I jhe Pilot Covers ^ jrunswick County f.NO. FIFTEEN NOT4! CWard Now jo State Prison On Old Charge Hjrged With Criminal AsIn This County l'pon Young Wilmington Woman Hr OF DEFENDANTS K INSURANCE FRAUD Under Suspended Sen^Hnce f'rayer For judgment Was Asked following Conviction I Of Drunken Driv- , I ing j ^ i C. Ward, Wilmington white < ^H, g former resident of Tabor t HE. : : Columbus county, was ? Hi to State Prison in Ha- j H |gst week, tie is now serv- < H g sentence imposed on him J ie Columbus Superior court , last year. His offense at!' time was a conspiracy with 1 Flowers Ward to defraud j < Htr;:. e compan.es through the'1 vr.mg of Willie Flowers!, K c. Ward is understood to{ I K teen given a suspended ofj c tor his part in the j ( county trouble. Sent- ' ? i 1 I t I his case was suspenucna ? was placed on parole to ood behavior. i :ly he was arrested in 1 u>r. and convicted of driv- \ car while drunk. It ap- 1 1: t at the time of the, i r: for this offense his j I n in Columbus and the; j ; he was on parole was 1 vn to the New Hanover He was given his lib-j * ieek Ward was charged ' rinal assault on a young t on married woman. The j1 was committed in this 11 nd he was promptly ar-1 itnd held for Superior h hout bond. He had hard-1 tiged in jail at Wilming- jJ -e he was ordered for i < ig. before the matter of 1 uig parole was brought J n authorities promptly ' wn frcm Raleigh and i ' m off to begin serving nded sentence. ie in the county, charg,ith criminal assault upoung Wilmington worn- , probably not be heard mishes serving his 5 or ntence IlBrie/JVeuis Flashes < lUHES SIXTH GRADE libs Mary Bi.ssells was elected I leach the sixth grade in the ( I--; school following the re- j' F-- n of Mrs. Charlotte Bow-1J R Mrs. Bussells assumed heri or. Monday. |' pHUK SUPPER J I- Presbyterian Auxiliary will i p a benefit supper on Friday . fct from 6 until 8 o'clock at 1 f Community club, formerly ft' 8. O. Baked ham will be j i Woodrow Formy Duval, 1 P was recently wounded in ac-11 F in France, has been return- j h" the United States and it isr fetstrod he will shortly be,' N to come home. He is a son Pb and Mrs. Coy Formy Du-|! t w Freeland. His wife is the1 : Miss Eunice Holden, of j j ^'tte. They have a young j L which the father has not!' ' seen. j 'tXsWICK BOYS ENLIST ;,v? IT-year-old Brunswick), toys enlisted in the Navy the pest week. They were tr?e Francis Ganey, Jr., of Le'* a"id Wxidus Gayde Evans Wpply. j? EARLY I ^listing in the Navy right r h graduated from the Boli' rjSn school and when he was sixteen years old, Grover t!' p ::"c' son of Mr. and j Cox of Bolivia, is now ( ^ t''r ship m New Guinea. ] graduated from school in 1943 J U ,J" 'he past 8 months has s serving overseas. i rpHlUl'il\t_s 1 "J*3' Parker, Jr., of Shalloti'ow serving with the Coast >d,,'n ,ttlc Ph'i'PPine islands, 1 ftr?! ^ word received by his i ^ last. week. This is a case i . ''h f i'hcr and son are in 1 febt P'1r' father is a Ma^ in the Coast Guard J 1 TH > Kit Bags Are E And Sent T One Hundred Forty Four Navy Kit Bags Completed And Now On Way To Servicemen RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS ACTIVE ON PROJECT New Quota Of Same Size Just Received, For The Army This Time Kit bags made by volunteers in South port soon will be on their vay overseas with servicemen eaving ports of embarkation, Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor, Production Chairman of the Brunswick Coun:y Red Cross Chapter said today, ["he first quota of 144 Navy bags las been completed and a quota >f 144 Army ones has just been eceived. "Eight cartons of the kit bags ire now ready to be sent off. rhe one hundred and forty four lags have been completed by >ur workers during the last two nonths," said Mrs. Taylor. "Our volunteers are responding well. Mrs. G. D. Robinson and Mrs. 3rady Lewis have been very ac'ivo In fiitHmr out the Haovc anH .?tv ill VMbklll^ VUV W11W iistributing them. We are now imbarking on the new quota vhich we hope will be finished in i short while." The last quota was filled one light recently by a group of foung ladies. Those who helped vith the filling are Mrs. George .Vhatley, Mrs. Irene Nichols, Miss Susie Sellers, Miss Louise Rees, Miss Josephine Smith, Miss Mar-i iorie Potter, Mrs. Wanda Golden, | Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Taylor.] Standard contents of the bags ire cigarettes, shoe cloths, staaonery, razor blades, pocket looks of fiction, pencils, soap joxes, shoe laces, "House Wife" ;sewing kit), hard candy, and a iirst aid book. Those who made the kit bags us workers. In last week's paper he name of Miss Edna Dozier vas inadvertently ommitted. She vorked in Southport and raised l good portion of the $196.00 reported by Mrs. E. J. Prevatte. (Continued on Page 2) IV. B. KEZLAH Or-e of the best post-duck huntng season stories that has come >ur way was told last week by sjeil Thomas of the Clarendon Plantation. On the last day of ;he duck hunting season Mr. Thomas got a shot into a flock >f black ducks and brought down sight of the birds and two crows. The crows had been feeding with lie ducks and took wing with hem. In the vicinity of the Plantation, which was purchased yy Mr. Thomas last summer, the luck hunting is said to be about he best of any point on the 3runswick coast. At one time we thought that W. T. Fullwood of Southport had the smallest grocery store in Brunswick. A few years ago he had |ust room enough to walk between lis shelves and the room wasn't ong enough to turn around in. He carried a very large stock for he space he had. He has more space now and the distinction 'of laving the smallest store at the / I POR] n A Good Coi 'ednesday, February 1 Local Couple | Charged With I Poisoning Dogs Mr, and Mrs. Wiley Wells Charged With Putting Out Poison That Resulted In Death Of Three Valuable Dogs TRIAL NEXT MONDAY IN RECORDERS COURT Three Fine Dogs Fell Victims To Poison Here Saturday Night Three fine dogs, a Doberman |pinHcher, "Mike," belonging to Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Fergus, a fine setter, "Pat," the property of Skippy Stiller, and a German police dog owned by W. B. Wade, were found dead on the streets of Southport Sunday morning. It was evident that they were the victims of poisoning, along with several cats which were also found. One or two of the dead animals were found in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Wells. Investigation revealed that Mr. Wells had purchased strychnine from a local drug store. Questioned about the matter, Mrs. Wells is said to have claimed that she put out three pieces of poisoned meat and that she watched cats eat it all. It is understood that Mr. and Mrs. Wells both claimed that they could not have poi soned the dogs, that the cats ate all the poison they put ou. Warrants were issued and served on both Mr. and Mrs. Wells. They are scheduled to be tried by judge Ward in Recorder's Court here Monday, Feb. 21. From time to time Southport dog owners have been the victims of some one who poisoned their pets and hunting dogs. This ,is the first instance, however, when enough evidence has been found to justify arrest and prosecution. Dog owners are very indignant about the matter and the trial is expected to be one of considerable interest. Minor Cases Are Handled Monday Fir First Time In Many Weeks $10.00 And Costs j Was Maximum Punishment For Offenders In | Court Here I | In reporting last week's court proceedings a warrant issued two 'years ago and served by Deputy Sheriff H. L. Willetts was inadverently picked up. This resulted [in deputy Willetts being credited I with the arrest of Charley HatI t.*m lacst wppk. Tho arrest of Hattem, on a capias last week, was made by State Highway Patrolman R. E. Sherrill and Rural I Policeman O. W. Perry. He is scheduled to be tried next Monday. This week's session of court was taken up with minor matters in which small fines were imposed. The Minutes show the following cases handled: Franklyn A. Kallpelz, passing school bus, not guilty. (Continued on Page 4) WING Reporter .present time probably goes to [ 3ome one else. So far as we know, T. D. Long, of Shallotte, is an outstanding claimant for the distinction. His store is so small that we had not seen it until last week, and then it was by accident. Mr. Long uses ,the office used by Dr. M. M. Rosenbaum before he entered service. Too small to hold all the ' groceries and a stove to boot, Mr. Long warms up on cold days by getting outside in the sunshine, when he is not waiting on customers. It was while he was thus outside, sunning himself, that we passed along and located the store by it being in the background. Leland folks appear to getting to like their paper a great deal better. At any rate they have been raising the Old Harry when it did not arrive on time. -Duiing the past two weeks about a dozen subscribers living up that way i Continued on page two r piL mmunity 4th, 1945 Historic PI River Ro Now At j ORTON A :%y . ; : \ - ' \ nr [ SMMtfS)* * K IBUb Beautiful and historic i attractive places along the R attract annual visitors. Cam bloom and the azalea season County Farme I Many Da . ? i Wants A Horse So He Can Ride The gas shortage had nothing to do with a decision that Mr. Bill Bowling, 80-year old citizen of Bolivia, made | last week. He just got to | feeling lost without a saddle under him, and what good was j a saddle without a horse? ( He decided to buy both saddle and horse and get more exercise than he now gets from farming, hauling lumber and kindred chores. Accordingly, the 80-year young fellow was looking for '? and a irood one at i ' ? that. Buying a plug never entered his mind. The last that the representative of this paper heard of the matter was that the Bolivia horse i and mule dealers were promising Mr. Bowling that they'd get him just the sort j of a horse he wanted. | Warns Against ' Pleasure Driving Office Of Defense Transportation Finds That Many Truck Owners Make Unauthorized Use Of Gasoline The Office of Defense Transportation has made a very care-| ful survey regarding the critical shortage of trucks and gasoline i C. O. Bennett, Chairman of the! Brunswick County AAA Commit-' tee, announced here today. This survey revealed that "unless all unnecessary travel trucks is eliminated there will'not bei sufficient gasoline to take care of! the critical needs," he declared. Mr. Bennett pointed out that, i "in many instances, gasoline has' been issued for farm trucks, bas-j ed on the fact that the applicants! received consideration for such| allocations of gasoline by indicating that they were taking care of the essential hauling in the community, or of the transportation of certain farmers. Investiga-| tions revealed that at least a half dozen truck owners had been issued gasoline for the same purpose and in many instances, farmors were taking care of their own | transportation." The AAA leader cited cases where gasoline had been issued to applicants for pick-up trucks to 'carry on fanning operations and Continued on page four j ,0T [ $1.50~FER^EA* PUBLISH lantations, ad s Scenic tract Sprir MANSION |1 g??3BB3' ~ ] i ^ J^j' < IE' i kj^JHpyg [rv 1 i I Orton Mansion, one of the < iver Roai' now beginning to 1 ellias at Orton are now in will begin in a few weeks. ] < rs Buying i y Old Chicks j 1,200 Day Old Chicks Arriving At Dodson Poultry Yard this Week To j Maintain Flock; Non- | Layers Culled I OTHER POULTRYMEN I ALSO GETTING CHICKS i !' Good Brooder Houses Make 1 It Possible To Have Pul- 1 lets That Will Be Lay- 1 ers For Next Winter j With their hens now laying 75 dozen eggs daily, Mrs. J. E. Dod- j son, of Ash, and her son, Phillip , Dodson, who are in partnership | j in the poultry business, culled 150 i hens from their flock last week. 1 This was done without lowering ' the daily egg production. 1 With feed as high as it now is 1 it is unprofitable for any poultry ] raiser to keeD and feed non-lay-|i era. The Dodsons keep a close!, watch on their large flock and ' know approximately which hens < lay and which are free boarders.! i The boarders do not remain long! after it is discovered that they do! not pay beard. The Dodsons are due to receive; 1,200 day-old baby chicks today, Wednesday. These chicks have a guarantee that not over 5% will be males. Weeding out the males and also a few pullets that; will not be showing promise of becoming layers, in the late summer, these poultry raisers expect to have around 1,000 laying hens next winter from today's arrival of baby chicks. Instead of oil stove or furnance to provide heat their 1,200 chick capacity brooder house, the Dodsons have installed a hot water (Continued on Page Four) Clarence Cumbee Funeral Yesterday Fifty-Five Year Old Resident Of Supply Community Buried In Cemetery At Oak Grove Tuesday Afternoon Clarence J. Cumbee, 55-year old resident of Brunswick county, died at his home near Supply Monday morning. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at two o'clock at the graveside in the cemetery at Oak Grove church, near Suppry, with the Rev. Tom Johnson officiating. Mr. Cumbee is survived by his wife, Mrs. Retha Cumbee; six daughters, Mrs. Ruby Clemmonn and Mrs. Ida Reach, of Supply, i Miss Annie Hare of Linden, Miss-1 (Continued on Page Four) 1 Most of The News All The Time ED EVERY WEDNESDAY Add To ; Beaufyjj ig Visitors Camellias At Orton Now Presenting Many Beautiful Blossoms That Are Attracting First of Spring Visitors OTHER PLANTATIONS ALSO ADD MUCH TO RIVER ROADS CHARMS Pleasant Oaks Plantation Of F. B. Adams Of New York, A No. 1 Brunswick Farm, Clarendon Also Attractive u Orton Plantation Gardens drew many visitors Sunday and week ,1 lays are also bringing an in- Ut ^reusing number of people who ire attracted by the unusual reauty of the camellias now Dlooming. Cold weather during :he past two months held back Jj :he buds and resulted in thousands of the beautiful flowers, low fully open and without spot ^ )r blemish. The height of the camellia I Dlooming will not be reached un- if til late in March. Thousands of t| rushes are now in full bloom jj towever and the great variety of plants insures a continuance of tew blooms until the peak is reached. The azaleas will start their ' Dlooming late in March. Early /Vpril, if nothing happens to pre- p { rent, will see the Gardens pre ienling its spectacle of Riotous m Manager Jim Ferger of th? Plantation and Gardens stated jl Monday that- the shipment of camellias, azaleas and other 11 plants from the nursery is unusually heavy this year, despite var conditions. Orders have been jl toming in from practically all 1 states in the Union. It is not unusual for orders for plants to be jf received from foreign countries. tB The rest of this month and H March and April should see ||| thousands of visitors, despite |H travel restrictions, visiting beautiful Orton. The River Road, ij which passes through Orton, is J uften said to be the most beautl- ,1 tul naturally scenic road in East- ] urn North Carolina.. In addition j! to Orton the River Road passes d rear or through two other beau- (' tiful plantations that have charms