1 TH1 / NO. 9 ENTER SEC< OPPO^^IST^?-i"lifton L. the Democratic Primary on ft. Sinclair, right, will scrap it I Solicitor for the Eighth Judici | mary race on June 27. Stanaland Fail Appear *After Lodging Protest, To-jj Gether With Supporting I Affidavit, Defeated Can- I j;-r_ a II I The Pilot Covers I flrunswick County Iflas Rules For I fanning Sugar I For Home Use L Policy Will Be To Grant Canning Sugar 0?J Jjjis 0f Amount Of Can-] fl jag. Not 0n Number In| L INFORMATION ON CHANGE GIVEN .aoning Board At SouthWtf Will Fill Applica. I pan By Mail If Full I Jn/ormation Is Fur- I my Office of Frice Administlast week took steps to Kg.-ve Uif nation's fruit crop Uie issuance of a new p rationing regulation which persons who do home Kr-V to obtain sugar in proporBr tlie amount of fruit can-' jjie new regulation, home B*s may obtain one pound of Ri.- wwy four prerious regulation permitfljceabi person to obtain a total pounds for home canning. Hfss amoSnt has already been m any Bjcbcme canning sugar allotj9 Pe s* regulation entrusts the Hfe resting boards throughout Hfcscirywith the responsibility Hi smiting the use of sugar |9me! for canning hut at the |9ia:re preventing the waste Ml Administrator Leon Hen* ^fisrn: the new regulation IMaiBaean that unlimited supB|fjrftigar are now mailable ^ SlRetmnmg. problems of shipping and ^ksbiiiicii made sugar ration^Knessary remain, Mr. Hender* ^Br said'in urging consur rs to B*8 application only for the ^vrxr. amount of sugar they knediitely for the conof the spring and early! ^^ar fruit crops. I H *5f present regulations place deal of responsibility upon ^ tnfii! citizens on whose inI: and good faith I am cerK i= can depend," Mr. Hetvder-1 sii "We are making every ^Bt*. to make available as much ^B- g as possii^Btrce consumers arc expected ^B r.or; home canning than in ^Bnr.> years. ^Bfce canmng contributes to not only by con^B. fruit which might otherwasted, but also by supcommercial supplies jBiot to reduce the burden upon Btii! transportation faci'iBanners wanting to take ad|B ' regulation application to their resiocal rationing boards, usB; R-315, which * Mh Special Purpose Application 5-tar Purchase Certificate. H -a family ^B=ay apply f0r the entire fam vill announce ^B'-~' place for making and the canning per1B/" will be isations, ccnsunt^B>~-s' furr.ish information local boards H^-rur.e the quantity of sugar : family unit needs. H. give the uK* ?' m consumers on whose is filed, the of their War Rathe number of quarts - - packed last year, the quarts of fruit now in Possession and the number "ley intend to can durfood for which the ap ^H~?ers who had excess am*aj?ar and were not is , .1";" P'?4-c-i Books at the ^ sugar rationing regBB . ike applicaSrHL" '"Ssr under the home ???ugn. Mir caws, the amount of * the y may be cn' will be ^^BV.' excess, and ^^B^hss than the maximum rcpistBft . K: **'? at tie end of the ^ration, period, June 27. ^Btworked out ^ ^ ntionin; wards, which ^B- instructions ,1b^ ishi igton office ' arr/d mat on any ^B pige i) wiuaiv a ancvi a v /ippcai I Before Board ELECTION BOARD HELD ITS MEETING Special Session Called By Chairman Dave Ross At Instance Of Attorney For Stanaland Monday Walter M. Stanaland, whose affidavit charging irregularities in connection with the Democratic primary on May 30 resulted in a special session of the Brunswick County Election Board here Wednesday night, failed to appear I for the hearing. A copy of StaiSaiand's petition, supported by his affidavit appear- | ed in this newspaper last week. \ Following is a report of the minutes of the Wednesday night special meeting: "The Board of Elections of Brunswick County, acting in con- ( formance to a petition of Walter. M. Stanaland, presented to the board by W. L. Farmer, attorney at law, came into a meeting at the courthouse in Southporc, North Carolina, at 8:30, P. M., (War Saving Time), the agreed ' time between the board and the petitioner for the purpose of hear- N ing his petition and the sub- ^ stantuating affidavits as required by law. 1 "The Petitioner having failed 1 to appear after allowing him a * reasonable time in addition to the 1 agreed hour, the board dismissed i the petition for the reason that (Continued On Page Four) ( I Church Program \ At Soldier Bay \ < The Christian Life Services which opened June 8, at Soldier's . Bay, will continue on through Sunday evening, with the Ordination of two deacons, Parley Formy Duval and Rufus Phelphs. The high light of the young 8 people's meeting will be the mass j meeting at thergym of the Wacca* i maw high school. There will be a j social period starting in the after- ( noon, followed by dinner on the t grounds of the gym. Then there ; will be services, with -testimonies 'from vouog people, with singing. . and a message by the pastor to young people. 1 The young peoples, in- the Pock 1 Association are invited... to senfi i their young people to these serv- 1 ices, especially to the service I Saturday afternoon and evening. |l Saltwater Bait 1 For Fresl With the world's best freshWater fish bait, shrimp, forming Southport's main commercial industry, Southport sportsmen have been spending hours in digging worms or endeavoring to trap minnows. The minnows and worms are generally recognized as good bait for bass and-perch, but you can take it from several :,who have tried them recently that shrimp are better than either. For saltwater fishing recognition of the shrimp as the . "?rv best-bait is-world-wide. At w*"?r least wherever in the wona i that fihrimp are known. It ia kind of puzzling that . freshwater fishermen have never I aiao caught on - to- the qualities } of shrimj) it abait. It. ie_ STj A Goo< s DND RACE >--v* J^a-'Moore, left, high man in lay 30, and Solicitor David out for the nomination as al District in a second priirds are not inclined to take ] my chances. Most of the nests are in tall < :ypresses on the edges of the ' >ond; many are in trees in the ( >ond itself; still others are atop ] >f age-old stumps that extend jarely above the water. In sev- 1 :ral instances the nests are so J ow that a person can stand up _ n a boat and plainly see the , Aoung birds. Some of the nests contain as i nuch as a wagon load of sticks ) tnd other building material being 1 5 to 10 feet tall and five feet or ' nore in thickness. The "birds use he nests year after year, adding j ,o them each year and the mass j >f - material becoming almost as f lolid as a tree. "The close" Inspec;ion of the nests that contain : roung is a bit risky. The ospreys ] ire almost the size of an eagte, | ihd are equally as fierce, The Vji < tor in the neighborhood of one of i he nests is sure to find a huge ! )ird hovering over, him with ex- 1 :ended legs and claws. - I k \ 1 PftiinH Best lwater Fishing1 the more puzzling that Southporters, with all the shrimp that is produced here have never caught on. ! Just by way of illustration, a couple of local, sportsmen went out freshwater fishing a day or two ago. They had a plentiful supply of choice minnows, also a plentiful supply - of. shrimp. It was decided.that one would use shrimp for bait and the other" minnows. They kept' j their hooks as near'together as possible, 'and.when a tally was made of the results it was found that the shrimp-iise'r had seven fine bass and crappies.while the minnow-baiter had.onr ly one medium-sized - baas to. j show: for his efforts. ; - \TE i News paper 1 louthport, N. G., Wedi rire Thefts Are Reported Monday ro Local Board Rationing Board Issues New Warning To Motorists About Keeping A Record Of Serial Number Of Tires LITTLE CAN BE DONE FOR VICTIMS Jst Of Persons Receiving Tires And Tubes Or Retreads During Month Of May Is Reported New troubles have cropped up :o plague operations of trucks md passenger vehicles in this :ounty, according to officials of lie Brunswick County Rationing 3oard. On Monday S. O. Hewett was n the office to report the theft >f a tire and tube from the wheel >f his automobile, and there was lothing in the world the rationing loard could do toward helping lim get a replacement. He was lot in an eligible group for new ares and tubes from the regular juota, and his wheel could not iccommodate a tire of obsolete iize. On the same day C. J. Williamion came in with the report that :wo tires had been stolen from lis pick-up while it was in a Wilnington garage. Since his truck s being used for necessary defense work it was possible for the ationing board to help him out, it least half-way. He was given i certificate for the purchase of >ne new tire and tube. Rationing officials wish to emihasize the importance of having notorists make a list of the serial lumbers of their tires, together vith their trade-marks and sizes, n order that law enforcement ifficials may be aided as much is possible in recovering any stolen tires or tubes. The following received obsolete .ires during the month of May: Robert McLamb, two; J. F. Colenan, four; Jerry W. Stevinsen, 'our; J. J. McKay, two; Radway Sellers, one; Van Galloway, two; Sugene W. Gore, three; J. E. Dosler, twj>; Tony Price, two; Porter 3. Parker, two; Joe Arnold, four; Villiam McKenley Ford, two; M. 3. Reynolds, one; James Smith, wo; H. V. Pigott, one; W. McDowell, two. The following received passenger car retreads during the month )f May: R. X. Phelps, two: R. D. iVhite, two; Catherine Johnson, :wo; C. M. Spencer, two; Fred Slmer Smith, two; B. D. Goff, >ne: Billy Thomas Russ, two; W. T. Fulwood, two: John W. Stiller, :wo; J. J. FUnnery, two; Robert Anderson, two; Thomas Grant 3ore, two; Dayton McLamb, two; ff. C. Frink, two; Preston Savage, :wo; L. C. Tripp, two; John P. Lewis, one; George B. Ward, one; I. E. Gilbert, one; J. M. Parker, >ne; John H. Sloon, two; J. E. Swain, two; J. M. Barnhill, two; 3. W. McCelland, two; Harry Bernard, tv/o; J. E. Lewis, one; T. A. Henry, one; J. C. Andrews, :wo; William H. Bernard, two; John James, two; Bemice Harvell, two; Thomas Porter Denkins, two; Alice B. DeVaun, two; W. M. Hevett, two. ' The following reoeived truck retreads during the month of May; W. A. Kopp, two: Sam Joe Frink, four; W. H. Redwine, four; John W. Stiller two; O. R. Mintz, two; Willis W- Frink, two; Bailey Buss, one; Lacy Bennett, two;! Harry Allen,, one; Sam Rees, one; H. O. Peterson, two; Jesse Clemnons, two; J. P.- Hand, one. The following received new truck tires- and tubes during the month of May; E. Li rfewett, one tite; W. J. McLamb, one tire and sne tube; Alexander A. Dennis, sne tire and three tubes; D. E. Stanaland, one tire; EdgaT FlnCh, 3ne tire and one tube," W. A. Moore, one tire and one tube; L. C. Rourk, two tires and two tubes; S. J. Bryant, two tires and {Continued On Page Four) USO Campaign Starts In County Chairman Points To The Benefits Derived Locally From This Worthwhile Organization E. J. Prevatte. Southport attor? 1? t.i rtkoirmon ftf the ney, JO vuoni?au USO drive which has. assigned a quota of $900.09- to Brunswick county:. Assisting the South port man with- this program will be Mrs. J:. B- ;Carr, -- director, and Mrs. p. C. Oorlette, -cashier. "When it-is realised. that Brunswick, county- has within its. own boundaries a USO Club whose annual budget is more than tai times, as great, as the> amount be (continued- .on page four). S POR' In A Good Coi lesday, June 10th, 1 Prevatte Holds First Session As New Judge Southport Attorney Was Named By Board Of Commissioners To Serve During Leave Of Absence For Stanaland OPENING REMARKS ARE PERTINENT Says That He Realizes That Eyes Of County Are Focused Upon Court And His Activities E. J. Prevatte, Southport attorney, presided over the first term of Brunswick county Recorder's court held here since Monday, May 11, this week. He was named last week by the board of county commissioners to fill in during the temporary leave of absence granted Walter M. Stanaland. In opening his first term here Monday, Judge Prevatte had the following remarKS 10 maae: "Law Enforcement Officers of Brunswick County, Fellow Attorneys, and Citizens: "I was designated by the commissioners of Brunswick county, North Carolina, to act as judge of Recorder's court of this county during the leave of absence recently asked for and granted the present judge of this court, Walter M. Stanaland. I am mindful of the fact that in assuming these duties that I do so at a time when the court is under criticism. Such is not as it should be. The Recorder's court of Brunswick county is a court created by the laws of this state, in which the sacred rights of the citizens are at stake. The purpose of this court is to protect the life, liberty and property of the peoples in this section of the state. "This is not my court. To the contrary, it is the people's court. It can not he properly administered without the solid support of the law enforcement officers, my fellow attorneys and the citizens of Brunswick county. At this time I earnestly solicit your wholehearted support. I am only your servant. It is my duty to work in cooperation with you. On you rests the responsibility of presenting each and every case, whether it be a law violation or not, for me to decide on the merits as presented by you. For myself, there is a appellate court of review, where each defendant is privileged to appeal his case from the judgment that I may render, and in such court be tried by God and his fellow countrymen. "I shall try to the be3t of my ability to administer fair and impartial justice in each and every case presented before me, according to the evidence as shown from the sworn witnesses at the time the case is tried. If the defendant is not satisfied with my determination of any case, I shall welcome his taking an appeal to the Superior court. A man's right of freedom is a cherished possession and I must urge that such be protected so long as I act in the capacity of judge of your Recorder's court. I will close by stating again that I earnestly solicit your whole-hearted support. With the support of the law enforcement officers, my fellow attorneys and the citizens of Brunswick county I shall strive, and I feel that I will, succeed in removing the cloud of criticism that hangs over this court. It must fairly, honestly and legally protect the life, liberty and property of our people, and with your support I pledge (Continued on page 4) Coast Guard Win Softball Games Southport Taken Over In Local Encounter Monday; Army Team Defeated On Sunday Afternoon Softball between a Southport team and a visiting opponent made its debut Monday afternoon on the garrison, with the might J men of Oak Island Coast Guard station administering a sound threshing to the local beginners. Nothing daunted by the 34-7 score of this first fracas, those who played on the Southport ten are sure of a couple of things: One is that they can't be thai bad; the other is that they are going to keep oh playing. , The coatiguardsmen, managed by Chief A. E. Huntley, trotted out a hard bitting, smooth fielding aggregation that was pacec by a pitcher with a dazzling fas1 ball and an uncanny change oi space.. At any rate, he had th< locals swinging at things " thai weren't there all afternoon, unti he retired. ire favor of other aspiring, moundsmen. . t . In their regular Sunday after {Continued On Page Four> r pil nmunity 942 PUBUS Snake Crop Se , Have Been \ At Least That's The Discov C. E. Brown W Clearir Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown, of Fayetteville, own a summer home in Southport, and along in June each year they come down to spend several weeks. Mr. Brown, engineer with the State Highway Commission, was here for several days recently in connection with starting work on the new bridge over the i; land waterway. While in Southport, he concluded that he would clean up his lot and make other necessary arrangements for making Mrs Brown and the children comfortable. Shortly after work of cleaning the lot began the man In charge found a snake, and the reptile was speedily dispatched in the approved manner. A few minutes later another one was discovered, and suffered the same fate. This was only the beginSecond Prima Be Held * Use Mail Service For Rationing ??????????I The Rationing Board has asked that the announcement be repeated that most of the necessary business of the public can be carried on through the mail. The board points out that it is highly impractical to be rationing tires and gasoline, and at the same time make it necessary of persons from all sections of the county to come to Southport to make application for their various needs. For their convenience a supply of application forms for canning sugar and for supplementary gasoline allotment have been left with Mrs. .1. L. Hen ry at Winnabow and Carl Andrews at Shallotte. Miss Genevieve Eakes, county home demonstration agent, also carries a supply of applications for canning sugar. The board's advice to you is "Use the mail and save your gas?and tires." Brunswick Man Passes Sunday Former County Official And Well-Known Citizen Died In V',imington Hospital Fallowing Illness t'ictor C. Garner, 67, of Winnabow, died in the Bullock hoapital Sunday night at 9:20 o'clofck, following a short illness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Garner; two sons, E. C. Garner, of Newport News and A. B. Garner, of Wilmington; four daughters, Mrs. Leona Robbins and Mrs. J. C. Parker, Jr., both of Wilmington, Mrs. C. B. . Spradley, of Whiteville, and Mrs. . H. B. Whltehurst, of Catonsville, ,! Md. ; Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Godwin, of Walter* boro, S. C.l two brothers, Sollie Garner, of Swansboro and William Garner, of Newport; and a number'of grandchildren, great grandchildren and nephews and nieces. (Continued On Page Pour) Alligator Hunt Nets PI ' , Three alligators, several snakes, bull-frogs' and various J other odds and ends of the in. sect, and reptile kingdom form, ed the collection acquired by Fred Morrison, Bill Lewis and , Roy Glahn, all State College students at Raieigh, here over the week-end. Not the least interesting detail of their trip was photo- I [ graphy of ospreys and their ' nests and young at Orton pond. I The boys say they got some I good pix of young ospreys in several of the nests. They also [ got, shots of the parent birds,' i which were decidedly hostile t and would -hover directly overi head with extended claws and t legs while the rest inspection 1 was going on. The high light of the collecting occured Saturday ' night . when the boys, accompanied by. Miss Lou Harrelson, Miss ' ,, V Most Of The News All The Time ?^?ffBS $1.50 PER YEAS Filter Center 1 j Presents Scene , Of Much Activity j duch Of The Safety Of Persons In This Area Rests In Hands Of The People Who Are Working There ; VOMEN VOLUNTEERS PLAYING BIG PART Residents Of Section Probably Would Have Better Appreciation Of Work If Knew Importance In the heart of Wilmington here is a large office building in vhich is located the nerve center or the defense of this entire irea. If the ordinary civilian were illowed to go into this center ha vould feel somewhat like a man rom Mars, landing on strange errain. There he would see the ntricate and perfect working < neans and mechanisms which inure the United States from surmise enemy attack from \he air. iere the reports from secret initruments and from observers are ivaluated. Each airplane flight in his area is identified either as trmy, Navy or civilian aircraft, f ir if none of these, as enemy. Here one would see many wornn vnliinteers at all times sitting* Raleigh, who is the newly-elected j president for Ore state. . . , Other selections for the 1942-43 | term - are: Mrs. Zoe Kineaid ] Brockman of The. Gastonia Gaz- j ette, vice-president; Miss Frances i Griffin' of The .Winston-Salem i Journal Sentinel, secretary-treasurer;"' Miss , Nell Craig of,, the Woman's College News Bureau of Greensbonj, Central Pigtrict Chairman; and Mrs. Albert. Lathrop, of AsHeville,.Western DistrictChkirtnan. ^ - .V ' At Orton enty Of Thrills Louise Niernsee, Billy Bragaw and W. B. Keziah, were on Orton pond until 3 o'clock Sunday morning;. They were collecting' alligators and whatever else came to-hand. . '? Dozens . of.. alligators were seen, but as the party had nothing to take them with' but the bare hands, they confined their efforts to getting small ones. Three, running from two to'.fQur feet in length, were captured and many others were seen as the.party rowed about J the pond in boats.-using, flash-! lights to .shine' the -'gaiters,eyes. - : Everything went well, except for the fast that one of the - twofoot alligators took a notion toget; Keziah'a-wrist- in its mouth;- j an occufande that resulted in. - considerable commotion and in ; the 'gaitor being promptly eject-. j ed from the boat ' J ,0T [ HED EVERY WEDNESDAY :ems To 1 I ery Bountiful ery Of Highway Engineer 'hen He Began K ig Lot ning, and throughout the day the relatively simple job of cleaning up the lot was freely punctuated by snake-killing. In all there were 22 victims, and \ Mr. Brown and his helper were busy speculating about the origin of so many snakes when f W. B. Keziah rode by on his horse, which he has quartered in a stable in the adjoining lot When he saw the remnants of the snake the horseman's hands went up in holy horror ?and not because he is snake- t shy. "You have gone and killed v all of my rat-snakas, ' he com- f plained. And in the ensuing ex- a planation it was decided that a the snake crop in the Brown v yard was either parent stock or f decendants of about a haif-doz- ' en snakes that Keziah has at ' different times carried up to the r barn to rid the place of rats. a try Will For Solicitor. e Solicitor David Sinclair Has a Received Acknowledge- t raent Of Request For a Second Race Against Clifton L. Moore JUNE THE 27TH IS DATE FOR RUN-OFF So Far There Is Nothing Definite Regarding Intention Of Eligibles To Call Race For Commissioner There will be a second primary race to settle the nomination for the office of district solicitor as a result of the request by Solicitor David Sinclair to the state board of elections. The second race will be held on Saturday, June 27. Clifton' L. Moore, Burgaw attorney, was high man in the first race, leading the incumbent by several hundred votes in the threeman race which saw Alton Lennon eliminated. Moore was three hundred votes ahead of Sinclair and two hundred votes ahead of Lennon in Brunswick balloting. There has been considerable speculation here this week over the possibility of a second primary to determine the nominees for county commissioner. High men were Steve Mintz, O. P. Bellamy and h. C. Tripp. In posi.(Continued On Page Four) Mrs. Harper Is District Head Mrs. Jpmes M. Harper, Jr., of The State Port Pilot, Southport, has been elected chairman of the Eastern District of the North Carolina Press Women. Elections were held at the regular spring meeting in Asheville Sunday. Mrs. Harper succeeds Miss Dorothy PnhlP of thp Npws nnri Dh.qprvpr iround huge table maps, wearing .elephone head-sets. These maps tre diagrams of this area on vhich all reported flights are iharted. Each one of the worn:n sitting- around them is in di ect contact witli the observers rom the particular section which s indicated in front of her. You nay see one of these women plot* :ing on the board the information ihe has just received from one of he observers. She gets a flash >ver her telephone in code. Sha knows exactly from whence the nessage is coming. She records he code message on her little . 1 'pip" apparatus and quickly ( :laces it on the spot on the map jorresponding to the place tha jbserver is calling from. Above the mat>? on a balcony ~'T< lie would see a group of men. rhese are representatives of the Federal Communications Com mislion, ready to shut down all raiio emmissions; of the Civil Aeronauticas Authority, to idenlify and control civilian flyingr if the Coast Artillery, ready to put anti-aircraft artillery into ac? lion; of the Navy, identifying Naval ships and coordinating joint t fforts. There is also the office* esponsible for giving the signal 'or all Civilian Air Raid Agencies to go into operation. He gets his irders to broadcast the alarms to ' he Civilian Agencies from the Fighter Command. Then the Civilian Agencies arc on their own. it is up to them to see that tha Police Force. Fire Department, , Fled Cross, Hospitals, and all the ither groups are warned. This calm working, intricate nechanism, a combination of tha ' nost advanced mechanical knowledge and highly trained human beings, goes on twenty-four hours i day. Planes are sighted, plot- k ted and classified. This in biief explains the Information Center, | Dut it does not explain the bought, inspiration, and energy which brought this system of Air Defense into being; the secret devices which were invented, the telephone set-up which had to be planned and executed, and the organization which had to be formulated to carry on this work. All this has been done by these with (continued on page four) Tide Table Following is the tide table for South port during the next week. These hours are approximately correct and wero furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association. High Tide Low TMa TIDE TABLE Thursday, December 24 0:61 a. m. 7:16 a. Mb 1:10 p. m. 7:38 p. nu Friday, December 26 ' 1:41 a. m. 8:19 a. ni.\ 2:06 p. m. 8:33 p. mj batnroay, uecemDer zi 2:39 a. m. 9:16 a. ml 8:04 p. m. 9:24 p. m Sunday, December 28 3:36 a. m. 10:08 a. m 4:01 p. m. 10:11 p. m Monday, December 28 4:80 a. m. 10:57 a. m 4:55 p. m. 10:57 p. m Tuesday, December 88 5:19 a. m. 11:44 a. m 5:45 p. m. 11:48 p, IK Wednesday, December St 6:01 a. in. 6:26 p. m. 12:88 p. 0