I The Pilot Covers
I jfrunswick County
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?- WHOLESALE
DAMAGI
iesday night as a roaring 1
jjjrly two score more. The
if the storm, while center is
cd hy the storm. In 1
pjij the wreckage of what
Eddie and the one at the ri]
s::e colored Baptist Churcl
lielongings in the flai
brnore than this picture in<
lew Officers |
fiypn Oaths
Here Monday
Sun T. Bennett Sworn In
By George Ganey, Then [
He Heard Oath Of Each
W County Officials
HON GANEV IS
SPECIAL OFFICER
foresting Notes Are Made
Connected With Opening
Session Of Recorder's
Court Session
I
N'ewiy elected officers were
wr. in Monday before Clerk of
Et Sam T. Bennett, after he
U been sworn in for his second
a by justice of the peace,
Gar.ey.
Officers sworn in included John
*ard. judge Recorder's court; |
? Wslletts, sheriff; O. P. Bell:l
A. P. Russ and S. I. Mintz, j
Kissioners; W. E. Bell Coron&tr
D. L. Ganey was sworn jJ
?special officer; A. H. Perry
instable for Northwest town?;
and F. L. Lewis as deputy
and jailor. j,
1J. Holden also took the oath
: dfice as assistant-clerk of ,
Sr.. r
I
-' resting side-lights in con-|
Bira with swearing-in of offi5:s
that two ex-sheriffs were
^ in to assist Sheriff Willetts
aw enforcement.
^' n Judge Ward opened court,
*W in no strange surroundft
having fined that office for
months prior to 1938.
was opened by Sheriff
P&tts. who chanted the words
I5* regular call without read &5r
stumbling. He admitted he
r studying.
I Ctator at Judge Ward's
session was D. R. Johnf"
"*'ho lacked only a couple of
F being on the judge's
F3 tensclf.
former Local
I Boy Promoted
? holdcn, Graduate Of
I report High School,
lj?w Stationed In Cari l*U
Area
C. Holdcn. son of Mr.
0. H. Holdcn. of George1Carolina,
a former
a .. . port, lias been
10 grade of private
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ado Rippe
E?These pictures of devasts
tornado ripped through easte
picture at the top left shows
: an unrdofed dwelling in the
the center row, the picture at
was formerly their home for
trht uro hoth of Rolt.nn home?
i at Bolton, while bottom cei
ttened wreckage of what wadicates.?(All
Staff Photos.)
Teen-Age Reg
~"r~ This Mo
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Friday, December 11th, Is
First Date Set For Regis-1
tration Of Boys Affected
By Change In Draft Registration
ALL MUST REGISTER
DAY THEY ARE 18
For Duration of War, Those
Born After January 1st,
1925, Will Register On
18th Birthday
The following announcement
has been received from Price
Furpless, chairman of the Brunswick
County Selective Service,
Board. All registrations covered |
in ' this announcement will be at j
the board office:
"The registration of male citi- j
zens of the United States and j
other male persons, who shall i
have attained the eighteenth anniversary
of the day of their
birth during the periods indicated
u-v oHall nlacc in the
UC1UVV) Oil?i4 Vw?>v
United States between the hours
of 9:00 a. ni. and 5:00 p. m. on
the days hereinafter designated
for their registration as follows:
(a) Those who were, born on
or after July 1, 1942, but not
after August 31, 1924, shall be
registered on any day during the
week commencing Friday, December
11, 1942, and ending Thursday,
December 17, 1942;
(b) Those who were born on
(Continued on Page Two)
Names Cause (
Among Mei
ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. 9.?
You're in the Army now, Mr.
Jones. But . . . which Mr.
Jones? For there were only 28,050
Mr. Jones' in the last war,
so, who knows how many in this
one? John Jones doesn't help
too much, for there were thousands
of Johns,, and hundreds
of those Johns had wives named
Mary, which wasn't much of
a help when the War Department
tried tracing down a
Jones.
If you think there were a
lot of Jones', consider then the
Johnstons, 53,200 strong, 2,000
of whom were named William.
And the Smiths with 51,900,
among whom were 3,412 Willies:
the Browns with 48,000;
the Williams, 47,000: the Andersons,
22,000; the Walkers, 18,500
and the Millers 2,500.
What's in a name? Not
E ST.
A Good
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ition show graphically the
)rn Columbus county, killing
i a home in the Honey Hill z
; same area. Top right shows
the left shows Honey Hill vi
what valuables they might
i wrecked by the storm. Botto:
iter shows more victims bravi
i their house. The house at !
istration
nth In County
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Telephone Gall
Includes Family
George and Harold Watson,
who are now working in Trinidad,
made a most successful
long distance telephone call to
their mother, airs, George Y.
Watson, Sunday.
For military reasons, it cannot
be stated from whence the
call originated, but it was routed
through New York. At any
rate, Sirs. Watson had the satisfaction
of talking to both
boys, and they had the satisfaction
not only of talking to
their mother, but to their sister,
Elizabeth, and to their brother,
David, who has just returned
from an overseas trip with a
navy convoy.
Sentenced For
Coupon Thefts
Lloyd Hill Pleaded Guilty
T" ? Of Qfnlpn
1U I aJOO^OOsws* V?
Gasoline Ration Book
Here Monday
The first case growing out of
violations connected with the ra-.
tioning program wais tried Monday
in Recorder's court before
Judge John B. Ward.
Lloyd Hill, colored, pleaded
(Continued on Page 2.)
Confusion
i In The Army
much, according to the Army
records, if it isn't accompanied
by a serial number. And the
War Department continues to
stress the importance of remembering
those serial numbers.
*v?inir nf that man
WIICU JVM
in the service, think of his serial
number, too, for without it ;
he might not get his mail and
you might not get your allotment,
according to Colonel
John H. Bush. Army Emergency
Relief Officer, headquarters,
Fourth Service Command.
Colonel Bush pointed out the
many cases of mix-ups in allotment
and relief checks due
to improper statements of
names, serial numbers, rank and
addresses, and he stated that
much time would be saved the
individuals and the government
if more care were taken in
these matters.
ATE
I News paper In
Southport, N. C., We(
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untold damage done last Jt
one person and injuring ai
irea completely demolished e*
another Honey Hill House
ictims of the storm digging ttl
; find. The picture in the af
m left shows all that is left Cc
ng a biting winter wind to lit
bottom right was damaged cc
lij
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President Ends ij?
i Di
Existance Of ?
WPA By Order "
th
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In a sweeping executive or-., th
der Saturday, President Roose- se
velt with one stroke of the
pen let the Works Progress Ad- bl
ministration, ten year old re- fil
lief organization, fade into his- ^
tory. ,f
His order abolishing the ^
WPA came at the same time he Sl]
issued a statement in which he b{
said that the WPA had served in
its purpose well, having given
employment to millions of persons
who would otherwise have p
been unemployed during the
lean year? of depression 10
years ago.
The order provided that the
WPA program shall be closed
out by February 1st in 16
states, and in the remaining A
states, the projects shall be closed
out and the business of the
WPA wound up as soon as pos
sible the re*.tter.
Christmas Plans I
For Service Men?
m
Bags Will Be Filled By Re- 2
presentatives Of Various ]?
Organizations In Concert- ca
ed Effort To Please Service
Men
Ti
At a tea held on Thursday ed
afternoon at the U. S. O. Club, Tl
plans were made for filling about C<
four hundred Christmas bags for er
the service men in this vicinity, si
D. L. Scudder, director of the m
U. S. O., asked that the women fe
of Southport cooperate in this un- th
dertaking. He received immediate n<
response from representatives of IS
various organiaztions in town.
The bags were made by Spof- m
ford Mills, Wertheimer Bag Co., m
Block" Shirt Co., and the Carolina ca
Printing Co., of Wilmington. It di
was suggested that they be filled Di
with number of articles, among si'
them candy, razor blades, shoe Tl
polish, address books, iodine, th
combs, pencils, playing cards, or C<
anything which is small and which G
would be useful to a scryice man. m
These bags should be back at the er
U. S. O. by December 20.
Those who accepted bags to dis- G
tribute, and those from whom ad- P1
ditional bags may be secured arc m
as follows; Daughters of America, R
the G. S. O., Mrs. Rob Thompson, A
Methodist Young Girls Class, Baptist
Young Girls Class. Miss Annie
Newton, Miss Mary Weeks,
Mrs. Treadwell, Miss Susie New- te
(Continued on Page 2.) M
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a.
2. ? Bonfires, brush fires,
irning fields and other outdoor
res shall be completely extintished
during the hours that
.ese regulations are applicable
rom one half hour after sun- _
iwn until one half hour before I
inrisc the following morning I
itween October 1 and April 30,
elusive, and from one hour after
(Continued on Page 2.)
Erections For F
Making Appeal
djustments Will Be Made 11
In Mileage Allowed Some {"'
Trucks, And Proper Pro- c
ceedure Is Outlined j,
b
Where there is dissatisfaction
ith the allotment of gasoline for j,
ucks the farmer applicant ^
lould take his Certificate of War n
ecessity to his local gas ration- -j
g board and secure his allotent
of gas for December and
le first quarter of 1943 in order
iat he may have enough gas to 1
iep him rolling until his appli- J
ition can be reconsidered.
The farmer applicant should
icn go to his County Farm
transportation Committee, locatI
at the County Agent's office,
le County Farm Transportation '
jmmittee will receive the farm- >
' s ceruiiuttic uini. nets Decn is- '
led and will then make a recom- ;
endation to the Office of Dense
Transportation as to what
e particular farmer applicant's
eds for each quarter of the year
(43 are.
The Farm Transportation Comittee
will' forward such recomendation
with the fanner applint's
certificate to the proper
strict manager of the Office of
efense Transportation for reviDn
by that district manager,
ic district manager will follow
ic recommendation of the
aunty Farm Transportation
ammittcc unless the rccomendation
obviously was made in
ror. 1
The Defense Transportation
ommittee in this county is com-ised
of C. O. Bennett, chairan,
G. F. Kirby, S. H. Hewett,
. H. Maultsby, and Chas. B.
ycock.
MEDICAL
Joseph Parker, of Shallottc, enred
Dosher Memorial Hospital
londay for medical attention.
P0R1
i A Good Com
inesday, December 9,
)imout Rules In (
Effect In Area
Since Nov. 30th
i
erritory 25-Miles In Depth \
From Coast Includes
Practically All Parts Of
Brunswick County
ITIZENS ASKED C
TO OBSERVE RULES
:ep Is Being Taken In Pro- p
:ection Of Shipping Off
The Coast Of The
United States
ALTANTA, Ga. Dec. 7. ?New
mout regulations, effective No:mber
30, were announced today q
r Major General William Bry- d
in, commanding general of the ?
jurth Service Command. E
Based on experience gained by ^
le Army in the past six months,
ie new regulations governing the
introl of artificial lighting in the
iastal dimout area of North j
irolina, South Carolina, Georgia t,
id Florida east of the Apalachi- ?
ila river are issued by order of
leutenant General Hugh A. a
rum, commanding the Eastern a
efense Command and First Ar- ?
y, and replace those published
r the Army on May 14, 1942. ?
Broadening of the dimout's pur- '
>se to include passive protection '
jainst attack by hostile aircraft,
i well as to afford protection of
lastal shipping, was also annound
by Army officials to be one
the most Important aspects of 1
le new regulations. Furthermore, I
was indicated that the dimout
ea in the four states has been
:tended further inland. Instead
' an average of ten miles, spefied
in the former regulations, _
te newly prescribed area averts
25 miles in depth from the
last, marked generally by the
le of counties bordering on the
last.
A general provision is that "any
jht from out-of-doors that canit
be extinguished, completely
iscured, or reduced in intensity
accordance with Standard War
epartment Blackout, Specificaans
within five minutes of the
>unding of the signal for a
ackout, shall be permanently exaguished."
Other provisions are:
1. ? All lights or reflections
lerefrom shall be shielded, obsired
or reduced in intensity so
>at they are not visible from the
r pu
munity
1942 PUB LIS)
"otton Farmers
Will Decide On
Quotas Saturday
roting Places And Hours
Of Voting In The County '
Are Listed By The County
AAA Committee
ILAIM BIG SURPLUS
OF COTTON IN U. S.
radical Halt In The Export
Of Cotton Given As
Reason For Necessity
Of Limiting Production
Cotton farmers of Brunswick
lounty have a big question to
ecide on Saturday of this week,
lecember 12th, according to C. O.
iennett, Chairman of the County
AA Committee.
On Saturday, all cotton farrers
will vote on whether or not
hey want to keep cotton marketig
quotas for another year. If
wo-thirds of those voting vote
yes," then cotton loans will
gain be available but if quotas
re rejected, there can be no loan
n the 1943 crop according to
iw. The loan rate has been raisd
from 85 to 90% of parity and
he present rate in Brunwsick
lounty is 18.41 per 100 pounds
ormiddling 15-16th inch cotton.
Although there is almost a two(Continued
on Page 2.1
Lighting Contt
Called
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Outcome Of Peer
Hunt Is In Doubt
1
There is a group of hunters 1
here who are puzzled this week
as to whether they killed a
deer last Tuesday, or whether (
the deer killed himself.
A buck was jumped, and was
shot at several times ? probably
with fatal results. But in
his dying efforts, the deer busted
head - long into a tree and
broke his neck.
Regardless of the cause, the
results were the same; and the
following hunters shared in the '
spoils of that particular hunt: 1
Otto, Tom and Pete Hickman,
Herbert Rogers, Harry Aldridge,
Joe Spencer and George
Fisher. 1
lecent Weather i
Good For Ducks'
i
lowever, No Unusual Success
Has Greeted Efforts
Of Hunters Of This Vici- 1
nity
Cold, cloudy and damp, the past
iree days have had all of the
emarks of being ideal for duck
unting. But despite the favoring I
lements, reports of hunters mak- i
lg a good bag of the birds have 1
een few and far between.
The explanation is that hunt- 1
lg is not what it used to be. I
[any sportsmen are in service; !
lany more are busy at war work. '
'hose who like to hunt and still I
(Continued on Page Two) i
Plans Being Me
Orton CI
Preparations are going forward
for Orton to have its anlual
Old Time Plantation
Christmas Party as usual this
year. Not all of the arrangements
have been completed at
this time, but the latest word
from the Brunswick county
show place is to the effect that
the party will be held.
About 150 persons, all employed
on the plantation or at
the nursery, and their families
+V.A faaHtfiHoc Ac
Jdi uupavc U1 Ulfc tMUiiviva. ? ?
the name indicates, the party is
:onducted along the lines of
those held on the plantations
h the deep south before the
rivil War.
Several of the plantation and
lursery officials who have been
ictive in making the Old Time
Plantation Christmas parties a
success in past years will be
absent this year. Among those
vho will be Lieutenant Churchill
Bragaw, former manager.
His address is now in care of
the postmaster in New York,
which means he is on, or will
aoon be on, over seas duty. Bob
.OT P
rIED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Commissioners
Chairman Of 1
First Meeting I
DIRECTOR |J
m ^IB ^
" :J|
Henry C. Stone, Principal {
of Shallotte high school, has ?
been named director of the t
Pi + i-mwo QAmri/ta Pnvnc fnvl 1
UlUiCUO UC1 ?1VV VVIJ^U i.Vi
Brunswick County. *
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iSt Is '
Off This Year |
?
Members Of Southport Woman's
Club Will Sponsor
Decorations Contest For ,
Homes Done Without ,
Lighting
WILL CALL FOR j
NEW INGU1N1TY <
Contest Will Be Conducted ?
Along Same Line* As In I"
Previous Years, Save '
For The Use Of
Lighting j
In cooperation with the dim-out J
regulations for coastal areas, the
Woman's Club this year is not ;
offering its usual prizes for out- ]
door trees and house decorations ?
with lights. Instead, a first and t
second prize will be offered for t
the most attractively decorated j
house without lighting. J
The houses wi'l be judged in
the day-time and it is hoped that <
a number of persons in Southport c
will cooperate to make their i
homes express the Christinas j
spirit. i
This new plan to be followed in j
Christmas decorations will be a
(Continued on Page Two) j
Two Southport
Men Enlist
Thomas Earl Gilbert and Dallas .
Pigott, of Southport, enlisted in
the Coast Guard Reserve at the
recruiting station in Charleston,
S. C., last week.
Gilbert, the son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Gilbert of Southport, signed
is a Seaman, first class, and i
Pigott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar- f
r\f CAiiftinnrt nnliotoH 5
Will X IgUkt, VI UVUUI]/U> I., viiouwu
is a Boatswain's Mate, second
class.
tde For
hristmas Party
Godfrey, former manager of
the nursery, is now an Ensign
in the Navy and is understood
to be serving somewhere on the
Atlantic. ,
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Sprunt, owners of the plantation
and nursery, are also
serving with the armed forces
and will be absent this year, as
will be a number of the employees.
Mr. and Mrs. Sprunt will bo
there, however. Entering hearti
ly with them into the spint or i
the party will be James Ferger,
young horticulturist, who succeeded
Lt. Bragaw a year ago.
Miss Emma Lou Harrclson will
also be there, along with Alex
Bogie, the plantation foreman.
The party usually lasts two
days and includes everything
from the giving and receiving
of gifts to games and various
contests. Not least on the program
is a Christmas sermon,
usually preached by the oldest
and most fiery old-time colored ,
preacher that the plantation (
can find anywhere in the State, j
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Most Of The News
AJJ The Time
$1.50 PER YEA1
! Name Mintz
Their Body In
-iere Monday
!. J. Prevatte Named Couq*
ty Attorney In Surprise
Move Monday; Will Re*
ceive $100.00 Per Month
For All Work
ORGENSEN STILL
IS TAX COLLECTOR
Iffort To Have Vacancy
Created In That Office
Stopped With Confirmation
Of Present Tax
Collector
Amid all the tension and ex:itement
of their first regular
neeting here Monday, members
if the new board of county comnissioners
organized with Steve
dintz as chairman.
The motion was made by A. P.
iuss, seconded by O. P. Bellamy.
Upon motion of A. P. Russ,
seconded by O. P. Bellamy, E. J.
^revatte was named county at
;orney ai a salary 01 .piuu.uu per
nonth for all his services. The
ippointment was for 2 years, and
inded considerable speculation as
;o who would be named. J. W.
ituark and Dwight McEwen, who
lad held the office for the past
several months, were most freqlently
mentioned prior to the surprise
naming of Prevatte.
upon motion 01 u. r. rseuamy,
leconded by A. P. Russ, J. W.
luark was named to continue as
irosecutor of Recorded's court at
i monthly salary of $100.00. This
ippointment was for 2 years.
A. H. Perry tendered his relignation
at constable of Northvest
township and his brother,
X W. Perry was named by the
:ommissioners in his place.
Upon motion of O. P. Bellamy,
seconded by A. P. Russ, ex-Sherff
D. L. Ganey was named spe:ial
officer without salary.
Upon motion of O. P. Bellamy,
seconded by A. P. Russ, W. P.
Torgenson was named to collect
:he 1942 tax levy. This was mercy
a confirmation of a prior apjointment
made by the old board,
tnd blocked efforts to create a
/acanacy in order that the place
night be filled by another man;
W. M. Stanaland presented an
ipplication for collector for the
L943 levy, but there was a notlcible
strike-over in his typewrit,en
application, indicating that
he original had called for ap>ointment
for collection of the
1942 levy.
Jorgensen's status was changed,
in that he will be on a salary
if $200.00 per month after Janlary
1, 1943, instead of being
>aid 2 V6 -percent for collections,
ri'c will be allowed $100.00 per
rear expenses for his automobile.
Veed No Permit
To Kill Hogs
Message From Dean Schaub
Is Released For Publication
By County Agent
Dodson This Week
County Agent J. E. Dodson is
n receipt of the following letter
rom Dean I. O. Schaub, which
ihould go a long way toward stopling
the rumors that have been
naking the round about restricions
on killing hogs:
"Reports from the field indiate
that much misinformation
md gossip is going around as rejards
the Share-thc-Meat Prop-am.
"Reports from a number of
:ounties indicate that many peo)le
believe they will need a permit
>efore they can kill any animal.
Vlso they report that these parnils
will cost from $3.00 to $6.00
>r more. Other reports are to the
iffcct that farmers will have to
lave their hogs weighed before
tilling them.
"Such reports arc entirely er oneous
and I hope you will do
verything possible to stop such
umors. There is a possibility that
luch reports are being circulated
ieliberately. If you can get tract
>f any definite sources of such
umors, I hope you will advise, c.
"The Share-the-Meat Program
s purely a voluntary one at the
present time and While the farriers
wilt be asked to limit their
:onsumption to an allowance set
jp for the country as a whole, &
ioubt if it will affect but very
few on the basis of average yeafy
consumption. Comparatively fCW
if our farmers average more
than the consumption allotment
requested of all of the people.'?';
VISITS MOTHER
David Watson, of the U. S. Na
vy, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Seorge Y. Watson, during a short
leave from sea duty
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