pilot Covers Brunswick County y^RTEEN NO. : WanArre I Raping. I Years j w . *'Mi, I I ror Joe Brown En Se Plea Of Guilty To ? ' t plea Accepted By ff A n d Defendant X, 13-15 Years II PROS TAKEN SPR,n TRIPP CASE |S t Rogers, Former K Of Police, Is Found K Guiltv Of Assault X On John Creech IB nf tn'nst revolting cases Xhistorv of Brunswick coun* Wight to swift concluXL yesterday when Joe m%-vear-old white man, Lteneed by Walter aM,'"""., serve not less than 13 Xor more than 15 years at labor in the state penitentic - #aJ arrested Friday by t XffMlon I. Ganey on a war- v XUn out by the formers s . jirs. Callie Lamb, in j IW& charged that her fatft threat and force to E- aii : s purpose of ravish- 1 Iter 14-year-old sister, Ger- 1 I Bro*n I k county grand jury I ,-:o court in a body Mon- 1 It? return a true bill against J L for rape and he was ar| David SinI the beginning of the trial lay Solicitor Sinclair stated lac State would not try In tor his life and that it H accept counsel's plea of h! charges of incest. This, t : was due to two facts, f ia daughters had no wish t him sent to the gas cham|but merely wanted to have ? I set away where he could no Ic a lest them. Second, a Ion approximating the max- ( si punishment for incest b in all probability, keep Joe pin the penitentiary the bal! of his life. i the stand at the trial TuesBoming, Mrs. Lamb testithat her father had had carknowledge of her before her ace and before she was 16 ^ i of age. She also testified 1 she had hoard her father 1 ten to kill Gertrude if she 1 ot permit him to have sexual ' iss with her. s trade came to the stand and that her father had been \ I elf upon her for over i regular intervals and < told her mother and [ er father had intimid- f all, she said, with t olence. s Fergus, Southport t t'ho examined Gertestified that it was i ( that she had been tual relations with I (i that the child had I' cas her father. | tney took the stand '1 hat the testimony of ' own was substantial- j1 ' story that she had t hen he arrested her i Friday. 1 he did not take the 0 permitted his coun- f to the court that he s d to having had sex- t 1 with his daughter. < case in which there t wide interest was set- < ay afternoon when a as taken against D. ir disorderly conduct ? an officer. He had Superior court from a. 1 lf 18 months on the I following his conhis charge in BrunsRecorder's Court. * >re. charged in warded by the Recorder dth a deadly weapon to kill, went free' wed on page 4) all(i stamps? hckman Police Chief; ?uthport Man Is I To Replace Her- i ?ers, Who Resign- 1 '0 To Shipyard I' bvnth0f S,'UthpOrt haS 1 y the noard of alder-11 police, succeeding 11 frs who recently refeept a job at the I Wilmington. I Police chief is well * lifelong resident of he clerked for a 1 in one of the J Pocery stores be5? usiry'ss for himn i? ',^St f'"v months ^ charge of the W TH1 (2 sted on Q Daughter In Prison . i - X-\ COURTVVEEK ? There's little loubt in the minds of those who lave attended court here this veek that truth is, indeed, itranger than fiction; and the Brunswick county courthouse ibove, has been the scene for the infolding of drama as strange is any stage has ever known. ?Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps? Brunswick Co And Girls ] ietween 2,000 And 3,000 Students Return To The White And Colored Schools Of County As Vacation Days End >OME DIFFICULTY IN TRANSPORTATION }ne Driver Short In One School And A Shortage Of Buses In Other Places Causes Some Worry * Between two and three thouland Brunswick county boys anc jirls went back to school Moniay, and although the first day's >perations have presented some inpleasant problems in transporation it appears that these wit loon be ironed out. At Leland on opening day these vere 310 students registered Southport had 349 pupils the firsl iay and Bolivia opened with 38? sresent. No figures were avaiablc 'or Waccamaw and Shallotte, tn< wo largest schools for whitt students, nor for any of the cot >red schools. Some difficulty was expcrienc;d in transporting students to Lc and sphool when one of the fous ,'ertified bus drivers reported al fie last minute that he would bt inable to drive a bus this year Since only drivers certified by s lighway patrolman may serve his year on school buses, a delaj n placing one bus in operatior las resulted. Of the 9 new buses scheduler or delivery to Brunswick countj ichools this fall only four have >een received, all short bodied Crowded conditions resulting frorr his condition are expected to be :orrected within a few days. ?Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps? Is In Hospital Warren Wilson Strapping Young Heavy, weight Is Victim Of Gas And Is In Serious Condition In New Jersey Hospital Warren Wilson, 22, of Atlanta 3a., heavyweight Lou Nova') sparring partner was recently ivercome by illuminating gas ant las had "several periods of ex litement" and has been trans 'erred from St. Joseph's hospita :o Hope Dell, Passaic county wel fare home. Dr. S. T. Bernson o Pompton Lakes, his physician sait his week. Dr. Bernson said gas poisoninj suffered when Wilson was feliet jy fumes escaping from a watei leater at Nova's Pompton Lake! .raining camp August 30 hat :aused a brain injury of a typt 'which is usually transient." Ht idded, however, that Wilson "wil probably be sick for some time.' Nova's trainer, Ray Arcel, saic te was visiting Wilson one nighl his week at St. Joseph's wher he youth became violent anc xdice were summoned to shifl lim to Hope Dell. E ST, A Goo 4 PAGES TODAY harge of Gets 13 For Incest Soldiers Will Camp Near City CCC Camp Or Old Baseball Park Will Be Scene Of Camp For 300 Ft. Bragg Men Here This WeekEnd Approximately 300 members of the 3rd Field Artillery, Obesrvation Battalion, Lieut. Col. John Messick commanding, are slated to go into camp at the base ball park and old CCC camp here Friday afternoon. They will break camp and return to Fort Bragg Monday. They plan to spend the time fishing and bathing. The location i is ideal for a recreation camp as i both city water and lights are , available with plenty of parking : ground for the trucks. Lieut. Col. Messick, then Cap tain Messick, brought his men to ! the same place for a week's enIcon tinued on page four) ?Buy Defense Boiuls and Stamps? unty Boys Back To Work 4c I Vocational Ag ; For ShallotteA department of vocational agriculture will be added to Shallotte high school cirriculuni this year, according to announcement of Miss Annie May VVoodside this week. ?" :? There was some doubt about this matter because of difficulty in securing a teacher for this work, but Principal Henry C. Stone has secured the services of I ; Harold M. Morris of Douglasville, | Ga., a teacher of two year's exi - perience. ' j ?Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps? jOWAA Member Here Tuesday | Hunting And Fishing Writer Of Philadelphia Enquj irer Here On Way To , Florida The first of the fall run of the hunting and fishing editors of the big newspapers arrived here yesterday when Allen Corson, of the Philadelphia Enquirer put in at t Southport just to get acquainted : with the local members of the Outdoor Writers Association of l America and to make tentative : plans for spending about fifteen t days here next May. i! Mr. Corson was on his way to Florida, accompanied by Mrs. CorI son. They will spend about eight r months there and in Georgia on their return. Southport is already scheduled for a stop as they move northward. In addition to being a writer, Mr. Corson is an ex' | pert Photographer. He covers fishing and hunting for the Inquirer the year round, with both I typewriter and camera. 1 He is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and through this organization he has heard much of Southport I and the fishing on the lower . North Carolina coast, so much (j that the Inquirer has assigned . I him to get coverage. Yesterday _ | he made arrangements with W. B. Keziah for regular reports on the hunting and fishing. When he gets back in the spring he will per| sonally do some boosting of the 5 Gulf Stream and other fishing. Accompanied by Keziah, Mr. and Mrs. Corson went to Orton yesterday afternoon and several interesting pictures were made 1 there, including several shots of (Continued on page 4) f ?Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps? Peanut Pickers Must Keep Record i r Operators of peanut pickers or i | thrashers will be required to 1J make a complete report of each .?i crop thrashed this year, says ; I county Agent J. E. Dodson. 1 Form PN509, the proper blank ' for submitting this information, I may be secured at the office of t the county agent. That pffice ! plans to mail the proper forms i to owners of thrashers and to t all farmers who have a 1941 pea!nut acreage allotment. ATE I d News paper Ii Southport, N. C., We< Work Starts On F Waccamaw Dam Early This Week Twenty-Five Men Are At R Work On Project At The Mouth Of Waccamaw River On Lake OLD DAM HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED T Work Of Demolition Of The Old Dam Has Already Been Underway D For The Past Week And Is About Completed Work was expected to be started early this week on the construction of the dam at the mouth t< of the Waccamaw River on Lake V Waccamaw. 6 The business of tearing out the ei old wooden structure which prev- ci iously stood on the dam site has R been in progress for the past n week, and now has about been B completed. Twenty-five workmen are at work on the project. ti The new dam, which will be d a concrete structure, will cost an e estimated $10,000. This work is R being done under the supervision F of the N. C. Department of Con- ? servation and Development, but fi it has been contracted to a priv- E ate contracting firm. o Work on the dam is expected b to be completed in sixty days. b ?Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps? o Judge Stanaland b Has A Busy Day ? u Judge Of Recorder's Court s ii-ij- c i c?? nuiUB jpctiai tjcsoiuu v/ii | c Thursday To Clear Way Is For Superior Court This q Week b b A special session of Brunswick s county Recorder's Court was held s Thursday by Judge Walter M. o ! Stanaland, who disposed of num- n erous cases in order to clear the c I track-'n^ Superior court here this h week. Guy A. Esom, white, one of s the men who escaped 10 days ago b from the Brunswick county jail, li was back in court and has begun li serving a sentence of 4 months t on the roads, a judgment passed 8 at a previous trial. Judgment was ? reserved in the case charging him t with breaking jail. Easom surren- ii dered to police in Wilson last t week, after going to see his r wife. p Joe Powell, colored, was con- r victed of public drunkenness and t was given 30 days on the roads, judgment to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $5.00 and I costs. I Ruby Kilson, white, pleaded guilty to charges of drunk driving and was given 30 days on the roads. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs and a T fine of $50.00. Her driving license was revoked for 6 months. Maxie Witherspoon colored pleaded guilty to charges of drunk driving and was given 4 months I on the roads. Judgment was su- v spended upon payment of a fine I c of $50.00 and costs, his license 1 b being revoked for 12 months. j t Joe McCov. colored, pleaded, If ; guilty to charges of being drunk jand disorderly and resisting ar- f rest. Given 90 days on the roads, f judgment was suspended upon r payment of costs and a fine of ? $50.00. v George Williams, colored, was ? found guilty of assault. Judgment ], was suspended upon payment of costs, the costs being remitted. j Craven Nelson, white, was given a 90 days on the roads following his J conviction on charges of damage r j to property. Judgment was su- o spended upon payment of costs, a J (continued on page four) ?Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps? Repairs Compl< i Works Get Ba ' Days of strange bubblings and strong pressure from water pipes in the homes of Southport are over nOw for a long time to come, and pipe-rust and funny taste likewise are a thing of the past so far as the immediate future is concerned. These were merely some of the symptoms of a more serious trouble?the necessity of having j, extensive repairs made on the city water tank. Recently a contract was let to have the tank scraped and painted inside and out, and to replace or re- ' pair any damaged parts. Now, it is obvious that the tank on the tower couldn't be filled with water and workers at the same time, so the men at the pumping station had to P0R1 i A Good Con inesday, September 1< 'ood Processing ; Centers Object Capital Parley ( EA To Finance School Food Processing Centers, Electric Companies Will ' Finance Equipment An- J nounces Bishop After Washington Conference WO FROM AREA ATTENDED MEETING , ir. Bishop, Superintendent, And R. B. Mallard, At- ( torney, Attended Con- , ference In Washing- | ton i Representatives from nine Eas- j :rn Seaboard States conferred in | Washington, D. C., September 5- , , preparatory to aiding in the stablishment of food processing jnters in rural schools served by ! :EA-financed electric lines in the ine States, Superintendent E. D. ishop, announced today. Approximately 300 persons parcipated in the conference. In adition to representatives from I lectric cooperatives financed by j :EA, they included State and 'ederal nutrition specialists, chool superintendents, health oficers, and representatives of the Ixtension Service from the States f New Hampshire, Vermont, laine, Pennsylvania, Delaware, rew Jersey, Maryland, North Carlina and Virginia. As part of a nation-wide drive y various Federal and State gencics to improve diets, not nly as an immediate defense airh ut for long-range national health, tie REA program will aid rural cnooi ja installing njini'n^nL ?bvssary for preserving and procesing foods of high nutritional uality?health protective and ealth foods. The equipment will e available for preparing hot chool lunches; for home demontration agents and other educatrs to teach adult groups better utritional practices; and for ommunity use by the rural in abitants in each. area. It has been estimated that a mall food processing center can ie equipped with essentials for Ittle more than one hundred dolirs. The local REA electric sysems, which number more than 00 in every part of the United | itatcs, have been authorized by he Rural Electrification Adminstration to make financing loans o the schools at low interest ates. A number of electrical apiliance companies have agreed to nakc the equipment available to he schools at greatly reduced (Continued on page 4) ?Liuy Defense liomls nnne Purpose Will Be To Study With An Idea Of Correcting P r o b 1 ems That Affect Adversly Farm Life A Series of 14 community meetigs held in Brunswick County ist week marked the beginning f an Agricultural Planning Proram in the county. These mcetlgs followed a neighborhood surey of the county made in July y eleven groups of farm men nd women under the leadership f J. E. Dodson, county agent, nd the information gathered by hese groups was used as a basis or dividing the county into 14 ommunities for the planning proram and other purposes. This Agricultural Planning actvity is a part of a nation-wide irogram initiated in 1938 and be un in North Carolina in January, qso it's numose is to enable arm people to take an active lart in planning and directing .gricultural programs and to coirdinate the activities of the agrlultural agencies and institutions nto a unified attack on the varous problems which affect rural ife. Agricultural planning is carried in through committees composed if farm men and women from lach small neighborhood and reiresentatives of the agricultural igencies operating in the county. Neighborhood representatives verc elected at the meetings held ast week to serve on each of the community agricultural planling committees. The meetings were sponsored iy the County Agricultural Work;rs' Council -of which Miss Genivieve Bakes, home agent, is :hairman, and Miss McDonald of "arm Security Administration is (continued on page four) ?Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps?Henry Holt Dies In Boston, Mass* iVas Well Known Here, Having Visited In Southport For Several Yearn Prior To His Death BBI0 ' 1 Henry Holt, Jr., artist, son of he late Henry Holt, founder of || -Tenry Holt & Company, publishes. of 257 Fourth Avenue, New fork, died Tuesday in MassachQletts General hospital in Boston, dass. He was fifty-three years >Id. He attended Groton School and vas graduated from Harvard in 1912. During the World war he inlisted as a private and served n France as a lieutenant in the Signal Corps with the 27th Divi lion. Surviving are his wife, the forner Audrey Felling, who was in :harge of the Cancer Research Clinic at Falmouth; a son, Henry rlolt, III, and a daughter, Elsie ^abot Holt. The deceased was well-known lere, having visited in Southport innually for several years. Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Fort Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide TIDE TABLE Thursday, September 11 11:03 a. m. 4:47 a. m. 11:36 p. in. 5:35 p. m. Friday, September 13 11:46 a. m. 5:33'a. m. 6:16 p. m. Saturday, September IS 0:14 a. m. 6:13 a. m. 13:35 p. m. 7:33 p. m. Sunday, September 14 1:09 a. m. 7:30 a. m. 1:30 p. m. 8:39 p. m. Monday, September 15 3:13 a. m. 8:30 a. m. 3:33 p. m. 9:37 p. m. Tuesday, September 16 3:18 a. ra. 9:30 a. m. 3:37 p. m. 10:18. p. IXL Wednesday, September 17 4:31 a. m. 10:34 a. ra. 4:36 p. m. 11:07 p. m - 2 31 ,S.S> 4