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H pilot Covers "Bjjrunswick County 90cTfifteen~~NOTI5 OM h * * * * 1 ftts Concluded if ft Garrad Farms ft North West W/fjft' _ ^Lnstration On S. A. WfTrrad Farms For Best ftforieties Of Small Grain M?: This Area Of North -ftfrrolina ftjTS DETERMINED I Wg?ST SUITED GRAINS > fti Had More Than Four I Kgdred Acres In Oats Kd Has Already Sold Over Ten Thousand | Ml Bushels Of Crop Demonstration 0n the S. Baimd Farms in North West j j H-ib to .etermine the best j of small grain for this of the state have been ! ! fttif-' results should be ' i " "'hrt wore I (n? to laiiucio ?thv .?v. v . to visit the farm while i was in process of grow- 1 ' a number of varieties of j ted. the Red Heart stood t a production of sixty' to the acre. j to barley test tne Sunrise' c( took first place with a y< thirty-five bushels to the f? a number of varieties of w ted Heart led with a f" n of 23 bushels to the j ' arm had four hundred oats and two six foot were kept busy for some j. vesting this and other in crops. Up to this past' company had already j housand bushels of oats ad a great deal on hand, ge in wheat and barley 'airly large. Su A. Garrad Company Is on ride farming organiza- [ pr ng or leasing farms in' fo; e in the Union. They' fg. scialty of growing smallj ey leased the Gaylord j 5"' farms in North West ree years ago. Lee F. Brunswick man. was rharge of this farm as ag "ollowing their general jea ey have been planting)?' i of grain and at the j, have been making ex- " Sts to discover the va-1 t r\ f Va o orhQ in 1 II LW? VV I irm is located. The 1 ^ s year's demonstra-1 w. West township is | ar equally as well to er coastal section of j a. I ? Wilson las Retired^ Of Southport tires After Long n Army Imer E. Wilson, in fa General Department,! Fourth Service Com- 1 tired from the Army J p s in government ser- j I'ilson is a son-in-law! p, m Fisher, of South- j yj continue to make his j ta anta, where he has 121 t first World War, lied on Page 4) y, tfNcwt ! ashes j ; ARKNTS h Mrs. Jim Ferger, of * been spending the weeks in Cincinnati, been called there by llness of Mr. Ferger's \ ^ are expected to re- j eek. ? ? ? tSION" FORCES Lewis, FFC, son of i- J. M. Lewis, of Bolitbc invasion forces in has been stationed in 73 >r the past seven la SI) KIND DEED ay. When there were'si the worst of the, Si still to come, Father h< *'ard took sufficient TA indies to the Dosher Hospital to place in B Those in charge ap- a1 his thoughtful act THI Tda t * * FARMERE If it hadn't been for the i gather their harvest and ] >unty indicate that the worm ;ar in making this year's crc ict. Io!d Their Own ] Local Workroom >cal Ladies Doing About The Same As Usual; No V Increase In Dressings Made Volunteer workers at the local j irgicul Dressings workroom are ly holding their own in the c oduction of surgical dressings B r the Armed Services. Only a: Ci iv hundred more dressings were .( ade during the month of Julyj^ an in the month of June. The, tal was 6,971. Mrs. Mozelle Durrance was tl ;ain the worker with the great- $ t number of hours. She exceed- j her total of June and put in e hours during the month of j ily. Mrs. Edgar Finch and Mrs. j0 lillip Golden tied for second !' ace with a total of 1594 hours. rs. R. C. Daniel was next with ' hours. Mrs. Robert St. George j 1 is in fifth place with 14>2 hours id Miss Susie Sellers had 1314 i 'Continued on page 4) 11) ames P.Andrews t Killed In Action ? I j far Department Advises j] Waccamaw Man That His Son Has Been Killed v In Action, Mother Died g 1 s D. A. Andrews, well known tl rmer of Waccamaw, was ad- w sed Friday by the War Depart- j y ent that his son, Pvt. 1-C James I v Andrews, of the U. S. Marines, | c id been killed in action in the b icific. No details were given, s e father being advised that deils would follow by letter. g The young Marine, who is said have been 22 years of age, had i | ien overseas for two years. Some I ^ me ago he was wounded in the m and after recovering from is he returned to active duty. Mrs. Andrews, his mother, died st Christmas. Details as to sur- ^ ving members of the family, in | Idition to the father, are not) ailable. kged Local Lady |f Dies In Hospital | liss Fannie Elizabeth Wes- t cott Passed Last Week Injr Dosher Memorial Hospit- Jp al After A Short Illness; le Was 73-Years Old Miss Fannie Elizabeth Wescott, j !, highly respected South port dy, died in the J. Arthur Dos- 1 r Memori- 1 hospital Tuesday ter a brief llness. Miss West -t is survived by a j i ster, Mrs. J. A. Dosher, of' ( suthport, with whom she made (c sr home, and a brother, Ben j 1 fescott, of Bolivia. Funeral services were held at, 1 ethel Baptist church Wednesday jt fternoon at four o'clock, with f (Continued on page i) J? EST, A Goo< 38-PAGES TODAY lAG * * * :ttes and gold farmerettes this year, farrr prepare it for market. R 211 of Brunswick have con1 \r~v r?nCk rv-F fho hocf in vpart v?iv VJ. VilV Py/vov ji& J VMi> Brunswick W< In Fifth W ^as One Of First Over The Top With "E" Bond Sales And Exceeded Quota On All Series While scores of North Carolina ounties failed to reach their "E" lond sales quotas, it is extremer gratifying that Brunswick aunty was one of the first three 1 the state to go over the top rith sales of this series'. The toll "E" bond sales in excess of le que ta, in this county was 10.379.50. Brunswick went over before the nd of tie big drive, a feat which nly three or four orner counties i the state duplicated. This showig was due to the vigorous eforts of Chairman R. F. Plaxco, he Wa:camaw Bank and Trust Company, the various post ofices in the county and other workers who are due special comnendation for the aid rendered 'rince O'Brien, cashier of th? Sank, a nd Hobson Kirby of Shalatte were the two main helper! n aiding the chairman to put th< IvitfO QTOSS John P. Stedman, War Bone iales Chairman for Region Six las written Mr. Plaxco as follows "For some time I have beer ranting to write you and con ;ratulate you upon the splendic howing made by your county ir iie War Drive. You, no doubt, rould be interested to know that ou art one of the two counties irithin the district who have exeeded both the E quota and othei ionds; and I know this must be a ource of satisfaction to you. Please accept my sincere oon xatulalions for a well-done job.' Says It's Best He Ever Grew V. E, Robinson Says His Crops Are Good This Year, Especially The Tobacco W. E. Robinson, Brunswick armer and tobacco grower, statd the other day that he had beer rowing tobacco for 29 years 'hat is about as iong as any one n the county has been producing he weed. An interesting poinl aised by Mr. Robinson coulc irobably be repeated by many othr tobacco growers in Brunswick (Continued on Page 4) Now On Duty At Miami Florida Spar Clyde Fields Swain, sea nan second class, daughter of R 3. Sweiin, of Southport, is now oi luty at the Spar barracks a Hiami, Fla. She enlisted in the loast Guard Woman's Reserve: s st A pril, received her indoctrina ion training at Palm Beach, Fla. md was given her present ratinj in rejiorting at Miami. \TE 1 J News paper Ir Southport, N. C., Wedn ETW 'EN WEED j( ' ' " I iers would have been unable in eports from throughout the d, tributed a major share this >. Above is evidence of that s< u si; ;nt Over Big e ar Bond Drivejz ?G( Keep Them Out Of u The VVaetebasket % w The Pilot wishes to re- s. |>eat that it does not print j( items of any kind if they are T unsigned, no matter how P correct the information may R be. We welcome news from all ^ parts of the county but it has l ' always been our policy, and a: will continue to be, to print only news which has been I signed by the writer. * Letters from "A rriend" or "A Reader" always end up in the waste basket, where j all communications of the | kind belong, so we would appreciate it if when you write to us you would sign your name. Hostesses Are % | Given For USO J p First Half Of Month Has ? i Been Assigned Hostesses u By Volunteer Service ! Chairman k i S] Hostesses for the first half of a ; the month of August who are to si i serve at the USO have been an- 01 nounced by Mrs. Claude Cannon, v. They are as follows: ti i Tuesday, 1st, Mrs. Harry ci Weeks, Mrs. Hulan Watts; Wed- si nesday, 2nd, Mrs. Geo. Y. Watson, si ' Mrs. Mary Bussells, Mrs. Anna t; Davis, Mrs. Lilla Mollycheck, t< Mrs. Elsket St. George, Mrs. H. ti W. Hood; Thursday, 3rd, Mrs. C. d (Continued on Page 4) r " ~~~? [ W. B. KEZIAH Bill Sharpe, publicity director |n for North Carolina, writes us that > ci he will be down in Brunswick j t; again on the 10th or 11th of this^ month. He did not state the main \ fi object of this trip but we plan h to soak into his head something a - about the thousands of acres ofili . fine farming land, more or lessjs] j idle, and the opportunity for new'si t farmers in Brunswick. After thejw 51 war a lot of people are going to t.l s be land hungry. Such people will - include a lot of service men. , Brunswick has plenty of fine d r farming, trucking and stock rais- b . ing land for such people. Further? . .... V. PORT 1 A Good Com lesday, August 2nd, 19' TfEl J )liver Lewis j Died Saturday In His 67th Year i ormer Member Of Board Of County Commissioners Was Widely Known In j ? Brunswick j AD BEEN ILL FOR ' L SEVERAL WEEKS eart Trouble Said To Be I Cause Of Passing After Three Weeks Illness ja Oliver A. Lewis, 67-year-old isident of the Mill Creek cornunity of Brunswick and widely lown throughout the county, ed at his home Saturday morn- He g as the result of heart trouble. aC( is death followed that of an old- q0 brother, W. Dunbar Lewis, by bei ss than three weeks. tb< A fine farmer and widely u,, lown for his many years of ser- w0 ce as a Brunswick county com- j issioner, Mr. Lewis was held in ab merally high regard and his fai sath came as a shock to friends wo all parts of the county. dis Surviving are his widow, a tw rughter, Mrs. Bryon Drew, of Do iuthport, and a son, George 'ct ewis. Also surviving are two ^ sterse, Mrs. Mariam McDonald, ' Winnabow a nd Mrs. Bell Prid-1 ^ ?n, of Gastonia. Six brothers al-j?. _ . , iIu ? survive. These are: G. 1. and|tn L. Lewis, of Winnabow, A. G., I . F., and G. S. Lewis, of Bolivia, J trj id F. L Lewis. !Di Funeral services were conduct- an 1 at Mill Creek Baptist church unday afternoon at four o'-clock, le burial being in the cemetery lere. Both services were largely j itended. Serving as active pallbearers ere. J. L. Moore, J. W. Ruark, ? E. Wescott, Jim Gore, Oscar ihnson and Charles Hickman, he honorary pallbearers were ink McDowell, Radway Sellers, od Sellers, Jim Hickman, Jim sllers, Wilbur Sellers, Banks ewis, Joel Sellers, George Swain, atin Swain, George McDowell nd Hubert Hewett. :ormer Sheriff Has Biggest Hog x-Sheriff And Mrs. Russ Have A 700 Pound Porker Among Their Several Fine Hogs At Shallotte Former sheriff and Mrs. J. A. luss, of Shallotte, are the only ko in the family now but they[ ave canned 300 quarts of vegetans and 125 quarts of fruit. They n lan to put away more of both j n?-l in -az-lrlitinn thov nlnn tn nnfc. * ... ~J I ? I? way a whole hog by canning in j le very near future. The couple have six hogs to j ill next fall and winter. They n pecialize in the O. I. C. breed nd one of the animals that is| ated to get the axe on the 15th' f next November is said to! eigh 700 pounds now. By thej me the November killing date smes around this 700 pound pig Bo lould have graduated into a full tbl ze hog. He is said to have plen- Pa / of bone and muscle with which > support any additional weight, lat he may take on before it isi 1 ecreed that he is executed. mi (Continued on Page by [ H? ;to pa he he VING I vy Reportre 5 h lore, the county has the longest! rop growing season of any coun- 'ca V in the state, a fine healthy cli- So late. The woods and fields afford ha ne recreation in the way of ho unting and the lakes, streams of nd ocean add to the pleasure of im ving with fishing and other at ports. These next few years de Pould see something done to- ho rard getting Brunswick more tiickly settled with farmers. to i * ha Both Long Beach and the small th ock on the inland waterway just fri elow the Fort Caswell bridge, af (Continued on Page Four) . be * PIL munity tMoi 4 rrives A To Cau Bruns\ fot Guilty Ve n Case Of All imes Edison Simmons Ant Highway Employees, Decl ing Forest Fires Severa Holden's Beach James Edison Simmons and rbert A. Creech, Jr., were quitted Monday in Recorder's urt, the charges against them ing that while employees of i State Highway Commission ;y caused a series of some 25 ods fires, early in the year. The fires, causing considerle loss and resulting in many -mers having to leave their irk to combat the flames, were icovered on the highway beeen Holden's Beach and Old ick. All were found within a v minutes after a highway ick, with Simmons and Creech ling in it had passed by. It is alleged that the two men deerately and malimiously struck UCIICS ctUU UlltJW LIlt'IH I1U1II lilt: lck into grass by the roadside. All evidence presented at the al was purely circumstantial, strict Forester W. L. Brewer d District Forest Ranger P. E. Fifteen Cats On One Line Dr. J. V. Davis, who with Mrs. Davis is spending the sujnmer at Long Beach, vouches for this story and asks for some explaination. The Pilot's fishing editor is unable to do the explaining and the story is passed o n for more expert digest and analysis. A two pound catcfish was caught at the beach this week. That was nothing unusual, but when 14 small catfish, each two inches in length, wriggled out of the mouth of the larger one, curosity was aroused. Did the old catcfish habitually carry those young ones around in Its mouth to protect them or it just made a meal o* them? till A Prisoner Of The Japanese >livia Young Man Still A Prisoner Of War Of The Jananese. Cantured Over Two Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Harvell, of livia, have heard nothing from sir son, Lassiter Harvell, in the st six months, at which time : last report on him came rough the Red Cross. Serving in the Navy, the young in was taken a prisoner of war the Japanese soon after Pearl irbor. He has never been able get direct word through to his rents, and it is supposed that has likewise been unable to ar from them, except through e Red Cross. The last message reived by the parents, six >nths ago, indicated that he was 11 a prisoner of war in some panese camp. He had been serving in the Nafor several years before he (Cont'nued on Page Four) outhport Regrets To hve Pierces Leave Mr. and Mrs. James Pierce, of mden, New Jersey, moved to uthport some months ago and ve been living In the old Pierce me on the yacht basin. Because the inability to have desired provements made to their house this time, however, they have cided to return to the former me to live. Citizens of Southport are sorry see this couple leave, as they d already made a place for emselves in the town. They were iendly and cooperative in church fairs particularly and they will missed. ,0t [ $1.50 PER Y?A> fUBLISJ ntTc head Of S ise Bigges wick In Mi rdict Found eged Firebugs i Herbert A. Creech, State ared Not Guilty Of Causil Weeks Ago Between And Old Dock Seabring, of Fayetteville, assisted by County Fire Warden Mercer, had built up a strong circumstantial case against both men. But, lacking any direct evidence, |a not guilty verdict was rendered by Judge Ward, j Herbert A. Creech, Sr., father | of one of the men, submitted to a like charge of setting the woods on fire in Bladen county I recently. He was fined $125.00 [and the costs. As in the case of jhis son and Simmons, he was an I employee of the highway commis| sion. j It is understood from the forest [fire officials that all three of the j men were scheduled to be disj charged from the services of the highway commission yesterday, following the trial here. However, they were given the use of a State I nnmmieotnn trilflf in ;?Aigiawc?jr ! which to come here for the trial. Tax Advertising Next Wednesday Advertising Costs Will Be Added To All Delinquent 1943 Taxes That Have Not Been Paid By Next Tuesday | The advertising of land for taxjes for the year 1943 will begin I in next week's issue of this paper. iTax Collector William P. Jorgensen has recently sent notice to all who are delinquint in paying their taxes, advising that yester; day was the last day in which I they could pay up and save the added cost of advertising. The deadline, however, has been extended and those who wish may pay their taxes through Tuesday of next week without additional penalty for advertising. After Tuesday of next week, costs of advertising will be added to all property on which taxes for the year 1943 have not been paid. All together this advertising and other costs will amount to a considerable sum and the ! delinauents are ureed to pay their taxes not later than Tuesday if j they desire to save the costs and {avoid the unpleasantness of hav? I ing tl^eir property advertised. Ten Cases Heard In Court Monday Two Defendants Required To Pay Fines At Weekly Session Of Brunswick Court Only ten cases were called Monday at the session of the Recorders court. The Minute Docket shows the following business handled: Herbert A. Creech and James Edison Simmons, setting woods afire, not guilty. Samuel West, public drunkness, judgment suspended on payment i (Continued on Page 4) Aged Longwood Resident Dies ???? George Washington Robbins Dies At His Home After A Brief Illness George Washington Robbins. aged 74, died at his home at {Longwood on Saturday morning j after a brief illness. He was a i prominent farmer and for many years foreman of the machine | shop at the former Jackson Bro{thers Lumber Company. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at the Browning (Continued on Page Four J \. II ???????????????n |j| Most of The News All The Time dED EVERY WEDNESDAY ROPS Schedule J t Loss In I iny Years I Wind Of Almost Hurricane Proportion Combines With High Tide To In- M flict Damage To Harbor Installations NO PERSONAL INJURY HAS BEEN REPORTED Fish Houses, Docks, Fishing Boats, And Trees Suffer Greatest Loss | Following a day of ceaseless rain with the wind assuming almost hurricane proportions in the J] I afternoon, Southport people were j taking stock this morning of the damage done in yesterday's storm, ] a storm in which considerable j ' damaged was done by the com| bination of high tide and wind ifrom the east. Narrow escapes of several peo- |,| l pie resulted from falling limbs ' | and efforts to secure boats. The I I storm came many hours before |] 'weather reports indicated its neat |3 , cocawc. | Among the damage was tht dock and front half of the Wells and Sons dock and shrimp pack- ji ling house. This is owned by Wiley and Charles Wells. They stated this morning that they lost much equipment, especially netting i? jj the front end of the building. Tht 1!' old Burris dock and unused house, were, completely washed away. jj; Robert Thompson, operating tht I.' only marine service station IT; town, lost his dock. The old Church dock was washed away j) I as was the front half of the buildI ing- operated as a shrimp packing house by S. W. Davis and brother and the dock leading to it. The superstructure of the Capo Fear Pilot's office was snapped off even with the roof of the ! building. Their dock, which was [in a bad state of repair and unused, was swept away. J. A. Arnold lost his shrimp picking house and the wharf and m dock. The Hardee and Pigott dock and house were both damaged slightly. Captain J. J. Pigott lost his | shrimp boat, built a year ago. The J craft sank when a crew of three was endeavoring to move it to a ? safer plqce. All three of the men ' escaped by swimminge and that J was no easy job in the tumultuous f river.. Another boat also sank and ' several are reported to have been j ! damaged. i I Tides completely covered Bat- | [tery Island except for the trees. jj IA full half dozen shrimp boats in I [ the yacht basin broke loose from H insecure moorings and were blown out into the marsh on the west $j| 1 US- Tliflv oi-o still thorp nil ltn- 1 -J ?? -r right and apparently undamaged. S Many roofs of houss about town were damaged slightly. Trees suf- f fered badly and the streets were -j (Continues on page 4) - I Ration Pointers I CANNING SUGAR Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five pounds of canning sugar until February 28, 1945. Apply to local boards for supplemental rations. FUEL OIL Period four and five fuel | oil coupons good through September 30. During October unused coupons may be exchanged at rationing boards for new 1944-45 heating season coupons. GASOLINE l A-10 coupons now valid and will expire August 8. t MEATS & FATS Red A8 through Z8 and JJ A5, 35 and C5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. PROCESSED FOODS A5, B5, C5, E5 and F5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. SHOES , Airplane stamp No 1 and Blue A8 through Z8 and No. 2 (Book 3)) valid hide? finitely. SUGAR Sugar stamps No. 30, No. 31 and No. 32 (Book 4) good for five pounds of sugar each indefinitely. * Rationing rules now require that every car owner write his license number and state In advance on all ^gasoline coupons In his pof