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ihe Pilot Covers unswick County VO. FOURTEEN NC wood Vital i Preparing :or Invasion laying Most ImporRole In Preparing Troops For Invasion rope JS PAPER USED NNING BIG SHIP ly Every Item Of Sent Overseas Paper In Some Form nd paper-board, the oducts of pulpwood, g a highly important parations for the inestern Europe, accordi top-ranking officers y and Navy who are ith equipping the men tter Hitler's Fortress. Brehon B. Somervell general of the Army :es, recently spoke of ince of paper in an le work involved in i army for battle, the coming invasion y the most difficult i ever been conceived " General Somervell s are some se/eral |tri:e<l thousand different artiKes that we in the Army have to Indie. There are probably almost I in the Navy, maybe more. I s take the case of a divil :: going to England. That diviL will require about 15 shipl material Fifteen shipKjds of material means about BO.OOd tons. pThere is hardly an article of lese hundreds of thousands of Eficies that isn't wrapped up in Lper or has a paper tag attach? to it or in some way doesn't Lquirc some paper in its handlL and manipulation. pYou have to have cartons for lour shells, for everything in port from shells down to blood pasnia. You have to have it for ptions. Y'ou have to have it for] [lotos; you have to have it for radically everything we use. | Ind we can't send over 100 perler.t of the things that are want?i unlrae we ha-<e 1?0 pe-ceat of he materials , here.'' Rear Admiral Henry L. Brinser, hspector of Navy Material, spoke f the necessity of paper wraptug for both shells fired by big aval guns and more delicate intmments of naval machinery. "The deadly explosives fired rom out battleships, he explained, must be handled with the same are that eggs are transferred" 1st" they may jam the guns or, ue to irregularities, miss their "It has been definitely estabshed in many instances," he said, that our paper containers are far ^fcperior to wooden containers be ause of their cushioning effect against the rigidity of wood which might act as a damaging 1,'tr.t to the material. Card board ontainers apply aa well to all Hrecision navigation, ordnance, tiio, and optical instruments. I "In the case of overseas shipB*nts. cardboard containers are around the product which in urn is protected by a water rcof wrapping and then only a Wiirjrnum of wood crating is 'Continued on Page 2) Ration Pointers PROCESSED FOODS I Green G, H, and J. (Book Furi expire February 20. I Green K. L, and M (Book H Four i valid February 1. expire March 20. MEATS AM) FATS Brown V and W (Book February 26. I Brown X (Book Three) be kmes valid February 6, expires u February 26. ' [ PORK 0 Red Stamps A-8 through MW 'Book Four) 120 points valid advance to purchase pork farmers only, not from rcstores. SL'GAR Sugar stamp No. 30 (Book Four i good for five pounds. Ex P'rc March 31 Sugar stamp No. 40 (Book I Fourj good for five pounds tanning sugar until February -^< 104.? (13 months). * SHOES Stamp No. 18 (Book One) \ indefinitely. Airplane alanip No. 1 (Book Three) now valid. > FUEL OIE I'"nod 3 coupons (10 gals) j 1 A'valid. Expire February 21. h 'fiod 4 and 5 coupons (10 J ,^uP0is i io gals) expires Sept. GASOLINE I ni A 8 coupons now valid. Ex I'lrc February 8. coupons valid on Feb ' - ] i y (, TH1 >. 43 Wells Resumes As Regi Books Of Acting Official Audited An'd Found To Be In Perfect Shape; Office Turned Over To Man Who Was Elected To The Post RESUMED DUTIES MONDAY MORNING Regular Register Of Deeds Has Returned To His Office After Receiving Medical Discharge From Naval Duties His books credited ai being in perfect shape shape by the auditing firm of D. G. Rains, of Tarboro, certified public accounts, Amos J. Walton, acting Register j of Deeds for the past year and a half, gave over his duties Mon1 day morning to W. S. Wells, who was elected to the office nearly four years ago, and was given a n leave of absence in order to enter 0 service. 3 Mr. Wells as a Lieutenant, (jg) served in the U. S. Naval Reserve h ! at Norfolk for a few months, was t | then sent to Iceland where he n j remained some time. Return-1 b I incr to the* TTniforl Ofatna hrt ?tt?o I A p wiv w 11 UMtlCO, lie WaQ | u assigned to duty in Florida until's he was given a medical discharge IV late in January. |a The office of Register of Deeds ;t is one that requires a bond, and be-, ti fore Mr. Wells left for service it was | Ross Gives In On Absentee * c Good Bondsman Puts Lip Money Some weeks ago a white ^ citizen of this county was arrested, charged with embezzlement. A friend of his put up j, ?-00.00 cash foe. ty>nd and j when the man was tried he was found guilty, fined and taxed with the costs. Going to the clerk of court he got enough of the cash bond to pay the fine and costs. Recently the friend who had furnished the bond got out B papers, charging the same man h with embezzlement, the misap- n propriated funds being those he '' had taken from the bond, b Brought up in Recorder's Court w last week, Judge Ward prob- " able cause and bound the defendant over to superior court. The 11 man who had originally stood a bond and who swore to the sec- U onu warrant promptly sieppea p up and put up $200.00 cash U bond. tl Home Agent ; Gives Schedule ?_ ' v Is Finishing Up Series Of 11 Meetings This Week And Starts On Regular Club b Schedule Friday ^ Miss Elizabeth Norfleet, Home p Agent, and County Agent Dodson n are continuing this week with a their daily meetings for the pur- y pose of aiding farmers with their o income tax problems and en- P couraging the planting of home n gardens. In addition Miss Nor- ? fleet will also start her regular !! rounds with the home demonstration clubs on Friday, February 18th. Her program for the week follows: _ Friday ? 2.00 P. M. with ? Boone's Neck Club; 7:30 P. M. Shallotte high school. Monday ? 1:20 P. M. Shallotte 4-H Club; 3:00 P. M. Town Creek | home demonstrataion club, Mrs. ! Hans Brown, hostess. Tuesday ? Lockwoods Folly home demonstration club, Mrs. Ophelia Lancaster, hostess. . Wednesday ? 2:00 Cape Fear home demonstration club, Miss Lillian Collins, hostess. Thursday ? Supply home demonstration club. Mrs. Carl Hewett, (Continued on Page 2) I ? Officers Destroy c Big Whiskey Still * | Rural Policeman O. W. Perry, ^ assisted by M. B. Chinnis, captured and destroyed a 100 gallon v whiskey still in the Phoenix sec- ? tion of North West township, last Thursday. Along with the still the officers destroyed 500 gallons of mash. No operators were found at the still and no arrests have been 1 made so far. ESTJ A Good 4-PAGES TODAY Duties ster Of Deeds W. S. WELLS ecessary that the records of the ffice be audited. Mr. Walton, alo being bonded, natural asked hat his record be audited before e turned the office back over to he rightful officer. Owing to sickess and pressure of work the oard of county commissioners ould not immediately secure the ervice of an auditor and Mr. Walton has continued in office nd received full salary for about i hree weeks, since Mr. Wells reurned. The Wells salary began (Co..tlnuwd on page 41 formation : Voting Laws ~ 1 Chairman Board Of Elections Explains How Service Men Who Are Ab- ' sent May Vote In Primary 1AY REGISTER AT . DIFFERENT PERIODS f A Person Eligible To Register Knows He Or She Will Be Away At Regular Time They May Register With Chairman David Ross, chairman of the trunswick County Election Board as issued the following statelent. It is should be of general iterest in view of the large numer of voters of both parties who 'ill be forced to vote absentee lis year, because of the war. "As the time of the opening of le 1944 campaign is not far off nd the General Assembly at its 1st sitting made some very imortant changes in the election lws of this state, I am taking his opportunity to call to the atsntion of all interested people 'hat I consider the most imortant of the changes in regard 3 absentee voting and the reg.tration and voting of men and 'omen now serving: in and with ne armed forces. "(First) The reenactment of hapter 23 sec. 2 C. S. 596 wherey a person (any citizen of (orth Carolina) not duly registerd and who will become eligible 3 register and vote in the Frilary and general election of this nd future years, and who know hat they will be absent from his r her county of residence durnig rescribe period of registration, lay register before the chairman f the county board of elections t any time other than during the rescribed period of registration. "The absentee voting law as to lanner in which a voter procures nd casts his ballot is' much the ame as set out in the 1939 law. "he voter must still make appli(Continued on Page 2) iVeather Effected Recorder's Court udge Ward Faced With Smallest Docket In Many Months For This Weeks f Session Of Court 1 1 The weather effected activity in { he Brunswick County Recorder's 1 Irunswick County Recorder's t ourt during the past week. When s londay's session was convened by N udge John B. Ward only two i efendants were present. Another c ailed for some reason to answer 1 /hen the case against him was 1 ailed. A capias was issued for is arrest. 1 Taking everything at its face 1 alue, the session was not one t alculated to furnish headline '< /riters with fancy material. The 1 nllowing were the cases called and ' (Continued on Page 2) < ME News paper ] Southport, N. G.t W< Treat Coming At Vesper Services At Service Club Virs. Laura Howell Norden, Of Wilmington, To Appear In The Sunday Afternoon Vesper Services S WIDELY KNOWN AS A VIOLINIST iVill Be Accompanied On The Piano By Mrs. R. I. Mints In Concert Here Sunday Afternoon Service men in this area, and ocal citizens who have been derivng much pleasure from the 5:00 >. m. Sunday, Vesper Services at he USO, are due for a treat if hey attend this coming Sunday. Director Gibson has announced hat Mrs. Eric Norden, talented riolinist of Wilmington and Chairman of the Thursday Mornng Music Club will present a >rogram Accompanied by Mrs. t. I. Mint, of Southport, Mrs. Norden will render one of her deightful violin concerts. Mr. Gibson states that the pubic is cordially invited to be prelent anc enjoy this outstanding nusic treat, along with the service people. Mrs. Norden has recently directed three concerts by the New fanover High School Orchestra or the community and the USO ilubs of Wilmington. She is widey known throughout this state or her literary contributions to nusic ard her talents as a violinst. Southport lovers of music and he service men who avail themiclves of the facilities of the USO vill be fortunate in having as a ruest a person with the underitandine of music and abilitv that Ars. Norden posesses. Elias Gore Died Monday Gigantic Local Negro Succumbs To Heart And Kidney Trouble; Was Very Industrious And Much Esteemed Elias 'Gore, 37, known to many >eople as "Nehi" and one of the steemec colored residents of South port, died at his home here donday night from a complication >f heart and kidney trouble. He is lurvived by his widow and three hildren, his mother, six brothers ind four sisters. He was one of the oldest of the >rothers and sisters and with a itrong sense of family obligations ic left school after finishing the th grade and went work to help he family. How well he succeeded in 1-his undertaking is borne >ut by the fact that all six of his >rothers were able to attend colege, siome of them finishing, three cf the sisters also attended :ollege and finished, two of them iow teaching in the Brunswick bounty school system and a third, tfiriam Gore Lane, is Supervisor >f Schools at Hampton, Va? a jositior. she has held for ten rears. Prior to that time she was nipervisor of the colored schools >f Brunswick for about five years. 3y his industry Elias was made :o contribute much to aiding hope brothers and sisters to ob;ain their education. Physically. Elias was above lormal. He weighed 300 pounds ind was 7 feet 7 inches tall. Oi ecent years his early applica(Continued on page 2) W. B. KEZLVII rSmall grain and pasturage pass, along with winter legumes n the way of Austrain Winter 3eas, are admittedly backward in frowtli. But the past few weeks las brought these crops along vonderfully. One of the nicest luch crops seen by the reporter vas that of W. V. Hayes at Winlabow. There are probably many ither farmers who now have ields that they are entitled to >rag about. Some weeks ago County Agent Godson was remarking on the nultitude of duties that war ;imes have created for county igents. He said that they now lave to do something of everyhing. The claim appears to be lit:rally true, for this week both the I P0R1 In A Good Com ;dnesday, February 16, Director Gibso Well Trai New Hostess And Assistant Organization Has Already ties; Well Trained For Pleasing Pe _ For several months Jasper T. I Gibson has been the active head, of the local U. S. O. club, operating the organization under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Recently Mr. Gibson's efforts were strengthened with the arrival of a well trained hostess and assistant in the person of Miss Margaret P. Graff, of Greens- j burg, Pa. Miss Graff is well equip- j ed for the work by training and' has the additional recommendation of a very pleasing personality. Taking up her duties two weeks ago, she has already made many strong friends. She is a graduate of Otterbein College, Westville, Ohio, where she received the degree of B. A. She taught in the Greensburg high school for a number of years and in 1935 she was awarded a two-year graduate assistantship by the office of the dean of women of Syracuse University, ^ Syracuse, N. Y. There she received a M. A. degree in personnel 1 administration in 1937. , For the past two years she has I been a dormitory head resident1 < and instructor in psychology at' < /-I 4 4 4 Recent Shallot Results In De " * 1 Find Four Foxs Dead From Rabies Four mad foxes have been i re|iorted at various points, roost) ly around Winnabow, in Town Creek Township during recent days. In one case it is said that ' a mule belonging to a farmer was bitted by one of the rabid animals. Yesterday E. H. Sayre, district forester for the International Paper Company, was in the woods near Winnabow. He c came across a dead fox which, J in his opinion, had died from ra- ; bies. There were no wounds about the animal and its gen- s eral appearance was such as to J indicate that it had either been mad or was suffering from poi- I son. iMrs. E. McDonald j Dies At Shallotte \ Widely Known Young Wo- j man Of Lower Brunswick j Passes At Home Of Par- , ents e Mrs. Pauline McDonald, 21, died J I at me nome 01 ner parents, Mr. i x and Mrs. A. L. McLamb, at Shal-lj lotte last Thursday. She is sur- f vived by her husband, Edward McDdnald, and a son, Edward, Jr., i of Wampee, S. C. i Funeral services were held Fri- j day afternoon at Beulah church, 1 near Hickman's Cross Roads, and c were held by Rev. L. M. Mills. Burial followed in the Benton cemetery. j In addition to the husband, son 'and parents, Mrs. McDonald is; | survived by the following relajtives; seven brothers. James, Lcn(Continued on Page 2) { WING j1 Reporter \ i d county and home agent are busy a with a series of meetings where r one of the main efforts is to as- 1 sist farmers with income tax re- a turns. t A personal angle of looking at t gliders and their comparative a safety is that if we were up in any kind of an air vehicle that t was bound to crash, we would ? much prefer that it be a glider. I This feeling was formed during c the past week when we saw two 1 out* of the five gliders that; 1 crashed in Waccamaw township. 11 It is true that these two ma- i chines cut down sizable trees and I were badly damaged in their en-1 a forced descent. It is also true that r both of them landed on their I (Continued on Page 2) r pil imunity 1944 pubus n Given ined Assistant Manager Of Local Service Fitted In With Her DuThe Work And Of Tsonality > v . ' ' bEL dK Wmr m 1 MISS GRAFF Westminster College, near Wilnington, Pa. Following this service and before coming to South- j jort she spent some time at the -? :_? n*. 1- Tton m..u ;n DAnnn I apuug OUCCL oow uuu in i ciioci:ola, Fla. te Shooting ath Of Negro \ce Galloway Succumbs In Local Hospital From Complications Resulting From Shots Fired By D. T. Long WILL HOLD INQUEST HERE FEBRUARY 29TH Long Is Still Under Five Thousand Dollar Bond Pending Investigation Of Death Of Negro U.S.O. PROGRAM Ace Galloway, Shallotte negro, lied in the J.- Arthur Dosher Memorial hospital on Saturday norning, his death following gunihot wounds received on the aft:rnoon of January 22, inflicted by T. D. (Tom) Long, a former toliceman at Shallotte. Although his wounds were first lescribed as critical, Galloway railed and for a while after the ihooting it appeared he would re:over. He had a relapse last week ind efforts to save him were fuile. Coroner W. E. Bell stated yeserday that an inquest would be leld at the court house Saturday, February 29, at 7:30. There is un-( lerstooil to have been one or twoi lyewitnesses to the shooting which ook place on the street in Shal-j otte. Galloway received three vounds, one in the breast, another n the back and the third in the land. Long surrendered to Deputy Sheriff H. L. Willetts, who was n Shallotte at the time. He was ilaced under a five thousand dolar bond, which bond is being :ontinued until the inquest. \rizona Survivor Is Visiting Here \shore With His Wife, Chief Gunner Frazier, Survived Sinking Of Battleship Arizona Chief Gunner and Mrs. Glenn Jrazzier are spending a few days iere with Mrs. Frazier's parents, ,Ir. and Mrs. A. L. Harrison. 3iief Frazier is now on shore luty in Virginia. He has been in he Navy 20 years. The Fraziers were both at 'earl Harbor when the Japanese .ttacked. At that time the Chief ras serving on the battleship trizona, which was completely lestroyed. Along with the vessel ibout all but ten per cent of the nen and officers were lost. The trizona is the one vessel sunk .t Pearl Harbor which has never icen salvaged. All of the others lave long since been repaired and ,re back in service. Chief Frazier was at home aslore, with Mrs. Frazier, on the Sunday morning when the suririse attack was made. To this ircumstance he probably owes his ife. With his vessel completely ost he was assigned to the giganic salvage operations which were mmediately undertaken. Mrs. i"razier was able to secure passige back home after about six nonths. The Chief remained at 'earl Harbor until March, 1943. (continued on page two) ?? ,0T iHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Over Top War Loc County . * Methodists Are Called Upon For A Rededication Week Of Rededication Extends From February 27 To March 5; "Self, Service And Substance" Asked BISHOP PAUL KERN SENDS OUT APPEAL Paganism And Politics Can't Build The New World For Which Young Men Dying Today, Kern Says CHICAGO. ? Eight million Methodists of the nation will be called to a rededication of "self, service and substance" in meeting the wartime tasks- of the ohurch during the denomination's second annual Week of Dedication, February 27 to March 5, it was announced today by Bishop Paul B. Kern or isasnvuie, renn., cmurman of the Committee for the Week of Dedication, from the national headquarters here. This "mobilization of the spiritual resources" of Methodism will; take place of 42,000 church al^ tars where members will "renew! their covenant with God and give I of their substance to building His: Kingdom in the hearts and lives' of men," Bishop Kern said. "Paganism and politics can't build the new world for which our boys are dying around the globe," Bishop Kern declared in his announcement. "Men and women who believe in Jesus Christ and His kind of world have got; to do it. There is no other hope.' "If we win a military victory' and have not achieved a spiritual1 mastery over ourselves, then it may all be in vain," the bishop continued. "We need to rededicate ourselves to the one great cause that matters. Dedication costs, but it is the way to victory and to power." "The Week of Dedication offering will be used to meet emergencies thrust upon us by the agonizing need of people, of little children, of soldiers, of 'dislocated' families, of starving men and women at home and in other lands," Bishop Kern said. "Last year $908,076 was contributed to the sacrificial offering for aiding war emergency projects at home and (Continued on Page 2) Assisting With n:?L Dn? LHSUiarge t ay American Legion Officials Assisting Service People To Obtain Discharge Payments That Law Allows Men and women who have received honorable discharges from the service during the present war are entitled to receive mustering out pay. This is understood to be provisional on their having served outside the limits of the United States, and that their discharge was not due to their having' asked for it, in order to accept other employment. Commander Charles Trott of the American Legion and others of the organization's officials are actively assisting in the making out of applications for this pay. Commander Tro,tt states that to facilitate the work, blanks on which to make application for the discharge pay are available from the following parties. Southport, R. S. St. George, C. L. Rourk, James Carr and Chas. Trott; Bolivia, Peter Cox; Leland, Jim Finch; Winnabow, Lacy Dawkins; Shallotte, A. B. Willis; Ash, David Ross. Leland Man Dies In Hospital William A. Blake, 41, and a veteran of the first World War, died in the veterans hospital in Fayetteville, Friday, after a long illness. Mr. Blake served in the Navy during the first world war. He had no relatives in this county but is survived by his widow and several brothers and sisters, Including J. W. Blake and Henry A. Blak?, of Wilmington. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Scotts Hill church, New Hanover county. Rev. d. N. Phillips was in charge. I - --- - " 1 1 I Most Of The News All The Time ti ===== ti $1.50 PER YEAR In 4th in Drive; Did Well Report From Ch'mn. Plaxco Indicates County Is Over Her Quota, And Campaign Developing a Competitive Spirit Between Communities EFFORTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MARCH FIRST Many Sales For Which The County Receives No Credit Through Buying In Other Counties, But Important Thing Is To Buy Brunswick county has again done more -than her part in a drive to aid in winning the war, according to a personal report made to this paper last night by Chairman Robert F. Plaxco, chairman of the Fourth War loan Drive. The county has gone over the top. Mr. Plaxco, who has made two trips to Charlotte getting credit to which the county is entitled for bond sales, says that the drive will go right on until the last day of February. By that time an interesting analysis of the work of various communities will be available for publication. With a house to house canvass going on in Southport this week, a big report seems assured from ncre. some or uie ouier communities may also be due a lot more credit than is reflected in the prelimary report of Mr. Plaxco. In the interview last night the county chairman said: "You can now safely state to your readers that their county has passed the quota assigned to 'i them in the Fourth War Bond Campaign. Several issuing agencies have yet to make a report of sales through February 15th, but we have sufficient reports to say that we are over the top. "The sales as reported are as follows: "L "E" Bonds . Others "Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co $23,652.50 $ 7,000.00 Shallotte Post Office $13,950.00 American Trust Co., Charlotte .... $10,000.00 The Union National Bank, Charlotte x $44,958.00 Credit received from State of N. C. :. $7,500.00 TOTAL $37,602.50 $69,458.00 "This makes a total of all sales, "E" and others, $107,060.50. "I have not included the following issuing agencies, from which I have partial reports: Southport post office with $4,000.00 sales, Supply post office which had three weeks ago $1,225.00 sales; Southport Building & Loan Association which has $500.00 in "E" sales and possibly $6,000.00 in other sales. Nor have I included Leland from whom we have been hearing good reports but nothing definite as to dollar value of sales. "It is my opinion that we shall not only reach our "E" bond / .iirtfo hnf thot wo shall co well !d above our quota. The best news that I have to report is that the campaign of Capt. J. I. Davis is going like wind through Southport, and is piling up sales. Now that we have reached the top, let's not be content to stop until the final day of February. "Miss Annie Mae Woodsidcs, Superintendent of Brunswick County Schools, reported to me jj, that the schools of the county have sold the following bonds (The last figure being Stamps) through January: Shallotte $7,088.25 $ 61.30 (Continued on Page 2) Brief New* Flashes t OFFICE MILL CLOSE " ( County Auditor R. S. St George announces that the Court House will be closed on Tuesday in cele- t bration of Washington's birthday. HOME ON LEAVE Boatswain Mate and Mrs. Henry L. Swan returned to the West Coast Friday after spending a few days here with his par- ' ents, Capt. and Mrs. C. N. Swan. He has been sei-ving in the Navjr nearly four years. WILL HOLD SERVICES Services will be held at New f ij Hope Presbyterian church, near | Winnabow, Sunday morning, Feb- v i ruary 20, at 11 o'clock, by Rev. David Coblentz, of Richmond, Va. 1 The public is invited to attenA !