiles h i Chapman, Jr., age 21. A thorough t< t investigation had led to the s' ! fact that he was lying when he claimed he had deserted from the b i army about eighteen months ago. j? ; Chapman was arrested at f, November 22. War bonds and A ' Myrtle Beach on the night of f< war saving stamps, stolen from a the Bolivia school, which had E tjjeen broken into the night be- n fore, were found on him. It was a I his attempt to sell some of the p i stamps that led to his arrest and h | being for the Brunswick sheriff, j si I Unumvpp vuhon Shoriff Willetts III h: went to get him, immediately e: j. i following his arrest, he repre- si j sented to army officers that he j cl had deserted from the army, a; He has since been held in an ar- tl my guard house while an investi- F gation was being made as to cl m when and where he deserted from ? 118 the army. The investigation re- rl at vcaled that Chapman- had never a 'e deserted from'the army, that he cl cf had never been in the service. es Sheriff Willetts said Monday, u: lcl when he placed Chapman in If a jail here, that he would be tried ci n" on the charge of breaking into 'r the Bolivia school and robbing it P as at the term of court which con- P 13 venes here on the 24th of this tl Y~ month. He also reported that a le the army officers who turned the a' prisoner over to him stated that )Cl one day recently Chapman tried J to grab a gun from the soldier guarding him. This incident was passed up by the army and as there appears to be a certainty >n of Chapman being convicted of e< the Bolivia robbery and given a T prison term the military officials lc were willing to let the courts take ei care of him. h Among the things stolen from b the school were $182.00 in war t( n" bonds and war saving stamps (Continued on page 2) w d , Weather Was * Kind Of Tough K Brunswick county escaped the heavy snow and ice which " blanketed the upper part of the g state to a depth of several inchle cs Saturday and Saturday night, i- While there was no snow and ice here people who had to be outdoors Saturday and Sunday j y, declared the weather was tops j . p- for being disagreeable, le Albert Perry and George, Clark,' ( y, Wilmington men, who with others k. lease the fresh water lakes at hi y, Long Beach for duck shooting, fi a were out with their sons, Sat- rr r- urday. They claimed it was so h: ?d cold they could not stand it. Aft- M id er getting five ducks they came hi in and spent the night here. U ? 1 I I Host Of The News Ail The Time t $1.50 PER YEAR . j tation Tokens To Become Valid On February 27 ew Ration Token Plan Will Not Change Housewife's Point Buying Power Says OPA HANGE WILL NOT LOWER POINT VALUE /ill Average About Four Less Meat-Fats Points Than At Present RALEIGH, Jan. 13.?The new ition token plan effective next ebruary 27 will not change the luse wife's point buying power, le Raleigh district Office of rice Administration said today, fen though, on a monthly basis, le will average about four less leat-fats points than at present, nd two more processed foods Dints. The fact that ration buying ower will be kept stable was ointed out by OPA because rcorts indicate that some people elieve the change over to token lopping may involve a loss of ?d stamp buying power and a ain in blue stamp buying power, iowever, this is wrong. Buying ower under rationing will be ept on even keel by adjusting oint values very slightly at the ime the new plan goes into efsct. Under the present rationing rogram, 16 points become valid ur meats ana rats at uic Degin- ing of each week ? roughly a otal of 64 points a month. Uner the token plan 30 points will ecome valid at the beginning of ach two-week period, a total of pproximately 60 points each lonth. At present, 48 points become alid for processed foods each' ronth. Under the token plan 50 oints will become valid on the irst of each month. Point values will be slightly iwered so that the housewife rill be able to get the same amunt of meats-fats with her 60 oints as she now gets with her 1 points. Similarly, w processed rod point values will be adjustcl upward slightly so that the ousewife's 50 points under the jken plan will buy no more than ire now gets with her 48 points. On February 27, with the cginning of the token plan, five lue stamps ? A8, B8, D8, and 18 ? become valid for processed rods, and three red stamps, ? .8, B8, and C8 ? become good >r meats-fats. All these stamps re in War Ration Book Four, lach stamp, regardless of the umber printed upon it, will have ration value of 10 points. When making a purchase, the , ousewife will give the retailer tamps valued at 10 points each. I the stamps do not total to the sact amount of her purchases le will receive red tokens in tiange for the red meats stamps nd blue tokens in change for te blue processed food stamps, or example, if a consumer puraases processed foods which reuire 17 points, she may give the ;tailer 2 blue stamps (20 points) ~-i 1 Kino tokens in flu ICVCtIV V W.?V ?.... iangc. Tokens will have a ration value E one point each, and they will ave no expiration date. They an be used at any time for makig purchases. For example, if a urchasc of meat requires 12 red oints, the consumer may give le retailer one red stamp valued t 10 points and two red tokens. (Continued on page 4) esse Jenkins Dies At Leland Jesse Jeinkins, 61, who resid:! near Leland, died at his home hursday morning, his death foliwing upon a long illness. Funral services were held at the ome Saturday afternoon and urial was in the Spofford ceme:ry. The deceased is survived by his idow, Mrs. Daisy Jenkins; one aughter, Mrs. Daisy Inze; three i ins, William, Clem and Dennis enkins, all of Leland. MEWS "I BRIEFS { i ;ets medical discharge William C. Leonard, of Bolivia, as received a medical discharge em the army after serving for lore than a year. He is now at is home at Bolivia. His parents, :i tr. and Mrs. N. B. Leonard, lve three other sons serving in . /r le army and navy.