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ftc Pilot Covers ^ jjrunswick County i FTEEN NO. WLvx Fines For Kunken Drivers {n Local Court ^Hrtn'y-'rive Dollars And And Costs Are UsualH, Meied Out To Such ^ jffenders VIOLATORS UP V for TRIAL MONDAY Hea:-d by Judge ^En B. Ward In Recor ' ders Court Here H Monday Br.r.sf:: driving, one of the B| - very frequently S person being Wr'-. re Recorder's Court BE , an offense with H. jucge John B. Ward has thai are a menance tc B^tac. the fines are usually - 1 This week twe Hi charges were Kj ar. i'l each case fines oi 1 were imposed, Hi the court entries tc ide Monday: drunken driving payment of fine of i .-is. license revoked ^B;:e year. . Con.'leton, reckless _ ;lent suspended on H t::-e of $25.00 and - i ' fire remitted. ^1 - Mincey, drunken a judgment suspended on H of tine of $75.00 and I. irov. Jones, carrying coni weapons and assault with . weapon, continued to Febra May Autrey, possession, r.t suspended on payment e of $15.00 and costs. ,T.as Lee Simmons, improper judgment suspended on mt cf costs. a Brown, using loud and ous language in public continued to February 15th. ler.r.e Jones, disorderly ,conxrtir.ued to February 15th. ;ichardson, assault, ccntinuFebruary 15th. tt. Walker, speeding, judguspended or. payment $15.00 :d costs. Jd Kraig, speeding, judgsuspended on payment of S15.00 anl costs. kief News Flashes RT OGLETHORPE : M. Nieinsee, who enlistiie Navy the first of the c was assigned duty with bees, left Sunday to report Oglethorpe, Ga., where begin his training. DEO Fl NERAL 0. W. Grissett, of Fort S. C., Sgt. Roy Grissett, I::ft Biagg and Cpl. K. E. uns! of Jackson, Miss., spent part Ithe past week at their home in s Grissettown community, hav! been called there by the ills and death of their brother, tter Grissett Two other brors are overseas and were un* to be present. Pvt. Gilbert ' Sett is in England and Pvt. H, Grissett is in Germany. 'english WATERS 51-c B'jrgwyn Sellers has been with the Navy in English ?srs for the past 11 months. ':s a son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl ^ Supply. His father serv' ? tie amy during the first tid war. R ENGLAND Krs d w Sabiston of Wil0Ston and Shallotte received last week that her brother, p Etwurd G. Williamson, had t'i safely in England. He is jp-'Oi to the 1285th Engineer poat Battalion and before go' W i 'eas was stationed at ""P Bowie, Texas. at home -t and Mrs. J. J. Brown, formtr.ts of the Shallotte sec vlo nov live in Fayetteville, h'-re or. business Friday. Mr. ; B. Hewett, also formjesuients of Shallotte and now - ? in Fayetteville, accompanied ? here. All have been doing in thi-ir new homes. toleo homk " t Raymond J. Caison, of the !' "'larin Corps, left Monday k!?[,r' 11 duty after spending f. with his parents, 1 Mrs. W. H. Caison, at tF jr the past two and ijj J'ais he has been serving p annes in New Zealand and ] TH 43 Young Bolivi; Most Exciti Mine Sweeper Turned Res cue Vessel During Anzi< ' Beachhead Operations I Storm Was Raging LST STRUCK MINE WITH HEAVY LOSS Only 300 Out Of 750 Met II Aboard Landing Craft Were Saved From Waters By Rescue Vessels ' While at his home at Bolivi! ' recently Leon Leonard, M. M. 1-c was asked by the Pilot representa , tive to tell something of his mos i exciting experience in Europeai > waters. The young man is thi : son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Leon i ard, of Bolivia. He is married am his wife, who was with him oi > his visit home, has been continu i ing her residence in the nortl f while he was overseas. The fol . lowing is the story of his mos ; exciting experience: i "I guess that the most exciting (experience I had while I was ii Europe was while we were land 1 ing troops ashore on the Anzic [ Beachhead. I had already parti cipated in two invasions befor< i that and during Lie Anzio opera ; tions I really began to think thai my chances of coming home wer< I small. This was easily the mos1 Grand Jury Makes Report Last Weeks Grand Jury Submitted Brief Reporl To Judge John J. Burney At Conclusion Of Work The Grand Jury for the January I torivi r\f ci inprinr rnurt was ir I IV... session for three days last week Before being discharged the bodj submitted the following reporl to Judge John J. Burney: TO THE HONORABLE JOHIs | J. BURNEY, Judge Presiding: We the grand Jury of the Jan I uary 22, 1945 term of Superioi J Court of Brunswick County, convened in Southport, North Caro Una on Monday, January 22, 1945 (respectfully submit the following report. I We have examined the records j of the following Justices of ths Peace and found them in propel J order: I Coy Formy Duval, M. B. Chin'nis, L. H. Phelps, H. Foster Mintz !g. F. Ganey, A. w. Smith, Elliot Tripp, Lacy Dawkins, and E. H Gray. We have examined 24 bills, hav< returned 21 true and 3 not true. We wish to call to the attentior of the Court certain recommendations made by the Jury at the I January terms, regarding imI provements and repairs to the i school buses and locks and hooks to the windows of the school houses. 1 We have been to the jail anc found it in good shape. We wish to call the attention oi | the Court certain recommendaj tions to be made at County home The county house is in need oi j paint and the barn be repaired. We will recommend that e washing machine be bought foi /"Vntv?f*r hnma U1C VUU111.JI We wish recommendation that the one Claudine Smith at the County Home be sent to State Instiuion. We the Grand Jury ask that a drinking fountain for white and j one for Negroes be put in the Court House. E. G. RUSS, Secretary J. M. ROACH, Foreman Grand Jury More Men Leave For The Service Four Colored Men To Leave | For Induction Thursday; Eighteen To Go For Ex! animation Next Monday | Four colored Brunswick county men leave Thursday for induction into the armed service, Their names, William Lewis, of Long'wood; Perry Rudolph Hewett, of I Supply; Fred Jones, Jr., of LeI land and Robert Levern Kelly, of Winnabow. On Monday, February 5, eighteen more colored men are to report to be sent off for their prej induction physical examinations. These men are Andy Louise Smith, of Leland; Rufus Linwood Walker, of Longwood; Sherwood Gore, of Southport; Alvin Jackson, of Southport; William Edward McMillan, of Winnabow; Willie (Continued on Page 4) [EST; .A Gooc 4-PAGE3 TODAYi Sailor Tells ing Experience LEON M. LEONARD ' I dangerous job I had while in the i r Mediterranean. * i "Our job, on the mine sweeper | . on which I was stationed, was to 3 sweep clear a channel to the t . beach. This was to permit the1 i small boats carrying troops and - supplies to come in. t "We had learned in advance 3 that the Germans had a large t. (Continued on Page 2) Announce Civil Service Opening The United States Civil Service j Commission announces an open! ,; competitive examination for the j ' Plorlr Pnct I L pusiliuil U1 OUU9lllUkC vicin, a vw? ' J Office Service for filling vacancies in the Post Office at Southport. Applications for this position must be on file with the Director, I j Fourth U. S. Civil Service Region, jNissen Building, Winston-Salem, 3, rl North Carolina. II Competitors will be required to; j report for written examination,' f j which will be held as soon as j j practicable after the date set for . I the close of receipt of applica. j tions. Full information and appli[ cation blanks may be obtained . I from the Secretary, Board of U. j | S. Civil Service Examiners, Post ' J Office, Southport. Fishing Was Fair For The Weather :jOne Of Local Menhaden Boats Brought In Fine j Catches Last Week Con! sidering The Weather, That Prevailed 1 I j Going out fishing during the ( ' two or three days that the wea-j ther permitted such operations last week, Captain J. B. Church, j i of the John M. Morehead, brought j in six hundred thousand menha-! I den. Four hundred thousand of j I these fish, a good sized boat load,' ' were taken during one days ope - ra nulla. ' A considerable bit of spots were' also taken and these were we!-' J come to the men comprising the j j crew of the boat. 11 As a rule no fishing is carried jOn here after the first of January. ! Some years the operations may ; i continued on page two> Young People ! Present Program Young Baptists Active In Training Union; Presented Play Sunday Night On Sunday night the Truett Group of the Southport Baptist I Training Union presented the| ! program "Baptists Climax a Cen- j Itury for Christ" in playlet form I with Josephine Smith, Mrs. George ,Whaatley, Louise Rees, Mrs. Wal- j ter Nichols and Susie Sellers tak-j ing part. The playlet told of the' struggles and the victories ofj j Southern Baptists during the past' ! one hundred years since the South-; ern Baptist Convention was or-1 Jganized in Atlanta, Ga. on May 18th, 1845. The program ended. ' with a summary of the achieve-1 ' I ments during the century and a! ' challenge for the future, especial1 ly in the Centennial Crusade of j j Southern Baptists which is now [ in progress. In the General Assembly of the J Training Union the Juniors pre-1 sented a program on the life of' 1 Dr. William Bagby, one of the j Baptist missionaries who did his' greatest work in Brazil. The pro- j 'gram was conducted by Patricia' Adams with Mary Elizabeth Lup-1 ton giving the life story of Dr. | jBagby. j \TE I 1 News paper In Southport, N. C., Wi Farmers Using | Much Dynamite For Ditching Waccamaw And Shallotte I Township Farmers Find- I ing Out That Explosive ' I Saves Much Labor FOR DITCH DIGGING AND STUMP BLOWING It Is Said To Be Best Thing Available Under Any Kind Of Conditions; All Users Are Much Pleased During the past few weeks, | farmers of Shallotte and Wacca- I maw townships have made a reg- I ular run on the office of Clerk | of Court Sam T. Bennett for the purpose of obtaining permits to handle dynamite in their farming operations. The permits can- . not be issued, under the law, to I j persons having criminal records. This makes it necessary for them to be issued by the Clerk of Court who has immediate access to the 'criminal records. ^ The explosive is being used in all farming areas of the county but the Shallotte and Waccamaw farmers are using it more heavily than in other sections. They say it will dig a ditch or canal in short order and do it better and far under the cost that would result if labor were employed. Not only that, it is j practically impossible to employ labor now and the dynamite is a god-send for farmers who mustj dig ditches, canals, blow out;" stumps, etc. I hi Citing the good use to which fe the explosive is put, David Ross, s' of Freeland, said this week that D W, V. Simmons of his community n has just recently blown about 575 J* yards of ditches, three and a half ai feet deep and six feet wide at the top, and about 150 feet of n canal, twelve to fifteen feet wide, ir at the top, at a cost of about n' $150.00 for dynamite and $25.00 j31 for labor. This work was cone j (Continued on Page 3; ^ Point Validity ? Given By 0PA J Policy In Regard To Ration f, Points Is Given; Expira- hi tion Dates Return As rc Practice ir ti The OPA has announced a defi-Jsi nite policy on cancellation, of food ration stamps which, it is hoped, | tl will prevent housewives from us-! it ing their points unnecessarily to ai avoid losing them. This was ft thought necessary because of pro- o: tests voiced after the recent can- ai cellation of ration stamps with- ri. out warning. Hereafter, the agency announ- rt ced, red stamps for meats and t tc fats and blue for processed foods pi will expire four months from the! w date of issuance. This replaces the b< program of indefinite validty for ol these coupons which had been in effect since last Spring. sc Sugar stamps also were given 2i fixed expiration dates again. Num- si ber 34, now in use, will be in- tl vanu enter January .so. xne iiextjui sug?r stamp, number 35, will be I hi Continued on page two gUJOur O RO W. B. KEZIAIi / - For "the nearly a year and a'ft half that we have been with the | w Pilot we 'have not been able to1 a; get around much in Waccamaw1 p< township. At least not as much J m as we should have liked to. This1 uj fact resulted in our still being a h( comparative stranger to the Wac-! F camaw folks, although we knew ji enough of the township to know hi that it embraced about the best ai tobacco lands in the county. jit Well, we haven't been going to re Waccamaw, so, last week many, w Waccamaw folks came to us.; re This is only in a manner of speaking. They came to attend; t\ court and we got acquainted with b< them. We doubt if there were a ot dozen men here from Waccamaw i J. last week who did not subscribe oi for the State Port Pilot. This doz-1 tt en, if there were that many, were j tl here on Monday, a first court day tv that is always confusing. We irjjis- V, ed some of them that day. I tc The township has three post ofI - . * . I . . -;"-V P0R1 1 A Good Coi sdnesday, January 31 Writes Home m v * HL 3BBL *"5?^ % >v!k:,'>Sz. S Jill CAPTAIN WILLIAMSON ]apt. Williamson Tells Of Division trunswick Man Describes Activities Of Famed "Old Hickory" Division (Captain Odell Williamson, native of Brunswick County, sent us the following about his division, the famous 30th Division with which he is serving in field artillery.) For some time I have been hopig I could tell you folks back ome about this outfit of ours and le swell record it has made in (orld War II from the time it it the Normandy Beach and bean fighting on June 15. Censorlip has kept our Old Hickory ivision's engagements pretty mch "under wraps" but we have lade a record we'll stack up jainst any other division's and le Public Relations staff has iade it easier for us to get the irormation oacK. to ^uu uy ouiumrizing the highlights of' the Ith's great campaigns and getng this material cleared through le press cousufsliip. ? . ' This is some information we in tell: When the 30th Infantry Divion troops charged through the leatest concentration of artillery rid mortar fire they had met in le Western Campaign to storm le bunkers of the German Siegied Line and establish a bridge:ad in the Fatherland, they .ached an objective for which, i three months of bitter fighting, ley had been paving the way nee the battle near the beaches. Smashing the Siegfried Line in le sector north of Aachen where was heavily manned and then iding in closing the gap that ireed Aaachen's fall constituted re of the toughest jobs assigned ny division in the Battle of Eu>pe. But the 30th Infantry Diyision iceived its baptism of fire on a (ugh assignment June 15 and its rogress to the German frontier as marked by battles that have ien vital in the master strategy : World War II. The all-important breakthrough >uth of pulverized St. Lo on July 5, a date already historically gnificant, was spearheaded by le Old Hickorymen. A real fightig team, the troops of the 30th id qualified for that assignment (Continued on Page 2) VING Reporter ces; Ash, Freeland and Longood. Freeland rests right up >ainst Columbus county, a small )st office with one rural ail route. We haven't checked 3 on the mailing list to see >w many subscribers we had at reeland before court week, and ist how many new ones we ive there now, but we will bet lything the list is double what was a month ago. It was a igular sing song last week, the ay that Freeland folks got their imes on the subscription list. Ash, the bigger post office with vo rural mail routes, was hardly ;hind Freeland. Going into the 'fice of Register of Deeds Amos Walton for some news matter le afternoon, we had to wait iere five minutes and during lat time we wrote receipts for vo subscribers at Bolivia, one at 'innabow and one at Wilmingm. If that were not enough for (Continued on Fage 3) r pil mmunity stT* 1945 Jury Unable Tc In The Tc H Drive For Funds Will Come To A Close This Week Dance In Southport To End Local Drive; County To Continue Until Week-End REPORTS SHOULD BE MADE IMMEDIATELY County Chairman Express Hope That Good Report May Be Given Press Next Week The Infantile Paralysis drive for funds will come to a close this week, according to W. R. Lingle, county chairman. The drive has been in progress for the past two weeks and gratifying results are expected. A total will be given in next week's paper as r by that time all workers will have f reported' their collections. "Though the drive is not quite K over, ew expect to be proud of 11 our record in this campaign for funds," said Mr. Lingle yesterday. I "Everyone has shown an eager' ness to contribute .and with the J splendid work being done by our [volunteers throughout the county j we hope to announce a fine total I next week." I ^ Mr. Lingle urges all worKersjci. jto turn in the money they have!pi' j raised by this week-end to the principal of the school in their respective area. All surplus ma- CQ tenal, records, etc. should be turn- ?u , ed in at the same time. Careful attention, said Mr. Lingle, should . be given to these records and. ^ j they should include the names of j t I the workers in the various com; munities so that they can receive j ^ i full credit for the work which ftney haVe doneV rht principals ^ will in turn deliver these records and money to Prince O'Brien, who cg j is treasurer fo the drive. The drive will close in Southport with a dance at the Community club at lOo'clock Thursday ,.j night, the proceeds to go to j, I the fund. This dance was origin- yy ally scheduled for Tuesday night, but was postponed because of the . j committee's inability to secure a n suitable orchestra. The orchestra ! which has been secured is "Guy O i Bullard and his Orchestra" which jj jhas played in a number of places in this vicinity and has been | found pleasing. All service men * 1 ' will be admitted free. Returns Home ha Owing To Strike sa ^ Ian I St. Augustine Fishermen pc Are Having Difficulty wj With Dealers And Shal- th lotte Man Comes Home ur fo Captain Herman Stanaland, of mi Shallotte, went to Florida recently and purchased another boat, a po 48 footer. He was planning to en- 2, gage in shrimping at St. Aug Justine until tne summer montns. wi However, when he reached St. bli Augustine from Brunswick, Ga., wc where the boat was purchased, ru he found the St. Augustine fishermen were all on a striking, ow- Ling to inability to agree with seafood dealers as to prices. Cap- f tain Stanaland remained in St I Augustine, cooling his heels, for three weeks. Then as there seemed no prospect of the strike ending soon he returned to Shallotte Saturday. He brought his new boat back with him. The craft is slightly longer than his other boat, ' Grandma. Local Citizen 2 Died Thursday j* on Apparently In Good Health, thi Joseph W. McKeithan Mi Dropped Dead While Making Purchases In !thl Store Thursday jP? j Joseph William McKeithan, 38[year-old plumber and mechanic,j j better known to his friends as "Kaiser" McKeithan, drop-jerr ped dread from heart trouble [ Pa I in a local store at 10 o'clock wc Thursday morning. He had ap-^ha parently been in good health and'Wi his death came as a shock to his s'( friends. , I'1 The son of the late Johnnie and! I Mrs. Kate McKeithan, his entire toi life hud been spent at Southport. j Be (Continued oh page 2) I OT [ $1.50 PER VEAWUBUSH ?Reach Verdic >m Long Mure ge Burney De ? Information On Lost Ration Books Mrs. Delphia Oberjohann, chief clerk of the local ration board, reminds the people of ! | Brunswick County that lost ration books must be advertised in this paper two weeks before new ones can be issued. After the ads have been Inserted two weeks, a copy of the ad must be given to the ration board with the replacement application. In order to save time and confusion, the Pilot wishes to state that there is a charge of fifty cents for the two insertions. Anyone finding a lost ration book will please send it to the ration board in Southport where it will be returned to the proper party. 'ilot Receives i.C. Press Award tate Port Pilot Was Third In Contest of N. C. Newspapers Under 1500 Circulation At the mid-winter meeting of! e North Carolina Press Assoition last week the State Port! lot received recognition among, ipers of its class by placing, ird in the general excellenance j ntest for newspapers witn cir- j lations not exceeding 1,500. 1 The association met on Thurs-1' y and Friday at Chapel Hill, j wards in the contests were made ' a banquet at Duke University I i Friday night and Were pre- j( nted by Governor Gregg Cher-1' . Winners of first place were ' esen ted $25.00 war bonds. Win4 1 rs of second place received a 1 rtificate and honorable mention is given third place. The contest, in which the Pilot ' an third place was won by the >ilot" of Southern Pines. Second ace went to the "Chapel Hill eekly." ( additional Red j; itamps Are Validj eriod Will Last For Five ( Weeks Instead Of Usual Four i t RALEIGH, an. 31.?Housewives c ,ve six more red stamps for ob-11 ining meats and fats, Theodore f Johnson OPA district director ji nounced today. Since the February rationing c riod, which began January 28 c 11 last five weeks instead of e usual four, six red stamps, c stead of the usual five, given I r four-week ration periods, were e side good, he said. jv The stamps, each worth 10 i 'ints are Y-5, Z-5, A-2, B-2, C- t and D-2. jf Eastern North Carolina house-1 ves will receive their usual e je point allotment of five stamps r >rth ten points each on Feb- t ary 1. t The stamps are H-2, J-2, K-2, 2, and M-2. Company Adopts I A Fine Policy elephane And Telegraph Company Carrying On Extremely Liberal Policy To Employees In Service The Southern Bell Telephone d Telegraph Company and the1 uthern Federation of Telephone J orkers announced today the re-! iion of certain Company prac- t es with respect to epiployees military leaves of absence in s Armed Forces or Merchant irine. In effect, the revision provides it employees returned to Comny service following leaves of sence in the Armed Forces or jrchant Marine will be allowed II service credit for all such abice. As a result of this, such iployees will be placed on the yroll at the rate of pay they luld have been receiving if they d been continuously on duty th the Company in the job clasication they were in at the ne they ieft. The Company's Board of Direc"s has authorized changes in the nefit Plan which will give em (continued on page two) i . ' - ' " f \ * ?j Most of The Ne ws All The Time ' 4 ED EVERY WEDNESDAY * ' ; ler Case; clares Mistrial Case Will Be Heard At Next Term Of Superior Court At Southport _ According To Information JUFY STUCK TO 4 TO 8 BALLOTING Other Cases Heard During Week Long Term Of Superior Court w The trial of Tom Long on a second degree murder count in vhich he was charged^ with the haying of Ace Galloway, Shal-otte negro, highlighted on othervise drab week in superior court lere last week. The trial ended vith jurors being unable to agree ifter a day and a half of deliberaion. Judge Burney withdrew one >f the jurors and declared a milrial. The case will come up again it the next term of superior iriminal court. At the beginning of the term, iudge John J. Burney had orderid the summoning of a special >annel of 100 men from which to lelect a jury to hear the case. These men reported Wednesday md twelve men were secured by loon. The trial got underway that ifternoon and the case was given o the jury Thursday afternoon. \.t seven o'clock that night they eported they were unable to igree and they were locked up intil Friday morning. The iurv reported to the judge .hat it" stood 8 to 4 at the time hey first said they were unable .o agree. Naturally, it was not evealed whether this standing avored acquital or a guilty veriict. Mr. Long was represented by 3. L. Henry of Lumberton and r. W. Ruark of Southport. Soli- j :itor Clifton Moore was aided by E. J. Prevatte of Southport. Oth- f ;r cases heard during the week mc! not reported in this paper ast week were: James Perry Russ, robbery and assault, five to seven years in State Prison. Charlie Blue, robbery from perlon, five to ten years in State Prison. J. B. Gentry, robbery, five to :en years in State Prison. J. S. Staton, larceny, continued >n motion of defendant and case ' let for next term of court. Juanita Langley Martin, rob rery, four to five years in Staf4 Prison. Carlton Bulter, murder, continue ! ;d by counsel. Jack Wilson Powell, assau'.ti* ape. This defendant was shown o have a long criminal court rec- I >rd in Columbus ' county. Judge Jurney sentenced hin to serve ourteen years and eleven months n State Prison. Harry Grissett, assault with leadly weapon, eighteen months in county roads. Daisy Ballard, murder. In this ' sase the defendant was shown to ffl rave suffered much ill treatment H it the hands of her husband, vhom she was accused of kill- I ng. She was sentenced to serve 1 welve months on the count^- -m arrr. Dewey Edwards, breaking and ntry and larceny, two years on fl 'riflflfl illHtymonf' aiicnnnrlnH linnn {H he defendant making restitution .0 Mrs. Kate Mintz hi the sum of Continued on page four Ration Painters! _________ *4 PROCESSED FOODS Blue X-5, Y-5, Z-.'i, A-2, B-2, ' C-2, D-2, E-2, F-2 and G-2 <Book Four) now valid at 10 points each. Blue S:an.ps H-2, J-2, K-2, L-2 anc M-2 become valid February 1, 1945. MEATS AND FATS Red Q-5, R-5, S-!i, T-5, U-5, fll W-5 and X-5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each for ise with tokens. Rjd Stamps Y-5, Z-5.A-2, B-2, C-2, and D-2 (Book Four) now valid aat 10 points each with tokens. SCGAK Sugar stamp N>. 34 valid now for five pounds of sugar and will expire February 28th. Sugar Stamp No. 35 becomes valid February let. SHOES Airplane stamps No. 1, No. j 2, and No. 3 now valid. FUEI, OIL Period 4 and 5 coupons from last season and Period . 1 1, 2, ar.d 3 coupons for cur- 1 rent season now valid at 10 gallons each. '* GASOLINE A-14 coupons Vl.lid throng I March 21. j