fhe Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
BolTno. fourteen no,
faJ.A. Russ To <
Head Red Cross
War Fund Drive ?
?
leeting Held Monday To
Formulate Plans For
rl Drive Which Is To Take,
I Place In March I is
lELD representative
RESENT for meeting j*
Bunds To Be Solicited To *'
Carry on Red Cross Work g,
I At Home And Overseas
st
fr
I Mrs. Jasper Russ, of Shailotte, to
^K::l be County Chairman of the ! ch
runswick Red Cross War Fund i a,
Hnve to take place during the gl
vr.th of March. bj
a; meeting on Monday m
Bfternoon at the office of the di
^fcecutive Secretary, Mrs. Grace cc
p.uark J. E. Hunter, field re- ^
Bresentative for the southeastern nl
Berth Carolina area, stressed the ^
,-rt.t' ee of reaching the court- fo
^B quota of $8,800.00 and urged v;
But the o.uota be passed.
With the war having more li
Bta:r ioubled in scope, It Is nat- '
Bra! that the Brunswick County
B has been doubled to help
^Bke care of the Red Cross inB
ctivitv." said Mr. Hun
IPjirs. Russ will announce a list J Q]
L her workers in next week's
tper. She plans to ha', e each
Lr.munity in the county coverLi
and will give everyone an op[ortur.ity
to cor tribute. 1
[ it has in past years been the inj
Utom of the Red Cross to en- m<
111 members with the contribu- he
Lor. of one dollar. This year, as W;
kst year, however, the member-1A1
Lip drive is combined with a an
[pedal War Fund Drive in which j cif
Americans are being asked to of
pre as much as they are able to i In
arry on the work of the Red! sic
hess. I tr.<
i'ou can't buck the axis with tic
emeu is the suiU-oie " .slogan q j
itilth will be used by workers in re]
he coming drive. rej
Anniversary (]
To Be Noted
ames Cordon Will Sing [Eli
Here During Observance'
Of USO's Third AnniverA
nation-wide open house, in
Inch the local U. S. O. Club '
ii! cooperate, will mark the die
urJ anniversary of the United S.
errice Organizations, Inc. on inj
ry 4. say J. T. Gibson, Di- tl(
ctor of the local club.
Special feature of the anniver- "
0ry observance which will con- c'"
toe for three days will bo the
sppearance of James Gordon,
famed negro baritone who will t-3
s:"5 at the Vesper program on hel
Sunday. February 6 at five o'- un
dock. Gordon is quite well known c'a
? musical circles and is consider- * '?
Ed ore of the outstanding bariton- cn
Es of the present time. He was 'I"
J member of the fames Eva -
ssje choir which received spe- iL3i
Ml compliments of Mrs. Roose- lai
"It at the New York World's 'n?
Pair. 1
On the first anniversary of the es
U?, February 4, 1942, the or- '*
fcnization had provided 554 clubs -ir
L'd other service units for the 13
to the armed forces. Second
jWiversary, in 1943, saw 1,615
-0 Clubs and units in operation, D
t'i on February 4. 1944, on the i
"casion of its third anniversary.
"*ill have nearly 3,000 clubs and
in operation in this country
fi overseas in the western
?mispherc. |?
[Ration Pointers |
op
CANNED FOODS ol<
Green s'amps "G", "H"- P?
'Hook 4) now valid, expire Iic
February 20, 1944. s":
GASOLINE
A-8 coupons expire Feb- o{
r'Jaty 8. 1944. pa
MEATS, FATS se
Krcwt stamps "R"-"S"-"T"- 111
now valid, expire January
?. 1944.
... ?rown stamp "V"-becomes
1 January 23 and expires
lebruary 26.
v. ..?row'' stamp "W"-becomes
a w January 30 and expires
February 26. be
SHOES ly
' PS (Book I) valid in- da
^ '!"Wy- Plane stamp No. I D'
' J) now valid. Gi
SUGAR D'
five ^*0' ^0 nOW va'ic' f?r re
Pounds of sugar until ar
"i. wi
A '?. .
TH
40
jrandmothers
In Waa
Irs. Liza Smith, Of Ash, H
Grandchild In Every Grad
dated School, 21 S
Grandnr
Mrs. Mary Liza Smith, of Ash, s
said to claim jokingly that the
'accamaw school would scarce- t
be able to -un without her i
andchildren or great - grandlildren.
Mrs. Smith is a widow I
id children in every grade in the
hool have the right to call her |
andmother.
The tip-off on this interesting j
ory reached the State Port Pilot {
t>m P.ev. Woodrow Robbins, pasr
of a number of Baptist \
urches in Brunswick. In giving
e names of grandchildren and I
eat-grandchildren Rev. Mr. Robns
says there may be several e
ore in school whose names he
d not find out. From his ac- a
unt it appears Mrs. Smith has I
grandchildren in the Waccaaw
school. 1
With (g) for grandchild and
g) for great-grand-child, the '
llowing represent her in the
rious grades at the Waccamaw (
Lnnual Meeting
Of Cooperative .
Set For Friday
runswick Electric Membership
Corporation To
Meet At Waccamaw
School Near Ash
The annual membership meetly
of the Brunswick Electric
jmbership corporation will be i
Id Friday, January 28, at the!
accamaw school near Ash. 1
1 members of the cooperative J
e expected to attend to parti>ate
in the election of a board
directors for the coming year,
addition to the business sesin,
there will be an entertain- /
:nt program of music and morn
pictures. The REA headarters
at St. Louis, Mo., will ER-'j
presented by Ernest W. Hover, j
jional operations engineer. j
I. H. Swan Dies !?
At Cbiarlestoi
other Of Southport Man j
And Notable Figure In [ i:
Charleston Water - Front, v
Development Passes At C
Extreme Ag< ^
Captain George H. Swan, 87, e
id at his home in Charleston, e
C., a few days ago. His passf
removed a nctable figure in ?
s waterfront t evelopment of w
uth Carolina's great seaport p
V
J'
In 1890 the Charleston Pilots C
sociation was organized with J
ptain Swan as president. He
Id that office for 19 years and J
der his administration the asso- t
ition flourished. At the time of
i death Captain Swan was the r
ly surviving chs.rter member of
i association. His son, Captain
E. Swan is secretary of the
sociation and a grandson, Capn
Randall Swan, is also servj
with it.
Captain Swan served the Chariton
harbor for more than half n
century as a Pilot and at the n
ne of his death he was serving ?
harbor master a
(Continued On rage Four) ?
li
lacards Must j
Inform Publicd
s
j
Butter Substitute Is Used, d
Eating Places Must Dis- t
play Placard Stating So r
v
Commissioner of Agriculture c
. Kerr Scott recently reminded <j
era tors of eat ng places using r
eomargarine that they must
st placards informing the pub- c
: of their use o.: this butter sub- t
itute. t
"Due to the extreme shortage c
butter, cafes and other public v
ting places are being forced to
rve and use oleomargarine in t
c food. While the Department t
(Continued Oil Page Four) f
I
'om wander Denbo j
Here On Leave j
r
Commander Ed Denbo who has
en on foreign service for near- t
three years, spent a couple of c
tys here last week with Mrs. I
enbo. the former Miss Dorothy >
irrett. They were visiting Mrs.
enbo's mother, Mrs. Sallic Gar- c
tt Mrs. Dent wo and little son t
id daughter reside in Virginia ?
hile the Commander is overseas.
?
EST;
A Gooc
4-PAGES TODAY
All Grades
:amaw School
as a Grandchild or Greate
In Waccamaw Consolitudents
Call Her
lother
school:
First Grade. Vermie May Dunvin,
(g) Orline Smith and Jenlie
Smith, (gg).
Second Grade: Orline Smith,
:gg)Third
Grade: Barde'.l Hughes,
g)Fourth
Grade: Hoy tinman, (g),
3stermae Smith and Calvin
smith, (gg).
Fifth Grade: Iselene Long and
Veldon Smith, (gg).
Sixth Grade: Janice Inman and
Sdward Smith, (g).
Seven Grade: Catherine Hughes
and Clara Mae Smith, (g).
Eighth Grade: Roscoe Hughes
ind Pauline Smith, (g); Carrie
.ee Smith, (gg).
Ninth Grade: Dorine Inman and
?rene Hughes, (g).
Tenth Grade: Aleen Simmons,
g)Eleventh
Grade. Kermit Inman,
gh
Wells Ends His
Leave Of Absence
Register of Deeds W. S.
Wells, who has been 011 leave of
absence from his office and
serving with the Naval Re
serve as Lieutenant (j. g.) received
a medical discharge and
returned home. It is understood
that he will resume the duties
of Register of Deeds as soon as
the office can be checked over
to him.
7ormer Officer
Faces Charges
tee Galloway Of Shallotte
Shot and Seriously Wounded
Saturday Night By
Tom Long, Former Policeman
Tom Long, former Shallotte
oliceman, is at liberty under a
ive thousand dollar bond, chargd
with shooting and seriously
ounding Ace Galloway, Shallot:
negro, on the streets of Shaljtte
Saturday night.
Galloway is in the J. Arthur
tosher Memorial hospital with
rtiat is said to be serious wounds,
toe bullet from a .32 calibre pis3l
is said to have struck him in
lie breast, while a second enterd
his back and the third woundd
him in the hand.
Long surrendered to Deputy
heriff H. L. Willets, who was at
hallotte at the time. His bond
as fixed by Mayor Ed Bishop,
t. A. Stanaland went surety.
ihould KeepBoard
y visedOf Change
:arm Workers Who Have
Deferment From Service
Because Of Their Occupation
Should Keep Board
Informed Of All Changes
County Agent J. E. Dodson is
luch concerned at the failure of
lany farm workers to keep their
[elective Service Board advised of
11 changes they make with re;ard
to change of occupation or
iving address. Failure to so adisc
boards may result in many
arm workers lost through being
eclassified and called up by the
Iraft, Mr. Dodson said: ,
It should be understood that
inder the law only the Selective
lervice Board with whom the inlividual
has registered has auhority
to grant him a temporary
elease for non-farm work which
irill protect his deferred classifiation.
In some States the procelure
adopted for handling this
natter is as follows:
1. The individual affected first
ibtains a written statement from
he County War Board regarding
he period of time for which he
an be spared from agricultural
vork.
2. The individual then presents
his statement to the local Selecive
Service Board wtih a request
or a temporary release for that
>eriod of time and. if the request
s approved, the local Selective
Service Board issues an approbate
statement or certificate of
elease.
3. The individual then presents
he two statements to the office
if USES which will attempt to
dace him temporarily in other
vork.
The War Boards should iniividual
registrants that it i3 absolutely
necessary to get temporiry
releases from the local Selec(Continued
on page 4)
\TE ]
I News paper Ii
Southport, N. C., We
Internees Celebi
l
"~~~ ***
FALUN, SWEDEN.?An exclus
from Stockholm, showing three ur
terned in Sweden, toasting the New
of two cf the men. Over two hunc
Falun, most of them in two manor
! ceive about 1600 Swedish kronas a
; tion. Relations between Allied flie
good. Many romances have bloomei
end when marriages will be permitt
Still Much To 1
I Fourth Wi
I* 1 -a_ d
incompl ete rvcpui is nuun i
That Brunswick County j
Has Gone Only A Little!
Over One Third Of Quo-j
ta During First Week
SPLENDID COOPERATION ^
MUCH MORE IS NEEDED
Some Sections of Brunswick
[ Seem To Be Strongly
Backing Men Who Are
Overseas, While
Others Lag
Behind
With the Fourth War Bond
Drive just one week old, reports
that had been received up to last
night indicated that Brunswick ,
county people have gone only a
little over one third of the way
toward purchasing their quota of
bonds.
"A fu:i report from all points '
may shew mat we have bought
a iittle over a third of our quota,"
said County Chairman R. F.
Plaxco last night. "In some ways
this is encouraging, in other ways
it shows; we still have a lot to
do. If we are to reach our goal (
we folks here in Brunswick must j
not only buy bonds, we must urge s
our neighbors to buy, and see to (
it that every man and woman in v
the cour ty, who has the money, (
invests some of it in War Bonds .
I J : '? ,
uurillg Uii?> unvv. J
Chairman Plaxco was unable to
say anything last night about (
what the different sections of the <
county are doing in the bond >
drive. In some communities, how- a
ever, it is assured that there are c
a great many patriotic people t
buying bonds and working to a
have their neighbors buy. By next t
week it should be possible to give
credit for outstanding work in a
(Continued on page 2) |s
VV. 3. KKZIAII
Some folks get a great kick out j
of showing various accomplish- i
ments. Monday Judge Henry L. t
Stevens was doing some rapid f
fire talk for our benefit, spelling 1
out the desired message on his s
fingers He appeared to feel very i
important as a result of being 1
able to talk that way, and with 1
speed. He was interupted by t
Solicitor Clifton Moore, who is al- i
so pretty good at the same kind \
of talk. Both could talk much 1
faster than the other could read 1
and neither got the benefit of i
what the other was saying. We '
had worse luck, we nearly got i
cross eyed from the judge and (
Solicitor both talking to us at I
the same time. (
Not having contacted quite all 1
the postmasters personally, In- I
formation as to some of them has i
been relayed in to us by other 1
people who did see them. Combin- <
ing the information and personal i
contacts, it can be stated in very
P0R1
i A Good Con
idnesday, January 26,
ate New Year
a. c|
K
jjpj
iiv*,lM' ' J3
* i
iive photo, radioed to New York
inamed American pilots now in-j
r Year with the Swedish fiancees
Ired Allied pilots are interned in
houses. The U. S. internees remonth
from the American legars
and local populace, are very
1 and will be climaxed at war's
ed.
Be Done In
ar Loan Drive
Bragaw Promoted,
Is Now Captain
Lieutenant Churchill Bragaw
who was wounded while fighting
near Rome in Italy was
promoted to Captain. He was
absent from the front only
seven days as a result of his
wounds. In letters to his mother
and friends he has never
mentioned being wounded or
promoted and his promotion was
only learned through the new
rank on his mailing address.
Judge Stevens
To Be Speaker
\merican Legion To Have
Smoker On Thursday
Night And Will Have
Former Commander As
Speaker
Judge Henry Stevens, former
Jommander of the American
Legion, will be the speaker at a
imoker to be held at the U. S. O.
:lub on Thursday night by Brunswick
County Post No. 194. Post
Commander Charles Trott invites
ill service and ex-service men in
Brunswick to be present.
Judge Stevens has been Na:ional
Commander of the Amirican
Legion and retains a
rery active interest in Legion
ictivities. His message should be
if interest to all those who atend.
It is a coincidence that the
imoker is to be held on his 48th
iirthday.
After the smoker there will be
i> square dance to which all pre;ent
are invited.
WING
Reporter \
jostive terms that all postmaters,
n Whiteville, Southport and all
he way between, are 100 per cent
'or a direct mail route between
.Vhiteville and Southport. With
lervice all the way between. Fostnaster
Holmes at Shallotte has
)een anxious to be able to give
lis patrons improved service for
i long time. So have the officials
it Supply, Ash, Frccland, Longvood
and Old Dock in Columbus.
Postmasters A. E. Powell at
iVhitcvillc and L. T. Yaskcll at
Southport are definitely for it.
They all say that if the patrons,
vho will benefit by the improv:d
service, show enough interest
they will get ap inspector to go
jver the job. This week has convinced
us that the patrons want
:hc mail. Among all the folks who
ittcnded court from the lower
part of the county, about one out
jf every three asked if something
could not be done to get the mail
(Continued on Page Four)
r pil
imunity
1944 pubuj
Massachuetts ]
Courts Are
Youth Who Robbed Bolivia
School Finds Friends
Among Court Officials
And Spectators And Goes
Free
PLEAD GUILTY AND
JUDGE WAS HUMAN
Negro Charged With Murder
As Result Of Hit And
Run Case Given 3 To
Five Years In State
Prison
In the account of criminal cas-|
es disposed of in Superior cou?t
here Monday and Tuesday, Judge J
Henry Stevens presiding, is found
a real human interest story in'
the case of State vs. Louis W. j
Chapman, who was charged with!
breaking and entering and who
received a prayer for judgment
continued for two years, with the
costs of the case remitted.
Chapman, a Massachusetts boy,
barely seventeen years of age,
broke into the Bolivia school
building a little over two months
ago. He was captured the next
day and the $182.00 in bonds and
war stamps, which he was
charged with stealing, was recovered.
As he claimed to be a
deserter from the army, he was
held in an army guardhouse at
Myrtle Beach for two months
Hnrins- investigation of the deser
tion claims. The story of desertion
proving a fake, he was
brought back here two weeks ago
Green Stamps To
Be Used To Buy
Processed Food
K. L. And M, In Book Four
To Be Last Green Stamps
Consumers Will Use For
Sometime
Stamps K, L, and M in War Ration
Book Four will be used for
buying processed foods from February
1 through March 20, the
Raleigh Office of Price Administration
announced today.
These are the last green stamps
on the page, and also the last
green stamps that consumers
will use for the time being. The
new blue stamps, to be used with
ration tokens, come into use on
February 27.
Between February 27 when the
blue stamps become valid and
March 20 when the old green
stamps run out, consumers may
use both sets of stamps for a
single purchase. Tokens will be
given in change for both colors
of stamps. Green stamps will
continue to have the same point
I value as at present?8, 5, 2, and
II points; the new blue stamps
[will have a uniform point value
of ten.
Since the green stamps expire
long before the blue, consumers
are advised to spend their green
stamps first. After March 20
processed foods will be bought
with blue stamps and blue tokens.
Historic Relics
Sought By State
C. Ed Taylor, Collector Of
War Records, Passes On
Request From State Officials
For Items Which
Which Should Be Preserved
C. Ed. Taylor, Collector of
War Records for Brunswick
County, calls to the attention of
the people of the county a statemen
he has just received from
Raleigh as fpllows:
The imporance of preserving
valuable historic relics in connection
with drives to collect waste
paper, scrap iron, and other materials,
has been emphasized in a
joint statement by Mr. James
Vogler, Executive Secretary of
the North Carolina State Salvage
Committee, and Dr. Christopher
Crittenden, Secretary of the
State Department of Archives and
History.
All of us want to contribute
everything possible to winning
the war, say these two officials,
but there is no need to sacrifice
a two-hundred-year-old sword, an
important letter of the colonial
period, or some other valuable
relic. Such items should be placed
in the State Department of
Archives and History in Raleigh,
or in some other safe depository.
The total quantity of such historic
relics is so small as to
make no material difference In
(continued on page four).
,0T
SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Boy Finds
: Very Human
m
m
JUDGE HENRY STEVENS
and has since been confined in
jail.
During his detention by the ar!
my he was made to work every
[ day. The two months were about
; the same as like time spent on
I the roads, although he is said
| to have got along fine with the
jarmy and the army with him.
i When he was brought to the
jail here Deputy Sheriff London j
Lewis, who also serves as jailer, |
became interested in the boy. He
had assisted in the school re- j
rv\t?r?rtncr nil thp mnnov and had <
otherwise cooperated with offi-!
cers. Deputy Lewis told Attorney
G. Butler Thompson the story of
(continued on page two)
Weekly Schedule of
Home Dem. Agent
Miss Elizabeth Norfleet, Home
Demonstration Agent, had a full
schedule of meetings this week,
with much interest being manifested
at some of the gatherings.
For the week beginning Friday,
Jan. 28, her schedule is as follows:
Friday ? Training meeting at
Eliza be th town.
Monday ? At office in Supply.
Tuesday ? Bolivia, at Mrs.
Early Danford's, 5:00 p. m.
Wednesday ? Southport Woman's
Club.
Thursday ? Calabash, at Stone
Hall, 2:30.
Friday, Feb. 4. ? At office at
Supply.
Ferger Elected
Assn. Official
Orton Plantation Manager
Named To Vice-Presiden-!
cy Of North Carolina As- [
sociation Of Nurserymen.
Last Week
I
At their meeting at State College
in Raleigh last week the'
North Carolina Association of
Nurserymen elected James Ferger,
manager of Orton Plantation,
vice-president for this year.
D. S. Tankard, of Hickory, was
elected president, succeeding Walter
Campbell, of Greensboro. L.
G. cLcan, of State College was
re-elected secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Ferger has been at Orton
twd years, having succeeded
Capt. Churchill Bragaw, who is
on leave of absence from the
plantation to serve with the armed
forcea Prior to coming to
Brunswick county, Mr. Ferger
was residing in Greensboro and
following the vocation of landscape
artist and horticulturist.
His election to the vicc-prcsidency
of the association is a deserved
tribute to his ability.
All Beds Ready
For Tobacco Seed
A Week Of Dry Weather
And Burning Of Brush
And Trash Put Brunswick
Tobacco Beds In
Shape For Planting
Practically all Brunswick tobacco
growers have their plant
beds now ready for sowing, according
to Rice Gwynn, Longwood
(Coutinuwd on page 41
Lone Star Quartet
At Bolivia School
Ttie original Lone Star Quartet,
which is heard daily on Radio
Station WPTF, will make a personal
appearance at the Bolivia
high school Saturday night of
this week. Part of the proceeds
will go to the school funds. The
public is invited to attend.
. I
1
.i
Most Of The New#
All The Time
*
$1.50 PER YEA*
Maneuver Rights
Sought By Army
In Brunswick
Thousands Of Soldiers May
Train In County If Necessary
Area Of Land Is
Made Available By Owners
NINE COUNTIES IN
THE DESIRED AREA
Febrauary Fifteenth Is The
Deadline For The Army
To Obtain The Needed
Signatures, Rights Of
Property Owners
Protected
Between now and February
15th practically every Brunswick
county land owner, having
five acres or more of land, will
be contacted by army men and
asked to sign maneuver for the
use of the Army. Major Foster
W. Kells, President, Fourth Service
Command Rents and Claims
Board, Fort Jackson, S. C. points
out that landowners granting
maneuver rights for the period
Jan. 15, 1944 to July 1, 1947, are
exercising the patriotic service
which will serve to strengthen
America's victory drive as well
as give those troops who train
on their land a better chance to
come through the war alive.
Brunswick is one of 9 Eastern
counties in which land is sought.
Major Kells states that tne Ar
my will do everything to protect
private property and will guarantee
a fair settlement covering
any damage occuring. "Army representatives
are taking the
field at once in the new maneuver
area in order to have all
necessary land under signature by
February 15, 3944 deadline,", he
declared.
Each landowner in the maneuver
area is being contacted by
letter in which is placed a card
for signature signing over maneuver
rights.
If landowners will sign these
self-addressed, franked cards and _ Jjf
return them to the Fourth Service
Command Rents and "Claim?"" * '
Board, Fort Jackson, S. C., it ,
will save the government officer
many hours and the needless expenditure
of vital automobile tires
and gasoline.
The President of the Board also
assured that necessary orders
would be issued by the Army to
protect farmyards, gardens, pasturelands,
graveyards and private
homes from all damage and annoyance.
This maneuver permission
grants the United States Army
the privilege of maneuvering and
camping temporarily on the property-owners
land with the understanding
that the owner will be
compensated for any damage
that may result from this use.
This perniisc.on may be revoked
at any time by the landowner
upon written notice to Fourth
Service command rumto oj?v* ?
Claims Board, Fort Jackson, S.
C. ?'7!
.
news!
briefs j
VISITS FRIENDS
Guy D. Lewis, of Clarement,
Va., spent part of this week visiting
W. G. Collins and family at
their home near Orton Plantation.
IS MUCH BETTER
Friends of Mrs. John F. Potter
are glad to learn that she is re?
covering from an attack of pneumonia
and was able last week to
return to her home from Dosher
Memorial Hospital, where sho
has been a patient for the past -.. j
three weeks.
AT HOME ON LEAVE
John W. Newton, now with the
Merchant Marine, after dividing -Jb
ten years time between that organization
and the Navy, has
been spending three or four days j|
leave here with his sister, Mrs. M
Walter Lewis, and other relatives.
He has been studying and t j
will apply for admission in the
Maritime Officers Training School
in New London on the first of 4:)
February. J
WEST COAST
Julian Southerland, son of Mrs. j,
H. W. Southerland, who was
granted a release from Government
Dredge boat work to enlist
in the Army, has recently been ' i
promoted to Sergeant. He is stationed
somewhere on the West
Coast and talked last week by ,|
telephone to his mother here,
stating that all was well with ~Jx
him. He also said he wished to !
be remembered to his friends