I fhe Pilot Covers grUnswick County K^no. fifteen noT MpIt Elected j Ifonservationist I For Brunswick HjjVns Position As VocaKonal Agriculture TeachB. At Shallotte, To As-1 )Ume His New Duties c ill give full time ? CONSERVATION WORK v ^ration Of Organization I1 Much Like That Of A 0 County Or Town ,5,;v Mintz, of Shallotte, who Vocational Agricul-ij t?tcher in the Shallottej p early in the year, resigned' I , last week to become J' 'Conservationist for Bruns-!i; county in the Lower Cape c soil Conservation District, c accepting the position at j shallotte school. Mr. Mintz r S;:d the same job at the j ^Jca.T.aw school for five years, j -;A' work is under the Civil :re a nd he will be required t vcte full time to it. His office ' t :r. Shallotte in the FSAle but he will have to spend p wL of his time about the coun- o B-.r counties form the Lower v IE. Year Soil Conservation Dis- r F Ty,ese are Brunswick, Co- t I-.; Bladen and Pender and I have a full time work also has a board of supl . it is organized under a i I*. jaw and the people elect | supervisors who run the disI; much same as county or city Lassionera run a county 01 l:> this Soil Conservation ( Kriet was not expected to get pmrk in full stride until the I tf the war, the Conservation|;a much work out for him L He is ready for consultation t any and all Brunswick land , tens regarding anything that laid in conserving and improv|ie:r farm lands. A great deal [information relative to the \ k will be published in this L- from time to time. p Home At Ash I On 21 Day Leave liter being overseas for 18 a Hhs in Africa and Sicily, Pfc. ii IE Russ is at his home at Ash t a 21 days furlough. He con- v tied malaria fever in Sicily in f ? of last year and was hosted in England until he re- J sed to the United States in ii i of this year. He will report y Miami Beach for reassignment h c the expiration of his fur- s }piofNfp*wi t Flashes | OME DEFENDANTS ^ ALSO HAD HARD DAY efft I box Vith Temperature Above cen 95, Court Work Was cen Anything But Cool For Judge, Lawyers And Cen Defendants qua Monday could be classed as ?* bout the hottest day of the year H ,nd not the least of the swelterng places was the court room in he Brunswick county court house /here the weekly session of the tecorder's Court was being held, p Judge John B. Ward, Solicitor W. Ruark, who was prosecutng, and various and sundry law ers who appeared for defendants, I lad a hard time of it. So did ome of the defendants The, t c pectators could go and come;0 cl nore freely but they also had a chu tard time. It took until 5:30 to clear upJOUI he extensive docket, nie minutes |eve how the following cases and the j lisposition made of them: ; Au: C. E. Robbins, assault, 30 days, | 1 udgment suspended on payment isen if fine of $10.00 and costs. S Mildred Robbins, drunk and IGir lisorderly in a public place, judg- Sor nent suspended on payment of aU5< :osts. Coi Burnice Hill, criminal assault, ^re irobable cause found as to incest ind defendant bound over to luperior court under $1000 bond. z,e? Lauerew Williams, possession of ' lon-tax-paid liquor, sixty days, udgment suspended on payment , if fine of $25.00 and costs. ,, David Howard, assault, not ,ruilty , at no cost to county. ,? Addell Riley, assault, not guily, at no cost to county. (Continued on Page 2) gt?' Winifred Lesh - 2" Wounded In Italygj ? ma Son Of Bolivia Couple Had Rol Tough Going With The to Invasion Forces In Italy; au; Is Now At Home At Bo- ard livia TbTin Un Wounded in the leg, hand and anc 'ace and with his ear drums said ^?' a have been burst by explosions vhile he was serving in Italy, /"* 2pl. Winnifred Lesh, son of Mr. vJ md Mrs. Fred Lesh, of Bolivia, is low spending a 30 days leave vith his parents. It is understood that his hearing is not entirely lost and that he may completely Di regain it. Lesh had been overseas for two years and following hospitalization, was sent back to the United States for further treatment. 1 It is not known whether he Lt. will be given a medical discharge hoi or be able to continue in service J of after getting a complete discharge I las from the government hospital. | of Friends who have seen him state hei that he bears very little outward in evidence of his injuries. He has, an been awarded the Purple Heart. J ST/ A Good 'AGES TODAY es Organized a Campaign " le Effort To Make The ous of The Value Is hts For Freedom program, it I be all out for nutrition. Durthis month each housewife in ) county will be reached by the imittee in its drive to make ryone nutrition conscious, "he committee, like 3,000 othin the Nation, will emphasize importance of getting the atest nutritional value out of available food supply. It is part of the plan to make Am:a a nation of well-fed and >ng people. ittention will be called to need more foods 01 high vitamin, tein, and mineral value in the Special stress will be put storing, preparing, and cook- R< food in a way that will pre- Ic e the value of the food, and! ? ) on preventing waste in pre- j _ ing and serving. 'o help the women of Bruns- JL k County to help themselves getting the most out of this gram, the committee asljs that h one of them get a "Basic 7" 1 guide to hang in the kitchen, s will aid the homemaker in j8 king meals balance and to ose alternatives for scarce IS. d Day In w >rder's Courts! jx Rentals To Be Raised Cc tei Conforming with rates at all ct Class post offices in the te: ted States, box rent at the at ithport office will be Increased,! ]o< ictive October 1st. The 45 cent fr( es will advance in price to 60 ts; 60 cent boxes will cost 75 .. , , .1th ts and the drawers tor which re has been a charge of 75 re ts will be rented for $1.00 per an ,rter. er old Revival I At Lebanon m< pii v, Woodrow Robbins ^ Conducting Revival Ser- 45 vices At Lebanon Baptist Church sh un in Sunday a fternoon at 4:00 ock the Lebanon Baptist rch opened their revival ser- r tuhioh will ond Ihp second I iday afternoon. On Wednesday X ning, Sept. 6, there was an 1 iation service of the Girl's ciliary. "he following program was pre- r? ted: long: "The King's Business," by l's Auxiliary; Prayer: Pastor; ig: "Somebody," by girl's :iliary; Initiation Service; mselor: Mrs. Alex Bogie; isident: Louise Swain; Guides: inces and Hazel Atkinson; Can- te ates: Kathleen Caison and Liz- ^ Sullivan. yc Five Star Ideals" were pre- is ted: "Advancing in Wisdom by Pa ile Study" ? Glenda Robbins; te aiding in Him Through Pray- is ?Vari Lee Gore; "Accepting Challenge of the Great Com- or ision"?Leona Meekins; "Adornwith Good Works" ? Luola ~ re; and "Acknowledge My ? wardship"?Joyce Caison. Chairman of the Membership nmittee, Luola Gore; Chairman Program Committee, Glenda bbins; Chairman of Music Com.tee, Leona Meekins; G. A. iblem, Gilda Gray Gore; Chairn of Poster Committee, Glenda bbins; Song: "We've A Story Tell to the Nations," by girls ciliary; Explanation of Standof Excellence by Glenda Robs; Song: "Will our G. A. Be broken," by Mrs. Alex Bogie > 1 daughter, Doris Bogie; and ? d's Prayer by girls auxiliary. iraduates From " The University I te slighter Of Lt. And Mrs. u S. B. Frink Now Working m As Reporter On Wilming- aj ton Newspaper re ir Vliss Marion Frink, daughter of w and Mrs. S. B. Frink, was an ei nor graduate at the University fc North Carolina at Chapel Hill hi it week. She had the distinction being on the honor roll all of r last year in college, majoring si journalism. Lt. and Mrs. Frink ,n d son, Malcolm, and Rangwaldici (Continued on Page 6j Js lte : News paper I Southport, N. C., Visits Wa WASHINGTON, D. C.?Sound] josevelt is shown having an infc eland, Mr. Sveinn Bjoernsson duri] A. Bomberget Campbell'9 H . ? With' Coast Guard Cutter Which Gained Nationwide Recognition For, Ramming A Submarine [OST FAMED VESSEL OF THE COAST GUARD iiot Down Five Bombers In One Convoy Engagement Off Algiers During Last May Lt. W. R. Bomberger of the last Guard Cutter Campbell, of-' ri spoken of as the "Fighting! impbell," has been spending a n days leave with his family! their home, "Pine Crest," over- j jking Nances Creek and 8 miles! jm Southport. Aside from minor engagements, e "Fighting Campbell" has a cord of sinking two submarines' ** f1 d downing nve torpedo bomb3. The engagement in which the | ines were shot down occured off igiers in May of this year. The impbell was Flagship of the esrt of a convoy that 60 planes ipped in the most deliberate anner. Forty of these attacking ines were torpedo bombers. Of e 60, the ships in the convoy id escorting vessels shot down i, the Campbell accounting for re of these downed planes. The ip was hit by bullets but fortlately no one was wounded. (Continued on Page 6) Carrier Survivor Visiting At Home oatswain Mate Clyde Potter Was On Famed Carrier When Torpedoed And Sunk; Transferred To Nassau Boatswain Mate 1-C Clyde Pot-1 r, now stationed at Corpus I iristi, Texas, after nearly four iars of sea duty with the Navy, I spending several days with his | irents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pot-1 r, near Winnabow. Mrs. Potter! with him. Potter says that all of his time i sea duty was spent on two (Continues on cage 4) I . ^ : ?l-i.W. B. KEZIAH Bobbing up at the window of le Shallotte post office, on our! igular trip down that way Sat-' rday, we were naturally pleased hen Postmaster W. R. Holmes Dked a slip of paper through the :'fice window. On it he had writ-j in: "Every one is bragging onj le State Port Pilot, the local ?ws it carries and general cover-! ?e. The Pilot is fast becoming a J >al county paper." The flatterig remarks of the postmaster ere more than confirmed that /ening by more than two dozen >lks swapping a dollar and a alf for a year's subscription. The State Highway Commislon has had a force of men and lachinery at work on the short at road connecting the Bell wamp Highway with Route 17, I P0R1 n A Good Com Wednesday, September ishington 1 photo?President Franklin Delano ! >rmal chat with the President of ng his visit to the nation's capital. ' Of "Fighting j! [ome For Visit 3 Wounds Fatal To < r:j Ki c..nJn Ulii ni uuppijr Miss Dixie Mae Hewett Dies Of What Coroner Describes As Self-Inflict-1 } ed Wounds At Her Home Near SupplyCoroner W. E. Bell investigated the death of Miss Dixie Mae He- r( wett, 15-year-old daughter of Mr.' w and Mrs. Waldo Hewett, of Sup- T cumstances and evidence gather- f( cumstances was evidence gathered he declared the young lady c came to her death from shotgun b wounds, self-inflicted. The shoot- s ing had occurred at about 10 o'- ni clock on Wednesday night. C The evidence indicated that the in young lady had obtained a shot K gun, placed the muzzle against S her left breast and pulled the trig-' p ger of the weapon with a stick! S having a limb on it. The load of J shot entered her heart and she F died instantly. jF In addition to her parents, she' -A is survived by a sister, Olive He- i S wett. Funeral and burial werejS held at Oak Baptist church Sat- 01 urday with the Rev. Thomas Johnson officiating. ( k Extra Fine Crop Sweet Potatoes f Acreage In This County [ Said To Be Larger Than Usual, Prospects Excellent For Big Yield Per lc Acre ei e< The Brunswick sweet potato S crop is exceptionally good this r< year, according to all reports ob- cl tainable. Not only is there a very large acreage but all signs point fi to about the heaviest production ti in years. The potatoes still have o; more than a month to grow and n with a good season until frost it t< is legical to expect a heavy e: yield. ci Jim T. Hickman of Bolivia is tl probably one of the best sweet t< potato growers in the county. He 01 (Continued on Page 4) ?? a is In !c; ) VING \ lb ln Reporter |r at Bolivia. This work is now about completed and things are . in fine shape. It is hoped to have ' the stretch hard surfaced after the war. It may be said that such work is badly needed. About 40 German prisoners of war, engaged in cutting pulp * ' wood in Brunswick, are quarter- *4 ed at the prison camp at Shal- fl lotte. Recently when a truck load s of them was returning from work a and had occasion to stop for e something it was r.oted that nearly all of them were happy andT cheerful looking, well fed and as r contented as any one could ex- ' pect to be away from home. As'5 a matter of fact, they are prob- P ably a whale of a lot better off;a than they would be if at fighting r (Continued on Page Six) 1 11 ' PIL imunity 6th, 1944 ?' 3runswick Bo His D-Dc ells How Vessel Preparing Troops Had Many K (The following story of DDay and other invasion days, was written by Robert Marlow, son of Mrs. J. R. Marlow, of Southport. With his brother, Ed, Robert is aboard a mine-sweeper. His vessel was one of those assigned to clear the path for the invasion forces. Last month their ship was a year old and the crew had a birthday party for the vessel. For this party members of the crew were asked to write a theme on some interesting experience. Robert wrote on the invasion and his theme was read at the vessel's birthday party.. It rated the Brunswick boy a 48-hour leave in London.) JUNE 8, 1944 "ANCHORS AWEIGH," and the imortai song of the United Statl Navy, "ANCHORS AWEIGH," ayed on a portable phonograph ith its heart thrilling notes mnding out through battle >eakers. sent us on our way to le most victorious invasion of story. Smallest Docli Awaits Upe fifteen Register For The Service Fifteen men, ten white and five jlored, all born in 1926, have igistered during the pa it month 1th the Selective Service Board, heir names and addresses are as illows: William Earl Benton, now :rving on the U. S. Cleveland at harleston; John Lewis Shaw olivia; Edwin Elliott Leonard hallotte; Jefferson Elsworth Reyolds, Shallotte; Robert Lee heers, Shallotte; Beamen Odell lewett, Shallotte; Lane Marshal Jng, Bolton; John Reynolds, Jr. upply; Jesse Alvis Coffee, Southort; and Joel L. Moore, Jr. outhport. The five colored registrants are; ink Auston Bellamy, Supply; obert Lovern Kelly, Winnabow; .rchie Perry Frink, Hemmingway, C.; Arthur Dosher Frink, outhport and James Boyet Frink f Southport. Service Club Is Operated Locally Residents of Southport Now Keeping Former USO Operating For Service Men Since the middle of August the 1 : ? -l-.u >t appreciate this thoughtfulness f the ladies. Thursday night is card night nd on each Friday night a dance i held. As the club is now opeited locally it is hoped that itizens of Southport will feel it ieir duty to help in every way ossible. Mrs. Niernsee is calling meeting of all senior hostesses nd those who would like to help rith the club. The meeting will e at eight o'clock on Thursday ight. Iobacco Prices Top For Many n Addition To Large Production Many Brunswick Growers Are Getting Top Market Prices For Crop Quite a number of Brunswick Dbacco growers have been oblining exceptionally high prices jr their crop this year. Brunwick always offers good tobaccc nd this year much of it has beer xceptionally good. Last week Barcey Little o) 'reeland sold 400 pounds anc eceived 42 cents per pounds. Wil am Avant, of Longwood, sole 00 pounds at 50 cents pei ounds. Messrs. Little and Avanl re listed as among the best sales aade by Brunswick growers, bu' here are many others. ,0T [ \ i ,50 PER YEA* CUBUSHE; v Writes Of iy Experiences ; Way For The Landing Of lours Of Uncertainty As we passed through the gate of our English port Into the storm tossed seas of the English Channel, the excitement,, which had been as electricity, became serious meditation, and the crew settled into the working machine which it had become in the many months of strenuous training. We were on our way to France, to take or be taken. The day we had waited for so long had arrived. What would the morrow bring ? The words of Cajit. Darnell passed once more, slowly and seriously through my mind. "Well men, this is it. All* of these papers, books, pamphlets, and pictures, concern the invasion of the French Coast. I will try to give you a mental picture of our i task. You may look through some of these things, but I can tell you much quicker. It would take you two days just to read through all of this, and we haven't time for that." To get us in a more serious (Continued on Page 6) :et In Years ;ning Of Court _ Next Week's Term of Court Expected To Be Interesting But Short; Only Eight Cases Are On Docket Awaiting Trial ONE MURDER CASE i SCHEDULED FOR TRIAL ; Tom Long Case Expected To Be Of Chief Interest At Next Week's Term; Civil .Term Is Cancelled I Owing ta^ an almost complet< , absqjtes or civil caseB the on( weefc-lerm of civil superior court , scheduled to convene on Septem ber 18th, has been cancelled bj the Governor at the request 01 the Clerk. Jurors have been noti fied that they need not appear. , The one week term of crimin , al court, scheduled to convene next Monday, September 11, wil be faced by the shortest docket ever to come up at a Septembei term of criminal court, according to Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett. Only eight cases are scheduled for trial at this term. There is, of course, a possibility that other cases may materialize during the present week. While the docket is a smalt one, a big crowd of spectators is expected to be present, especiallj i during the first three days of the term. Of chief interest among the cases to be heard is thai wherein xom j-ong, pronunew Shallotte citizen, is charged with i the murder of a negro. This case was scheduled to have been triec i at the last term of court bul owing to some difficulty regardi ing a jury it was continued tc , the present term. It will prob. ably be called Monday evening 01 Tuesday after jail cases, if there t are any, are disposed of. Tax Collector Gets Many Calls Many Delinquents Paying tence Of Officials Thai 'l Up In Response To Insisj All Must Pay Theii |i Taxes i ! j Except for receiving and accept ing the monthly report of the County Health Nurse, the count} commissioners at their regulai meeting Monday took up thi whole day hearing tax matters. The majority of the many wh< appeared before the board to bi heard adjourned immediately t< the quarters of Tax Collector W P. Jorgensen and paid up to ge square with him. For months thi board of commissioners has beei stressing that all had to pay tax es. They have been willing ti make adjustments where justio : required such. On the other han< . they have also been taking th i stand that in fairness to the folk; . who pay their taxes promptl; > each year the rest of the tax i payers should square their also. The result of this stand ha > been that a lot of delinquint tax I < payers have been coming in am . | paying up. The commissioners am I! the tax collector have almos | reached their limit in waiting 01 t those who come. In a short time 3 it is said, foreclosure actions wil t j be started and the delinquint ta; (Continued on Page 4) i Most of The News All The Time D EVERY WEDNESDAY Heavy Yields Being Obtained From Lespedeza i ! C. O. Bennett Obtained Nearly Three And Hall Tons of Extra Fine Quality Hay Per Acre LAND IS SAID TO BE BENEFITTED GREATLY Surprisingly Large Number Of Brunswick Farmers Now Growing This Crop For Hay And Legume Testing an acre of his lespedeza for the purpose of determining; how much hay he was producing, C. O. Bennett of Freeland mea?! ured off an acre and baled the hay after it was cut and cured. The results were surprising, found he was getting 6,900 pound! per acre, nearly three and a halt ; ' tons. 1 In addition to this hay crop, grown at no cost except harvest" 1 ing and seed, as it was sown 1 grain in February, Mr. Bennett*! land is benefitted several dolla|t 1 per acre and if he does not choof! to plant the land in some othtfr crop this fall or in the spring the lespedeza will produce another crop next year. It reseeds itself, and next year's crop will come at no cost other than harvesting. ] A surprising large numoer of Brunswick farmers are now growing lespedeza, whicn nas Deeh ' called "The Alfalfa of the ' South." Manley Gore of Long* wood has 45 acres in the crop ' and experts who have seen hi# fields say that he will harvest at two and a half tons per acre for the entire acreage. Clude Gore of Shallotte is understood to have 40 acres. He | will cut part for hay and harvest. the seed from the remainder. His neighbor, J. J. Ludlum, has 42 acres and his crop is also said to. be exceptionally good. He will also harvest seed from part of his crop and turn the rest into hay. < 1 Aside from the value of tba i hay aad.JLbo seed when it is har< vested,- lespedeza is one of the greatest soil builders that can be ' grown in this area. A few years f from now will find practically ev ery farm in Brunswick growing at least a small acreage. ' Mack A. Moore j| Dies Suddenly Saw Mill Owner And Operator Of Supply Stricken With Heart Attack While At Work At His Mill , ? ' While he was at work at hie ' saw mill at Supply on Thursday ' morning, Mack A. Moore, will known and highly esteemed Brunswick man, suffered a heart attack. He walked from the mill to the yard of his home, a few 1 feet away, sat down in a chair and died within a few minutes. Ha I was 44 years of age and had - owned and operated the saw mill at Supply for several yeah). > The body was taken to tha - home of relatives in the Castle " Hayne community, near. Wilmlng- 1 ton, and interred Saturday. h Continued on page four , | Ration Pointers. i : - 1 CANNING SUGAR Sugar stamp No. 40 good' ; for five pounds of canning1 sugar until February 28, 1945. Apply to local boards for supplemental rations. b:u FUEL OIL .,atr Period four and five fuelo* oil coupons good through Sepy^. tember 30. During October : unsed coupons may be exr changed at rationing boards r for new 1944-'45 heating season coupons. GASOLINE A-ll coupons now valid for 5 three gallons each through' 5 November 8. 5 MEATS AND FATS Red A8 through Z8 and A5,' t E5, C5, D5.E5, F5, and G5 ? (Book 4) now valid at 10 a points each for use with tok- ' ens. Good indefinitely. PROCESSED FOODS , Blue A8 through L5 (Book . e 4) now valid at 10 points each 3 for use with tokens. Good In-, e definitely. s SHOES v ; y Airplane stamp No. 1 and . No. 2 (Book 3) valid indefinitely. -t B SUGAR v Sugar stamps No. 30, 31, 32, and 33 (Book 4) good for , I five pounds of sugar each 1?> definitely. n Rationing rules now require !, every car owner wirte his lieerite II number and state in advance M , x all gasoline coupons in his p*0> session. . > ... .. ill