Pilot Covers flrunswick County KfTHlRTEEN ~NoT< Lie Confusion I (Jesuits From I Blackout Test Mfaiion Is That Civilian population Has Not BeI ;J?e Acquainted With jfe* Signals To Be Used I b This Connection Iteration came test progressed lhx- :.:ea;;s of warning the of the blackout, nor of ! st.i. s of development. 1. ;! that it was possible i: > hie new signal system a t other communities of jiiieially reported that f: ?-..! be another trial blackc . thin the near future. Senate Passes Ninth Month Bill - A Vote Of 41-5, The Senate Passed The NineMonths School Bill In Hie General Assembly On Friday -E1CH. ? By a vote of 41 Senate Friday passed the t-.r. :h school bill on second and frowned sharply on effort to amend the mea: r:=tpone its effective date, ^r iling on the bill, described - supporters as the most im: the General Assembly, pror '. measure of the 1943 seswill take Monday night, j K "fie next full session of the 'f- scheduled. " e voting efforts to amend ^ '-re-month bill, the Senate j more receptive to a com-5 amendment to the school | Jtiner.t bill. The new proposal, I ~E': by Senator Brooks of after a conference with " i.r Broughton and oppon" the bill which passed its. - reading Wednesday, ref } substitute bill sent for' Thursday by Sen. O'Berry A?}T.e. r, fj&rry withdrew ills subbill and announced he ; ^^Pport the bill if the ^-merit offered Friday is ac Innai Organize I To Sell Bonds I : the Division War j blaff for Brunswick I M 88 l\at?" Johnson, p-;- MTs. E. J. Johnson. 1 I Robert White, ShallotI i Johnson. Supply; f V;-K:v Cannon, Bolivia; Miss f*-'-' Brooks, Seaside; Mrs. I President of County I P-T. A., Leland. ( i'" wnnon win do all they i niore stamps and | Fflferia/ Given | 0r Hospital Work ( of the Doshcr Mem- ' Eypital Auxiliary have just 1 I 100-yarde of material, a 1 ' llolmcs Davis, of i I rial will be used by 1 F*::. of mo hospital a'JAihary tf1"- Useful articles for the I and the suggestions Superintendent of nurses, l jy ct s will be < E ST. A Good 4 PAGES TODAY PILOTS IN UNIFORi # mgm m By.' jflB| ^sjlrai : are shown three members of mtly have been commissioned i mmander J. 1. Davis; center is billing. These men have been i itions, but in the capacity of ngton, and Captain I. B. Bussel on as they come off the sick li l Should ter For Book II 5- . >t Meetings Being n Uol/I At Kr>hnnls TH 15 tinuing their normal open tain Tom Sellers, of Wilmi gible for commission as so Every Person Regis However, It Will Be Necei sary For Each Registrar To Have War Ratio Book No. 1 Before Thi Can Be Done MAY SECURE BOOK 1 AT RATION BOAR1 Schools of County Are Coi ducting Registration For Book No. II Each Afternoon Thru Friday "Every person should regist for War Ration Book Two. whe her he needs it at present or not Mrs. Grace D: Jones, clerk of tl local Wat--Price and Rationii Board, cautioned residents Brunswick county today. "Reports to the rationing boa: indicate that farmers who rai and can their own fruits ai vegetables and meats are und the impression that they will n need to register for the point r tion book. On the contrary, Unc Sam wants every man, worn; and child in the United States have a ration book, since the r tioning program may include n only its present phases, but oth possible developments in the f ture. "I want to emphasize the n cessity for every person whethi he lives in the town or countr whether he preserves his own foe or relies on the corner grocery, I register for War Ration Book Tv before Friday of this week. "At the same time," Mrs. Jom advised," persons who eat the meals in restaurants or othi public eating places, who do ni at present need War Ration Boc Two, should register for the point books without fail. Registration is in progress th week at the five consolidate white schools of the county, I Brunswick County Trainir School, at Chapel Road Scho and at Cedar Grove. School is b ing taught one-half of each da; with a full schedule being carrie out. At 2 o'clock each day tl rationing personnel, consistir principally of teachers, begin tl job of' registering applicants f< War Ration Book No. II, and tl sites are held open until 8 c clock each evening unless tlici (Continued On Page tr?ur> Commissioners In Session Monday Board Agrees To Furnis Help To Superintender Of County Home; H Agrees To Stay On Dut Charles M. Hickman agree Monday to remain as superintei dent of the Brunswick count home when the members of th board of county commissionei -1 - ?? m.-.nnrnmnnta tn nrnvir Uiaue aiiaiig^iiivuvu x him some help on the count farm. Robert R. Hewett and t\v daughters have been employed t help Mr. Hickman for a period < six months at a salary of SIOO.C [>cr month for their combined c forts. The commissioners passed a order directing that the A. 1 White estate be foreclosed an sold for delirtque.it taxes. A B fiercer was given re: mission to purchase the "W illian Hardy place in Town Creek Towi ship for tko sum of $00.00 cash js | 1 iviu ni l/viiuu.u | .Met'tings lor the purpose of rj ' explaining how to use War Ration Book No. II will continue I throughout this week at the J consolidated schools of the county, and Miss Genevieve Kakes has agreed to make this instruction a part of her home { demonstration club meeting for er! the month of March, t-l Tonight (Wednesday) the I meeting is scheduled at Wacie camaw school. Thursday night ( lg a similao meeting will l*> held ' of at Bolivia. The final meeting j will be held in the Southport , rd high school auditorium' Friday j se night. All meetings begin at j id I 8 o'clock. er( Word has been received that ot a representative of the State a- Rationing office will be in Willie mington Monday mght, .March in 1, for the purpose of explaining to point rationing regulations that a-1 affect wholesalers and retailers, ot The meeting will begin at 7:30 or o'clock and will be in the New Li- ( Hauover courtroom. ? Peanut Growers ? Promised Prices to Farmers Who Plant In- j :s creased Acreage In An'r swer To Government Request Will Get Same lk Price For Nuts Used For ir 0il js Peanut growers of Brunswick l(j county who increase production lt of peanuts this year in response to the government's appeal for more vegetable oil crops are ase_ surcd of the same support prices for oil peanuts as are paid for ... J l v. 1 n nntfi neenrdinc to C. O. 'p Bennett, chairman of the County USD A War Board. ~ A recent announcement by the 1 U. S. Department of Agriculture, I he said, provides for support of , peanuts grown this year for oil [' and the edible trade at 85 percent rc of parity. This price, the chairman said, is an average of about 8X29 per ton. "It must be understood, liow1 ever, that this is an average price. and is subject to differentials acJ cording to types and grades of the ' peanuts a farmer offers for sale," he said. "Prices at which peanuts h will be supported according to it types and grades will be announ e ced at an early date." y In addition to support prices, the Department previously has ,jj announced incentive payments of i- $30 per acre on all peanuts har;y vested above 90 percent of and le! up to 110 percent of the farm's *s acreage goai. This payment, "Chairman Bennett estimated, will y Increase returns for farmers who harvest more than 90 percent of '0 their goals. This incentive payjo ment, he added, is applicable only on peanuts harvested for nuts >0 and does not apply to peanuts f- which arc "hogged - off." The agricultural conservation payment n ot $110 per ton will be eliminated 5 Ithio year in view 01 uie uuoihk id 'payments. Chairman Bennett said plana r- are being considered by the Deis partment for establishing local l- markets in counties having suf/i(continued on page four) ATE I News paper Ir Southport, N. C., We M I J w V ? F o c F ' the Wilmington-Cape Fear * n the U. S. Coast Guard Re- c i Lt. Commander H. T. St. e ssued uniforms and are con- v Coast Guard officers. Cap- n Is, of Southport, are also eli- ? st, s Forestry Meets J Being Held In \ Area This Week c a First Meeting Was Held g Tuesday Morning Near t] The New Britton Bridge f( On Allen Farm p fi SECOND MEETING IS c SET FOR WEDNESDAY v H. E. Blanchard, Farm For- n ester For Columbus And h Brunswick, Invites Pubi:_ T_ A lie 1 U IVACChlllgo Q Two Forestry Demonstration *' Meetings were held in this section this week. R. W. Graeber, t Forestry Specialist, in charge of s Forestry Extension Work ji the ? state of North Carolina, was s at the demonstrations and explain E the work that is being carried E out. I The first meeting was on c Tuesday morning at 10:00 o'clock c on Dr. J. A. Allen's place back t of Pearl Formy Duvals farm near New Britton Bridge. c The timber on Dr. Allen's place c has been marked to cut so that t there will be a good stand of A growing timber remaining after the land has been cut over. f The second meeting will be J held in Columbus County, at the farm of C. D. Branch near Lennon's Crossroads at 2:00 P. M., on .(Continued On Page Four) Bill Shannon Is In Air Force Son Of Mrs. H. M. Shannon Is Enrolled As Aviation Cadet And Is In g Training At Maxwell a Field 3 v vivwm.r. n-TFl.n Ala.. Feb. c 20. ? William Joseph Shannon, son of Mrs. H. M. Shannon, of g Southport, is now enrolled as an r aviation cadet in the Army Air t Forces Pre-flight School for Pi- p lots at Maxwell Fields, located on a the outskirts of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. c Here the new class of cadets is r receiving nine weeks of intensive p military, physical and academic (Continued on page 4) Asks To Be Sta After Bi Arthur William Jenkins, fire- I mail first class, of the United ii States Navy, a native of Onslow f county, is stationed at the section J base at Southport for limited v shore duty, after being through C major naval actions, almost with- J out a parrallel. c Recently in the hospital at ? Charleston, recovering from 1 wounds received in battle, he was asked where ne would like to be a assigned for duty. Requesting to b be placed near his home as pos- " sible, he was assigned to the lo- s cal base for limited duty. He is si spending this week on leave at t] his home, near Jacksonville. v r*iurV??vO{ria O/Minfnr. F 1HID ilUi 141 VOjumia, J bred youngster, the son of Mrs. Bena Jenkins, of Silvcrdale, has just been transferred from the U. u S. nava! hospital at the Charles- t ton Navy Yard where he had been ? a patient since last November. C Jenkins has been in the Navy a three years. In that little paper b jacket that goes everywhere a POR' i A Good Con: dnesday, February 243 :SA Personnel Handles RAAC Loans In County Var Board Recently Met And Designated This Group To Handle New Credit Outfit For Brunswick Farmers IEW ORGANIZATION IN THIS COUNTY Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation Is Supplementary Body, Not For Replacement Recently the county war board f Brunswick county met in the ounty agent's office at Supply nd elected the personnel of the 'arm Security Administration to ct as the loaning Representative f the Regional Agricultural credit orporation, Congress approperatd fund for the R. A. C. C., by rhich farmers may borrow money ' necessary to produce the maxilum of essential crops and livetock. J The Regional Agricultural credit orporation is not intended to ake the place of any loaning gency, but rather to supplement be existing agencies. It is the purose. of the R. A. C. C. to conider the needs of farmers who annot be met by present agenies and to loan funds, if found dvisable, by the war board. rsoui crop anci livestock prorams can be financed through he agency. It is felt that every armer of Brunswick county can roduce the maximum food on his arm this year, in so far as seuring adequate finance. As the programs has been forked out, the secruity requirelents on war crops will not be a andicap in securing finance for ssential food crops. The money is loaned at the rate f five per cent per annum and o be paid back within one year torn the date of the advance. Any one desiring more informion concerning the R. A. C. C. hould contact Mr. Zeb E. Mclaniel, who is the local repreentative of the R. A. C. C., Miss ithel M. Smith, and Miss Virginia finU a?% iifU a r i ?*n necipfinn* XI t- II ri ioiici wiiy aic aocioiuig iui. ?iw>aniel in the program. You may ontact your county agent or loal agriculture teacher in regard o the program. Headquarters for the Brunswick ounty Regional Agricultural redit corporation is located in he office of the Farm Security idministration office at Shallotte. 5ix Cases Tried In Court Here iix Cases Covering Variety Of Offenses Were Tried Before Judge John B. Ward In Court Here On Monday Six cases were disposed of here a Recorder's court Monday. LeRoy Hill, colored, pleaded uilty to making an assault with , deadly weapon and was given 0 days on the roads. Judgment /as suspended upon payment of osts. Leonard Wells, white, pleaded ;uilty to charges of reckless opeation and was given 60 days on he roads. Judgment was susiended upon payment of costs .nd a fine of $25.00. Fred Piggott, colored, was harged with arson. His case was cmanded to a migistradc for proper preparation of the warrant. J. Calvin Willctts, white, was (Continued On Page Four) tioned Here eing In Battles Javy man goes, in peacetime and ii war, is inscribed a matter*ofact statement: "Arthur William enkins," it says, "participated irith credit in the Battle of the .'oral sea, 4-8 Mar.; Midway, 4-7 unc; the occupation of Guadalanal Island, 7-8 Aug., and the tattle of Savo Island, 8 Aug., 942." Unhino nnlicforl in thp TM?VV aS ucamiio viitiwkvu .... . n apprentice seaman on Decemer 13, 1939, and went through boot camp" at the naval training tation at Norfolk, Va. He was Don afterward assigned to a batleship and was aboard the battlerngon when the Japs struck at earl Harbor. PEARL HARBOR The Nortn Carolina boy came nscratched through Pearl Harbor. I he battles of the Coral sea and! lidway, and the occupation of luadalcanal . . . although ha lost 1! of his uniforms ar.d personal "longings at Pearl Harbor a*-1 (Continued on Page Two) ' r pii imunity , 1943 "ruiiJ Red Cross Out Is Set At $4, Mrs. S. B. Frink Is Count] Plans To Reach This The annual War Fund Drive for the American Red Cross will get under way next week with Mrs. S. B. Frink serving as county chairman for this year. With the war - time demands that are being placed upon Red Cross funds, Brunswick county citizens are being asked this year to contribute more than four times as generously as they ever have before to this organization. The county quota has been set at $4,000.00. Mrs. Frink, who has made an enviable record as leader of various movements and drives in her home county, feels that this not an unreasonable asking, and that it certainly is not an unreasonable goal. "In the first place," she says, "the biggest reason that many of our folks have never contributed before is that they have not been asked. We plan to make this canvass county-wide. Another reason for not raising more funds in the past has been the fact that our people have just not had the money. There's no denying that the average citizen of our county is better off financially today than he has ever been before. And a third reason for believing that we will have splendid success with this year's campaign is that so many families have relaCourthouse B Unfavora Severe Cold I Hurts Camellias The freeze last week got thousands of beautiful camelia blossoms In Southport, Orton and other places in the county where they are grown. Only the open blooms and those near to blooming were killed. The smaller buds were apparently not effected and a new crop of blossoms is already making its appearance. The freeze may ' result in some of the late blooms being much better than they would have been had the cold not come along. The whole damage seems to have been to the open blooms. Navy Recruiter Is Coming Here Will Be Stationed In Postoffice Building Monday And Tuesday Of Next Week To Enlist Men A Representative from the Navy Recruiting Station in Wilmington, will be located in Southport at the Post Office on March 1st and 2nd. The Recruiter for this area will have full particulars pertaining tc enlistment in cither the regulary Navy or the Naval Reserve fo: men under 17 and over 38 years of ace. Ratings for enlistment are made from Apprentice seaman, for trade training to a chief petty officer depending on the amount ol experience in some specific line oi work. Pay ranges from $50 tc $126 per month, plus extra allowances for dependants. Those interested may sec their Civilian Navy Recruiting Representative for further particulars, prior to the arrival of the regular area recruiter. Civilian Navy Representatives are located in each town. State Tax Expert Coining To City Will Be at Brunswick County Courthouse On March 8 To Assist With Filing Returns A deputy commissioner for the State Department of Revenue will he in the courthouse at Southport on the 8th day of March for the purpose of assisting the taxpayers in filing their state tax returns. Any person subject to filing either income tax or intangible personal property tax returns must file such returns with the department of revenue on or before March 15, 1043, and pay the .(Continued On Page Pour; ,0T SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY )ta For County ,000 This Year r Chairman And Has Made Figure In Collections \ SJ: ' ... ^Sm j^HR ' 'V-:" ' ' \v Ml' -A tives in the various branches of the armed services, and no other agency does as much for their safety, convenience and their comfort as the Red Cross." Next week there will be a complete list of community organizations, in order that persons in all sections of the county will know whom to contact in order to make contributions. ill Reported bly Last Week Senate Finance Committee Failed To Approve Mea1 sure That Would Give Voters Chance To Vote On Question INDEBTEDNESS OF COUNTY CONSIDERED Several Other Bills Introduced By Ruark And McLamb Are In Process Of Being Passed The bill introduced several days ago by Representative W. J. McLamb to provide an election for the purpose of permitting the voters o'f Brunswick to decide their preference as to the location of the county courthouse was reported unfavorably last Wednesday by the Senate finance committee. Two delegations were present for tho hearing, one representing each side, and the argument that the county is not now in any financial condition to vote bonds * " oa w? o rfn fhn IUI (1UUCU CApCllOV JIIOUV w>w strongest impression upon the economy - minded Senate finance group. Members of this committee were strongly Impressed with the difficulty that would be faced , in selling bonds for a county . whose bonded Indebtedness already is $2,000,000.00, or roughly one-fourth its declared valuation. Following is a report of action I on other bills from this county in ,j (Continued on page 4) | Tobacco Farmers j Warned Of Plants Extension Agronomist Ad'j vises Fanners To Sow 'j One-Half As Much Seed Again On Plant Beds Because of the extreme cold j weather, Dr. E. R. Collins. Extension Agronomist at N. C. State j College, advises tobacco growers j to immediately remove the canijvass from their beds and apply I broadcast from one-half to thrcej fourths as much seed as was ori'ginally sown. The canvass should | then be- replaced. It has been the experience of growers in the past, that very cold weather at this period severely damaged young tobacoo I seedlings, said Dr. Collins. If the ' young plants are just coming through the ground and if the soil freezes under the canvass, many plants will likely died or will Be so weakened that they will not n.ake healthy, fast growing plants. Dr. Collins stated that the seed sown now would become imbedded in the soft soil under conditiohs favorable to germination. Also, that if a good stand was secured from the original sowing, the ; newly sown seed would not ini terfere with the early plants. However, if the original plants should be killed, the sewing ef s seed now will assure the grower (Continued on page *) ?"1 ? I Most Of The News Ail The Tims $1.50 PER YEA! 1 Friday Meeting OfAWS-OCDIs Well Attended Much Valuable Information Regarding Work Of Aircraft Warning Service And Civilian Defense Presented To Group LEADING OFFICIALS ATTEND MEETING Was For Purpose Of Showing Inter-Dependence Of Two Organizations And Importance Of Each One of the most important meetings ever held in the county in connection with civilian activities during war time was held Frday evening at 8 o'clock in the Southport high school auditorium under the joint auspicies of the AWS and OCD. Jim Finch, district director for the AWS, presided and introduced the speakers for the evening. iiicsc mnuucru icaunig uiuvti sonnel in charge of the Wilmington Filter Center, Louis Poisson and C. David Jones, of the New Hanover Civilian Defense organization. The Section Base was represented officially, and a good sprinking of service men were in evidence in the audience. The purpose of the meeting was to show the necessary co-ordination between the two outstanding civilian agencies, and to show the inter-dependence of the two groups. Persons who attended this meeting were deply imprsscd with the responsibility that rests upon the shoulders of these volunteer civilian organizations, and the session served its purpose or making: citizens keen in their resolve to do more and better work in these connections. ,1 Control Center Women To Meet ?~ Important Meeting of These Ladies To Be Held On Thursday Night Of Next Week At USO There will be an important meeting of ladies who have been sitting up at the Control Center at the U. S. O. Club next Thursday night, March 4, at 8 o'clock. It is very important that persons who have been sitting up, as well as those who are willing to sit up, attend this meeting. The following ladies sat up at the Control Center during the past week: "Jj Tuesday, Mrs. C. C. Cannon, Mrs. C. Ed Taylor. Wednesday, Mrs. James Smith, mm- m TT TIf? Mrs. 1. n. wano. Thursday, Mrs. John Sanders, Mrs. Peter Schwerin. Friday, Mrs. W. E. Bell, Miss Dorothy Swain. Saturday, Miss Evelyn Smith, Mrs. C. N. Swann. Sunday. Mrs. Otto Hickman, Marion Dosher. M :r ^formation -i Ofpome Taxes Latest In Series Of Articles Tells Where, When And How Payment Must Be Made Income tax due on a return filed for the calendar year 1942 may be paid in full at the time for the filing of the return on or before March 15. 1945. The tax may, at the option of the taxpay?*" nui/1 in f/uir nnnal install mcnts instead of in a single payment, in which case the first installment is to be paid on or before March 15, the second on or before June 15, the third on or before September 15, and the in fourth on or before December 15, 1943. If the taxpayer elects to pay his tax in four installments, each of the four installments must be equal in amount, but any installment may be paid, at the election of the taxpayer, prior to the time prescribed for its payment. If an installment is not paid in full on or before the date fixed for its payment, the whole amount of the tax remaining unpaid is required to be paid upon notice and demand from the collector. The tax must. be paid to the collector of internal revenue for the district in which the taxpayer's return is required to be filed | that is. to the collector for the district in which is located ths ui^pavc: i? 1^50^ or printipa! place of business, or if be has iu> legal residence or principal \J place of business in the United States, then to the collector q| (Continued on page 4).