-[he Pilot Covers H griinswick County FIFTEEN ~7 PJNSV |EXCEE | ^Lgpplete Figures Show I f5i00.000.00 Mark PasIn Sixth War Loan Drive I IlNTV quota was #7,000 FOR THIS DRIVE ^M}len d i d Cooperation I i'hroughout County ReHilts In Good Showing || Loan drive came I I December 16 with ,. :y far exceeding was established :;icial of the II I'laxoo stated ll fficial figures have fiom the Fed:k in Richmond H will be in ex 0.00. The quota O'Biien of the II stated last cooperation enabled the sent he splendid J I pecially II e by Postmaster W. - Shailotte and his Its'.-.:They have done a I i i making the t Ml. O'Brien. I- . ve helped a great I isters in the C;v ithport Building I t:on, and the ptcaiuaw Bar.k. tlaude Gore Hurt In Gas Explosion Lllotte Farmer Burned [And lnj"red in Eyes And Face When Gas Explodes At Base Of His Truck lite dying the wires on the pe of his truck, in order to t the machine started, one ping last week. W. C. Gore I Shallotte was badly burned tat his eyes when some gasot ignited and exploded. The f.)?:on blew the oil gauge out he engine and a fragment sick him in the eye, as well the blazing gasoline, t is understood that Mr. Gore a using a lighted newspaper dry the wires. Apparently * gas had seeped out and coltta on the base of the engine. Continued on page two Brief News Flsiehix: ItMUIIVW TTACK FATAL ewis. prominent Robe tobacco farmer, sufii t attack and died sudi CLOSE itioi; Board office will 6:1 Thursday to allow to catch up with their " AT LEYTE ' -M' Dosh Hewett of "otte f things in England are diflt from what they are here Christmas spirit in our boys lins the same. The greeting 3 follows: ve learned to call radio "wireless," Victcola to me now's a "gram"; :ad of catching a street?car, 3W, "Blimey," I'm hopping a "tram." ive on the left here, in England, r "lorry," and not in a truck: when I'm spending my money 'ive shillings" is "limey" for buck. auto won't run without "petrol," id "Cheero" I jse for good P0R1 In A Good Coi sdnesday, December 20, MAS WISH ^u/tZU} C.F.I. | No County Court | For Next Monday Next Session Will Be On January First, 1945; Docket Finished In Short Order At Monday's Session Twelve cases came up before Judge John B. Ward and Solicitor J. W. Ruark in Recorders court 2 j here Monday. All were finished in f short order and court adjourned 2'at noon. The docket shows the - following entries: Douglas Ballard, murder, con, tinued for superior court. I William J. Jackson, failing to [stop at stop sign, judgment susjpended on payment of costs. (! William W. Guyer, speeding and failure to stop at stop sign, judgment suspended on payment .: of a iine of $>20.00 and costs. , j John Junius Reynolds, speeding, nol pros with leave. J R. T. Caison, disposing of corn crop, nol pros. William Edison Harkcr, possession, 60 days on roads or fine of ' j $15.00 and costs. ' j Mrs. E. B. Morrison, speeding (Continued on page 2) ; : Game Protector For Brunswick r Captain Bowmer Appointed s To Position Formerly ' Held By Craven Nelson; j Skipper Continues As 1 Deputy , i _ j The State Department of Game ' j and Inland Fisheries has appoint. ed Oapt. H. T. Bowmer of Southi port as Game Protector for Brunswick County. He succeeds Craven Nelson of the Hickory's Cross Roads section. 1 Capt. Bowner, who has been in i the Civil Service as a guard at the Oaswell water pumping staI tion for the past two years or : | more, enters upon his duties the | (wOntinucd on page two) i WING Reporter bye; A "clippie's" a street-car conductor, I say "bloke" instead of guy. j And. though my speech has been altered, And changed since I've been away; ;I still have no trouble in wishing "Merry Xmas!". the American Way. A good many Brunswick sportsmen have probably made | their bag limits on quail this j year. Reports on such have been rather scarce. However E. R. ! Weeks, city clerk for Southport, jgot his bag limit the first day. ! Coroner W. E. Bell has reported I full days limit on two trips. With the advent of the real ; laying season for hens not far ! off, County Agent J. E. Dodson Continued on page four i ? 7m' r pii minunity "1944 Assistant Sup< Resign; Private Bozeman Seriously Wounded Pfc. Henry E. Bozeman of Shallotte, was wounded in the European theater of war last month. Tne extent of his injuries have not been reported. He is about 28 years of age and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bozeman. His wife, Mrs. Virginia L. Bozeman and one small child also live near Shallotte. Grain And Hogs His Best Crops One - Man Farming This Year Resulted In Average Of $72.00 Per Acre On George Danford's 33 Acres George Danford, who lives on the road connecting the Bell SwEimp highway with Bolivia, has been doing some experimental and demonstrative farming this year. He has a tobacco allotment but says he would rather do grain and livestoc farming, with sweet potato and some other ti-uck crops on the side. He had a bad season for his corn this year and the storm in August did further damage. Nevertheless, he produced 525 it;a flurhot nntato croD j UUOLIC10! mu WflVV. ? ? 4 . net led him 400 bushels. , There are only 33 acres in cultivation in the Danford farm. In order to keep the land busy he did considerable rotating and had a crop growing practically all the time. Seven acres in barley in the fall furnished grazing for 80 head of hogs. After the barley these hogs were turned- in on soy beans and they are now being sold at an average of better than 210 pounds each. Very little corn or other feed was necessary to complete the fattening. The grazing/ lands provided between 500 . W tWP psundr . 2 porl: per acre. In all, from his 33 acres Mr. (Continued on IJage 4) Quotas Remain Same Next Year ??? Chairman Of County AAA Committee Announces Regulations Governing Allotments Marketing quotas on flue-cured and Burley tobacco for the 1945'46 marketing year has been anno .inced by the War Food Administrataion and individual farm acreage allotments for the 1945 crops will be the same as in 1944, according to C. O. Bennett, Chairman Brunswick County AAA Com mittee. "In addition to these acreage allotments," Mr. Bennett stated, "An amount equal to two percent of the total acreage allotted to all farms in 1940 will* be made available for increasing individual! farm acreage found by local AAA I committees to be inequitable. Five i percent of the national quota will: be available for establishing al- ] lotments for farms on which noj flue-cured or Burley tobacco has) been grown during the past five j years. To be eligible for such an allotment either the farm operator o the person growing the tobacco shall have had expeience w.thin the past five years in growing tobacco and shall be liv-j ing on the fa-m and largely de-i pendent on the farm for his livelihood." Mr. Bennett pointed out that applications for sucn allotments in Brunswick County should be filed with the Brunswick County AAA Committee prior to February 1, 1945. He further pointed out that it is currently estimated that 1,062,480,000 pounds of flue(Continued on Page 2) Yotmg People Will Present Pageant The Young people of Southport Baptist church will presertt a Christmas pageant, "There is no Room," on Christmas night at 8:00 o'clock in the church. In addition to the pageant the following exercises will be presented: "Greeting" ,? Eight Primaries, "Wreath Around the World" ? Eight Juniors, and "Silvery Notes"?Nine Juniors. A special offering will be taken for the Baptist Orphanage. The j program is under the direction of i Miss Marjorie Potter, Mrs; Geo. What Icy, and Miss Susie Sellers.! The public is -cordially invited to, attend. j ,0T [ $1.50 PER YEA* 1*UBL1S* >rvisor s In Whiteville Hazel Taylor Litchfield Extends Thanks To Brunswick People As She Re-1 signs Post WAS ASST. SUPERVISOR FARM SECURITY ADM. Served Brunswick County Citizens Since 1943 In Whiteville Office By Hazel Taylor Litchfield "Since I assumed the duties of i Associate FSA Supervisor in | Brunswick County on November I 1, 1943, it has been my pleasure to work with 86 farm families of | the county, and I wish to extend my thanks to each of you fam| ilies for your fine cooperation, and J at the same time say I believe | that the Farm Security Administration has helped many of you families to be what you wanted to be?Keep Climbing. "To date we have assisted five families in buying farms. Of this (number one has finishing paying I for his farm, namely, Mr. Paul Brown. Others have made payments to be proud of, as well as FSA being proud of you. 1 am leaving the organization, but as I go, I sincerely hope that each of you will pay for your farm I much earlier than you first planned due to good prices. Reduce i your wants to meet your needs j and pay for your home first. "We regret very much that we haven't been able to find farms within our limit for all of our RR families who have proven themselves worthy of purchasing a farm, however, don't you give up. Some day land will be within our Hrviif o?oin and Hii?n u/P rail hrln you who \vant to become home owners. Save your money and plan ahead for the future. "Many of you families are now producing your home food supply. This year try harder than ever to produce all of your pork, lard, poultry, and beef. Be sure to grow a good year-round garjden and set your table by producing your own food supply and help win the war. ' T I "I am very proud of you fam-j ilies who are improving your standards of living by keeping all home environment, attending j home encironment, attending1 church, encouraging your children! to join 4-H Clubs and taking par t1 in other community activities. TJhe best way to learn is by doing, so keep on taking and active part in community activities. "I'm wishing each of you a Merry Christmas and a. Happy New Year." Short Holiday For Co. Schools One Week Given For Observance Of Christmas Six days for grammar grade31 and high school holidays is understood to be the general rule in! North Carolina this year. Natural-, ly the students would like a! longer freedom from books but the sober thinking adults see j things the other way in these ' times. Six days for Christmas is ' ample, they think. It must be taken into con-'] sideration that all schools started i this year's session two weeks late,! owing to the infantile paralysis j I eDedemic. It is necessary that!. they close as early in the new i year as possible. War time conditions are responsible for this with labor as scarce as it will be, many a high school boy v^ill be doing a man's work just as soon as the session closes. We hardly think that the normal boy or girl will shirk the need of helping their parents. The help of the j school children on the farms last (Cont'nued on Page Four) Loans Available Sweet Potatoes Growers May Obtain Qood Loans On Large Lots Of Cured Sweet Potatoes In Storage Through AAA Office Farmers of Brunswick County now may obtain loans on their 1944 crop of sweet potatoes to reflect the price support guaranteed by the War Food Administration. Loans are available on ail lots of sweet potatoes containing at least 1,000 bushels which have been in storage houses for a period of at least three weeks and which have been cured. For obvious administrative rea-t sons, leans can be made only on] (Continued on Page 3) ' : I ' j L.-tf Most of The News All The Time 1ED EV?RY~WEDNEJjDA* Commissioners Draw Jury List For Spring Term Session Will Convene On January 22 With Judge Frizzelle Presiding; Four Murder Cases On Docket HOLIDAYS THROUGH MONDAY AND TUESDAY Commissioners Employ Assistant To County Home Keeper, Various Matters Heard At Mondays Meeting Of Board With little Charles Trott tak- ; ing the slips front the box, a jury list for the .spring term of court, ! which convenes on January 22, was drawn by the beard of county commissioners, Monday. Judge J. Paul Frizelle, of Snow Hill, Green County, will preside ' at the term, which is a trifle unusual for Brunswick county in that four murder cases are slated to be heard. For the first time in several years the criminal docket will pobably take up the entire week. Following are the jurors who were selected Monday: B. A. Woodard, B. G. Simmons, W. G. Cause, K. II. Evans, Quincy Little and B. H. Bennett, of Freeland. Lacy Smith, Jim Carlisle, W. L. ' Carlisle, F. Odell Smith, Hurley Smith, F. M. Smith, W. C. Me- i Keithan, W. S. Canady and M. L. Simmons, of Ash. Dr. K. C. Daniel, James Arnold, W. A. Johnston, H. T. St. George, Thompson McRackan, H. B Smith, Edwin Dozier, and J. M. Barnhill, Southport. E. E. Furguson and O. H. Clem mona, Bolivia. S. A. Potter, G. VV. Swain, James Bogie, Lone VVilletts, P Hickman, VVinnabow. Charlie Robbins, Woodrow Harrell, G. B. Fisher, E. M. Hickman; Leland. Carvin G. Roach, J. M. Roach. J. H. Holden, J. B. Sermons, Herbert Brown, J. J. Roach and Cres% Evans, .Su-r .y . ... The commiRioiJ.is s!.acf ether t matters to attend to Monday. Beside drawing the jury list and making tax adjustments following matters were handled, as shown by the minutes: The report of Mrs. Lou H. Smith, county health nurse, was received and approved. Saturday noon through December 26th was designated as a holiday fof county employees and officials, this being in line with the procedure followed throughout the State. All county offices . will be closed for Saturday noon (Continued on Page Four) Shallotte Man Wounded In Action ; Mrs. Jack D. Harbolt, tha former Miss Cassie Andrews of the Shallotte Village Point section, has been advised that her husband, Sgt. Jack D. Harbolt, has been wounded in action for the second time. His first wounds were sustained in September of this year. Sgt. Harbolt is a native ioI Oklahoma and two years ago < while stationed at New River with the Marines he met and married Miss Andrews. Mrs. Harbolt received no infortnation fiom the War Depatment as to the extent of he husband's second injury. He Vvas serving with the Marines in France. | Ration Pointers [ PROCESSED FOODS Blue A-8 through B-2 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each. Good indefinitely. .MEATS AND FATS Red A-8 through S-5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each for use with tokens. Good indefinitely. SUGAR Sugar stamps No. 30, 31, 32, . 33 and 34 good indefinitely for five pounds each. CANNING SUGAR Stamp No. 40 good for five pounds canning sugar until February 28, 1945. SHOES Airplane stamps No. 1, 2, ' '] and 3 valid indefinitely. FUEL OIL Period 4 and 5 coupons from last year and Period 1, 2, and 3 coupons for this season now valid at 10 gallons each. GASOLINE A-13 coupons valid through December 21. On December 22 A-14 coupons become vail# through March 21. / \ _ _