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the Pi,ot C?VCr8 pruflsvvick County Kpia^For L Rationing |? This_County Bf^'Man Board eToFBe Charge Of This ?eWork In Brunswick tsBff MONDAY HI,. Council H e ad, MLn Of Board Of BUmiuioner*. And Kof Court Make W dominations ll ^rmiMtion Is being set B^unwick county at the M.rZ to handle the Ure problem occasioned by ^,;y of rubber in this ^uons for the board flcudv been forwarded to B- Wring been made by VV. Ba,'heati of the county deV council. J. M. Roach, chair ..< .J* county board of corn^Lgrs and S. T. Bennett H tp, superior court. ; set up In the county B> 1 Whiteville, Lees. WetBcs& Bogue' Waccamaw' , jjd Ransom townships. ; chadbourn, Cerro GorBiuff, Tatums and West^B? - tA-iTichin.9 p>* r? rJ 3: Williams, South Wilird Bug Hill townships. cpjiirg must be in readilc: operation on the momif January 5th, when the ?: tan on the sale of new except for those buyers havI priority rating of A-3 or x will be changed to a raI system. i county board will have nauy authority to: (1) ere who shall receive a tire Krtance with instructions sar.iards furnished from Issue a certificate upon t be furnished to each apc that the Local Board lis eligible for receipt of Keep records of all applit of rejections and all certib issued; Mahe periodic reports to State Councils on forms or ties to be furnished, and l It should be kept in mind rev few tires for the usual Kfr cars are going to be im and the job of the local a will be very largely that teg tires for commercial ath Comes To innahnw l.arlvl H V ff UMMJ B1 Jonathan Reid Died B> Her Home Near WinBkw Last Week; FuB?l Services Held Tuesservices for Mrs. Jon^PRe:i. ST. of Winnabow were H^U a. m. last Tuesday at B ^ Hope Presbyterian ^ Winnabow. Bj5?f't followed in the Reid died at her home *? morning after a long ill'?e had been a resident of < for 29 years, moving f "r'^ Charlotte. She was a ( Xew Hope PresH ? arc five sons, J. Reid of Plainview. Texas, Clark. Charles M., Jon- fi and Gilbert T. Reid. Wmnabow; and three V On Page Four) ijj' Contest Pinners Named ' |j-S' s?.r,""SJ < Li?h,e<l B5l?the 'lccorations con *??M each year by mem i?Vr I Woman's B"hident"M nn?UnCC(' by the BW," W' L Styr?n. : B for Hie1 best house mmlt0 Mrs-L- c. mCc Lr?- H- w- H??d 1 Ikcrj.., E<l Taylor receivBh y; mention. B for But,rr won first i Bite. st l,vi?g ChristB H r !!Con'1 Place went : B^ill Miss Mar* Bjhr.. ceived honorable thu co1- 1 ^ of u town was at || Henry Mitchell, 1 TH1 B I p? < & ? ' * ?; | WE'V ?i < To carr ?: i?; behalf ? ///is * ?! Z?.' ?: ?: ?: 5* ? mm?vv:.v. Late War Bulletins As we go to press announcement is expected momentarily of the fall of Manilla, capitol of the Philippine Islands. Reports early today indicate that United States and Philippine troops are being overwhelmed by th cforce of greater numbers and motorized equipment. While the Philippines may eventually be lost entirely to Japan, the fall of .Manilla does not necessarily mean that this is true. For one thing, Manilla was not heavily fortified, and elsewhere in the island possession there are formidable fortifications for whose capture the Japs must pay dearly in both men and materials. .As a result of a series of conferences in progress during the past week between high ranking British officials, headed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and United States military and naval strategists headed by President Roosevelt, there will be a unified war effort on the part of the allies. Just where and when this force will first strike has not been made clear, for obvious reasons, but it has been indicated that some sacrifices mast be made in order to achieve major objectives. iii 'TTT n !.. ? ,. f 4 hn Jino nussiaio ruuio ui u,v German forces before Moscow and Linengrad continues, and on tie first anniversary of Hitler's speech promising victory to his nation in 1941, comes word that the Russians have forced the Germans back to the Crimean peninsular. So far, the new trend of Nazi war strategy has not been made apparent, and the world awaist the first efforts of Her Hitler, commander in chief of the German armies. bounty Closes Jenrette Suit accepts Sum Of $500.00 In Full Settlement For Judgment Held Against Former County Official . The county accepted the suml f $500.00 this week in full setlement of its judgment against (Continued on page 4) Closing Year V Big Rei As the year 1941 draws to a close Register of Deeds W. S. Wells believes that a record of realty transactions for a 12months period has been established for this county. Upon the ' basis of revenue stamps that must go on all papers for the transfer of property of more than $100.00 in value a total of $377,500.00 worth of real estate changed hands in Brunswick county during the year just closing. High month for the period was December, when $126,500.00 changed hands, as compared with $16,000.00 in December of last year. A principal item in 0 E ST A Go< 4 PAGES TODAY a A A A A A A A A A A A; E RESOLVE] y on our faithful servic . Owr organization jt pledge and in extendi) ishes for your health a happiness in 1942. mmmnmmm Belated Black* Staged Visit Of Low-Flying Check Up Plane Is First Word Received By Local Citizens In Trial Black Out Monday Night QUICK RESPONSE FOLLOWS VISIT Local Officials Extremely Well Pleased With Cooperation Of Residents Once The General Alarm Sounded A low-flying fighter plane thundered across the rooftops of Southport residences about nine o'clock Monday night and sent local citizens scurrying to their power switches for a belated blackout that resulted from faulty plans in getting word to this community. All evening long plans were in progress to make the local effort one hundred percent successful, but because of an ill-advised effort to complete a person to person call to Chas. M. Trott, Brunswick air raid warden, Instead of spreading the alarm through whoever answered the phone Southport was brightly lighted when the check-up plane came over. Then things began to happen thick and fast, and by the time the night-flying visitor had circled and returned over the town, everything was in darkness. Local oifficials were completely satisfied with the success of the test and with the spirit of co(continued on page four) Local Legion Post Over Top Gains As Many Members As Has Been Assigned By State Department; District Commander Also Reports Chas. M. Trott, commander of the Brunswick County Post No. 194, American Legion, announced this week that the members in quota for this post has been filled for 1942. R. C. St. George, district commander, says that the same condition is being approached by workers in the seventh district. He confidently expects his area to (Continued On Page 4) Witnessed alty Turn-Over I this year's December business was the 575,000.00 purchase price of Ft. Caswell. Another high month in realty transactions was September, when there appears to have been a rebirth of buying on the basis of official announcement that Ft Caswell would be taken over by the navy. Sales for that month totaled $51,500. In January sales were $16,000.00; February, $17,000.00; March. $12,000.00; April, $18,500.00; May, $30,000.00; June, $12,000.00; July, $33,000.00; August $10,500.00; October, $32,500.00; November, $18,000. ATE >d News paper I Southport, N. CM Wee 11 !* D *' e tn your :$ m lins in >! >: ig its j*j nd gj m >: w. M DUt Is I At Southport * i? Narrow Escape From Firecracker One of the most dangerous accidents reported during the Christmas holidays ended without serious injury to anyone, but through no fault of a firecracker-throwing practical joker. Prince O'Brien and his daughter, Libby, drove up to Wil- ! mington on Christmas Eve night to get his son, Gene, a reporter on The Star-News. In their return trip about midnight the right-hand windshield suddenly burst right in the face of the passengers of the O'Brien sedan. Since the shattering was accompanied by a flash and a loud report, the justifiable first impression of the car occupants was that they were being bombed. With commendable coolness and rare presence of mind O'Brien managed to bring his car to halt without further accident, and when he discovered that his trouble resulted from a firecracker thrown by some roadside celebrants, gave fruitless chase to the offenders. Catholics Plan Mission Here J ??? n Rev. Maurice Fitzgerald Of The Paulist Fathers To C Conduct Mission At Sac- (red Heart Chapel Reverend Maurice Fitzgerald of * the Paulist Fathers will conduct J a Mission at the Sacred Heart S Catholic Church of Southport 11 from January 4th to the 10th inclusively. [ The mission will begin with I the Mass at ten-thirty Sunday, January 4th. The special mission sermons will be every evening at 7:30. Father Fitzgerald is a very able missionary with a rich back- P ground of experience in many parts of the United States. At present he is the Superior of the Southeastern Mission Band and chaplain of Clemson College Newman Club, Clemson, S. C. The ii following is a tentative list of s subjects for the evening sermons, d Sunday evening: "The Purpose ti of Life or Why Did God Create w Me?" Monday evening: "Why u Confess Your Sins to a Priest?" Tuesday evening: "The Divinity of o Christ". Wednesday evening: "The jPope, St. Peter's Successor". 'Thursday evening: "The Bible". I i Friday evening: "The Holy Sacri- | | fice of the Mass Explained". Saturday evening: "Why X Am a j Catholic" ? | Each evening before the serJ mon Father Fitzgerald will an- C jswer any question asked about | Catholic Faith and practices. Just j write out your questions and drop : them in a box provided for this [purpose near the entrance. These j questions will be courteously an- d Iswered. Non-Catholics arc cordial- d ily iilvited to attend the mission ir and to make use of the Question ti Box. An open and honest cxplan- n ation and discussion of your difficulties about things Catholic by oi (Continued on page 4) POR' n A Good Coi inesday, December 3] Final Report Of' Membership Drive Sets New Record Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., Red Cross Roll Call Chairman Reports Total Of 302 Members To Chairman Berg :hairman pleased with volunteers iVork Made Easy By Interest And Enthusiasm Of Citizens And The Volunteer Workers In The County Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., roll :all chairman for the Brunswick bounty Chapter, American Red Jross, was in a mighty good mmor Tuesday when she made ler final report to J. Berg, chap,er chairman. For one thing, this year's roll lall effort resulted in an increase if almost one hundred over last rear's total of 211 members. But nost important to the roll call ihairman was the generous reiponse of citizens of the county ind the many pleasant surprises hat developed in the efforts of he volunteer workers. "Only last night", she told Mr. ierg, "I was counting up getting eady to make my final report ind we had only 298 members. Vhile I was doing this Mr. Ceziah came by for a few minites, and I told him what a ihame I thought it was that we vere going 10 juau uaruiy misa jetting 300 members. He said he bought so too, and hadn't been jonc from the house more than :en minutes when he came back vaving a handful of dollar bills tnd some names. He'd gone out ind gotten three additional memiers that quick, thus putting us iver the 300 mark. One other nember cam'e in and joined vohinarily this morning. "And yesterday afternoon when stopnpd to see Janie Henry ihe had four more prospects, but 10 money in hand. 'Two of these ire going to join, I know', she aid, 'so I'm just going to hand n their money for them.' She did, ind then, before I could get out he called me back and gave me he money for the other two. 'If hey don't want to join,' she aid, 'I'll join for them.' I was ibout to leave when she called me lack once more and said that he wanted to give her nephew, ames Galloway, a Red Cross nembership.' That, by the way, nakes the Henry family almost me hundred percent. Mr. and Irs. A. P.' Henry, Elizabeth and l. P. Henry, Jr., Mr. Johnnie and diss Janie all joined. "I've already had something in he paper about Mrs. Ida Clemnons and Mrs. Bill Kopp out in he county and about Delia HuntEy and the navy boys here. It's ieen fun doing this work this ear." The following complete the nembers in roll: Mrs. R. D. White, Shallotte; Churchill Bragaw and Jim Fergus, )rton Plantation; Miss Hilda Mul:r, Pinehurst; Miss Annie Zue lewton, Southport; R. S. Mcleithan, Miss Bertha Devane, liss Katie Johnson, Webster iwain, and James Galloway, Winabow. Recruiters Here Enlisting Men (umber Of Men Examined By Naval Recruiting Officers Here Saturday And Sunday Naval recruiting officers enlistlg men for the offshore patrol igned up eight men here in two ays this week. This was in conrast to a week in Wilmington rhcrc only six men were signed PYeoman Dick Jones, in charge f the clerical work, staled that (Continued on page 4) ieart Attack Is Fatal To Citizen eath Of I. L. Hewet: Is Pronounced By Coroner Caison To Be Due To Natural Causes I. L. Hewett, 67-year-old resient of the Supply community, icd suddenly on Christmas night nmcdiately following an altercaon in which he figured as a lore or less innocent bystander. According to the story told Corner John G. Caison two or three (Continued On Page Four) / r pil nmunity 1, 1941 pubusi Ward Announc For Recorde Is First Man In County Ti Office;Hot Contests Are Primary John B. Ward of Ash was in* Southport Monday and stated that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Judge of the Recorder's court, a position now held by Walter M. Stanaland, chairman of the Democratic executive committee. Ward has had experience in public office, having served previously in the position which he now is seeking. In addition he has served as a member of the board of county commissioners and as county tax collector. This blows the lid off the political pot in Brunswick, which has a habit of boiling violently at least every two years; and the war and all other developments will have a hard time keeping down interest in the various contests that will develope. In addition to the job of recorder, contests also will be in order for clerk of court, sheriff, coroner and three members of the j boad of county commissioner. j Final Approva And Loan F< _____ ?5{C . I j Seamen Required To Be Registered | ( Effective on January 1, 1942, is a recent ruling requiring all men who go to sea in any cap- ] acity to be properly finger I printed and registered with government authorities. Affected by this law are all Southport fishermen and shrimpers, including the colored ' members of the crews of local menhaden fishing boats. I While the act was obviously . intended as a curb for treach- , ery among the Japanese fishermen of the west coast, it was made nation-wide in an effort ' ( to stem fifth-column activities i( in any territorial waters of the j; United States. 11 Accident Fatal To Leland Boy j Harvy B. William Dies In Wilmington Hospital Following Accidental Shoot- , ing Christmas Day I A holiday hunting accident . claimed the life of one Brunswick nniintv hnv when 12-vear-old J ?,, ?? Harvey B. Williams died at James 1 Walker Memorial Hospital Thurs- 1 day a few hours after being J struck by a full blast from the single-barrel shotgun with which , he was hunting. The lad was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Williams of Leland and was out hunting on Christmas day with a young companion. According to the report made to I Coroner John G. Caison the lad was standing on a stump when his gun went off, the full load striking him in the side of the face. His companion spread the alarm, and the injured youth was rushed to the Wilmington hospital, ' where he died a short time later. 1 e Funeral services were conduct- t ed Saturday afternoon at 2 ^ o'clock at the Williams cemetery s by Rev. H. S. Strickland. Active r pallbearers were Charles Lanier, s Ras Nelson, John J. Charles, Wil- i liam Williams, Arnold R. Potter and Thomas Williams. Southport, Eng] Praises Sc To Mayor John D. Eriksen of Southport has come a clipping from a newspaper published at Southport, England, telling of the hospitality enjoyed here several weeks ago by "officers and members of the crew of a British naval trawler. "I have traveled widely in ail parts of the world as a merchant seaman, including four years in the Antarctic exploration and whaling", wrote Chief-Officer E. L. Warren, master of the boat that called here, "but this welcome touched mc as few have done. And," he added, "it was with no thought of 'lcasc-and-lcnd, but only a sincere desire to help in sonje way. Such is my impres OT HED EVERY WEDNESDAY :es Candidacy ;r Court Judge 0 Declare Candidacy For ; Promised In Coming Election 0 ' A RK;-; : v.j gPlBIBgv^: . 1 JOHN B. WARD 1 Of Grant ->r I ,ocal Plant Electrical Generation Facilities Of Local Power Plant Will Be Increased By 500 k.w.h. As Result EASWELL BASE IS PRINCIPAL USER Loan Of $45,000 And Grant Of $36,100.00 Is Announced For Immediate Use On This Project City officials received official notice from Washington yesterday that a grant of $46,100.00 and a ;oan of $45,000.00 has been granted the city of Southport for lie purpose of increasing electricty generation facliti.y >* the municipal power plant. Provision was made in the rejuest for increasing the output if the local plant by at least SOOkwh. The present output of lie plant is about 350kwh. The immediate need for this inirease is to be in position to furnsh electric power to Caswell SecIon Base, and it was because of Jlis fact th^t officials were able :o obtain quick action on the iroject. In the same communica;ion informing officials of final ipporval, a request was made for in early submission of plans for he work, indicating that the proect will get underway immediatey In addition to new motors for he purpose of generating more lower, funds for a new transmislion line to Caswell are also set ip in the project. Cases Grow Out Of Slander Trial Vlost Of Defendants In Recorder's Court Here Monday Were Either In The Case Or Were Up For Perjury Most of the defendants in Reorder's court here Monday were nvolved in a case charging Rupirt and P. M. Blanton with slanler. The latter was found not piilty, while Rupert was convicted ind was given 12 months on the oads. Judgment in this case was luspended upon payment of costs ind a fine of $100.00. The following were charged (Continued on page 4) land, Paper >uthport, N. C. sion of people of Southport. North Carolina, U. S. A., and as such I would like to put it on record with your town in Southport, England." Another interesting paragraph from the letter published in the English newspaper says: "The i mayor is of Norwegian descent, but the people themselves arc more soft-spoken and possibly of more pure descent than we generally belive over here, but then it is only a small place." It will be remembered that the visiting seamen were warmly welcomed and were entertained informally by Mayor Eriksen and others, including W. B. Kcziah, when they stopped here early in the fall. Irir>ifaYiiiidrri'Ml Most Of The News Ali The Time $1.50 PER YEAS Shortage Likely In Materials To Make Barn Flues Farmers Of The County Are Warned By County Agent J. E. Dodson Of Shortage To Repair Parts On Farm Machinery Also ADVISES PLACING OF ORDERS IMMEDIATELY Dealers Report Definitely A Shortage Of Sheet Iron Metal For Making Tobacco Flues Farmers of Brunswick County are warned by J. E. Dodson, county Agent, of a potential shortage of repair parts to farm machinery and tobacco barn flues. Each farmer that has farm machinery such as plows, cultivators, mowing machines and disk harrows that are in need of repair parts, even including bolts'and nuts for such machinery, should purchase them immediately. Also farmers who needed tobacco flues should immediately purchase them and get their barns ready to cure tobacco in January father than July. Information received from manufacturers of farm machinery and repair parts have definitely indicated that they will be unable to secure steal and iron to manufacture needed repair parts to farm machinery unless farmers needing repair parts place their orders several months in advance with their farm machinery dealers. Dealers report definitely a shortage of sheet iron metal for making tobacco flues. The price of this sheet iron metal has increased from 3c per pound to 6 ;ic per pound as of December 22, and dealers already report their inability to secure sheet iron metal to make tobacco flues at this increased price. Therefore, under the above existing condition the tobacco fanners of Brunswick County who need tobacco flues should immediately place their orders with dealers without delay. The risk of not -efrg able to obtain this metal is to great to wait until July to place such orders. Southport Man Going To Army T. J. Tobiasen Of Wilmington And Formerly Of This Community, Goes To Wright Field On January 6 T. J. Tobias'scn, head of the division of contract and supply of the Wilmington district U. 8. Engineer office, will leave for Wright field, Dayton, Ohio, on January 6, to assume the active duties of a first lieutenant in the Air corps. Mr. Tobiassen held a commission in the Officers Reserve corps before being ordered to active duty by the War Department. No announcement of a successor has been made. A native of Southport, Mr. To biassen has been associated with the District Engineers office here for eight years. Mrs. Tobiassen and their son will go to her mother's home in Evansvillc, Ind., temporarily, Mr. Tobiassen said. He will be a non-flying officer in the Air co/ps. Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide TIDE TABLE Thursday, December 25 0:51 a. m. 7:16 a. in. 1:10 p. nt. 7:38 p. in. Friday, December 26 1:44 a. ui. 8:19 a. in. 2:06 p. m. 8:33 p. in. Saturday, December 27 2:39 a. m. 9:16 a. m. 3:01 p. m. 9:24 p. m. Sunday, December 28 3:36 a. m. 10:08 a. m. 4:01 p. m. 10:11 p. in. Monday, December 29 4:30 a. m. 10:57 a, a, 4:55 p. m. 10:57 p. na, Tuesday, December 30 5:19 a. m. 11:44 a. m. 5:43 p. m. 11:43 p. Wednesday, December 34 0:01 a. in. 6:26 p. m. 12:30 p. 9 ? J ^ LJ
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