fhf Covers County jfjo. FIFTEEN NO? Kur Mure I Trial In I Cour B. Murder Cases Await-, KJanuary Term Superior' To Convene On 22nd ^.laughter And EmbezBjUment Cases Also Sche- | Ruled To Be Tried At Coming Terra IDGE PAUL FRIZELLE M. SLATED TO PRESIDE m:X Expected To Be One Mcst Interesting In ^Hiereral Years Owing i To Murder Cases v .: murder and one! ^l-jU-'hter casts on the doc-j >t number of such i: term of Superior court j jtverai -ears, the January ^B on the 22nd ^^B; of attracting far1 than lie usual number of' ^B interested parties., ^fcidiiitio:; to the murder and number of I I lie to be tried for| ^B - Of these the ^B: npf ears to center >< the State vs. j BT Station, former principal of j Wanamaw school. He is having embezzled, - - AA - -1 ? 1_ I 11, - .lu.uu in scnoui iuiiuo L being allegedly miss|j er Mr. Stanton reL; as head of the school a [ and a half ago. He is now Eeicer.t of Charlotte. K the murder cases on the tet the chief interest is said' Ur.ter around the trial of Tom L- well known Shallot te b mar.. Nearly two years ago fit is charged, shot and fatal- j rjunded Ace Galloway, negro j pe same community. At the c of court when Long was! I scheduled to be tried his case ipostfoned owing to his hav-[ I suffered a fall and injuries j fw days prev ously. At the [ [term ot court his case wast BD continued as he was suffer-1 I from an infected leg. Some1 irts have been made to re-1 re this case to another coun- j &r trial, or to secure a jury j t a elsewhere. However, it is ] I that Solicitor Clifton Moore Stern ined to try it here and ie coming term. tthe other three murder cases for trial, Douglas Ballard is ' tged with killing Edward Jen- 1 i in Northwest township, k men are colored. Daisy Bal. colored woman of the same uhip. will face trial for the!; eg of her husband and Ed-!' . Young, also of Northwest,!' ) be tried for the alleged ami slaying of Charles God bolt. : the manslaughter case CarlButl r is to be tried for the Hsei i.iling of Leaman Har-j1 B1 in a wreck at Sturgeon H-i Both of .hese parties are i jus* ! mtirief News I Flashes brother Bfcs El zabeth Murray, nurse at > Dosher Memorial Hospital, her home in Sumter, HC. on Sunday because of the H*'-" of her bro'.her, George Mur-! IVtS FOR MIAMI B*S'- Walter Jones left yester^fcto report at Miami. He has| spending a 30 clays leave B- with his parents, Mr. and; W. F Jones, after four and H?if vtais service in Hawaii. CHANGES ' ^F'tpt. 7. T. Denning of the Httama.e school stated Saturday H?: he lest only one teacher dur'-he hoi; lays, Mrs. Luela Hilthe 7th grade teacher, \Vho ^Fpied to be with her husband f :s in service. So far as has B^ lea r(-"i this was the only B~."': teacher lost by the schools J hins.vick during the holidays. H? M. i\ PROMOTED I1 "Sff Sergeant Oliver D. Smith,': V Sclen L. Smith of Ash, ken promoted to technical tl' is a platoon sergeant H" U;-' hith "Custer"'Division e 1 ifth Army in Italy. HERE B W. D. Davis, of B?'1011' Oa are spending two K ore 'with Mrs. E. H. Cran-j KL Sist,'r of Mrs. Davis. The H^"- former residents of SouthK :',r,VP'l ti Michigan several H^j sti i later they moved % 1 TH1 40 ler Cases A January S t To Conv< I =m?L O'.O^CAFO China co??EciooR^ =?r^g Sea FALAWanT Jap task ?f feated an ? X destr =7 /= SMTUTt After a Japanese fleet of S. airdromes on Mindoro Isla blasted with bombs and torp< Mitchell planes and Navy Pr three Japanese destroyers, da destroyer. The shattered remn (c.otted arrows on above map) 1944 Was History-IV For America RECORDS SET IN MOVE-* ~ MENT OF OVERSEAS I CARGOES By FRANK J. TAYLOR President, American .'Merchant Marine Institute No year in the hiktory of the American Merchant Marine has produced such outstanding sli pping accomplishments as have taken place in 1944. Not even the stirring deeds of the glorious clipper ship period can match the great contributions of American shipping,in the war effort. Active participants in the 1944 invasions of Normandy, Southern France and the Philippines, Amer-i Lean merchant ships, traversing 56,('00 miles of seaianes, delivered record-breaking cargoes of fighting men and materials to every ?f vL-ar in addition they; Uicant ?w., brought back to the United States strategic raw materials needed by our war industries. When the final figures for 1944 are compiled, it will be found that a new United States export peak will have been reached} through the carriage of 74,000,- j 0C 0 tons of war cargo from Am-J * encan ports. This cargo included} I everything from locomotives down to safety pins. During the early; I months and spring of 1944, the 1 American Merchant Marine was1 b t its busiest in ferrying across' jal ' M Brunswick Man z Addresses College S Col. Ivan Bennett, Chief J jj, Chaplain In Far East, ti; Addresses Students At ai Alma Mater (in th WAKE FOREST, Jan. 9.?Col- sh onel Ivan L. Bennett, chief chap-jw lain and in charge of all reli- ec gious activities in the U. S. Ar-| my in the Far East, returned to hi liis alma mater today and ad- pi dressed the Wake Forest College pi students at a special convocation M in the Baptist church. R: A graduate of the class oft 1916, he has edited "The Hymnal,1 di Army and Navy" and "Song and pc Service Book for Ship and Field." H Colonel Bennett is originally S. from Brunswick County, but his th wife lives now in Raleigh. a{ He challenged the students not O to choose "the way of easy mon- rj ey and comfort," but rather to ct share their share of the world's vi burden. "If any man draw back, S< I sti< II have no pleasure in him," (Continued on Rage 2) m * E STj A Gooc 4-PAGES "TODAY iwait uperior ene 22nd i\ :san jose ^|baco^y^ ~j| ? force de- fbocoiod d partially ? oyed ===?N?CROS ( Mltts ^^-Jt 1 100 ort" eight warships shelled U. nd. the Philinnines. was sdoes by Thunderbolt and T boats. This action sank maged a battleship and a ants of the Jap Fleet fled back into the China Sea. taking Year n Merchant Fleet Heard Mother Over The Radio Mrs. H. M. Rosenbaum of Shallotte bad her radio on one night recently and was listening to a broadcast from California. To her astonishment and delight the voice of her mother, Mrs. Louise Matthias, came on as a part of the Ken Murray Program. Mrs. Matthias won $50.00 for her few minutes appearance on the radio. She also had the privilege of meeting Lucille Ball in person. Mrs. Rosenbaum has not seen her parents, who live In Los Angels, . since 1942. She says that po'w, after hearing her mother, If Uncle Sam would only let her hear her husband, the NeU' Year would truly have a happy beginning. JJr. Rosenbaum, who has I 4? Cnmrl/in AVAP lhrPP DfCI 1 IK OVl ?1VV v>va ... years, is in Germany, working at one of the Evacuation Hospitals. "uneral Tuesday 'or Mrs. Furpless ireatly Esteemed Southport Woman Died Sunday Night After A Very Brief Illness Funeral services were held yesrelay afternoon at 3:00 o'clock ; Trinity Methodist church for rs. Lillie Drew Furpless, wife of rice Furpless, Mrs. Furpless, who as 66 years old, died in the J. rthur Dosher Memorial hospital anday night, following an illness ' only one day. With her husband Mrs. Furpless unded the local moving picture leatre many years ago and unI a few years ago her friendly i id pleasing smile was unfailing | its greeting to the patrons of I le theatre and all with whom le came in contact. She was idely known and highly esteemI. Surviving in addition to the lsband are two sons, J. P. Furess of Raleigh and B. L. Fur-j ess of Southport. One sister, j rs. Katie Jerome, resides in aleigh. The funeral services were conrcted by the Rev. O. I. Hinson, istor of the Methodist church, e was assisted by the Rev. R. Harrison, who was pastor of le church until a few months jo when he was transferred to ary in Wake County. Rev. Jerr Newbold of the Presbyterian lurch also took part in the serces. Burial was in the old luthport cemetery. Active pallbearers were J. L. Continued on page two ITE I News paper Southporl:, N. C., W< Wounded Sergeant Writes Mother Mrs. H. L. Mintz, of Shallotte has received a letter from her son, Sgt. Elwood Mintz, who ivas wounded in combat witti the Japanese some time ago. He writes that he hopes tha t the worst of his trouble from the wounds are over and that he will be allright now. He is in a hosiptal in New Guinea and it is understood that owing to the length of his overseas service he will be sent home as soon as he recovers sufficiently. He was one of the first to go overseas, having left the States three years ago this month. Officers Get Two Steam Outfits Moonshiner.s Have Bac Luck From Visits Ol Raiding Officers During First Week Of Year Rural Policeman O. W. Perr and A. T. U. officers have beei doing good work rounding U] moonshine st.lls since the firs of the year. Wednesday they cup tured a 100 gallon steam still out fit in the Northwest seciton. Jam es Porter and Daniel Bryant, botl colored, were captured with thi still. Given s. hearing before ? S. Commissioner Swails, they wer each held under bonds of $350.0 for their appearance at the Fed eral court in April of this yeai A. T. U. Agents Gray and Win slow were with Perry in th above raid. In addition to th still and the two men, they too: 13 barrels of sugar and molasse mash. This was destroyed alonj with the still. Sunday the same officers wen on another raid and captured 150 gallon steam outfit in th same section of the county. N operators were present but in ad dition to destroying the still th officers took 21 barrels and on vat containing 500 go dons y mash. ,;w~ Mercer Thought Of His Comrade* Fatally Wounded Younj Bolivia Man Thought O Comrades Instead Of Hi Own Pain Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Mercer c Bolivia have received a person* letter from (Captain Allen P. Peir enger, giving full details of th wounding and subsequent deat of their son, Pfc. Carson Merce: In the fighting in France o November l!)th young Mercer wa fatally wounded, dying the sam day. Captain Feinenger said tna although his wounds were ba< not once did he complain of th pain. "His greatest concern dui ing his last hours," said the Caf tain, "was for his comrades i arms. He wanted to know how i was with them and how they wer doing." The Captain said that th young Bolivia man was a fin soldier and was held in high rc (Continued on Page Four) " ^ W. B. KEZLAH This past week we had an ide of something that we though would make us a good story fo the paper. It was to find out wh among our farmer friends had go a start on their neighbors by be ing the first to plant their tobac co seed bees. Once it was learne who was who, we would write i story about them. We fell down completely wit] the plans. It did not take long t ascertain that if we were goin to write up one tobacco growei just because he had planted hi seed bed, we would have to writ up more than a hundred of therr We were too late in gettin, around to mention the first earl bid. They seem to have been plant ing sooner than usual this yeai Out of several dozen tobacc growers to whom we directed friendly inquiry about their see beds, fully half of them had a1 ready planted. Two had plaate as long as two weeks ago. Seven I POR' In A Good Co idnesday, January 10, 1 j Commissioned I s ^1 fc I LT. C ARL WARD, JR. I Carl S. Ward ' Gets Commission > Young Antioch Community y Man Has Made Fine Re n cord In Training Witl Pi Air Forces, Now A Lieut 1 j enant After spending several day " with his parents in the Antiocl k community, Lieutenant and Mrs s Carl S. Ward, Jr., left this pas ' week for Fort Worth, Texas e I u/hprA T,if?:itf?n?nt Ward will un ojdergo further training as a pilo -1 in the B-24 Liberator school. H ' | received his wings and commis l" sion as a Lieutenant at Lubboc e e Field, Texas, on the 23rd c It December. s This young officer, a graduat g of the Southport high school wit [the class of 1942, has a notabl t record of work done in trainin a I with the air corps. He is the so e I of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ward of th ojAntiOch community and entere I- service on the 6th of April, 194! ej Considered material for the ai e| forces,, he was sent to Kessle if j Field where he was classified a Ian aerial gunner. After his tw months basic training he did foil months work in the Mechanic' school at the same place. This re suited in his being given his aj t pcintment for padet training an ) I Huntington, W. Va. In Decembe; 11943 he was sent to San Antonii y I Texas, for reclassification. H j | was given his pre-flight trainin j being sent to Marshall College o (Contlnueu on page 4) 5 Dunbar Hewett ? Died Last Fridaj r. # n Resident Of Supply Com - Paccori tn _I At" a IllUUIiJ A uuuvu AAA v ? ? e thur Dosher Memoria it Hospital Where He Wa > Patient e > Funeral services were held Sur >- day afternoon at 3:30 for R. Dur n bar Hewett, well know citizen c it the Supply community. Mr. He e wett was seventy years of ag and his death occured Friday a e the J.. Arthur Dosher Memoris e hospital where he was a patien s- The burial was in the Oak Grov (Continued on page 2) 1VING Reporter a others had their packages c it I seed in their pockets, having jus r | purchased them. The number c o | folks seen Thursday, Friday an t' Saturday with their tobacco car i-1 vass, for covering the beds ra 1 into the hundreds, d> Hobson Kirby of the Shallott a; Trading Company, at Shallottf | said Saturday night that the pui h: chases of the tobacco cloth, o o! canvass, was heavy last week, a g the moment J. W. McLamb, o r, the lower part of the county, wa s just purchasing enough canvas e to cover beds calculated to prod i. uce plants for 22 acres. All da g long other growers could be see y getting cloth in quantities deper dent on how many acres of tc bacco they planned to plant. r. o Lucian Fullford, who fishes or a from Holden's Beach, was r< d marking Saturday that he wer 1-1 out one day the past week t d j look for shrimp. He made a coupl il J (continued on page two) '-vv r pii mmunity 1945 Lingle Heads Appeal I Drive Will Be January 1 To 31st And Will Ei With President's Birt day ALL PARTS OF COUNT" REPRESENTED IN DRIV j All Schools In County A I Cooperating In Drive T< Raise Money For Treatment W. R. Lingle, principal of t Southport School, has been s : 'pointed Campaign Director I j the Brunswick County anm II fund a ppeal and March of Di I j es to be conducted January 14? in celebration of the Presiden birthday. The campaign is natic wide and is being conducted the National Foundation for 1 fantile Paralysis. Mr. Lingle has chosen a ct | able group to help him with t campaign in Brunswick Cour as he hopes for the full coopi f ation of the citizens in this cot - ty. 1 The personel of the cour . drive, as announced by Mr. Ling is as follows: County Co-Ordinator, W. g Lingle; Publicity Chairmen, M [j James Harper; Treasurer, Prir j O'Brien. t Southport?Mrs. James Previ , te. Mrs. S. B. Frink; Dosher J h j morial Hospital, Mrs. L. C. F ( [gus, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbe e I Theatre, Price Furpless, Brerr jFurpless; Colored, Alvin Cavine Bolivia ? Prof. Glenn Tuck I Mrs. J. D. Johnson, Mrs. C * Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Fos Mintz. e Shallotte?Mrs. Henry Sto h Guy McKeithan, Miss Elizabi e! Murray, Mrs. Lewelyn Hewe g | Mrs. Lay ton Bennett, and M nj Mildred Andrews. e (Continued on Page Four) < Filing Deadline I Approaches Fa.< X * -v s January 15, is Deadline F Filing Declarations < Estimated Tax d r> C. H. Robertson, Collector 3> Internal Revenue, reminded tf e payers in this district today tl & | January 15 is the deadline it filing original or amended 1! Declarations of Estimated 1 and for paying installments previously-filled declarations 1944. Nearly all farmers are requ ' I ed to file original 1944 decla; tions by January 15. Most otl taxpayers who were required file 1944 declarations did so li " April, but those who under-es ' mated their tax by more than s per cent should file amenc declarations to avoid the pena for substantial under-estimat i- January 15, likewise, is the li i- day for paying all installmei if due on 1944 declarations. !* I Mr. Robertson also called e J tention to the new provision it I law which permits a taxpayer il I file his annual income tax reti 1.j for 1944 and pay the tax due e the return by January 15, inute of filing or paying "estimal - tax" otherwise due at that tir " I (Continued on Page 3) Word From Lorn Silent Husban Husband In Secret Servi In War Theatres Ai Wife Was On The An ious Seat For Five Mo ths Cpl. Tom P. Whitmore of Sh lotte, has been in the secret s if vice somewhere in France. I it the past five months Mrs. Wh if mire had not heard a word fri d him and had no means of kno i- ing whether he was living or de n Not even the Red Cross g< prodding around to find 1 e whereabouts of anyone in w 5, time secret service. To do - might expose to death the pers r sought. ,tj Just recently Cpl. Whitmire 1 if been relieved of the secret se; s J ice work. Now with the Miltie s | Police, he wrote Mrs. Whitm I-! a few days ago the first word s y had heard from him in five monl n Among the things mentioned i- his letter was that he had ji ?. met his brother, Delber Whitmi who is also in France. The t men had not seen each other it three years. They are natives - West Virginia. it Cpl. Whitmire has been in s o vice four and a half years, I [e last year being overseas . Thi (Continued on Page 3) LOT | $1.50 PER YEAfc r'UBLiS i Brunswick 'or Polio Funds ?r ? . ? ?d, In English Waters h- " rC fni he t's I in- I tniP" ity HHHIHHIHMHHR&iuflHHHBBIHHIHHH inPALMER BELLAMY, S. C. 2-c, ,ty son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bella ie> my, of Supply. Is now somewhere in English waters, according to r. a message received by his parrs, ents last week. He has been service ing in the Navy a little over a j year. ? Tax Collector 31 Start Rounds er, arljWith Ona Per Cent Penalty ter' To 3e Added To Taxes On February 1st, CollecIle tor Making It Convenienl ^ For Tax Payers rf' l With a one per cent penaltj being added to unpaid taxes or February 1st, Tax Collector Wil liam Jorgensen will begin his ta> collection rounds on Monday, Jan i 23rd. These rounds are made ai a convience to the taxpayers whc jl- I wish to save the penalty ant " who find it inconvenient to com< to the tax collector's office. or Taxpayers wishing to pay thii month and save the penalty shoulc see the collector at the appoint ment nearest their homes, or paj 0f at the office in Southport befon lx. the first of February. State law; lat make it manadatory for th< for penalty to be imposed on unpaic (44 taxes, as of February 1st. , , The schedule calls for the col lector to be absent from his of on fice most of court week, but this for should not keep any taxpayei from going there and paying tax< lir- es. The office will be looked aftei ra- by Miss Louise Reese and Miss ler Wilma Barnett during the ab to sence of Mr. Jorgensen. Both ol ist these ladies are fully capable oi iti- handling any tax matters. 20 ity services ror es. 2 Mrs. Livingston at~ Mrs. Hubert Livingston Buried Thursday; Services t0 Conducted By Rev. Neilirn or. son iQfj Funeral services were held al pd the Baptist church on Thursdaj ne' afternoon for Mrs. Hubert Livingston who died on Tuesday of last week. Rev. J. A. Neilson, of th? - Mills Home, Baptist Orphanage ir | Thomasville, conducted the servdice. He was assisted by Rev. A L. Brown, pastor of the church. Pallbearers were W. A. Johnson Homer McKeithan, William Walkce er, Cpl. Edward Taylor, E. J id Prevatte, and Claude McCall. In x- terment was in Cemetery. Captain Stanland ? Will Buy Shrimp jm Shallotte Man Now Fishing w- In Florida And Plans Tc ad. Enter The Buying Markei )es At Southport And Rock:hc ville mr so Herman Stanland of Shallott< ion left Monday for St. Augustine Fla. He expects to spend th< las j next two or three months dowi rv-1 there, shrimping with the Joai iry J C., a 48 foot diesel powered traw i re ller, which he purchased las ihe j week. ths His big boat, the "Grandma.1 in is being left at Shallotte until hi rst J returns. In addition to he Joai re, C., Captain Stanaland says he ex wo [ pects to buy and bring home stil in another big shrimper when hi of j returns from Florida. With thre [ big boats of his own as a founds er- tion for a fleet he plans to bu; ;he j and ship shrimp from both South reejport and Rockville, S. C., begin ning this summer or fall. Most of The News. All The Time J H?D EVERY WEDNESDAY Sixteen Cases Heard By Judge Monday Morning Over A Dozen Defendant# I, Tried In Recorder'# Court Monday | TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS a THE MAIN OFFENSES Several Defendant# Draw jj Stiff Fines For Drunken Driving And Oth jr Offense# Many defendants, some with two cases waiting against them, were tried by Judge John B. I Ward of the Recorder's Court here Monday. The judge, after hearing the charges, passed judgment in the order listed below: D. M. Baldwin, failure to stop : at stop sign, capaias and continued. j j J. W. Jackson, failing to stop ,' at stop sign, capaias and continu| ed. Lester Long, speeding, judgment suspended on paynent of 1 115.00 fine and costs. * Bennie Price, recklesi opera! tion and damage to property, fT 1 prayer for judgment continued. Bennie Price, drunken driving, ' judgment suspended on payment fjfl 1 of fine of $50.00 and costs. License j revoked for one year. Sam Watts, r.. Dublic drunke ness, continued to Januf.ry 14. Calvin Holden, operating car without license, judgment suspend ed on payment of costs. 1 R. S. Green, reckless operation and speeding, judgment suspend ed on payment of fine of $50.00 , and costs. R. S. Green, carrying concealed ?ii t weapon, not guilty. Calvin Holden, no operators license, prayer for judgment con' tinued. jjLI 1 Junnie Swain, drunker driving, judgment suspended on payment c of fine of $50.00 and cos a. license ' revoked one year. 3 Homer Leatherneer, possession j and transporting, judgment sus'! pended on payment of fine of m ' i $25.00 and costs. M I Homer Leatherneer, aiding and " 3; abeting in drunken driv ng, judg- ;_B j ment suspended on payment of (JH fine of $25.00 and costs. [l L. B. Pollock, reckkss opera- -idl :: tion and drunken driving, nol pros ' i with leave. John Henry Lewis, speeding, judgment suspended on payment <1 of a fine of $20.00 and costs. M Eddie Williams, speeding, judgment suspended on payment of a line of $15.00 and costs. Final Date Fur | Tobacco Acreage | February First I> Final I Date For New Grower till Tobacco Allotment For ' This Year, Says AAA .j i All eligible producer: who are in interested in applyin for a new ' grower flue-cured or burley to- ?u| bacco allotment for 1145 should | ' file their request at the Bruns- Kj] wick County AAA offi:e prior to, Ml February 1, 1945, according to J C. O. Bennett, Chairman, Bruns- ?\jH| ' wick County AAA Committee. 1 , Mr. Bennett pointed out that I " the announcement by the War ifjB [ Food Administration that market- iJn ! j ing quotas will apply on these 1 two types of tobacco fc r the n>ar- j ' j keting year 1945-'46 specified 1 (Continued on page 2) : [ Ration Pointers | 1 PROCESSED FOODS Blue X-5, Y-5, A-2, B-2, C2, D-2, E-2, F-2 and G-2 I (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each. MEATS AND FATS ; Red Q-5, R-5, S-5, T-5, U-5, ? W-5 and X-5 (Bool- 4) now t valid at 10 points each for use with tokens. SUGAR ri Sugar stamp No. 34 valid |J, ; now for five pound:. *. SHOES ; Airplane stamps No. 1, No. i 2, and No. 3 now calid. ' ! FUEL Oil, Period 4 and > coupons t from last season e nd Period < || 1, 2, and 3 coupon) for cur- ,*J " . rent season now valid at 1Q ; gallons each in North Caroi lina. < GASOLINIC ' 1 A-14 coupons val d through Vj 8 March 21. Rationing rules now e require that each car owner igB write hies 1945 license nun* f ber and state on each coupon ' in his possession as soon as It .1 . J is issued him by h s local j tioning board. j