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PAGE 2 t tfaiAli The State Port Pilot Southport, N. C. Published Every Wednesday JAMES MJ HARPER, JR. ...., Edito -(On Leave of Absence, In U. N. R.) Entered as second-class matter April' 20, 1928, a the Post Office at Southport, N: C., under th Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR ! $1.51 SIX MONTHS l.Oi THREE MONTHS . : 7! Wednesday, April 25, 1945 We Don't Believe It Reports that came out of Berlin Monday were to the effect that Hitler was fighting with his troops on the streets of the German capital, against the rampaging Red armies. Such reports must have been intended purely to inspire more fanatical fighting among his followers. When the truth about the taking of Berlin is written it will be found that Hitler was spending the time hiding in the safest hole he could find. Give the Allies a little more time i and they will see to it that the world's greatest criminal of all times gets into o hnlp for Irppns. We Are Civilized For months in Germany, the country which Hitler once controlled and which he brought to the lowest depths of misery, the ever-victorious allied armies have been uncovering proof of Nazi crimes that surpassed the Spanish Inquisition. Torture in the worst forms that could be devised by man, has been inflicted ! upon slave labor, inhabitants of conquered countries and in many thousands of cases upon equally helpless prisoners of war. The same thing holds true in Japan, German's ally and onetime co-dreamer of world conquest. On a recent Saturday afternoon we noticed a large open commercial truck with no guard in evidence, unless he was one of the two men in the cab of the vehicle. The back of the truck was filled with Germans, prisoners of war, talking, laughing, waving to people as the truck passed. Inquiry revealed that * the truck load of men were being taken j down to a nearby beach to be allowed { to bathe and have Saturday afternoon ; off. Those fellows were well fed,-well clothed and unmistakably happy. We wonder if?they ever compare lot with that of prisoners held in B t Mir own country ? \wind Little Change W Men who have been in service overR seas for any length of time, and who > have seen the confusion that exists in places they have been, are puzzled when they return to the United States and find everything at their homes iust about the same as when they left. Of course there are some changes. Folks who were left behind are now a little older; some of the youngsters have grown up; many familiar faces are no longer soon. Aside from this, F however, the returning service men are finding few changes. The appalling destruction encountered overseas where the war is being fought makes it difficult for the returning service man to realize that home and, to a large exItent, the people, are just as he left them. One thing is sure: If he folks here at home could see the destruction that exuts in the war torn countries they would thank God that we are carrying V the war to Germany and Japan, without waiting for them to bring it and its destruction here. His Last Assignment Ernie Pyle, homely little columnist and world-famed war correspondent, ] has covered his last assignment at the front and among the foot soldiers whom he loved and who loved him. He was killed last week by a Japanese machine gunner. He was long known for his feature stories and spot news reporting, both I? vof which were tops. His dispatches jf from the European theatre of war were | read by millions, and he was claimec by foot soldiers as their own. He apparently cared little for the ranking F officers. Hating war, but recognising its necessity, he was always righl where the fighting was, sending home news of p.I. Joe. The news of Pyle's death has beer * Ttt a gteat shock to the- ?hgftsfi' speakin people. The Doughfoots have lost the best friendi. Ernie Pyle has now joined' the rani* of those to whom he dedicated "Brav Men" in these words: "In solemn salut r ^to .those thousands of o^r, cororades*great, brave men tnat they? ^re?ft - whom there will be no hotmecomini ever". e "We Got Power", , I ' In war, failure to meet an assig! jj ment is inexcusable, on the part c r civilians as well as the military. A > ? - home no industry has lived'up to th demands of war with greater exact tude than the electric light and powe industry. In addressing the members c the industry, Rear Admiral W. R. Mor roe,, U.S.N., said: "You delivered, eac and every one of you?from executivt in the front office to the men wh climb the poles. When we called fc power we got power and not?than God?alibis." When Politics Spell Tragedy Criticism of the calibre of treatmer being received by war veterans in th veterans' hospitals throughout the m tion, is spreading with the rapidity < a prairie fire. American men in th armed forces on active duty receive th best medical care in the world. Bi when they are retired to the status ( veterans and are referred to the tendf mercies of the Veterans' Administrate they are subjected to incredibly po< hospital and medical care, accordin to reports. They have been receivin this kind ofc abuse apparently becaus the veterans' hospitals are swamped i red tape and high.authorities are pol ticians rather than medical experts. A together, it is a shameful episode, an not the least tragic faGt is that it wi take precious time to effect a clean-uj With public opinion aroused, thei will undoubtedly be an investigation a bill has already been introduced i Congress demanding a thorough on But there will be interminable delaj while the bureaucratic machinery < government turns out endless report Some day, months or years from nov veterans lying helpless in wards < these government hospitals, who a this time are getting care which woul not be countenanced for a moment i a modern hospital, may get relief, still alive. This is what happens when politi* is mixed with medicine. It is an exan pie that should awaken all of us to th danger of hasty action on the questio of how far we permit government to g in controlling civilian medical care. , mistake could mean lowered medici standards and the needless sacrifice < countless lives. War Bond Drive Now that the 7th War Loan Driv is near and almost everyone is doing h bit to help put it over it would be we to call attention ta the part the banl of our State are performing in conne* tion with the sale of War Bonds. Banks sell War Bonds all the timi not just during the drives. During th drives, however, their work is muc heavier and unless one is connecte with a bank, their attention is not calle to the work the banks are doing. Th public has little idea of the amount < extra work they are doing in conne* tion with the sale of War Bonds. The banks are only too glad to <3 this work, but they do deserve a goo strong "pat on the back" as there ai probably very few people who realia the amount of credit they merit for a their efforts in selling Bonds. Remen ber, that banks do not get one cei for doing this work. The work is vei exacting also, because if an error made in issuing a bond another or n ust be issued because the Govern ment does not permit an alteration < erasure on a Bond, According to our information tl percentage of bonds sold and proce sed through banks of the State i North Carolina during the 3rd, 4th, 51 > and 6th War Loans constituted appro i imately 75 percent of the sales, ev< . though the Government has a post o . fice in every city and town and th< also sell War Bonds. This is a recoi . of which the banks can be justly proi t and full recognition of this support hi j been given to banks by the Treasui s Department of Washington, D. C. Tl 1 banks are doing this fine job not on to serve the nation in. time of war, b r also to, help keep the dollar sound 1 * contributing to the prevention of i t flation. We can say, that the ban! > would appreciate and are entitled this, recognition from the gener k public. % , [PORT, If. C - L " 1 ?- .'* ".** " " teautiful a# tha* heatitiftit "re breasts" that axe found so plei tifully in th? Waecamajv river Not all of them knciw it, ht the fact remains that as lespi jdeza spreads throughout the coui ty the most, .valuable bay.(crc "that can be pwyn ' in ' this se< tion, the farmers who grow (will be doing: much to repjenis i the dwindling supply of quail. Th birds thrive on espedeaa see and what they eat does not cot stitute any loss to the farmer wh grows the lespede/.a. Unless 01 understanding is- incorrect, Ric 'Gwynn, LeRoy Mintz, and variot j other farmers who are intereste [ in wildlife, are planting varietie of lespedeza the seed of which at [especially suited for quail feei | This planting' is being done i I places where there is little qua food and with the sole idea c feeding the birds. Capt. W. T. White, skipper s the State Highway Prison Cam at Shallotte, stated Saturday the the camp farm was producin plenty of foocl stuffs for ail of th j 41 men now kept there. In add; | tion to the good truck crops, th j camp has an abundance of chlcV Blake, a rather wide-awake farmer and trucker from up-state, ber6 came interested in Brunswick farming possibilities and bought 1J the Swain place in the Midway section. Last year he produced some wonderful truck crops. Last E- week he was telling us he was growing 35 acres in truck crops and everything was looking fine. By way of illustration, he had 6 four acres in tomatoes already h loaded with blooms. Also four , acres in beans, that were getting well fruited. id le Grissettown folks appear to be >f extremely well pleased over the fact that the W. B. & S. Bus, to and from Whiteville, now passes through there. The route is [o slightly longer than the direct l(j Shallotte to Ash route over the paved road. However, the rerout"e ing enables the bus line to serve te a great many more people. At one time, Saturday, the bus enroute to Whiteville had 44 passen1_ gers. People along the River nt Road also seem greatly pleased y at obtaining bus service, even if . limited. It is naturally understood ls that with the end of the war efie forts will be made to render bet[j, ter service on all of the bus com)r pany's routes. Miss McLamb, the new Bruns\e wick county home agent, has an _ apartment with Mr. and Mrs. A. " B. Willis, at Shallotte. With her office at Supply the selection of ih Shallotte for her residence enx_ ables her to render much more efficient service as she is only seven miles from her office. She f- found it impossible to obtain ac;y comodations at Supply. ?d Miss Bertha Pierce, one of the id capable workers in the AAA ofas fice at Supply, has been quite ill since early last week. She is now a patient in a Wilmington hospital and it is understood that ly an operation will be performed this week. "When the fishing law opens " again, come down to Waccamaw n- and I will take you after some ks of those big red breasts," said J. , P. Jones last week. Mr. Jones is a fresh water fisherman, of parts a' and to hkn, like all fishermen who know them, there is no fish so I STATE PORT PILOT. SOUTE g" !**" ' B i i i - * WISE e AND ;e ~ ; i ' ?tirwrsvise ir I, " ==S^ NOTICE We have two perfectly good stories which should have gone 1- In this week's Pilot, but we if ' can't print them because there j was no name signed to them. We'd like to know who sent them so that we can have, j. them next week. This can also be a reminder for all future contributions: >f we can't possibly publish news X- unless we know who sends it l. in. We won't sign your name In the paper, but it is necessary that we know it. 0 (r No General has captured the public imagination and won more K admiration from an erstwhile begrudging people than General George Patton. An unfortunate affair some months ago threatened to put an end to the legend which wad forming around the it swaggering general, but he made e a mighty comeback in his sweep into Germany from the time of the Normandy break through. This week another incident has ie been added to the long list of j ?: ,? io ? UIUUiai-iL. cpiouuca aim 11. m wi?' which will elevate him in the it estimation of those of us here at )f home. >r General Patton, after capturing the Bruchenwald prison camp "1 and witnessing the horrors which )1" he found there, compelled the g- civilian population of the adjacent town, both men and women, to ? walk through the camp and see !e for themselves evidence of the n beastiality of their Nazi regime. A news release states that some . of the Germans, on being marched by the half-burned bodies in d the crematoriums, tried not to jj look at the spectacle, but American officers, on orders from Genii* eral Patton, forced them to turn *e their heads toward the scene. ? Of course this doesn't lessen n the harm already done, but it will help drive through the heads e* of the remaining Germans- that rs they are responsible for allowing jf such things to. happen. It might be a good idea for all Germans s* to ha\/e to witness such sights. V, Maybe then they won't expect to )f be let off without punishment jj for their great crimes. d The Rovin' Reporter n (Continued from page one) if With acreage taken into account, Grover Gore of the Grissettown community, undoubtedly 's has the finest field of oats we 1- have seen, excepting our own. e After taking us over the better part of Shallotte township last Saturday LeRoy Mintz, the 'O Brunswick county soil conservaA tionist, sarcastically inquired, jj "Now will I have to take you over Waccamaw township next if Saturday to show you some better oats than yours are?" Couple of years ago E. C. .. . TOPS fl i , Pepsi-Cola Company, Franchise Bcttler:?Pepsi-Cola I * RE Cit < Res ?. Sat t t 1SI 2nd ' 3rd ! i I !!' S. I ' j !; \< ! i i I Ml? 1WT? 1 11 I I d'efia that pflvtoe egg$ as welt a*' i-'fresh meat Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Barnes who It moved from Shallotte Village] j- Point to Florida to engage in wj l-1 work last fall,, have move back I p t<*,! their < home. f.Althpugh nj>tjya?l !- tives of Brunswick county " they it plan to spend the rest of their h lives here. Coming to this county] ie three or four years ago, they, <1 bought land, build a home and 1 i- store, and prospered. Last year o they both decided that they would ir move, engage in war- work and 1 a put what they made in war bonds, i is asr long as (\var workers were 1 <f needed. When seen Saturday Mr. is Barnes had just bought a hundred e dollar war bond. it n Dr. J. R. Hyatt plans a sort of 1 il innovation in fishing this year, if He has acquired one of the Army 1 Sanding boats, disposed' of as sur- ' plus property, and plans to use it 1 it for transporting fishing parties to p the offshore wrecks and also for it fishing on the shoals. It is said g the craft will make about seven ' e! miles per hour and this should 1 1- be ample speed for fishing points e close to shore, also for landing on c- Bald Head Island. Hjfli Hr OR QUALITY i Long Island Cily, N. Y. ? tottllng Co.. of Wilmington, N. O j GIST] y Registration Book jistration Of Voters ( arday, < ATTHEFOLLO1 Ward?Capt. Fred D t Ward?Harrell's Fu Ward?Court House ATURDAY, MAY 5, TUESDAY, MAY 8, i Kt(olSi 1st Ward?Capt. Fr ? 2nd Ward?Mrs. Eli 3rd Ward?Mrs. Ar i i 1 \. WEDNEi Way And Grain Prospects Are Not Very Encouraging i Continued rrytn ^are ti of J. J. Ludium aft especially fine field, of oats was- seen. Mr. Ludium goes for smalt grain extensively and follows it a with e.apedeza. Lpit*yeai:?ne ,had nearly 50 acres in the hay crop and reaped an enormous harvest. It is thought his lespedeaa may be all right this year as- the good small grain crop nursed it along. Between, the fin? farm, of Herbert Russ and that oft throe colored farmers-, brothers but whose wee? not learned, a 500 yard long drainage canal has. just recently been blasted out with dynamite by Mr. Russ with the three colored farmers cooperating. Thia canal bids fair to pcove very valuable from the standpoint of giving-better drainage and the use of dynamite in its construction eliminated what would have otherwise proved an unsurmountable problem. The explosive cleared a way through trees, stumps and roots. A little further on was the VV. C. Gore farm, bought three years igo by Claude Gore, one of three very industrious farmers, all of whom are rated as tops at cultivating and building up farm lands. Mr. Gore has a great deal of land in grain and- its was in air shape He goes in for lespedeza extensively, produces a lot of corn, toaacco and other crops. In his immediate section he was one of the pioneers in ditching with dynamite. The old A. J. Brown place, sold :hree years ago to James Higgins, i former Horry County farmer, vas noted as being on the mend. \ little further on the newer A. 1. Brown place, also sold recenty to Prince Hewett, presents a retiy attractive appearance, alhough it is located a little disance off the road. From there ,o the junction of the WhitevilleJrissettown roads are a number >f fine little farms, all bearing ividence of being well tended, rhe names of the owners was not earned. Going towards Whiteville the r> 4 rrtv KA11 ;s Will Be Open )n? April 2 WING PLACES osher's Store neral Home \ CHALLENGE DA , ELECTION DAY "RARS ed Dosher izabeth Giilbert inie K. Vitou iDAY, APRIL 25, 1945 v | fine fattn and attractive home of D. B Frink was passed. Mr. jFrirtlt 1* 9 hard worker and uses ' brainwork with his farming- ope| rations. He not only lives on his ! farm but he is making a real success at farming. | 1 Jusi:wfi*yond D* B. Frinks;, the two places adjoining, is the unusually fine farm of his brother, . Sam J. Frink. He is also a hard [worker and makes farming pay (in a big way. In this effort he tis aided by the ownership of farm land that is tops for agricultural purposes. 1 Back towards Urissettown and just at the edge of the D. P. Frink farm was another long ,drainage canal that called for the expenditure of about $400.00 to blow it. Some fine farming lands and (good homes were encountered all .along the way to Grissettown. Beyond Grissettown and towards (Seaside are the fine farms of the Grissetts. The father, Allard Grissett, died only a few months ago and one son. Walter Grissett, ;died still more recently. The eld! er Mr. Grissett gave six sons to 1 the armed service, five of whom are understood to be still serving. I The object of the trip towards ; Seaside was to see an oatfield of about twelve acres belonging to I Grove r R. Gore, brother of Claude Gore and of M. C. Gore, | of Langwood. Three years ago, I already owning and cultivating a . fine farm of his own. Mr. Gore bough t the old A. G. Frink place from Lee Frink of Supply and Mrs. E. H. Smith, of Southport. Information is that he has made 'enough from the farm in the three | years to more than pay for it. His twelve acres in oats are per| haps the best in Brunswick this year. | Bick to urissettown through j that thriving community and to j Shallntte over Route 17, many [ fine farms, among them. M. I. , Holdfn and the C. H. Russ were ; passed. Good land and good farm work was evidenced all the way. ON II For 8th Y / -T ~
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