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i? v "fprspj Ifhc Pilot Covers Brunswick County . THIRTEEN NO. lurder Ca [ Of Inter I To Coi oy Cox Will Face Trial . Kr Fatal Shooting Of ' Kn>on Edwards Several 1 ecks Ago I\D JURY TO RECEIVE REPORT ft, Held Open For Judgftnt By Brunswick CounI Recorder Date To 1939; Jury Will Investigate I., the most important | K ^mis in recent years win B,,, here on Monday with I, C Everett Thompson, of both City, presiding. (he point of public inE. the outstanding developbe the murder trial of Ev i>\ who Solicitor David K'.r has said will be placed . for his life for the fatal several weeks ago of Ken Edwards. Cox has been the Brunswick county jail out privilege of bail. Kr? is great interest, too, in trial of or.e and possibly two Kughter cases. though these are the cases E which the court room a will he centered, there also E ,-f interest on the part of Bra of the county as to what Kijtion will be made of Bscs made recently by memB the Brunswick County { B;at Judge Walter M. StanaB has been guilty of impeding wheels of justice by with tag ent indefinitely in B. , I sea that come beHfge Thompson, before whom 1 plaint was made, thought . re sufficiently seri to direct the clerk of court ^prepare a list of these cases IB' ' "t to the grand jury ] P coming session. accordance with these direcB Sam T Bennett, clerk of i . . a list of 62 cases Br. bade to 1939. A list of B incompleted cases shows 8 in IKS in which final judgB: has not been passed; 20 Bd in 1940 with judgment still B>--. 28 cases heard in 1941 1 B in which judgment has not ' passed; and S that have ' he;! oDen so far this year. c I break-up of these cases show , It 7 were for drunken driving; Ir larceny; 8 for reckless ope- ( In 19 cases for assault with { Beady weapon, one with in- | I to kill; 8 cases of simple , I.: cases of bastardy; and ( Ir miscellaneous cases includ- j trespass, transporting, posses- \ I speeding, indecent exposure, j I: g a concealed weapon, jail Ik. threat to kill and speeding, j this is a mixed term of ( It. some civil matters may be j I the latter part of the week { l> criminal docket is disposed , IS. Wins Big | I Naval Battle | 'it Ships Are Sunk Off ' Phe Solomon Islands; 1 Four Others Are Damag- 1 lc Subs Sank ? Three ! Knips; U. S. Loses Only , Three Ships |a<HINgtoN".?An American ( B^ force, intercepting a Jap1? jquadr^n apparently strik- ( BIt a the flank of the life line . B Australia, sank eight enemy j damaged four and de- , bm six planes at a total UnitB states cost of only three . I'5' Navy announced toI furio'.s battle, authorita ''?arded here as possibly 'fit ir. which strictly AmeriB forces have engaged the Vs n a general naval encoun occurred last Monday in the i I'y ?f the Solomon islands, b*northwcst of Australia and b?*wt of the supply route basb* of New Caldedonia and the b'Hebrides islands. \ B - Ksvtl communique report 5 ??ulta of the battle also B?*d that u. s. submarines r?8 in the Western Pacific Ki'tv'1 'fore Japanese ( t us, the enemy's total ship ; I" ann?ur.ccd today were elev- , I; < including seven warships, . 'JUr Man aged, as follows: 1 I.. The Toll Solomons: Bkrs~?nC cruiser, two dc- i K.; Ve^r Sun boats and one ] - one i?,000 ton sea- I one light cruiser, 1 B mffd On Page Four), TH1 5 se Holds C est In Cou ivene Her Some Funny T Up In Sug Registration for sugar rationing was serious business, but the job in Brunswick county was not without its humerous sidelights. For instance, there was the case where a well-known minister was completing the registration of an elderly lady. "Now, Mrs. Blank," said he, "will you swear that these statements made by you are true?" "No. I won't" came her indignant reply, and they say that it took quite a while to get the lady reconciled to the fant that a sworn stafpmpnt was necessary before she could get her War Ration Book No. 1. Out at Shallotte a lady of color came up to register for her family. In her arms was an infant of three weeks age. "Can I register this here baby" she wanted to know? "Certainly," she was told. "What its name?" "Hit ain't been named," said the mother. "Then you can't register for it," said the regGasoline Ratic BeE Registration Of Motorists In Progress In Brunswick Three Days Prior To Period Of Enforcement rRUCKS ARE NOT TO BE REGISTERED ^ive Types of Ration Cards, Carrying Units Good For 3-GalIons Each Issued To Auto Drivers Registration of all automobile >wners in Brunswick county for gasoline ration cards began Tueslay with approximately one-third >f the passenger vehicles being iccounted for during the first lay. Registration continues today md tomorrow, and in Southport irrangements are being made to Q n'nlnrlf to cinam u^/tu unui v v.vv? norrow night for the convenience >f workers who are away from terc all day. Local arrangements will be made at other points in he county. By now most of the motorists enow that in order to be able to ibtain a gasoline ration card it s necessary for them to present i registration card. This is all the lecessary to obtain an "A" card, vhich carries 7 units, each good tor the purchase of 3 gallons of gasoline. If the person registering uses lis automobile for some important part of his gainful employment, then he may register for a "B" :ard. The B-group is divided into three parts, each with a ca:d :arrying a different number of units. Card "B 1 has 11 units; lard "B 2" has 15 units; card 'B 3" has 19 units. The unit value Is the same in all instances, 3 gallons. Only a limited number of appicants are eligible for the X card, which permits the unlimited purchase of gasoline for necessary purposes. Although there is great demand for cards of this denomination, relatively few of them have been granted to citizens of Brunswick. Where the gasoline permitted ty the card in possession of the motorist is obviously insufficient to take care of his needs during (Continued on page 4) 411 Philippine Fighting Halted hVainwright Reported To Have Acceded To Japs At Corregidor Surrender WASHINGTON.? An unofficial ind unconfirmed report that the Tapanese required surrender of the small units of American Filipino forces still fighting on various islands of the Archipeidgo as a condition for ending their attacks on the Manila Bay fortp was announced today by the war department. In a communiue worded carelully to make clear the completey unofficial nature of the report, (Continued on page 4). E STi A Goot Southport, N. C Center rtTerm e Monday hings Came ar Registration istrar. You'll have to come back when you are ready to register." There was a moment's pause, then: "Now I is ready." 'But you haven't named the baby," reminded the registrar. "Oh, yes I is," the mother said. "I'se just named him." And so she registered the lad with the name given 'in the emergency. Another colored woman came in before the registering group on the last day of registration with a pound sack of sugar in one hand , and a War r Ration Book in the other. "I wants to give you this sugar and this book," she said. "I done registered my boy who is. in the army. I knowed that s I was doing wrong, but I want- S ed to have some sweetenin' so's c I could make him a cake when i he comes home. They done li told me that I might get into 1 the penitentiary if I kept this ? sugar, and so I brought it back. I st ore wants to be home i when he gets here." 1 >ning To ffective Friday; * i Call Off Flower Show In Southport ' The annual flower show sponsored by members of South- < port Woman's Club has been t called off, with the provision ( that a fall flower show may be ] held if conditions attendant to the war have improved sufficl- ] ently by that time. 1 Originally scheduled for Friday, club members at their l meeting last Wednesday voted j to call the show off for this date. With the announcement last | week of the cancellation of the flower show and Spring Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs this mean that flower growers of the county will be ( without means of competetion this spring. Week's Program For USO Club' Variety Of Entertainment Being Planned For Local ( Service Club During ? Week 1 1 The following program has , been mapped out for the local i USO Club for the coming week: ( Thursday, May 14th, 8:30 P. t M.:Motion Picture, "Lloyds Of London", Freddie Bartholomew, t Madeleine Carroll, Sir Guy Stand- i ing, Tyrone Power. { Friday, May 15tn, 8: 30 P. M.: motion picture (same show). t Saturday, May 16th: Social ( night. i Sunday, May 17th: USO Sab- 1 bath; Mass (Catholic Church) 1 8:00 P. M., morning wbrship 11:00 P. M., evening worship 8:00 1 P. M., (protestant churches); 6:00 ' P. M.: evening snack; USO Sab- 1 bath Vespers, 9:30 P. M. ' Monday, May 18th: Club night. ! Tuesday, May 19th: Record ' evening. 1 Wednesday, May 20th: Club night. ' Aged Resident Of Bolivia Dies Funeral Services Conducted Sunday Afternoon at Antioch Baptist Church : Funeral services for Roscoe 1 Madison Lancaster, 66, who died J at his home near Bolivia at 9:30 1 o'clock Friday night, were con- ' ducted by the Rev. Mr. Coward 1 from the Antioch church at 4 o'- ' clock Sunday afternoon. ' Interment followed in the Antioch church cemetery. I Active pallbearers were Henry l C. Hinson, Landis Smith, J. Ear- f nest Gilbert, Elwood Clemmons, (Continued On Page Four) li VTE 1 News paper ] Wednesday, I Bailey Asks Re-Election As U. S. Senator Tlfeai' ge?| TV ^ Kgk %f - las Represented North Carolina In Senate Since 1930 Senator Josiah W. Bailey, who eeks re-election to the United State, has spent the largest part if his adult life in public servce. Born at Warrenton in 1873, lis family moved to Raleigh in .877, the city with which the Senator has since been identified. After his public school course n the Capital City, he continued lis education at the Raleigh Male Vcademy and at Wake Forest College. He studied law at Trinity "inhere and took his law degree it Wake Forest in 1908. He was t member of the State Board of Vgriculture from 1896 to 1900. titer admission to the bar, he bc:ame the state's elector at large, n 1908, and was U. S. Collector >f Internal Revenue for N. C. 'rom 1913 to 1921. He was a nember of the state's Constitu;ional Commission in 1915. In 1930 he was first elected to he Senate, and was re-elected iix years later. Aside from his public services. Senator Bailey has been editor of he Bibical Recorder and Trustee >f the University of North Caroina. Since entering the Senate, Mr. Bailey has become Chairman of he Seante Commerce Committee. LF. S. To Ration Travel Aboard Trains, Busses Cities Over 10,000 Get Instruction On Efficient Use Of Transportation iUNDAY RIDING GOING Motorists Having More Than Five Tires Asked To Sell Their Extras WASHINGTON. ? Rationing >f passenger travel on railroads ind buses was ciescriDed officialy today as "definitely in pros)ect" while the government sent ;very city of over 10,000 popjlations a blue print for effi:ient use of public and private ransportation. In addition, it planned an appeal ,o motorists having more than 'ive tires to sell the extras to the jovernment. In a day which found Congress ind government departments injreasingly concerned over the ubber and transportation situations, there were these developments: Robert Patterson, undersccretiry of war, told a press conference that Americans must quit jsing their automobiles for "SunJay driving, visit to Cousin Joe ind petting parties" because theii tires must be saved for possible war use. One of the officials who has ener,,.o?>fi npndine- leeislation which .vould authorize the governmenl to requisition private automobiles (Continued on page 4) Navy Recruits Active Dut RALEIGH. ?Rapid completior >n construction work enlarging ill Naval Training Stations ha! low made it possible for al North Carolinians enlisting in the Navy to be transferred to active iuty at once, it was announced today by Lieut. C. B. Neely, offi:er-in-charge of Navy recruiting in the state. "Recruits will no longer have to wait at home on inactive dutj until they can be transferred tc i naval training station," the officer said. "Due to the huge increase of enlistments after Pear: * ' POR' In A Good Coi May 13, 1942 Hospital Day Meeting Held Here Tuesday Meeting In Brunswick County Courthouse CalI led For Purpose Of Acquainting Public With Local Work HOSPITAL OFFICERS TALK TO PEOPLE Number Of Useful Gifts Presented For Use Of Brunswick County Hospital Following Meeting National Hospital Day was observed in Southport on Tuesday with women of the Dosher Memorial Hospital Auxiliary sponsoring a meeting in the courthouse at 8:30 in the evening. Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor, president of the auxiliary, was in charge of the program. She called on the secretary of the organization. Miss Lottie Mae Newton, who gave a report on the things done in the past few years for the hospital by the auxiliary. L. T. Yaskell, chairman of the board of directors, made a short talk on the hospital and called on J. J. Loughlin, treasurer, for a report on its financial condition. Mrs. L. C. Fergus, who recently trained a class of Red Cross Nurses Aides, talked on the good the Aides are doing at the hospital at the present time. She introduced three of her class who came in uniform, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert, Mrs. Chas Newton, and Miss Lois Jane Bussells. Dr. Landis G. Brown and C Ed Taylor each made a few remarks praising the auxiliary. At the conclusion of the meeting gifts for the hospital were ? 1- .1 ? - n faViln A nnmb/ir nf [UtlUCU un a lawic. a iiiiiuuvi v< useful things were received anc accepted for the hospital by Miss Elizabeth Murray, superintendent of nurses. Respected Man Passes At Home George E. Brooks Died Ai His Home At Seaside Sunday Following Long Illness George E. Brooks, one of th< oustanding citizens of this coun ty for more than two-score years died at his home at Seaside earlj Sunday morning. His death fol lowed a period of extended Ul< ness. The deceased, who was 67' years-of-age, was the son of JO' seph C. and Sophia B. Brooks Although he engaged in the mer cantile business throughout the greater part of his life, he serv cd at one time as county troas nrer, and on other occasion." was a candidate for sheriff. H( was a member of the board ol stewards of New Hope Metho dist church. He is survived by his widow who was the former Stella A Leonard before her marriage ir 1899; four daughters, Misses Zel da, Mary and Lula Brooks, ol Seaside, and Mrs. John Furlong Jr., of Wilmington; five sons James S. John E., Joseph C., ant Norwood O. Brooks, Seaside, ant Private George E. Brooks, Jr., ol Fort Eustis; two sisters, Missel Fannie and Carrie Brooks, of Sea side, and two nieces, Mrs. Thelms j McEaohern and Mrs. Norwoot Orre '. Wilmington. ' [ 1 .ral services were conduct ,d Monday afternoon at 4 o'clocl at the home at Seaside with Rev Charles L. Phillips and Rev. W T. Lowe, officiating. Burial fol lowed in the Brooks cemetery near Shallotte. Active pallbearers were Chand | ler Rourk, D. Cary Andrews, Hen ry C. Stone. Walter M. Jenrettc ; Fred Mintz and E. V. Leonard : honorary; Dan R. Johnson, C. E< Taylor, W. B. Cooper, J. W i j Ruark, H. A. Mintz, E. C. Huf fines, E. Hoiden, J. w. summer ; sett. Dr. J. W. Hayes, Drs. M. H (Continued On Page Four) May Get y At Once Now i Harbor, the training stations wen ; not able to accomodate the flooi i of men and recruits had to b< I put on inactive duty. This perioi ! has ended now and men vol ; unteering are transferred imme I diately." The seven Tar Heel Navy re ' cruiting stations have been call ed on to furnish 300 men pe : I week, one of the largest quota ' assigned any state. "This is an ? *>?? rnnf/l nrrln ) UUiei bCSUillUUJ' K.KJ iat/m of naval enlistments in this pat riotic state," Neely declared. I (Continued on page 4) r pii iimunity PUBLIS CANDIDATES RIVALS?W. J. McLamb son, right, are candidates fc for member of the House < wide divergence in their pi in the last issue of The,Pile elsewhere in today's paper. Democrats W Convei * Two Accidents In Church Paintings In ill rim In two lH-rsoilS Cll gaged in painting two different churches in the city have occured during the past week. On last Thursday .Mayor John D. Eriksen, who hast join; ed with other laymen of St. Phillips Episcopal church to ' paint the edifice under the di' rection of Bcv. Cecil Alligood, t tumbled to the ground when a section of scaffoling came loose. Although he was badly shaken up by his fail, a slight sprain was his only serious hurt. On Monday-afternoon Capi tain Chas. N. Swarin, engaged ' in |Kiinting Trinity .Methodist church, was less fortunate when t he fell from a ladder to the , back steps of the choir , e:itrance. Captain Swann sus' tallied a shattered wrist and two cuts about his face which , required stitches. ; Resignation Of Caison Recalled Man Who Resigned Last Week As Coroner Has Resumed Duties Of That 5 Office And Will Run Again ' The order accepting the re! signation of John G. Caison at coroner has been rescinded, the ' appointment of W. E. Bell as his successor has been voided and Mr. Caison again is in charge of the office of Brunswick coun1 ty coroner according to official ' information released here yesterF day. ' Caison tendered his resignation j to accept a position as armed . guard as Caswell Section Base, . When it waB learned that the ? new job was of indefinite duration, this and other factors caused | Caison to reconsider his decision to vacate his job as a county official. In reassuming his duties as c coroner, Caison stated that he wishes to have it clearly understood that he not only plans tc complete the present term, but that he will wage an aggressive campaign for re-election this fall He has no oppononet for the Democratic nomination. Explain Duties Of Air Wardens Jim finch, In Charge ui Plane Spotting Service For This County, Preside! At Bolivia Meeting r The first in a series of inform' ational meetings regarding th< 3 air warning system in Brunswicl j county was held last night at BO' ? livia with outstanding speakers j scheduled to appear. Included were Jim Finch, it - charge of the plane spotting anc reporting program for Brunswick . Louis J. Poisson, F. P. O'CroW' . ley and others. r Mr. Finch announced that oth s er meetings will be held later al - other points in the county, thi r objective being to thoroughly - acquaint the citizens with wha is being done for their protections ^Continued Op Page Four^ ,0T iHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ji FOR HOUSE I ( \ * \ v, KB IJ in Jr i ?i i r? JI m 1 , lert, ana u. cutler mompir the Democratic nomination )f Representatives. There's a atfonns. McLamb's appeared t, Thompson's may be found ill Hold ition Saturday Plenty Of Excitement Promised When Party Members Get Together At Shallotte This Week INTEREST CENTERS IN NEW CHAIRMAN Delegates' To Democratic State Convention Also Will Be Named At This Meeting In Shallotte Plenty of excitement is promised when members of the Democratic party meet at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Shallotte in their county convention. Of primary interest to the voters present will be the matter of who is to be named chair?tt.vnrnHvp man ui uic vvM>wvi?*v>v ?- ? Committee. Walter M. Stanaland now holds that post, but since he is a candidate for his party's nomination as State Senator a successor probably will be chosen. This, at least, has been the party custom in the past. Among the names heard suggested for this post are those of Romie Lewis, Thomas Russ, S. B. Frink, W. S. Wells and E. J. Prevatte. None of these men, so 1 far as has been learned, is an avowed candidate' for the post, . and in at least two instances it is not known whether the man ' named above would agree to serve if elected. 1 According to schedule the precinct organizations were to have been completed last Saturday, with chairmen of each precinct [ committee automatically becoming a member of the county executive committee. The party | chairman will be elected by these men. Also of interest will be the , election of delegates and alternates to the Democratic State Convention which meets Friday, May 22, at high noon in Raleigh. Four Cases Are Before Recorder i White Youth Remanded To Iiivani I? 1 it<4 orp Fnr Trlall I Try Two Indians For As> sault With Deadly Weap on Four cases came before Judge ! Walter M. Stanaland for trial in Recorder's court Monday. Luther Higgins, white, was charged with abduction and a request was made for jury trial. Bond was set at $500.00. ) Linwood Freeman, Indian, was found guilty of making an as: sault with a deadly weapon and , was taxed with costs of the ' case. Mac Freeman, Indian, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and reckless operation. , Found guilty, the defendant was [ given 4 months on the roads, this . sentence being suspended upon } payment of one-half, the costs of the case and a fine of $25.00 i Homer Long, white, was 1 charged with making an assault , with a deadly weapon. When it . v/as discovered that the defendant is under 16 years of age his case . was remanded to the juvenile t judge. Sam T. Bennett. He found ; the boy guilty, and paroled him r into the custody of his parents t with the requirement that a , monthly report of his conduct be made tp him, Most Of The News All The Time J I )1.50 PER YEA! Ruark Declares Party Chairman Should Resign Candidate For Nominationv For State Senate Makea Heated Reply To State- i ment Made Last Week By W. M. Stanaland I 5AYS CANDIDATES MAY MAKE SCHEDULE | ? - ?-w-? . Ill O _ declares i nac in ocunu? . Man Holding 3 Jobs To Make Charge Of Attempts To "Hitlerize" The charge made in last week's paper by Walter M. Stanaland that certain candidates have attempted to take things into their own hands and are making an effort to "Hitlerize" the county drew heated reply from J. W. Ruark, Stanaland's opponent for the Democratic nomination for State Senate. Ruark renews the charge that j he made last week that Stanaland is wrongfully retaining his position as party chairman while he is running against another Democrat for a party nomination. On top of this, Ruark defends i the right of any candidate to ar- ! range speaking dates, and points to the multiple offices being held by Stanaland while he seeks still another as an answer to the charge that anyone is attempting 1 to "Hitlerize" the county. ! " lrtlirQ rtuarK a cjwlchh.hi. "When Waiter M. Stanaland ,1 filed for State Senator, according I to the Custom Prevailing in the . . Democrat party of North Carolina, he should have vacated the chairmanship of the Democratic Executive Committee of Brunswick county, and it was his duty before filing for a political office, to call a meeting of the County Executive Committee and 1 tender hl3 resignation and then it would have been the duty of said executive committee to have elected another chairman to fill Mr. Stanaland's unexpired term. i Mr. Stanaland, was and is without, authpaty to call a meeting of J the Democrat candidates and arrange speaking dates, his only authority being to call precinct meetings and county conventions and these are set by the State ?, Executive Committee. "In a Democratic Primary, tho 1 Chairman does not have, and should not have, any right, authority or control over the Democrat candidates and should not use his influence as chairman to promote the candidacy of any ' candidate or group of candidates, and any candidate or group of candidates have a right to arrange speaking engagements and ,j invite all candidates to attend ; said engagements and participate i therein. "The time has arrived when Mr. Stanaland should relinquish his place as chairman of the < Democratic Executive Committee of Brunswick county or withdraw as a candidate for tho State Senate, as he has. in the past. (' issue of The State Port Pilot, and / * .-i?i ?? Willie serving tta Uiaiimau VI miv Democratic Executive Committee of Brunswick county, joined with I another candidate in a joint advertisement, thereby endorsing: | said candidate. This is not in keeping with the high ideals and purposes of the Democrat party j and is a direct disregard of the custom prevailing in the party. t 'He also says in the last issue of the Pilot that certain candidates by arranging their own meetings are trying to "Hitlerize" (continued on page four) Tide Table * Following Is the tide table * for Southport during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and were fur1 ? Pnrf Y>|lnf IL1811C41 Alio OM?W *WI? ? ? through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low Tide TIDE TABLE Thumday, December 21 0:51 a. m. 7:16 a. mLJ 1:10 p. m. 7:88 p. mj Friday, December 26 I 1:44 a. m. 8:19 a. u. 2:06 p. m. 8:38 p. flfc Saturday, December 27 2:89 a. m. 9:16 a. IU 8:04 p. m. 9:24 p. ? Sunday, December 28^ 3:36 a. m. 10:08 a. na 4:01 p. m. 10:11 p. m Monday, December 28 4:30 a. m. 10:57 a. m 4:55 p. m. 10:57 p. > Tuesday, December SO 5:19 a. m. 11:44 a. A 5:48 p. m. 11:48 p. Mb Wednesday, December 81 6:01 a. m. 6:26 p. m. 12:80 p. ^ -- i