Pilot Covers
priinsvvick County
^r-TE'EN NO. 3
County Listers
jleet Monday To
Secure Supplies
^T?. yPFoTT^
R?te- , Together With
plan' For Travel Expense
tijfr business
the is transacted
,1 Tnunty offices Will Be
r fd From Thursday
Until Monday
Morning, Dec. 28
? listers for Brunswick coun?
h,"> allowed 5-cents per
{, travel expense, including
to and from Southport to
L their supplies and make
r reports, plus a salary of
L p<r da-v and $2-50 p?1" day
an assistant to help with the
m census report,
Tt'-s action was taken Monday 1
, He board of county commis- I
' upon motion of O. P.
easy, seconded by Allen P.
K notion was passed that all
Jptv offices shall close for busies
on Thursday noon, and shall
?3 - closed until Monday, DecBter
2S.
0 tV. Perry was named by the
imrd to serve as a special offig
without salary.
Pie fiscal report for the office
< P, C. St. George, county audix
and S. T. Bennett, county
Its, was accepted by the comiissor.ers.
Tax matters disposed of injjt-ed
an agreement that R. L.
>5-:t pay $50.00 on his delin ect
taxes now and $50.00 later;
msptance of a partial payment
Sb T. J. Butler on his delinner.t
taxes, with provision that
it pay another $10.00 in March, "
SO: agreement by the board r
jit Thelma and Aunice Hewett 1
it given the benefit of 1933 '
aluation on their delinquent
Hi!
Be arrangement with Charlies
Bcferan as superintendent . of
tie county home is upon the basis
t $175.00 per month as salary,
rtS no extra provision made for 1
: helper.
i.
Defendants Lose
Whiskey Permits 1
londay Was First Session
Cf Recorder's Court At
Which Measure Has Been
Resorted To
A new wrinkle turned up in
irarier's court here Monday [
a number of the defendants, e
s court on charges growing out [
f drankeness. had their A. B. f
t ration hooks revoked. This, Of j,
use, in addition to the other <j
(tnitire mesasures invoked. ]
C. 0. McMahon pleaded guilty a
! charges of public drunkeness.
fcter.ce of 30 days on the roads v
si suspended upon payment of c
Ks and a fine of $10.00, the r
fedant's A. B. C. ration book s
t he revoked. 1
Oscar Williams was found guil- 8
? of reckless operation, and e
Kgroent of 3 months on the
?qs was suspended upon pay- f
Rt of a fine of $25.00 and {
sts His A. B. C. book was also j
haded. 1
Hollis Williamson was found (
Pty of drunk driving and was 1
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NEWS I
BRIEFS ,1
hospital patient
fcbron Ward, of Charleston, I
C- was a patient at Dosher
orial Hospital Thursday f
Sunday. (
lONSILAK operation I
Miss Victoria Lancaster, of <
ttthport. underwent an opera,for
removal of her tonsils i
Dosher Memorial Hospital <
May. 1
medical patient
*;pb Dosher, of Southport, t
Wmitted as a medical patient
.^r Memorial Hospital
coay.
ijwtlent in hospital i
on,' ^^nie Southerland, of
isi ur'' en'ered Dosher Mem- ,
Hospital Monday as a medi- <
Patient.
u<*u> patient
hknv hnnie stone. ?f Bolivia,
hj, ent an operation last Wed- i
L" at Dosher Memorial Hos- i
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ro Train Girls
ForWartimeJobs
In Agriculturt
"hree Special Short Course
Will Be Offered At N. (
State College For Trair
ing Of Women And Girl
"UITION FEE OF
$5.00 PER COURS;
"hese Courses Are Desigr
ed To Relieve The Labor
Shortage Caused By
The War; Suggested
By Governor
Three special short courses I
rain women and girls, and draf
xempt men and boys for wa
ime agricultural jobs will be o
ered by N. C. State College,
s announced by Dr. X. O. Schau
lean of the School of Agricultur
The courses will start January 1
nd will last for three weeks.
Dean Schaub said that trainir
vill be given in (1) Animal pr<
luction, including the feeding ar
nanagement of all types of liv<
itock, including dairy cattle; (!
neat cutting and merchandisinj
ind (3) testing of milk and otl
ir dairy products.
The tuition fee will be only i
or each of the courses, and a;
ilications should be sent to E
A O. Shaw, head of the Anim
Industry Department, N. C. Sta
College, Raleigh. "Students" w
>e able to obtain rooms off tl
:ampus, and meals at nomin
:ost in the college cafeteria.
The agricultural short course
lesigned to relieve the lab
ihortage caused by the war, we
iuggested by Governor J. 1
3roughton at a conference wi
Colonel John W. Harrelson, a
ninistrative dean of State Colleg
ind Dean Schaub. The Govern
;xpressed special concern over tl
ihortage of trained labor on dai:
arms and in llairy processii
wants.
Dr. Shaw said that chain stor
uid other food dealers have pled,
;d their cooperation in sendii
tew workers to the college f
training in meat cutting and me
Jhandising. "It is hoped," he sai
'that a number of women ai
firls will enroll to learn the a
>f butchering to replace men wl
lave been called from meat ma
cets into the armed services."
Dressings Unit
Closed This Wee
Because of the holidays tl
'ollowing changes will be note
The Red Cross Sewing Roo
vill not be open on Thursdi
ifternoon.
The public library will not op
jn Saturday of this week.
The Red Cross surgical drei
ings workroom is not open di
Ing Christmas week. Work vi
be resumed on Monday, Dec. J
E ST.
A Good
6 PAGES TODAY
Merry Christmas
GREETINGS?To <
home and to the men
our Armed Service,
may be !
Trucks Makin<
Of Farms 1
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A OI UI A XJ A CAB BB1 V/ano a w* i
* Collection Of - Precious
Scrap Iron Being Made
i- In Waccamaw Township
Is Now
R. D. WHITE HEADS
E SCRAP COLLECTION
' Farmers Receive Receipt
For Amount Of Scrap,
And Will Be Paid By
Government Check
Two tracks are now engaged in
to making a house-to-house collec-j
t- tion of scrap iron in Waccamaw
r- township, according to word ref
ceived this week from R. D.
it White, chairman of the Scrap
b, Program in Brunswick county,
e. The operators of these governL5
ment trucks are equipped with
implements that will enable them
ig to cut up large pieces of iron or
b- steel into sizes that may be easiid
]y weighed and loaded.
e" This scrap is beirig paid for at
'i the rate of 30-cents per hundred
?* f. o. b. the farm. No cash is In-,
volved in the transaction, but the
farmer is given a receipt for the
?5 amount he is due, and within a
P- short time he will receive a gov't*.
ernment check for his material.
=>1 ? J 1?. HT
" farmers are urgeu ?y ???.
,? White to cooperate in every way
1 possible with the scrap collection
1? program, and where it is possible
they are asked to have their
junk collected in one place, con's,
venient for loading,
or
I Restrictions On
i. Telephone Calls
Civilians Requested Not To
,g Use Phone For Long Distance
Calls During ChristDS
mas Holidays
gCivilians
here were requested
today not to make long distance
r_ telephone greeting calls during
^ this holiday season, especially on
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
rt and New Year's Eve.
10 The request was made in the
r. interest of the war effort by W.
B. Bryan, of Wilmington, manager
of Southern Bell Telephone
& Telegraph Company.
Mr. Bryan explained that war
k and other vital calls must still be
made during the holiday season
lie and, if anything, will be even
d;! heavier than recently. In order
mthat the operators may give these
. essential calls the quickest possible
service over facilities that
cannot be expanded because the
enneeded materials are going into war
weapons, it is imperative that
ss-greetings and other non-essential
ir-calls not be made, he stated,
ill The request, while particularly
J8. (Continued on page 6)
ATE
l News paper I:
Southport, N. C., We
ill the Folks at
and women of
wherever they
"r"" -
2 Canvass
For Scrap Iron
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Here's Easy Way
To Kill Ducks
|" ~
If you want to know how
the road between Southport and
the Will Smith farm looked
about a quarter to eight this
morning maybe you'll get some
idea from the fact that a
couple of ducks mistook it for
a creek or river and lit upon
It.
An early morning motorist,
who hadn't had a gun in his
hand this year to go duck
' hunting, struck a mallard with
his car and saw her flutter
away in the nearby underbrush.
About a mile up the road his
vehicle got the range on a misguide
black duck, and the drive
got out and picked up the spoil.
Three Southport
Men Sign Up
iThree Men Already On DuI
tww U/Uk T amrs/vrarv POA tt
1y ff llll A wmpvt Ma j
Guard Reserve Enter Regular
Reserve
Three Southport men enlisted
in the Coast Guard Reserve at
the recruiting station in Charleston,
S. C? before the presidential
order halting voluntary enlistments
became effective this week.
The Southport men signing be(Continued
on page 6)
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Walking Wasi
During
Walking wasn't too crowded
during the week-end in Brunswick
county, despite Leon
Henderson's far-reaching edict
Friday afternoon which froze
all gasoline coupons of the A,
B and C variety.
Doubtless, it was the knowledge
that the ban on sale of
gas for all but commercial vehicles
would be lifted at 12:01
A. M Monday A.M. that kept as
many automobiles on the road
during the week-end as one saw.
But at the same time, there
was considerably consternation
Friday when the first word of
the order came through, without
any inkling as to when it
might be expected to be modified.
Early Friday evening, the
radio announced that the ban
would "probably" be lifted by
Sunday.
Finally, when the order came
through revealing that the sale
of gasoline for the A. B, and C
POR
n A Good Cor
dnesday, December 2
Forester Advises
Care Of Timber
Crop In County
H. E. Blanchard Says Thai
The Proper Weeding Of
Timber Stands Is Exceptionally
Important
PROPER THINNING
SEEN AS IMPORTANT
Advises The Cutting Out Of
Of All Crooked Trees,
Also AH Those Which
Are Diseased Or
"Limby"
Most of the young, secont
growth timber stands that hav(
been protected from fire can tx
thinned out or weeded and yiel<
a profit to the owner as well a:
supply vital war materials and im
prove the growth of the remain
ing trees. H. E. Blanchard, coun
ty farm forester advised today.
Here is a simple test that ev
ery farmer can apply to his owi
trees to determine if they are it
need of thinning. Look at you:
trees. If the top of the tree take:
up less than one-fourth to one
third of the height of the tree
the trees are too close togethe:
and need thinning, Blanchard said
"If the trees are six inches o:
more in diameter breast high
they can be cut and sold as pulp
wood, firewood, etc. A rule o
thumb that can be used in deter
mining how many trees should bleft
after they are thinned i:
this: Add four to the diameter o
the tree breast high and the sun
of the two is the number of fee
that should be left between tha
tree and the tree beside it in an;
direction.
"In starting to thin out a stani
of young pine, you should firs
pick out all trees that are ver
crooked, diseased, or limby. Afte
these trees are cut out and if th
stand is still too thick all forkei
trees and trees that have beei
overtopped by others should b
removed. By removing inese type
of trees you will have onl;
straight, healthy, fast-growini
trees left in the stand. They wil
yield high grade poles and saw
timber in a very short period o
years.
"If you have a stand of timbe
that contains trees of sawtimbe
or pole size at the present time
it may be better to cut he larg
tree sand then follow the cuttinj
with an operation to remove th
diseased trees and tops as pulp
wood.
"For information concerninj
markets and advice on your indi
vidual problem, consult your Farr
Forester at your local Count;
Agent's Office."
Brunswick Boy
Dies In Battle
Leon Williamson Was Mem
ber Of Crew Of Gallan
U. S. Cruiser San Fran
cisco In Recent Battle
J. B. Williamson, of Ash, ha
received word that his son, Leo:
Williamson, was killed aboard th
U. S. S. Cruiser San Francisc
Hiirinp- her recent callant battl
against an overwhelming Japanes
naval unit.
Young Williamson had been i
the navy for two and one-hal
years and is a former student a
Waccamaw high school.
In addition to this son, Mi
Williamson had three other boy
in the armed service at one timi
One, Hollis Williamson, holds
medical discharge from the I
(Continued on page six)
i't Crowded
Past Weekenc
coupons would be resumed Monday
morning, it was simultaneously
announced that the unit
value ofB andC coupons would
be reduced to three gallons, the
same as the A coupon had been
for sometime.
This revision of the gasoline
order came just in time to keep
a lot of people who might have
otherwise taken a trip at the
Yuletide, at home for the holidays.
OPA officials in Washington
explained that the new ordei
which was in effect during the
week-end was taken in order tc
supply badly needed gasoline tc
the North African battlefront
They explained further that s
rush order from General Eisenhowever
had left no time foi
moving the gasoline from the
Gulf ports of the midwest, anc
the demands had to be fillec
from stocks on the Atlantic
seaboard.
9
,0T
HED EVERY WEDNESDAY
jnty Man
:tion In Africa
Dfficer Aboard Flagship
tigs In North Africa ]
lion
progress. The fighting at sea
lasted from 5:45 a. m. until 2.02
p. m. During this time the
French ships and planes fought i
gallantly and bravely but withal
a losing fight. There was no
time for them to even rescue J
the men lost overboard from
sinking vessels. Their loss of
men from the destroyers and
light cruisers that were sunk
must have been heavy.
Admiral Giffen's flagship, on
which Gunnery Officer Gore
was serving, was struck once
by a shell, which landed on the
forward deck and covered the
vessel with shrapnel. A repair
party quickly reported the damage
as slight. At another time
four torpedoes were fired at the
flagship within a few seconds
time. They breached two thousand
yards from the vessel and
all were apparently destined to
find their target. A swift turn
of the vessel to port, even as
the order was given to "Stand
by for torpedoes," resulted in
one of the "tin fish" passing a
few yards to port and the other
three going equally close to
starboard.
Sgt. Gore has served 21
years in the Marines. He was
mustered out on leave, subject
to recall, about six years ago
after serving 20 years. Since he
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T PIL
nmunity
3, 1942 "?US
Brunswick Coi
Saw At
Sgt. Gore Was Gunnery I
t Making Troop Landii
Invai
After spending ten days here
with his family, Gunnery Sgt.
E. F. Gore has returned to his
post aboard the flagship of
' Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen,
who commanded the escorting
: convoy for the great fleet of
transports and supply ships that
landed in Africa on November
7th.
The next morning after the
troops and supplies had been
landed, in fact while the landiing
' was still in progress, the flags
ship and other convoy vessels
5 and airships engaged in the
1 battle of Cashalnaca, an en3
counter that is said to have re"
suited in the greatest naval sea
" victory that the United States
* has engaged in the Atlantic.
A swarm of French planes
" appeared over the convoy ves1
sels at dawn and supporting
1 French warships were reported
r at the same time to be moving
3 up for action. The American and
" British vessels and planes are
said to have withheld their fire,
r hoping that the French planes
* and ships would show a symbol
r of friendship.
' This was not to be as the
* troops already landed were en'
gaged in violent combat, and
* within a few minutes after
3 dawn the French planes attack3
ed the convoy and a great
f panomoric battle was seen in
I Farm Machine
; For Bru
r
i '!
n War Production
In Barnyard
Y
?
II An unidentified inhabitant
. of the henyard of Register of
f Deeds Amos Walton laid an egg
this week, the said egg being
r as large as a double-barreled
r goose egg.
When the egg was broken
e for the frying pan it was disj
covered that Inside the large
e shell was enough of the white
to fill two ordionary eggs. Inside
of that was an ordinary
^ sized and perfect hen egg, even
. to the hard shell and both white
ii and yolk. Mr. Walton thinks
y that the hen that laid the egg
must have been putting forth
nn ovlm nffnrf ntt ? fPniint. of
the war.
? Possibility For
Farmer Profits
' Production Of More Fruit#,
Nuts And Vegetables Cited
As Means For Increass
ing Income For County
n Farmers
e
o Brunswick County's 1,721 farm
e operators can increase their cash
e income as much as $24,000 a
year on fruits, nuts and vegetan
bles alone by working with retaillf
ers in developing group market;t
ing programs, it was estimated
today by a leading distributor of
r. North Carolina crops.
s "With approximately 20 farmers
?, in this county and more than 5,a
600 farmers throughout North
j. Carolina using farm marketing
cooperatives to streamline wartime
distribution, the general
trend toward group action in
marketing is one of the most important
agricultural developments
I in the state," according to Earl
R. French, marketing director of
A & P's produce-buying affiliate,
UK' Ji.Liaill.lU U.U111 llim.-liun vumpany.
"Our experience shows growers
' can boost their income 10 to 15
per cent by working together to
1 provide adequate volume and
standard grade and pack, and by
working with distributors to cut
1 out unnecessary handling opera1
tions and costs. This 10 to 15 per
1 cent would bring approximately
' 516,000 to $24,000 extra annually
on fruits, nuts and vegetables
alone to Brunswick county growl
ers, who is in recent year receiv
ed $159,639 from their sales of
i these products. Growers could
p similarly increase their cash in,
come from other crops by group
action," French explained.
As an indication of the effec1
tiveness of cooperation between
growers and distributors, French
said economies worked out
' through group marketing pro1
grams were one important fac1
tor helping North Carolina grow.
esr to realize $1,834,443 last year
(Continued on page 6)
rv Quota
inswick Is Low
:
Board In Charge Of Rationing
Of Farm Machinery
Is Upset Over The Small
Quota Assigned To This
County
ONLY ONE FARM
TRACTOR ALLOTED
Applications For Machinery !
Of AH Types Will Be Accepted
Up To January
16, Then Will Be
Filled
The Rationing Board for Farm
Machinery for Brunswick county
has received its quota for the
1943 farm season, and the figures
contained therein look as though
there must be a lot of work done
next season with old implements.
In seeking to see to it that the
most needy persons receive the
rationed machinery, it has been
agreed by the committee that applications
will be received up to
January 16, 1943, and that none
'shall be filled until after that
time.
With all applications in, the
committee will ration farm machinery
in compliance with Rationing
Order C, which means
that applications for purchase
certificates will be handled on the
basis of use essential to the war
effort, and then in the order that
such uses are the most vital.
The principal crops that are
most vital at this time are soybeans
for beans, peanuts for oil,
tomatoes for canning beef cattle,
hogs and poultry.
Following is a list of items contained
in the Brunswick county
quota:
Row Planters, one horse single
row, 3; lime spreader, 1; moldboard
plows: walking one-horse,
3; walking two-horse and larger,
2; tractor-drawn or mounted, 1;
harrows: spike tooth, spring
tooth, 1; disc, 3; cultivator: one
horse, 4; two-horse walking, 1;
tractors, 1; Farm wagons, 5;
fertilizer distributors, 5: mowers:
horse drawn, 1; tractor drawn,
1; combines 6 feet and less, 1.
Exchange Made
In Court Term
Judge John J. Burney Will
Preside Over Brunswick
County Superior Court In
January
Governor Broughton has agreed
to an exchange of courts between
Judge Q. K. Nimrocks, Jr., and
Judge J. Burney. The arrangement
provides for Judge presiding
at the term of Wake County
Superior Court, beginning on
January 4th.
Judge Burney wilt preside at'
the Pender term of court, beginning
on January 4th; at the
Brunswick term beginning January
18th and at the Columbus
term beginning January 25th.
Perhaps the most interesting
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Gloomy Prospect
Seen By County
Agt. J. E. Dodson
Farm Labor Shortage Likely
To Be Reflected In
Terms Of Production In
1942 Says Official
ARMY AND DEFENSE
JOBS TAKING MEN
Small Farmers Are Ones
Most Seriously Affected
By These Conditions
Brought On By
The War
\ While
in town yesterday County
Agent J. E. Dodson took a
very gloomy outlook over Brunswick
county farm conditions for
1943. "If the immediate future
looks as bad in other counties as
it does here, we are facing conditions
where we will find food
production of foodstuffs extremely
difficult," said he.
Asked to outline the situation,
as he saw it, Mr. Dodson said:
"The county is keeping up with
its quota for men in service. That
is a matter to be proud of instead
of grouching over. Our ablebodied
men are needed and they
must go. We can only wish them
luck and a safe return when the
war is over.
"But, in addition to those who
are going directly into service,
great numbers of the farmers and
practically all of the farm labor
in Brunswick is now engaged in
defense work of some kind, or in
some form of labor that pays
much higher wages than can be
paid for farm work. In addition
to the men who are in service,
fully 50 per cent of those who
have not yet been called are
working at something away from
the farms.
"The small farmers have jumped
to some form of employment
that pays ready wages, so have
nnoratnrs of farm? that COllld
be described as the average size.
The larger farm operators arc,
mostly, trying to carry on in the
face of labor shortage and the
inability to get farming tools and I
machinery, j A J
"I, frankly, do nJraee how we , "ri
will make out with more than a
halfway average of the production
of foodstuffs this year. The
folks from our farms who are
now getting high wages for daily
work are not going to quit that
work and come back to the J
farms. The outlook is for a great
many of -our farms to lie completely
idle in 1943. In addition,
those farms where they carry on
will have to operate under greatl?
r?nrfailpH mnrlit.inns." j
Mr. Dodson's worry over the
farming prospects in this county
is viewed largely through eyes
that see the need of food production,
both for the folks here at
home and our proportionate share
for the men in service. He fears
that we will be unable to produce
the foodstuffs that we actually
will need here at home, much less
having any surplus for the war
effort.
Leland Woman
Dies In Wreck
Mrs. Susie Brogan Died
Monday Following Accident
Sunday In Which
Seven Lives Were Lost
Mrs. Sadie Borgan is dead and
John N. Kennedy, both of Leland,
is in a critical condition as
a result of a head-on automobile
accident in which they were involved
near Wilmington Sunday
afternoon, taking a total of seven
lives.
One other civilian, Charles
Stokley, of Wilmington, and five
office candidates from Camp Davis,
were killed in what appears
to be one of the worst motor
targedies in this area in several
years.
State highway patrolmen, summoned
to the scene of the accident,
said that a 1937 Ford coach
occupied by the six Camp Pavis
men and a 1941 Chevrolet coach
in which Stokley, Mrs. Brogan
and John N. Kennedy, of Leland,
were riding, met head-on approximately
opposite Sherman's filling
station at 4:20 p. m. Sunday.
The impact practically demolished
both machines, forcing the engines
of the cars back against
the drivers' seats, and hurling
several of the occupants out on
the pavement.
The car carrying the three civilians
had just rounded a curve en
route to Wilmington, the patrolmen
said, and the automobile in
which the soldiers were riding,
apparently returning from a
weeK-ena leave in Wilmington,
was headed toward the camp.
Mrs. Brogan, who resided at
117 Castle street, Wilmington, is
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