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HI Pilot (Covers ^ Hrunswick Count) M^aFIFTEEN NO.! Wclofi JTransfe I County; jncipa's Case Given I jjVutal Of Thirty Seven Wears For Kobbery Of I ; Hlioad House hul of elder pea i wase MAY be heard fljge W .C. Harris, Of IH,Jeigh, Presiding At ^ -jhis Term Of Court , the results probably not ' * determined until late this _m i Wednesday) an effort made by the state to the case of D. T. Long, ;^E.we white man, to some county for trial. Long is with the murder of Ace Shallotte negro. Solicitor Clifton Moore stated , afternoon that if the case ^ transferred to some other ^Ettv a special jury panel would K? to be called for Thursday p-j. and he looks for the K .0 consume all day Thursday Pndav. . p.s case has attracted con^Hfcrablr interest throughout the1 ^ ctv especially in lower Bruns-J IB,,; The known rams aic umi WZ approached the deceased on Eatreets of Shallotte one SatE.v afternoon last winter. A Ejecon to later the negro was Eenr.e from a pistol wound in another, allegedly in Ettck. as he turned to run or E tunning from the scene. Eight to the hospital, he lived I three or four weeks and d.ed, egedly from his wounds. Long, Eg was arrested immediately per the shooting, was released [bond, the bond being increased [fin thousand dollars after the Lth of Galloway. The case protases to be bitterly contested. Enter L. Henry of Lumber ton Ei J. \V. Ruark, of Southport, ft defending Long. [Judge \V C. Harris, of Ralegh, 1 presiding at the term of court, tech convened Monday for a; oxed week of criminal and civil! bes. District Solicitor Clifton' bore, of Burgaw is prosecuting! be criminal docket. j; Ihe first of the major case to, t called Monday was handled i prickly. Robert L. Stevenson and I (Continued on Page 3) leorge T. Rourk Dies On Tuesday rominent Brunswick Coun- J ty Farmer-Merchant Dies At Home In Shallotte George Thomas Rourke, BrunsHtnck retired merchant and farmItr died at his home at Shal otte jesterday afternoon at three o'- I H dock following a brief illness. He B*as the son of the late Peter and M Catherine A. Rourk and was the liut surviving member of the proHniner.t family. He was 76 years ] ** Funeral services are scheduled Ito be held today (Wednesday) at 3 o'clock with the Rev. W. G. towe and the Rev. C. N. Phillips ln charge Interment is to be in Die family cemetery. I Mr P.uark is survive by sevI (Continued on Page 3) j I Brief New* I Flashes | I ARRIVES safely I ok5." an(i Mrs- Alvin Milliken, of Shallotte. have received a letter htm their son. Harold Milliken, I hJ4:ran announcing that he fl ?? arrived safely in South Amer wn waters. I "jjW POSTPONED I uJ'1" bab>' show sponsored by 8 Ul- Woman's Club, scheduled to 1 LheW next Wednesday, has I n postponed two weeks be| ?use of the prevalence of measles ? town, I "OtF, For SUMMER I rh '5 Ei?an Hubbard and two I Egan and Eddie are I !pr"31"! the summer here with I u! ar'' Mrs u E- Hubbard. I fJ?icer Hubbard is now "KftlVts DISCHARGE arles E Tatum, Seaman 2-c, disr J'Centl> rec<t'ved a medical " from the Navy and has lotte^w l? hls home near ShalC p y 's 8 son ?f Mr. and Mrs. v, ', atum and was in the ser,ce 1Ve months. ] TH " 6-P. ). T". Long, rred To J Other Ccii | PRESIDING |! gunSMi SH ? .>^lflSLBB^^a ^BB Judge W. C. Harris, outstanding jurist, who is conducting the ! present term of Superior Court at which a number of prominent cases are being tried. Poppy Day Comes Again Saturday To Those Who Are Familiar With The Custom,! The Buying And Wearing />/ a n I * rv _ 1? - L a. I ( wr a roppy is a uengni And Honor 1 Poppy Day comes next Satur- ' day and, according to Mrs. S. B. ; Frink, chairman of the Poppy Committee, it will be nothing sur- ' prising if much more than double j the usual number of poppies are 1 sold in Brunswick county. I As very few people know about 1 the making of these Memorial J Day flowers, Mrs. Frink thought i it only fitting to explain that ' materials for making the flowers 1 was furnished to war veterans by 1 the American Legion Auxiliary. 1 Volunteer workers teach the dis- 1 abled men how to make the pop pies and the finished flowers are ' distributed to the public by the : Legion Auxiliary. The only ones who benefit from the sale of the flowers are the 1 veterans and their dependents. The 1 veterans benefit in more ways than one as the funds that come 1 in serve many useful purposes and best of all, in making the flowers, ?he veterans in the government hospitals are given some(Continued on Page Six) Spring Crop Renort Given' a More Cabbage, Watermei-i' ons And Peppers; Fewer l: Snap Beans, Peas, And I Strawberries The annual spring truck crop re-1' port issued by the State Dc-j partment of Agriculture points to, ' the production of more cabbage, j green peppers, and watermelons, 1 and fewer snap beans, green 1 peas, and strawberries this season j than in 1943. 1 Cabbage?The late spring cabbage crop now being harvested in Eastern North Carolina is estimated at 7,500 tons, 25 per cent more than last year's early crop, j' Although the 1,500 acres in production this year are scattered over several eastern counties, Carteret and Pamlico lead in total acreage. A yield per acre of five tons is being realized, compared with the 10-year average! * (Continued on Page Six) Navy Wants Boys To Take Training ! 17-Year-Old Youths May i Now Enlist And Are Much Desired For Navy J Petty Officer J. W. Rrown. of! the Wilmington Naval Recruiting I Station, will be in Southport the! first and third Wednesdays of j each month and at ShaJlotte every first and third Thursday. The Navy is now especially interested in 17 year-old boys who desire to enlist and whose parents give the required permission.! Full details may be obtained from) the officer on his trips to Shallot te or Southport. At other times, (Continued on Page 6) ' v EST; 9 A Good A.GES TODAY May Be Another ses Heard Ban On Fishing Lifted By Navy Commodore Says Party Boat Operators Permitted To Take Fishermen In Coastal Waters; > In Effect Now NORFOLK, Va? May 24. ? Party boat operators will I be permitted to to take fishermen offshore in the coastal waters of the Fifth Naval District this season, according to an announcement made today by Commodore G. T. Finlay, district Coast Guard officer. These regulations are effective tomorrow. Commodore Finlay stressed that only bona fide party boat operators who derive their living from this work would be permitted to j take parties offshore, and that they would only be permitted to operate from sunrise to sunset. Private boats will not be permitted outside, but many of the choice inland fishing areas will be open to them as was the case in 1943. Another important change in fishing regulations for the Fifth Naval District is the lifting of the restrictions which prohibited the departure or entry through the Virginia capes of commercial fishing vessels between the hours of sunset and sunrise. This season accredited vessels may come and go 24 hours a day under conditions set forth in the official regulations. Ten centrally situated Coast Guard stations within the Fifth Naval District, which extends, roughly, from the Maryland-Delaware boundary on the coast down to approximately the Iir*e between Gnslow and Pender counties in North Carolina, have been designated by the captain of the port to issue licenses to party and private fishermen and to provide all those concerned with the latest information concerning restrictions ind regulations. These stations are it Ocean City, Md.; Assateague, Va.; Parramore Beach, Va.; Smith rsland, Va.; Virginia Beach, Va.; Nags Head, N. C.; Chicamcomico, N. C.; Cape Hatteras, N. C.; Ocracoke, N. C., a id Fort Macon, N. C. To Use School For Primary Voting At Southport Will Be In High School Auditorium Instead Of In Court House As Formerly Voters in the Southport Precinct will cast their ballots in the auditorium of the high school building during the primary election next Saturday. Heretofore the voting has always been done in the court house in the adjoining block. The change is in accordance with a recent ruling of the Election board, which posted notices at the court house. However, very few people saw this notice and the fact of the change from the court house to the school building was not generally known until this week. By using the school building, voters are saved the trouble of going up and down stairs. F. B. I. Arrests Shallotte Woman Mrs. Bowen Said To Have Been Drawing Monthly Dependants Checks From Service Men She Married F. B. I. officers arrested Mrs. Wesley Bowen at Shallotte, Friday, and carried her to some unannounced jail, where she is being held on charges of illegally receiving and cashing government checks issued to her as the wife of a service man. The woman, about 24 years old, was married to Mr. Bowen in Florida several weeks ago. Mr. Bowen, a resident of Shallotte, brought her home and the couple had been living on a large pleasure boat owned by D. F. Bowen. It is said that the basis of the arrest is that the woman met and married two servicemen before her marriage to Bowen. From each of these "husbands" she is said to (Continued on Page 6) ... .. . i 51 ME I News paper 1 Southport, N. C., We Flower Show Will Be Held On This Friday Plans Are Complete Foi Annual Event Sponsored By Woman's Club TEA WILL BE HELD AT FOUR O'CLOCK _ Classifications Given Foi Convenience Of Those Who Wish To Enter The Woman's Club flowei show, which is to take place or Friday, will be a gala occasior for all those who attend. Th< doors will be open to the public from 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon until 5.30 o'clock. Entries will be made in the morning from 10 o'clock until 15 noon. Provisions are made foi those who have helped in tin morning to enter their flowen from noon until one o'clock. This however, is only for members ol the working force. There will be a tea at 4 o'clocl to which those who attend the show are invited. There will be nc charge for the show, as is the usual custom, but a silver offering will be accepted at the dooi to help defray expenses. Prize! will be awarded during the tea. Classifications of the show are given, for the convenience of those who wish to enter as follows: Class I ? Perfection of bloon (Best specimen of any flower). Class II?Artistic Arrangement: a-Dining Table (without dishes); b-Mantel; c-Coffee table; d-Porch: e-Boudoir; f-Wild Flower; g-Large table, (Living Room); h-Small table (living room); i-Public building; j-dried materials; k-Bedside tray; I-Color Combinations, a, one color, b, two colors, c, three colors. Class III?Dining Table (with dishes): A-Breakfast; B-Luncheon; C-Dinner. Class IV?Potted Plants; AFlowering; B-Non-Flowering. Class V?Junior Entrles( Boys and girls up to 16 years). Class VI?Shadow Boxes. Southport School Holds Its Finals Successful Term Concluded Friday Night With Class Night And Graduation Exercises The finals at the Southport school were held Friday night with the Class Night Graduation Exercises. This took place in the school auditorium and was well attended, the audience being, apparently, extremely well pleased Despite the drawbacks that have nttpnHpfl thp MMinn. Prtnrin?l W JR. Lingle and his able corps ol teachers, most of whom taught during the entire session, have had a most successful year. The Class Night exercises had the following program: Processional by the Senior Class. Titer followed Libby O'Brien as Freshman Historian: Ed Newton, Jr., Sophomore Historian; Eloise Lancaster, Junior Historian; Mary Ann Mollycheck, Senior Historian; Jessie Lancaster, Class Poet; Hoyle Dosher, Testator; W. A. Russ, Prophet; Lorraine Hewett and Bobby Jones, Giftorians and Mary F. Lucas as Statistician. The Graduation Exercises followed in order with the following program: Norma Swain. Salutatory address; W. R. Lingle, Mes(Continued on Page Six) W. B. KEZIAH Mr. and Mrs- Isaac E. Reynolds of Shallotte have received the Order of the purple Heart for their son, the late Robert LeRoy Reynolds, Seaman 2-c, who was lost aboard the carrier "Wasp" wher the vessel was sunk on September 15, 1942. The young man, al first listed as missing, was officially declared dead on September 16, 1943, a year and a day after his vessel went down. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds have three other sons in service. One is a Sergeant with the troops in Italy, another is a 1st Lt. stationed in England and the youngest, Norwood has just recently been rated Pettj Officer at Solomon Barracks Washington. The Reynolds boys P0R1 In A Good Con dnesday, May 24, 1944 WILL SPEAK IP r jrik fcfe ' l V ttMpHSpfc?^. '' ?>: ^ - HMMi ^Ur" v 1 , assa^K. ^W> .' Sfv.:.. " j tyS-y^y ;_ ?| ' : ''1 &' ' rlti$$P^ - ^;- ,>.':;.v'-: I I Jv f I , Judge John J. Burney, who will : be the speaker at the American Legion's Memorial Service for Brunswick's war dead on Sunday. ; Falls 30 Feet , Breaks His Arm < Tom Long, Shallotte Man, Suffers Injuries While Working At Dry Dock In Wilmington Saturday ! While working on scaffolding 30 feet from a concrete flooring at the plant of the dry dock com! pany in Wilmington, early Satur ' day morning, Tom Long, well known citizen of Shallotte, lost his balance and fell the entire 30 feet to the concrete flooring. , He was carried to the James Walker Memorial hosiptal in Wil mington and an examination revealed that his right arm was 1 broken above the wrist. He also sustained cuts and bruises about the head and body and for a time it was thought he might have suffered internal injuries. Sherrill Coming To Visit Island Widely Known Cafeteria Man And Family Coming To Island Property June 9th For Two Weeks i _____ Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Sher1 rill and family, Mr. Sherrill's sis ter, Mrs. T. A. Price, and her fam ily, are to spend two weeks on Mr. Sherrill's famous Bald Head Island at Southport. A letter received from Mr. Sherrill this ; week stated that the party would i arrive on the 9th or 10th of June. I Mr. Shcrrill's oldest son, Frank Sherrill, Jr., is in the Marine Air i Force and at present is at San Diego, Calif. He will be the only , one of the immediate Sherrill family not in the party on the is' land. Owner of the widely known chain of S. & W. Cafeterias. Mr. Sherrill often laughingly claims ; that he is even more widely I known as the owner of Bald Head Island. There is some justification for this claim as during recent ; years Bald Head has received un limited picture and story publicity and has vied with Orton Planta(Continued on Page Six) WING Reporter t have all made the finest kind of soldiers, gaining promotions with out the benefit of college educa tions to aid them. t ? * ? l Marion and Sue Fredere, of Southport, have two of the cutest : baby foxes. As lively as kittens and more tame. The little animals are now one month old and have always been fed with a bottle and 1 nipple. They were found in the woods by Mr. Freder & Sparky Sell ;. when they were omy about a day Jold. They are now probably the I fattest and happiest young foxes i to be found in Brunswick county. r ? , With Archie Watson doing a 1 (Continued on Page 6) fix .. ...... r piL lmunity PUBLISH Memorial Serv Men Los John J. Burney To Speak c Here Sunday Afternoon el At Memorial Services b H o n o r i ng Brunswick's tl War Dead W ______ ci GOLD STAR CITATIONS ARE TO BE PRESENTED ? __ 111 American Legion Will Pre- w sent Gold Star Citation N To Families Of Men w Who Have Given Lives t> Sponsored by the Brunswick Post of the American Legion, a " Memorial Service for the Brunswick County war dead will be el held here Sunday afternoon at 4 la o^clock. Judge John J. Burney, of hl Wilmington, will be the speaker ni of the afternoon. Judge Burney U is a veteran of the first world tl war and is widely known for his L interest ih the service men. a Primary Next J May Pro ? L Four Legged Chick The Latest Freak A bantam hen belonging to |j Josephine Slade, Soothport colored woman, has been on a setting of ordinary eggs. Satur- h day the hen came olf with k and nna nf thp nPU,' 11CI UIUVU ?liW ""iv arrivals presented a very unusual appearance. Instead of the usual two, it has four legs, the extra two rowing out at the base of the fi tail. The chic, which Is still a living, stands on aH four legs, tl the rear feet being placed oil h the ground close to the front ^ ones. As in the matter of all | four-footed animals, the rear legs are longer than the front. ci Legion Meets To * Elect Officers e* V Brunswick Post American D Legion Will Meet at USO w Thursday Night To Elect J1,' Officers For Year jj A The Brunswick Post of the American Legion will meet at the lo- ] cola U. S. O. on Thursday night of I 0 this week for the purpose of 1 electing officers to serve during the coming year. With many opportunities for 0 the Legion to render service dur- . ing the present war times, the ' present officers state that they hope there will be a good attend- ' ance at the meeting. Following . the election of the officers some ln ways and means for bringing m about greater usefulness on the part of the organization are ex- * pected to be discussed. Tho meotinir will rnnvenp at the U. S. O. building at 8:30 o'clock 81 Thursday evening. cc ct Fifty Men Go I For Preinduction . I Fifty White Men For Preinduction And Four To Be Inducted While Twen- , ty-Five Go To Enter The Navy R Fifty white men left here Thursday morning to take their pre- induction examinations. Most of them were farm boys. They were followed on Friday by four who had previously had their preinduction examinations Shortly after the 50 men left JThursday morning rot Fort Bragg, R 25 more young white men left for d! Raleigh to report to the Navy, di They had previously had their ex- tl aminations. t0 The 50 going for pre-induction th weref Vance Chestine Norris, Floyd ju Lee Hewett, Robert David Stanley, j Dalton Cannon Best, Robert Ruf- 'a fin Galloway, Alfred Lee Andrews, tl Leavy Elder Evans, James Thorn- hi as Carlyle, Walker Bryan Hewett, ,K Samuel Everette Smith, Macey Thurston Hughes, L. Smith, Laffey Andrew Willetts, Andrew Jack- 1 ?< son Lesh, Thomas Alton Stanley, John Butler Ward, Jr., Harlee He- te wett, William Henry Williamson, Luther Thomas Hewett, Jr., Ernest tl Fairlee Singletary, Cecil Robinson, 3S Mercer Richard Sullivan, Archie te Rockwell Rhodes, Lauray Evans, w Eber Jones Bellamy, Augustus Ot- e? to Hewett, Clarence Wacoe King, ^ (Continued on Page 3) m . srvf* r'w-r ^ - ' OT IEEUEVERY WEDNESDAY ices For >t In The War During the services, a Gold Star itation will be presented the parits or other nearest relatives of runswick men who have given ; leir lives during the present war. rhile the exact number of the tations to be presented is not >w knoivn, it is understood. that lere will be at least six. That lany and possibly more Bruns- , ick men have given their lives. As a part of the services, the avy Section Base at Southport ill have a squad of men present i ith rifles. Commander Charles Trott of le American Legion Post has 'quested that it be stressed that lis memorial service is for the itire county. Parents, other reLives, and friends of men who sve given their lives, or who are ow in sendee, ire urged to atsnd and aid in doing honor to! le dead. All members of the egion are especially urged to ttend. Saturday ve Surprising ittle Blood And Thunder In Campaign Fo'r Local Officials But Vote May Prove Unexpectedly LarR? NTEREST CENTERS ON RACE FOR THE HOUSE lame Of Carl West Appears On Ticket For Clerk Of Court Despite His Announcement Of Withdrawal With a war going on, with irmers up to their ears in work. ml as few offices are to be filled lis year, the present campaign a.*i lacked much of the blood and under that has marked primary lections in previous in previous Mats. jjjfl The main interest probably snters around the race for the louse of Representatives, for hich W. J. McLamb and J. W. uark are contesting. This is thei lost important office to be filli by reason of the fact that Carl feat, candidate for Register of eeds, withdrew some weeks ago. [r. West withdrew too late for la name to be taken from the cket and his name appears on ic ballot, along with that of rnos J. Walton. Despite the fact lat the names of both Mr. Wal- ; in and Mr. West appear on the ' cket it is understood from the : inouncement made by Mr. West iat Mr. Walton is the only man : i be voted for. The other office to be filled is nit of one membership on the J card of Education. For this R. Phelps, who has served on the >ard for eight years, is reofferg. 0]>posing him is M. B. Chin- I s of North West township. While the campaign has been dull one, the political wise feet r no means assured that the votg will be light. There is a pos- I bility, they say, of a heavy vote iming out on the last day. fce"ltly aroused interest in the ice for the Governorship, bereen Gregg Cherry and Dr. silph McDonald, may draw out le vote. , lire Buying Beans< At Shallotte Now osehill Men Began Purchasing Bean Crop From Farmers At Shallotte On Monday Of This Week; Will Buy Through Season The Shallotte bean market, with A. Teachey and J. R. Rouse, of ose Hill as buyers, opened Monty and farmers will be able to spose of their crops without the me and expense of the long haul > other markets. It is stated lat the buying will continue so ng as there are offerings to istify. The crop is said not to be so rge as usual this year owning to le general lateness with which 1 farm work was begun, the lair shortage and uncertainty on le part of bean growers as to hether they could take time to ;t the crop to the distant mar2ts. County Agent Dodson inrested himself in helping to selre buyers at Shallotte, relieving le growers of one worry. It is lid that if the buying at Shalloti proves a success this year it ill most certainly be continued ich year hereafter. Growers lould thereby be encouraged for ore efforts with this crop. Most Of The News Ail The Time . $1.50 PER YEAfl Get Better Boats For This Seasons Sport Fishing Herman Stanaland, Of Shallotte, And Dr. Fergus, Of j Southport, Have Each Purchased Eespecially Seaworthy Boats DIESEL ENGINES NOW BEST MOTIVE POWER Stanaland Boat Is Already Equipped With Lathrop Heavy Duty, Dr. Fergus Endearoving To Get One Of The Same "Type Herman Stanaland of Shallotte is prepared to start out this seasons shrimping and fishing party boat work with about the best boat ever owned in Brunswick for this kind of work. Last week he managed to purchase a new 44footer, built especially for seagoing duty. The craft has a beam. of 15 feet and is powered with a Lathrop, heavy duty, marine diesel engine. The boat coast six thousand dollars and the engine three thousand five hundred dollars, a pretty good outlay for a commercial fishing boat. One advantage of the diesel engines is that this heavy duty, 50 horse power, can pull the boat all day on 35 gallons of fuel oil, which costs 9 cents per gallon. On the other hand a aO horse power gas engine would require 50 gallons of gasoline, at about 20 cents per gallon, to be able to pull the boat for the same length of time. Mr. sianaiana is justly proud of his modern boat and' engine. Dr. L. C. Fergus, of Southport, who l8st year purchased two , boats has also become interested j, in the diesel engines for use on ?j shrimp boats, and in better boats. He ^vent to Florida recently and ! purchased a new 50 foot boat with a 15 foot beam. The boat is new j and .is said to be ready for deli- ! very but Dr. Fergus has been unable to get a diesel engine to install, on it. Owing to priorities and ure""hee<f of'diesel engine make*# to produce for the Navy and Coast Guard it is rather hard for individuals to obtain this type of power. Dr. Fergus stated thtt week that he didn't know when he would be able to get his engine, install it on the boat and bring the boat to Southport. Brunswick county shrimpers will have ten to fifteen per cent more boats this year than they i had last year. This is in addition ' to having many boats, used ladt year, equipped with new engines and otherwise in much better re- * pair. In addition to the craft that have been bought from outside points a great many boats have been built the past year and a number of others that were in the Coast Guard service last yeii! have been returned to the owners.1 Still Killing The Mad Fn*es Many Reports Of Rabid Foxes Still Coming Infi Care Should Be Exercise, ed In Treating Sick Farm Animals i W. S. Jones of the Bethel :hurch community, loser of a valuable mule from rabies. on Monday of last week, killed another mad fox in his yard two days later. The mule that went mad severely bit another fine belonging to Mr. Jones. Both mules ire believed to have been bitten ! by a fox which was found dead in (Continued on Page Six) y ' | Ration Pointers [ CANNING SUGAR Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five pounds of canning sugar until February 28, 194S. Apply to local boards for sup* plemental rations. GASOLINE A-10 coupons now valid and will expire August 8. MEATS AND FATS Red A8 through T8 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. Good" indefinitely. PROCESSED FOODS Blue A8 through Q8 (Booktf j S 4) now valid at 10 points each-* 9 for use with tokens. Good in- 1 definitely. H SHOES U Airplane stamp No. 1 and jfi No. 2 (Book 3) valid indefi-, fl nitely. s If SUGAR J-J Sugar stamp No. 30 and 9 No. 31 (Book 4) good for fi*P pounds indefinitely. I jfjjgW
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