? " Wi' ' ! Bp he Pilot Covers J Hlrunswick County e| ? vK NO. FOURTEEN NC K. Smith Is Reappointed By fl County Board f^Lni dinners In Session Monday Heard Her Huii Annual Report And Hp'cd To Keep Her As Health Department Head Mer LIST W. B. & S. PROPERTY Action Will Add Con crably To The Amount j^^Knintv May Be Able To Collect From Sale Funds kts of the board of coun emmissioners in session here ,,|V reappointed Mrs. Lou H ^ li is county health nurse foi . year. At the meeting f H -Jmith made the semi-annuai 1 Hit 'oi her office covering acti' H" Hiring the first six months. I of the day was taken up t H ta\ matters, but by far the ' H important business in this ^Bcvtion was the decision of I i..-ard to after-list several i dollars worth of proper*l-. \*? r> o c I' reing IU mc ?*. *?. cc o ? I this claim to be prei along with other tax s of the county to the court ettlement from the proceeds sale of the railroad properis month. The original amfor which the county sought ent was around $10,000.00. g the course of one com. : egotiation this claim ironeously submitted as $1,i Now. with the action of immissioners on Tuesday the i- will be due in the neighod of $15,000.00 from the xis of the sale. This tax acis included in the list of red claims. Tom Brown estate was alto pay the sum of $15.00 i taxes, with $10.00 to be each month; The William estate is to pay the sum 500 monthly until the acis paid; M. L. White was until October 15 to settle x account; J. P. Hand was permission to pay taxes on lowers tract of 428 acres at jation of $2,000.00 for uni-ears; Edward Wescott was d of poll tax because of benon-resident; Sarah Harwas relieved of $235 valua>r Tj:;7 and of $293 valuator 1938-40 because of an in listing. and Sarah Harrelson were d of $550 valuation for ecause of a building being Claudius Mintz was given sion to pay 1932 and prior at the 1933 valuation; the e tract belonging to Mintz Imiz may have the taxes r 1932 and prior years upis of 1933 valuation; D. E. 1 was given permission to 1952 and prior taxes upon >is of 1933 valuation; John e was given permission to 12 and prior years taxes on of 1933 valuation; Joel ' i given a refund of jd.iz d lot belonging to Roy War^ tt and upon which he had paid taxes through error. C Bragaw was relieved of poll tax as he is a member 11 the armed forces: Hugh McRae was given permission to seg^fcate and pay 1940-42 taxes on ^ acres Woodburn at the rate of SO.OO for each unpaid year; ^ orge Washington was given ^Brmi sion to pay 1942 and prior Hxes on the basis of 1933 valua' Joseph Galloway was given ^Rrmisxion to pay his 1932 and ^B?r taxes on the 1933 valuation; L>. Kelly was given permist ti to pay her 1932 and prior ^Bxes on the basis of the 1933 ^Bi'iation: Thomas Brown was ^ 'rn permission to pay his 1932 ^B'1 prior taxes on the basis of J valuation; the J. H. Knox ^ tate was given permission to ^Bv 1932 and prior taxes on the ^Bsis of i Dim-Out Re^ Discusse ?* Joint Meeting Of Civilian' Defense Officials, Offi-i cers Of Fourth Corps Area Was Held At USO Club | PLAN ENFORCEMENT OF DIM-OUT RULES, Civilian Organization Already At Work In Effort | To Comply With Lighting Rules For Area At the scheduled meeting of the i Army, Navy, Coast Guard and I Civilian Defense organizations i here last Wednesday, Colonel William S. Pritchard of Fort Bragg was the principal speaker. Speaking from his own personal knowledge of conditions, Brunswick county, especially Southport, came in for some well deserved I criticism of the existing laxity of ( enforcement of the dim-out regu-1 lations. "These regulations," de-; clared Colonel Pritchard, "were j formulated by General Drum of . the United States Army for the1' purpose of protecting lives and ' property." The General was indignant that citizens in the persuit of pleasure should fail to comply with the1 dim-out regulations by refusing, I to turn out strong, exposed lights j at their homes, or by failing to! dim their auto headlights. He asked for general cooperation in the future, requesting all patriotic citizens to report violations of the rules. r T <-?F Wiltvtirto-frtn al_ _ J-/UU10 X UlOUIl V/l ((uuuti^bvo M. Q so spoke, Representing Roy Mac- j Millan, State Civilian Defense Di- j, rector. He also urged cooperation t without the necessity of prosecu- ii tion by the county and state law f enforcement officials. It may not t be generally known, but failure o to comply with the dim-out laws . d subjects the offenders to heavy ii penalities. t Before adjournment the organizations represented at the meet- a ing made some definite plans t regarding enforcement. d The rules as promolugatcd by d General Drum were distributed t (Continued on page three) Digging Mussel New Business The war has suddenly converted a heretofore useless product of the North Carolina salt marshes into a comodity of much value. Mussels, which may be found by the thousands in all salt marshes, are now being used extensively in the chemical industries and it is said that pickers in this area have been making as much as $15.00 to $20,00 per day for the work of gathering the shells. The exact uses to which the mussel shells are put is understood to be a military secret. /'To an eastern state and to be used in the chemical industry," is the only information obtainable from those in charge of | having the shells gathered and J E ST A Good Office As eorders Court Jnesday By New Hanover lim Title To Office * if&P JOHN B. WARD Sew Hanover from Brunswick :ounty. Attorneys appearing in the , :rial were: Ozmer L. Henry of ' Lumberton, J. W. Rourk, of South- 1 sort, and David Sinclair of Wilnington, for the defendant, and ' Mton A. Lennon and Louis Goodnan for the plaintiff. lulations d Wednesday . ' Lightning Strikes Twice In City I Lightning struck three times i Monday about midnight during i one of the worst electrical storms to visit this community i in years. One bolt struck the steeple at St. James A. M. E. /ion church, causing some damage; another hit a pole near the J. E. Carr residence, and some damage was caused inside the home when the current ran in on a wire and ruined a radio; there has been no report of where the third bolt hit. There was a rainfall of more than 3-inches during the storm, bringing the total for July to about 6-inches. This is in contrast to the rainfall of less than one-inch during the entire month of June. Shrimp Season Now Beginning ioats Making Catches Of Four To Six Bushels For Short Day's Work; Product Is Described As Being Mixed Half-dozen boats that were in eadiness for fishing but with the iperators not interested in joinng up in the recent trek of loats to P^ickville and Georgeown, S. C., started local shrimpng Monday. The catchers ran rom four to six bushels, with the oats remaining out only a little vcr half a day. The shrimp were [escribed as mixed, about half be- J ng rather small and the other 1 ialf being of large size. 1 The Tuesday catches ran to .bout the same as on Monday, he boats again making a short'* lay of it. While it cannot be ' letermined how much per bushel. hese first catches will bring the (Continued on Page 3.) I s For Market > In Brunswick 1 shipped. One hundred fifty baskets are being shipped daily from the Shallotte section with 60 more going out from Lockwoods s Folly. The work began in May < and is scheduled to continue 1 through November at which f time the picking will cease un- i til spring. ? Robert Jones, ot Southport i in charge of the work of collecting and shipping, states 1 that a survey has shown the I product to be much more num- < erous around Southport than at J Shallotte Point and Lockwoods j Folly. Picking in the South- i port area will start as soon as c labor becomes available. f , ATE ; News paper Ii Southport, N. C., W< Coun y Health Nui e Reports On Activities i Mrs. LoU H. Smith Makes; Report On Her Activities In Brunswick During The First Six Months Of Current Year DETAIL ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURES Most Of Work During The Period Has Been With School Children Or With Those Who Begin This Fall The following semi-annual report of public health work done in Brunswick county during the first half of 1943 was made Tuesday by Mrs. Lon H. Smith, county nurse: A total of 268 homes visited; 16 schools visited; 9 trips made outside of county to take patients to clinics, hospitals or doctors; 29 trips to Dosher Memorial Hospital to see county -cases; 8 visits to county home; 397 county people visited public health office for vaccinations or information of some kind, mostly about school children; 4 pre-school clinics were conducted to inspect, weigh and measure the children that will enter school next fall, also to vaccinate mem agamsi. uipuuivna, smallpox & typhoid; 165 children attended these pro-school clinics. A total of 1,303 people took typhoid vaccine this spring; 224 children took the smallpox vaccine; 67 babies were vaccinated against diphtheria; 26 conferences with doctors about county cases; 63 conferences with county officials about county affairs; 5,967 miles traveled in county work; $6.26 collected for toxoid & containers; $6.88 spent for drugs; $2.00 spent for trips outside the county; $1.80 spent for P. O. Box rent; $7.00 spent for stamps; 27 days off the job during the six months with sickness in family. ? ? Gardeners Are Canning Surplus, Mr. And Mrs. Joe Walton Are Cultivating Swamp Garden And Are Making Plans To Can All Surplus Commodities When he finished his long shift , n the Coast Guard and retired , owing to the age limit Joe Walton probably had no idea on becom- , ing a gardener when he bought a tiome in Southport and moved his family here. 1 While. "Men mav come and 1 men may go," the women of the family never retire. This year, perhaps with encouragement, certainly with hplp from Mrs. Walton, Joe found himself growing me of these swamp gardens. The weather, which was mainly lack jf rain, did not favor him so much at the outset, but assisted by Mrs. Walton, he kept the gar- i Jen worked. The rains came last week. Down in the swamp garJens this week Mr. and Mrs. Walton were found to have just ga- ' thered nearly a bushel of butterbeans with only half the vines picked over and the real crop only getting started. Their other jarden things were also doing fine. ; While Joe was discussing garJens with another Swamp GarJener across an intevening ditch Mrs. Walton was asked what she was doing with all of those butter jeans and other garden products? rhis was useless question 999. rhe answer was, "We are canning i sverything that we are growing, accepting only what we serve fresh on the table. Supply Man Dies In Charleston Funeral Services For Brunswick County Man Held Last Wednesday; Was Well-Known Resident j Funeral services for W. R. Hin- < >on, 41, of Supply, who died in a J Charleston, S. C? hospital recent- ' y after a brief illness were held ' rom the home Wednesday aftcrioon at 3 p. m. with Rev. John- ; ion of Bolivia in charge. Burial ollowcd in Prospect cemetery. Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Sthel Hinson; one son, Robert Eu;ene Hinson, of Supply; a daugher, Mrs. Lester Bethea of Dillon, 5. C.; the mother, Mrs. Minnie linson of Leland; two brothers, <\ D. Hinson of the U. S. Army n Oklahoma, and Edward Hinson >f Leland; and one sister, Mrs. (Continued on Page 3.) POR n A Good Coi sdnesday, July 7th, 1! MOVES go; iii/rnilite:-.- . E.a I Bj Miss Genevieve Eakes ha assumed her duties as horn agent in Columbus count after serving in that role i Brunswick for the past tw years. LJamvvvt CftAAIAn iieavy ucddiuii Of County Cour Postponement Of Past Tw Weekly Sessions Becaus Of Trial In Wilmingto Caused Heavy Dock< For Trial Monday Cases that had piled up durir two postponed sessions were di posed of here Monday befoi Judge John B. Ward. Frank E. Lee, white, was coi victed of speeding. Given ! days on the roads, judgment ws suspended upon payment of cos and fine of $25.00. John O. Smith, colored, ws found not guilty of reckless open tion. W. H. Applewhite, white, ws convicted of operating a mote vehicle after his driving licens was revoked. Given 60 days e the roads, judgment was suspeni ed upon payment of costs and fine of $25.00. Otha Smith, white, was four guilty of driving without open tors license. Judgment was su: pendcd upon payment of costs. J. W. Flowers, colored, we found guilty to larceny and wa given 3 months on the road Notice of appeal was given an bond was set at $200.00. The case against Willie Millc white, charging forcible trcspa; was nol prossed with costs bein charged against the prosccutin witness. P. R. Oxley, white, was convici ed of transporting and was give 6 months on the roads. Judgmer was suspended upon payment i a fine of $50.00 and costs. Clyde Kennedy, white, wa found guilty of possession. Hi sentence of 6 months on til roads was suspended upon paj ment of costs and a fine c $150.00. J. C. Crouch, white, was foun guilty of operating without propt lights. Given 30 days on th roads, judgment was suspende upon payment of costs and a fir of $15.00, which later was remi ted. The case against Dosher Smitl colored, for larceny and assau with a deadly weapon was ni prossed with costs being charge against the prosecuting witness. Fred Piggott, colored, wa charged with destroying crop His sentence of 30 days on th roads was suspended upon paj ment of costs in both the magii LI ellC 53 wuuri. "Work Or Fight' Meeting Monday Small Attendance At Meei ing Scheduled For Brum wick County Courthous Monday Leads To Sche duling Of Meeting Jul 12th On account of small attendanc it the "Work or Fight" meetin soharlnUd it micuuicu ucic mui luct^y, IL W a decided to call another meetin for Monday, July 12th, at noo recording to J. W. Ruark, count shairman. The county commissioners, farr igcnt, welfare board and welfar jfficer, all county officers an law enforcement officers and put lie spirited citizens are urged t ittend. "This is an important matte: sacked by Governor Broughto ind the power of his office," say Mr. Ruark. "The Governor i serious about this matter an the people of Brunswick count should be. It is planned to hav (Continued on Page 3.) T PI1 immunity ?43 fuii | Increase In Bi Restrictec Statistics Show That The Communities Thro It may be of interest to resi ents here that Southport has I corner on the increase in bir rate. North Carolina is well abrea of the increase in births markii this wartime period. State Boa of Health figures show that fro January 1 through May 31, 194 there were 39,653 babies born this State, as compared wi 35,141 for the corresponding pe iod last year, or an increase far of 4,512. Deaths for the same period t taled 12,844, an increase of over the first five months of 194 However, there have been ju * 26,809 more births than deaths North Carolina this year, exel IS sive of June figures, which will e available July 15. y Despite the phenomenal i n crease in the number of birt through May, there were only : 919 deaths reported among babi Opening Dat 1 Is Set Foi O ,e Tobacco Farmers Must Make Report 's unz s" Farmers who do not mak re a performance report for thei farming operations will receiv 1_ a |>enalty tobacco marketini card, according to J. ,1. Hawct 13 secretary of the Brunswicl ts County AAA. If they receiv these cards, says Hawcs, the; 13 will be required to pay th l- full tax. "Tobacco markets soon wil 13 be open, and ample notice ha ,r been given tor making thes 5C performance reports," says th in AAA official. "Farmers wh have not made their perform a ance reports should do so with out delay." id * Saw The Last ? Of Afrika Korp Southport Officer Who Sa r> Last Days Of Rommel is Afrika Korps Describi g Scene As One In Whic g Skies Were Filled Wil Planes t 11 Writing immediately followit ll the last days of the African car >? paign, a letter from Lieutena: Churchill Bragaw has just be< 13 received by his mother, Mt is Helen Bragaw, of Southport. ie During those last hours, pr ceeding the surrender of about hundred thousand German at Italian troons. Lieutenant Br d gaw describes the scene as beir f one in which the skies were lite ally filled with Allied planes, j d no point could you look upwari ie into the heaven without seeii t- dozens of them, he said. At son points they filled the skies lay upon layer, bombers roaring c It rectly overhead, bent on or r 5l turning from a bombing missio d and above them hundreds fighters, in watchful waiting f is anything that the Germans i s. Italians sent into the air. Thi ie was very little. The Axis lost f- combat, had riddled on the fieli 3- or surrendered a total of sever hundred planes in the last hal dozen days. f General Rommel, Command of the Africa Korps, had slipp< out and escaped a few days b j (Continued on page 3; : Fishing Is Go< ! SpiteJ y With local boats starting ou on their quest of shrimp Mon day of this week, a big sourci e of trouble to fishing with hool ^ and line seems to be over s There will be plenty of shrim] ? for bait from now on. The prospects for fishing ii y the zones where such is permit ted are excellent. Trout tha n usually do not begin biting un e til late August or September ^ are already going for the bait Sunday Attorneys G. Butle: n mi rv rv:-i.? ~ inompson, n.. u. j-sicnavm am J. W. Thompson and Crawfon r,' Ruark caught about 20 nic< n trout, about the same numbei s of black drum, half a dozei s sheephead and a lot of pigfish d J. W. Thompson got a striki y from a red drum, so large tha e it straightened his big tougi hook out as if it was a pin. LOT r JSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. Irth Rate Not I 1 To Southport Same Tendency Is Evident In ughout North Carolina d- under a year old, as compared ^ 10 with 1,980 the corresponding th months last year, showing a decrease of 61 in favor of 1943. This st is highly gratifying to public ig health officials, according to Dr. rd George M. Cooper, Director of J m the Board of Health's services to 13, mothers and babies. It shows, he in pointed out, that the 300 matern- ( th al and infancy clinics throughout r- the State, as well as parents unso der the care of private practitioners, are doing a good job. "It is o- highly important that infancy and 52 childhood be given every protec12. tion, if we are to build up a . st strong post-war race," Doctor J: in Cooper said. u- Only 140 mothers of the 39,- * be 653 babies born so far this year !" died in childbirth or as the re- 11 n- suit of pregnancy, Doctor Cooper v hs pointed out, as compared with 1,- the birth of 35,141 through May es last year. ? e Of School ' C r September 1st i r * ~ This Will Be Earliest Open- i ing Date In Recent Years i For Brunswick County f Schools; Less Than Eight f Weeks Off t c ORGANIZATIONS IN i r PRETTY GOOD SHAPE J e t e No Principal Has Been Se- * cured Yet For Leland, e But Most Of The Tea- j .. cher Vacancies I e Filled t c II Miss Annie May Woodside, i 8n county superintendent of schools, j c announced yesterday that the ? e schools of Brunswick county will ? ? open for their fall term on Wed- t h ncsday, September 1. ( This is the earliest opening date to be observed in several years. j witn tne opening date now little more than eight weeks off, there still is one vacancy in the line-up of principals for the coun? ty. C. O. Burton resigned several weeks ago, and no replacement has been obtained for him. Miss w Woodside said that most of the 's teacher vacancies have been filled. ?s The school official cautioned ;h parents against waiting until the .|j last minute to have their children 1 who plan to start school this fall 3 immunized against diphtheria and 0 smallpox. "Do this now," she ad- d n_ vises, "so the child will not be n? handicapped by feeling bad while ,n attending school." It is a State '.s requirement that these things 3 must be done before a child may 0 e_ enter school. Miss Woodside said that work ld will begin soon on a four-room addition to the primary building at v Shallotte. J r- ~ " ' vt Revival Services ^ At Colored Church v t> a ae a er A ten-day revival meeting is li- in progress at St. James A. M. E. e- Zion church in Southport, with " the pastor, Rev. J. B. Howell, be- I of ing assisted by Dr. A. J. Kirk, d or pastor of St. Luke A. M. E. Zion ^ church in Wilmington. There will , be services each evening at 8:30 ,g and daytime services may possi- 0 ai bly be added later in thee meet- ? f- ing. On Thursday and Friday eveer nings there will be special music 3d by the young girls choir, and e- white friends of the church are ^ extended an invitation to attend. >d Here In ? 3f Lack Of BaitE t Captain Tom Christensen, in charge of a government vessel r * that is stationed here, has been 0 c spending a good deal of time j with his vessel tied up at the } Quarentine station, the men being engaged in working on mai chinery. While not on duty one