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y. tm ?? a?? | | The Pilot Covers I Brunswick County t BlTno. fourteen no. Worked Under Fire Sweeping Out Minefields ' Sut. J- Lawrence Sprunt,' Hjr,, Gets Commendation ,H\nd Promotion For Skill Hvnd Seamanship _________ now commander ffl on "P. C." BOAT Sweeping A Channel hrough Heavily Mined ? I Waters For Assault ? On Salerno 1H,t James L. Sprunt, Jr., son of jK and Mrs. James L. Sprunt, of :^ton and Orton Plantation Brunswick County, was men- j Hied in a press release last week i having received special com- I ^ uhition for duty while engaged < Htr, invasion of Italy. Since the ' release reached the papers 1 ^Etenant Sprunt has been < K to full Lieutenant in ' H r s X R. He is now in com-: < ^ r "P. C." boat in an ac-(1 M theatre of war. IS j^Eeutenant Sprunt was awarded' .j. eojnmendations for merit- Jc ~ .. . 1 outstanding perform- ' Hn of duty for sweeping a ' Off Porto Empedocle. ic >H:y. ami for participation in the 1 j^Ht.:b:oiis assault on the west! ' ^K; of Italy. j | II. imanding officer of a1 | fc-swccper he was commended I duty wnile engaged in swecpI a channel through a large l.i.v minefield off Porto EinI V while his ship was under: Ivv . my fire from shore bat-' I ...v bombing and strafing L I The citation accompanying] lutena :.t Sprunt's second com-j InJation said he displayed Lt skill and able seamanship" t [, ; ,:-.g a channel through an < liry minefield in the Gulf of | I thereby permitting the [*] Lssful approach to the beach- j [of the first assault waves and' [ succeeding craft and trans- j tt. without damage." "You conducted these operates under the hazardous condi- 0 r.s of darkness, low visibility 1 ( d often under heavy enemy r sal attack," the citation add- F s C Irs. C.C. Cannon t To Head Group fr ih ilunteer Service Organiza- ' tion Formed To Help 3 With Local USO Club, , Committee Also Chosen it Irs C. C. Cannon was elect- \ ? or. Saturday by ladies of the lur.tccr Service Organization to chairman of the group. The eting was held at the U. S. O. ., ib. S HA committee composed of Mrs. I ~ H E l. Taylor, Mrs. Annie K. g H' . and Mrs. Edith' Robinson t jHs chosen to help Mrs. Cannon ? H'r. further planning. The pur- g of the Volunteer Service j. ^fcar.iration is to help the managej^fcr.t of the U. S. O. with vari- a problems, the most immediate ijMs S that of providing hostesses ! be present at the Club at all . ? ' tContinued on page 4) BriefNcw# I Flashes |' GRADUATES jBM;ss Josephine Moore is at th her parents, Mr. and Jofl Moore. Miss Moore re- t luated at the University a I North Carolina and she will t here until summer when she a a position as councilor at a a camp. 1 n t $ ball diamond j .I7' baseball diamond has been J H^red west of town near the in^vi waterway and plans are in in jM* making for a schedule of! p ' .<-s to he played. There will be $ Mo3- on Sunday afternoon with e H" Ouk Island Coast Guard Stay . c AK.htku born .d I '''i-dfr Sergeant and Mrs. W. ii 5 I Barr is announce the birth of n ^PIJo'hter, Nancy Lee, on the 28th f "en in St. Joseph's Hospital, slli Mesa, Calif. Mrs. Harris is t former Miss I>aisy Belle n H^uHsby, of Bolivia. c wjtvice to be held n H will be a Communion ser- p f'inity Methodist church at $ AV 01,5 ?n Thursday night con- p ' by the pastor. Rev. R. S. y This is the only observ^aKS'on Week in South- d f. S|i far as can be determined. ' TH 50 Captain Brinki Well Des lifelong Friend And Fellov Writes Of Man Who Sailing (EDITOR'S NOTE. ~For~7 many years Captain Sam Brinkman was in the Coast Guard, j winning honors both for himself and the service in days when the duties of a Coast Guardsman were fraught with many perils. He is now in feeble health but he gets about and always has a smile and an interested greeting for all whom i he meets. Seeing Captain Sam on the streets, a few days ago, his life-long friend. Captain J. B. Church was moved to write the following interesting articles.) Glancing from my window in a mood of reflection I catch a! jlimpse of Captain Sam Brinkman: :oming down the street and I am j -eminded of a fitting tribute on ecord in the files of the Coast 5uard at Washington, D. C. commending him for rescuing the :rew of the ship "Savannah" when his vessel grounded on Cape Fear 5hoals in a heavy gale. In substance this letter acknowledges that the rescue was underaken regardless of the apparent nsurmountable dangers and perils) if the sea and goes on to state j hat the annals of the Coast Lt. Campbell b Adopted St * >on Of Caswell Command-1 ing Officer Tells Of Recent Arrival On Desolate Island In North Atlantic ivife now living at taswell section base Though Not A Native North Carolinian He Apprecia- I tes Good Points Of Old North State Lt. George T. Campbell, Jr., \ mly son of Commander and Mrs. 1 Campbell of Caswell Section Base, j ecently arrived in Iceland and i iroceeded to honor his adopted tate by calling his hut "North I Carolina-God's Country." When Lt. Campbell arrived on j he bleak, desolate island where J. S. troops are stationed he j ound that it was his privilege to I lame his quarters. Immediately le dubbed the hut for the state n which his wife and his parents ,re now living. Lt. Campbell is in the Coast Irtillcry Corps and was until his ransfcr overseas stationed at j | Camp Davis. He is a graduate of I he United States Military Acadirny at West Point. Recently Mrs. Campbell, Senior, eceived an English magazine, Illustrated," which featured a itory on the island of Iceland. In his magazine were mentioned sev?IniAa ii'Vinra hnr ortn Viae lax |/iavca nuttv nvt uu.. ..ww ieen. Among them was the rereation hall which has been namd "Kwitcherbelliakin" by the toys. Lt. Campbell reports that there c .re no trees on the island and r Continued on page two Vine Defendants j' Faced Recorder!; _ I <1 Veekly Grind In Recorders j Court Handled In Short j Order This Week By c Judge Ward And Solici- I tor J. W. Ruark t r Monday morning found a couny court docket of nine cases t waiting trial. In one of these'( he defendant failed to appear t nd a capias was issued for his j rrest, his case being continued, t .Tie minutes of the court show he .following cases handled by udge John B. Ward and Solicitor . . W. Ruark, before noon: Eugene Smith, possesion; three ' aonths on roads, judgment susended on payment of fine of 25.00 and costs. Sugar confiscatd and given to county home. . Mrs. Ruby Bennett, assault rith deadly weapon; taxed with osts. Hugh L>. Grayson, drunken drivig; six months on roads, judglent suspended on payment of ine of $75.00 and costs. Katherine Shaw, possession; hirty days on county farm, judg- (1 uent suspended on payment of (t osts. 1' William Shaw, possession; six donths on roads, judgment sus- > ended on payment of fine of j I 50.00 and costs. Defendant alsojc laced on good behavior for two | J ears. | ? Johnnie Roberts, assault within eadly weapon; four months on 1 (Continued on Page 4) j EST/ A Good 4-PAGES TODAY nan Paid f erved Tribute \r Follower Of The Seas Served in Days Of Boats Q Guard carry no record that sur-j passes the superb seamanship,' heroism and devotion to duty of Captain Sam in making this res-1" cue. The Captain kept alive the splendid tradition of the service C which is aptly defined by some! 1 remarks between two members of' a Coast Guard crew that was at-1 tempting to launch a life-boat for' rescue work in the foul weather at t>f a gale. A young man who had Ri just joined the Service, viewing inj the forbidding sky and the crash- in; ing foaming mreakers, remarked J. to an older man, "If we get out Hi there we will never come back"? mi the older man replied, "We don't ye think about getting back 'Bub,' it er is our job to get out there." ]fo I venture the thought that wi Captain Sam, in reverie, often! lives over that day and in fancy Pi reviews the drama of action move ra by move just as though it were by portrayed on a canvas in appro- E( priate colors in every detail by an ra artist of note; the fury and Bs treachery of the seas that filled tis the lifeboat as quickly as it was ch (Oo_t!nu?u on paee 41 ch ed lonors His S OU ate In Iceland s M. . 1 fiO! $1 Court Opens Here Ti iperlav MnrninU Mi M UVOMM T | | Ch Ch I ji Clerk of Court Sam T. Ben- t -g nett was advised Monday that 1 (ifj Governor J. SI. Broughton had yg consented to an exchange of j ?. courts between Judge W. C. i Qn Harris, of Raleigh, and Judge Henry L. Stevens, of Warsaw, j-j The change brings Judge Stev- j ens here to preside at the one j week term of civil court sched- | ^ tiled to begin next Tuesday. Previous to the exchange of courts Judge Harris had decided to open court on Tuesday, Rl April 11, owing to the fact that |00 Monday, April 10, was a holl- |Ot day and it is optional with Re judges whether or not they hold lJ?! court on such days. Jurors, wit- I ncsses and litigants had been jm! notified to appear Tuesday, in- |48 stead of Monday, before advices |?1' were received regarding the ex- j^r change in judges. Leland Robbery jS Case Now Endedra! rotal Of Seventy Three Years In Federal Prison I? Divided Among Negroes ' Who Robbed Post Office 1 At Leland ' The robbery of the Leland post iffice which took place several nonths ago, turned out to be a >roject of only temporary profit o three negroes, James Johnson, tichard Pringle and George Brown, all of Wilmington. They made a fair sized haul of ] noney, stamps, bonds and mer- pia handise at Leland and other th< ilaces which they robbed. The'we TBI recovered much of this when'en t gathered in the gang. Tried in pis federal Court in Fayetteville re- raj :ently, Johnson got 47 years,' lor 3ringle 14 and Brown 12. This1 chi ime they will spend in Federated irisons. fje Mrs. U. L. Rourk is postmisress at Leland and with her husland owns and operates a store in ? he same building in which the lost office is located. The safe in he store was robbed as well as (Continued on Page 4) Mrs. Atkinson Died Last Friday Veil Known And Esteem-' ed Town Creek Township 1 Woman Passes At Her _ Home After A Long Illness, Mother Of Local Man en ths Mrs. Sarah Jane Atkinson, 68, for lied at her home in Town Creek Fe ownship on Friday morning fol- on owing a long illness. enl Surviving is the husband, D. G. Th Ltkinson; two daughters, Mrs. T. 'die 5. Johnson, of Leland and Mrs.' th? Charlie Walton, of Bolivia; a son,' pai L. Robbins, of South port; five clu ;rand children;. two sisters, Mrs. | 1 tva Gore, of Winnabow, and stc Irs. Ada Ganey, of Mill Sound; lar (Continued on Page 2) ' tw HE News paper Ii Southport, N. C., We ted Cross Drive Came To Close Last Friday uota Of $8,800.00 Not Reached But Good Showing Made In County OT ALL REPORTS RECEIVED YET omplete List Of Money Raised And Reported To Chairman Given Brunswick County failed in its tempt to raise $8,800.00 in the sd Cross War Fund Drive durg the month of March, accordg to figures supplied by Mrs. A. Russ, county chairman, owever, the quota this year was ore than twice the quota last ar so Mrs. Russ and her helps deserve a great deal of credit; r raising the $6,613.87 which is raised. The Waccamaw district with incipal Denning as chairman ised $637.18. He was assisted ' Mrs. L. C. Brown and Mrs. lira Bennett. This money was ised by the school. Friendship iptist church, Longwood Bapit church, Soldier Bay Baptist urch and Mt. Zion Baptist urch. At Shallotte $1,778.55 was rais- > . Henry C. Stone was chairman l r that area and was assisted ] a number of persons. The amnt each raised is as follows. , Shallotte school $1,464.61: Miss ic Masierlerz, $44.40; Mrs. M. | Rosenbaum, $58.25; Ken Benn, $75.78; Mrs. Katherinc Frink, 8.01; Mrs. Clara Holden, $10.00; V. Gore, (Jennies Branch Bapt Church), $5.20; Rev. J. L. intz. (Old Shallottc, Baptist lurch), $17.28; Prospect Baptist lurch, (Miss Evelyn Phelps), 7.53; Christie Bell (Colored), 5.79; Clarence Stanley, (Color) (Pleasant Hill Baptist Church), .70; Mrs. Sam T. Bennett, ckman's X Road, $17.00; SharMethodist Church, Mrs. Carvin lachc, $8.00; and A contribution, 1 0.00. The amount raised at Bolivia is $209.86. Glenn Tucker was airman and the following; rerted the amounts raised: School $111.59; Mrs. Creola iss, $8.59; Mrs. Mercer Cox, $2.; Mrs. Ina Mae Mintz, $35.00; , her contributions, $6.00; Junior d Cross, $6.68; and Mrs. J. D. hnson and Mrs. Gamer, $40,00. At Leland S D. Wright, chair in, reported having raised $266.of which the school raised 12.09 and MiS3 Sallie Betts iox, $154.39. < Big Macedonia and Cedar jt ove Baptist churches raised e 1.95. Rev. Willie Pugh is the j cachcr. I, Mrs. Janie Henry at Winnabow t Ised $35.00. Mrs. Russ stresses the point jj (Continued on Page Four) armers Pushed i. UhL TL * WJ K mm nieir ttuiiy, ipid Development Of To- f bacco Plants Is Forcing Plowing While Ground Is t Still Wet From Confin-,8 ued Rains I1 Rapid development of tobacco te ints is pushing farmers to plowj ;ir lands while it is still tooj t, in the opinion of many farm!. The situation is that the t ints are large and growing r oidly. They will soon be too j ig and leggy to be regarded as Dice, unless they are transplantfrom the beds to the open ^ Ids. Continuuous rains have v (Continued on Page 2) Our W. B. KEZIAH A dead fox with heavily swoll- t tongue and other indications a it it had died of rabies, was 1 ind on the lot of Dr. L. C. c rgus, just back of his residence f Friday morning. It had evid- k :ly died there the night before, is makes the sixth rabid fox r d or killed in Southport during s i past month. The other five i ssed out via the shotgun or t ;b route. r H. T. Lewis, who operates a c ire at Navassa and live in Le- r id, reported this past week that \ o mad foxes have been found P0R1 n A Good Con dnesday, April 5th, 15 -^SESSSS <'* ' ttiffitsL. - / . X/ ./. ./feayHMIlMm V - '' ' > : . . .... -'.ir 1 yil w? III BiSr \ ?1 tt >' & Ira hb S^HhI^h^h IP nil ORTON MANSION?Ti s the focal point of the wide Despite travel restrictions ai yesterday that fifteen hundi low visiting the gardens dai i record crowd. "T" Operators Must Apply In Person For Gas Mew Procedure Went Into Effect March 31 j Designed To Give Closer Check . On Issuance Of "T" Rations RALEIGH, April ~5.?Operators >f commercial motor vehicles, in-1 :luding trucks, buses, taxicabs md rental cabs, must apply in icrson to their local war price and ationiug boards for second quar-1 er "X" motor fuel rations under! i new procedure announced joint- j y by the Office of Price Administration and the Office of Defense rransportation. The new procedure, which went nto effect March 31, is designed o provide a closer check on the ssuance of "T" rations. Heretofore, mflnv loral hoards lave mailed "T" coupons to nonleet operatois, while fleet operaors had to apply in'person. Now ill must apply in person. Second quarter "T" rations will >e issued in accordance with latest ODT certifications. NOTICE The local war price and raioning board will close at 12:00 >oon Thursday and 12:00 noon friday in order for all work in the iffice to be brought up to date, ["here has been excessive office vork brought on by issuance of T", "E", and "R" coupons. >VING Reporter inder his home at intervals of ibout a week apart. Both were tilled. Mrs. Wessell, of the Leland immunity was bitten by a mad ox several days ago. She has >een receiving treatment. Mrs. M. B. Chinnis of the Phoeiix section of Northwest townihip was recently attacked by a nad fox, which she killed without he animal biting her. Another nad fox was recently found unier the home of Mrs. A. M. Chin-! lis of the same community. It I vas in the last stages of rabies | (Continued on page 2) I r pil nmunity >44 PUBUS) COLONIAL ORTOP ^UBI, ftifii ''^P9E9i^^5SiJi'" ^PHS Wiy??&jHW883ffixiciaffi^&&a&->fr. : V:^ aPPfPliP^ E&fc ' '&m *&&WMM'<b he 1 aiit iful li inn' of Mr. am :ly famed Ortoi Gardens, shot id the bad we ather that pre ed people visi.ed the gardens ly and, with good weather, ne Orton Is Beaut With Gard ' 's Says She Now Is Over A Hundred . ^ Violet .Monroe, colored worn- ! an who liven out near Howell's , Poinl, is said by neighbors to be over 100 years old, according to all information they can obtain. Her eldest daughter died some years ago at the age of seventy-five and she has other children well advanced in years, a The number of grand chil- f dren, great - grandchildren and C great-great grandchildren is said i1 to be large. For the past fIf- C teen years the aged woman has F been blind. She makes her home t with some of her children. e v * l rt Annual banquet American Legionjf r District Commander J. A. I? Maultsby With Local ^ Post At Celebration Of^ 25th Anniversary v The Brunswick County Post of | the American Legion celebrated!'1 the 25th anniversary of' the I ^ organization with a banquet at, Martlia's Tea Room on Thursday!^ night. District Commander J. A. Maultsby of VVhiteville was present and made an interesting talk, speaking of the first world war in which he served. About thirty members of thejy Post were in attendance. The i j, banquet is an annual affair with! n the Legion members and those [ t who were able to attend the event this year were especially interest-! b ed in the date marking the first! quarter of a century since the' t Legion was organized. Clean-Up Efforts Progressing Well1 Clean-Up Campaign Going Well In Some Sections Of Town Thanks To Public Spirited Residents Although Southport's clean-up'n week got off to a bad start, ow- t ing to rains on Monday, residents c are now making up for lost time I and the campaign inaugurated by s the city officials is bidding fair o to be successful. Already the j li town is presenting an altered ap-11 pearance. due to the activities of' t many of the more public spirited residents. o i (Continued on Page 2) OT | JED EVERY WEDNESDAY ?????? i ^ ' HKFwHB Ww/F^ T M 1 mmm i > i M nBHHHfe i ] ] * r ' I . ->. -' 'smfrrtiT*?* *:*..:+,. l;y.< ! Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt j ,v place of North Carolina, i vailed. Mr. Sprunt stated 1 last Sunday. Hundreds are i xt Sunday should bring out t iful Now | ens In Bloom jl itate'y tsrunswic* Mansion ^ Now At Its Best With Azaleas Blooming VISITORS ARE ARRIVING DAILY n Spite Of Unusuaily Cold t Weather The Gardens t Are Presenting A Spec- li tacle Of Color r According to reports from Mr. v nd Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt and I rom .tim Ferger, manager of X )rton Plantation, the early bloom- J ng azaleas at the beautiful Orton I Jardens are now at their fuU i leak of loveliness. Easter will see J he flowers showing all that flow- a r lovers could ask for in the 1 ray of beauty. Injured by the cold spells, the r ite blooming azaleas will not be 0 o good this year. The early a ilants, those now showing, seem 0 o have been in no way effected iV the cold. "Thev are iust as c ;ood as ever, and will continue ' hat way through "Easter and per- c iaps for some time longer," said he Plantation manager when he 0 i'as here a few days ago. * The State Highway Commission J as been doing everything possiile to keep the River Road, be- ween Southport and the Bruns- I ;ick River Bridge and through I )rton Plantation, in first-class ondition. Desp:te war time travelling retrictio "is and the bad weather reat numbers of visitors have lready been to the gardens this ear. The guest registration book i the Chapel is already showing ames from all sections of the Inited States. This coming Sunay is expected to bring visitors y the hundreds. 3rder Applies To All Dogs iven If Your Dog Was Inocculated Against Rabies Last Year It Must Be Treated Again Or You Will Be Subject To Arrest Thers seems to be a general nisunderstanding on the part of he piblic with regard to inoculating dogs against rabies in irunsvrick county. Many persons eem to think that as their dog r dogs were treated in June of 1st year, less than a year ago, hey r.re not .required to have hem nocculated again now. This is a mistake. Regardless if when your dog may have pre(continued on page two| Most Of The News Ali The Time ? $1.50 PER YEAR Largest Grower Says Weed Crop Will Be Good Brunswick's Largest Tobacco Planter Will Begin Setting Out Plants This Week, He Says DPT1MISTIC ABOUT GENERAL CONDITIONS Thinks Tobacco Plants Are Fine And He Has Already Planted Part Of His Cotton and Corn Crops Indismayed by the continued vet weather, Rice Gwynn of -ongwood, Brunswick's largest obacco grower, stated yesterday hat everything was going well. "Tobacco plants are fine," he laid. "I am starting to transplant nine to the fields this week. Have ilready planted much of my coton and corn and I don't see anything to make us discouraged." Mr. Gwynn, who operates a sales warehouse on the Fairmont narket during the tobacco selling season, grows some 70 acres of lobacco on his farm between Longwood and Thomasboro. His experience with the weed runs - . ;rom me lime ot pianung me seed in the beds until the stalks ire removed from the field. His "rankly expressed opinion that iverything is O. K. with the tosacco crop, and general farming, s greatly encouraging. With planting his tobacco this ,vcck, Mr. Gwynn will probably sc the first Brunswick planter to ingage in such work this season, daily other growers, however, lave stated that their plants ar? eady and arc unusually good rhe one fault they find has becit he fdact that the continued rainl I lave prevented them from pretaring the fields. Is 3ffices To Close )n Easter Monday Commissioners Order Closing For Observance Of Easter Holiday; Other Matters At Monday's Session With all members present for heir first of the month meeting he Board of Commissioners had ittle to attend to, outside of outine tax matters, Monday. Among the routine tax matters, /here valuation was changed on ands for various reasons, J. W. Lancaster, of Lockwoods Folly; . C. Nelson, of Town Creek; J. p. Robinson, of Lockwoods Folly; tlice Smith, of Town Creek anil aincs Holmes, of Shallotte, wcrs llowed to list certain lands at 932 valuation. The Current Fund report oi cceipts and disbursements was xdnxn/l nnnonla/l arirl filnd QQ U/fl4 1UC1CU OV,Vt^W.U , report from the Welfare Office n the county home. The report of Sam T. Bennett, lerk of the Superior Court, for he month of February, was acepted and ordered filed. It was ordered that all county ffices be closed for the day, next londay, the same being Easter londay. ' Ration Pointers [ PROCESSED FOODS Blue A8 through K8 now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. Good indefinitely. MEATS AND FATS Red A8, B8, C8, D8. E8, F8, | G8, H8, and J8 (Book Four) now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. Good indefinitely. Red K8, L8, and M8 become valid April 9. SUGAR Sugar stamps No. 30 and 31 (Book Four) good for five pounds indefinitely. CANNING SUGAR Sugar stamps No. 40 good for five pounds of canning sugar until February 28, 1945. Apply to local board for rations. SHOES Stamp No. 18 (Book One) expires April 30. Airplane Stamp No. 1 (Book 3) valid indefinitely. Another shoe stamp, as yet not designated, will become valid May 1. TIRE INSPECTION "A" coupon holders, deadr line September 30. "B" coupon holders, deadline , June 30. "C" coupon holders, dcafr line May 31. GASOLINE A-9 coupons now valid. pire May 8. i ,. ... . ? - ^ M JH
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