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iPilot Covers wick County FIFTEEN NO" y Brought j< Small Cases e Recorder jur Defendants In1 ck County Recorurt Here Monday ^ NES GIVEN i ... MOST OF CASES W. Defendant Was Chargj With Stealing Two Lady Hurrying t0 D octor Got Off Lightly -j.jnty four case were waiting ne , .. ) , !: Judge John B. Ward ?e ' ! the Recorders court here v v mi ming. Most of these tel L were the outgrowth of tri- P? y offenses. The courts minute . j. shows the following cases inl athe disposition made of them. ?? ' H. Hewett, possession, ln| ''v and costs, fine remitted. J0, jar! Rhodes, E. R. Long and] 1 ,yl Carlisle, larceny, jury askI for ard case automatically -t to superior court. Each de-j was placed under a $200.- an " j Iex Bclvin, violating stop! ^ r law. $10.00 and costs. ,f V r Davis, destroying person- ( ' ";:.:\rty, nol pressed. j v Snith and Arthur Smith, - a nol pressed with : un j. H. Bellamy, drunk and ws s :v continued to March da r- mi y,.i Harrison, no chaffeurs fis judgment suspended on w; par.t of costs. I" h: v Elbert Pruiett, possession,; t:_.. : o March 19th. ^ - M. Wallace, speeding, I] |r?: and costs. j It Var.ett Formy Duval, no oper- / w. one half the costs. \ Sc Parmley, no operators judgment suspended on q f.i i Cm.T.bus Jones, no drivers liemo-ictratinn rnrfl illdff- . ? TH 49 Jouthport's F Tells Tales aptain John Erickson Ha Fished Area West O Shoals \YS FLYING FISH \RE PLENTIFUL THERI xpresses Confidence Tha Famed Fish Are Abundant Here Sport fishing is out of his lin his whole life has been devot to commercial fishing bu vertheless Captain John Erik n. Mayor of Southport, is great interested in the rekindled in rest in snort fishine- off Smith E suspended on payment of ^ ts. I iani Joyner, non support, yo B.-u to pay $15.00 per month) mi support of two children. w? Err.est Olive, no operators jPc B judgment suspended on. di> of costs. IU1 T. Peckett, no brakes tie B iler judgment suspended on ed B jf costs. fri Ba'iihe Bartley, no chaffeurs t0 B-- judgment suspended on E it costs. CO :ie and Buddie Sayarl operators license, $50.00 B in each case. Be P.. Coleman, larceny, nol B This was a case involving L B theft of two cats). " B > T M. Widenhouse, speedB one half the costs. (Contrary B the usual practice of assessing B vy fine on defendants cons' of speeding, the above 1W B"y was let off lightly when it Bt show n that she was hurrying i B ry to a doctor). I Err.est Babson, trepass, nol B*?'l with leave. B ;r,i'Y Bryant, affray. $50.00 loi costs, one half of fine ' hi B filha:Dalton Wood, Affray, !w< B" and costs. i th ; Tobias Simmons, trespassing,' ru B ;ury trial and defend-:hi B ind over to superior court, lai B'' ~ Brown, assault with deadly Bapon, judgment suspended on da B".of $?3.00 fine and costs, or I Brief News ? I Flashes fcotxs TO SAX DIEGO Ja B tin Clarence Lennon hasi B""'- to San Diego, Calif., fol-: - . days furlough with ! L Vs ootht r, Mrs. Lucy J. Lennon, I B * Entering the service j 11 sum:aer he was selected for - was recently pror'--'1 to ids present rating. ^ ALE'S returns Mrs. Paul Fodale and K returned home from KUr:' 'there they spent the past Br with relatives. Mr. J v making prepara-1 i his seafood house j ierable repairs havejP* J" n ' -i the building and 0 i!'s absence. jE] ^ Kf-< tlVE ^ * Ruark, Executive j tv ',f :he Red Cross, wish- nt j,; 'Jiown that if anyone has fc. " led by solicitors they St Cj J ir Red Cross War cl ( ? 11 tion to her in South- ce will send a receipt j? I 6 contributor. rt. Before the war came along t terrupt. things it was hardl; ssible to go out without bring ? in fine results with the use o d and reel. This was despite th ct that the boats then engage* sport fishing always went t e same place: out over th oals to Prying Pan Lightshi; d back, day after day. The vas panse of deeper waters wit) eir coral bottoms to the wes the shoals were never explore* r the marlin and sailfish tha e said to abound there th lole year round. It was concerning this grea explored area that Captain Joh: is deeply interested in a fe\ ys ago. "I am no sport fisher in," he said, "but I have know* ih and fishing grounds since is a boy back there in Norwaj there is not wonderful marli d sa::l fishing in a great are* (Continues on page 4) iural Policeman iets Gas Thieves olumbus County Men Ant Brunswick Woman Arres ted For Raiding Grisset town Man's Pack House Roy Long and Earl Reynold! ung Columbus county whit en, arid Mabel Carlisle, of Ast :re arrested last week by Rura iliceman W. D. Evans. In ad tion to being charged with th eft of gasoline from other par is, they are specifically charg with having stolen 40 gallon om Meom Grissett, ofr Grisset wn, r.ear Shallotte. The gasoline taken from Mi issett was stored in his tobac pack house and the two me id woman were evidently awar its presence there. lusband Hurt On Iwo Islanc [rs. Jack Harbolt Receive Word Husband W a Wounded In First Hour Of Invasion Mrs. Jack D. Harbolt, of Sha' tte, has received word that he isband, Sgt. Jack D. Harbolt c e U S. M. C., was seriousl junded on Iwo Jima island o e first day of the invasion, Fet ary 19. He suffered the loss c s right leg two hours after h nded. Harbolt lay in a shell crater a y and was evacuated to Saipa i a hospital ship and later flei a Naval hospitl somewhere i e Pacific He is the son of M: id Mrs. G. E. Harbolt of Okie ima City and husband of th rmer Miss Cassie Andrews c lallotte. His wife and six month J son, Jimmie, have been livin ith her parents, Mr. and Mn M. Andrews since Sgt. Hai ilt left for overseas duty i inuary, 1944. He enlisted in th (continued on page two* lot. A. Bennett n::~_ A* CLn]|Attc UJ1C5 rtl uuauuiu ged And Widely Connec ted Farmer Died Satur day At Home In Shallott Township After Long 111 ness Rofiert A. Bennett, 70-year-ol lallotte farmer and well know tizen, died Saturday following ng illness. Surviving is his widow, Mr mma Bennett; three daughter; rs. J. D. Meares, Mrs. K. f tusey and Miss Veoa Benneti ro sons, R. Bl and Bryan Ber (tt, all of the Shallotte sectioi Funeral services were hel mday afternyon at three o ock frcm the home of the d( ased, with the Rev. Thorns >hnson in charge. Burial follov (Continued on Page 2) [E SL A Goo< TPAGES TODAY ishing Mayor Of Flying Fish S ' f Looked Like Man They Looked For i _____ Sam T. Bennett, Clerk of t Court, had an unusual experience last week while returning from the western part of Florida, where he was called el as a character witness In a .-1 case in court, t Stopping in Jacksonville, :- Fla., for what he thought ;- would be just a few minutes, i- he was seized by the FBI i- and held and questioned for two hours. The suspicions of o the FBI had become arounsed y because Sam looked like a man that they were looking f who had stolen $900.00. ? Chief Of Police S Arrests Foreigner 51 i Turk Or Arab Detained t And Found To Have No e Registration Papers; Is Turned Over To FBI I A foreigner, either a Turk or II Arab, was arrested here during v | the past week on suspicion. He , was peddling or posing as a !1 peddler and carried bedspreads, I sheets and tablecloths, for which ' he was taking orders on a down n payment proposition. a He had no selective service registration card or other papers. He identified himself as Moh^mand Krahalton and said he had a wife and child in Persia, j , In accordance with the law when a person had no draft registration card, Chief of Police Ot' to Hickman, who made the ar rest, carried him to Wilmington - and turned him over to the F. B. I. At last reports the man was still being detained by the Fed!, eral authorities, e ? I Brunswick Man ! Tried In Florida 8 Manslaughter Verdict Rendered Against Joseph High Of U. S. Navy As Outcome Of Wreck n Tried in Miami, Fla., last week on a charge of murder in connection with an automobile wreck, Joseph High, Brunswick county sailor whose home is near Calabash, was convicted of man1 slaughter and given' a suspended Sentence, pending an investigation iof his Navy record. i High was the driver of a car s which struck and killed a mar s in Florida last fall, s Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett was called to Miami as a character witness for High. The I- presiding Judge and Solicitor were ir both very considerate of the acif cused man. They gave assure that y in the event that the Navy ren cord was alright they would not I- impose or ask for a penal sentif ence. Instead they would be sate isfied to dispose of the case with a fine. * Public Using :: ' Leland Bridge e lf New Structure Across Sturs> geon Creek Completed And Thrown Open To f'J Traffic n The new concrete brdige across e Sturgeon Creek, near Leland, was completed several days ago and is now in use. The structure is 30 feet wide and 150 feet long and on the same ground level as the damaged bridge, which it replaces k Several months ago the old ' bridge was badly damaged wher a gasoline tanker and two cars were wrecked on it. As the dam - aged bridge was much too narrow e for the heavy traffic over it the !? decision was reached to build ar entirely new structure, instead oi attempting repairs, d The new bridge was built by J n 1S. Bowers and Company of Whitea ville and Raleigh. 3 GOES TO SCHOOL g( S. Sgt. Troy O'Bryan Evans, sor ) of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Evans oi tj Freeland and husband of the former Miss Letha Alline An "* 1- A .. ^ i (irews, IClt jqoi wccn akjl awci' c]! deen, Maryland, fora nine week! . I course. After completion of the ! course he will return to his form^ iS'er base at Fort Jackson, S. C , Mrs. Evans is living with her par ents in Shallotte. 4TE J News paper I Southport, N. G., VV< Officers Get Whiskey Stills In North West About Fifty Gallons Of Non-Tax Paid Whiskey And Three Stills Taken During Past Week TWO NEGROES HELD FOR FEDERAL COURT \ Seized Near Cache Of Whiskey Is Believed To Have Been Produced At One Of The Stills ~i Ru.al Policeman O. W. Perry and A. T. U. Agents Gray and Winslow have been continuing their activities against moonshine j stills and operators in North West! lownsmp, wnere me center 01 such activities appears to exist. Friday these officers raided two 100 gallon stills in North West. In addition to the whiskeymaking outfits they seized and destroyed 2,400 gallons of mash. Following the destruction of the stills and mash they encountered two negroes, Charley Neal and George Boyd, emerging from the woods with a quantity of non-taxpaid liquor. Arresting both men they backtracked them to a cache in the woods, a short distance from one of the stills. Here , they captured 45 half gallon fruit jars, all filled with whiskey. The two men were given a hearing before U. S. Commissioner Swais in Wilmington and bound over to the spring term of Federal court in Fayetteville. On Sunday jPoliceman Perry and W. P. Floyd J captured and destroyed a 50 gallon still and 100 gallons of mash, this raid also occuring in North West township. a !.i: U_ J association nau Meeting Sunday i Baptist Association Held Meeting At Chapel Hill Church On Sunday afternoon the Brunswick Baptist Association held a Sunday School meeting ata Chapel Hill Baptist church at Shallotte. The meeting was well attended and the purpose of the meeting was to get the Sunday School workers and pastors of the Association together to make plans for the future in celebration of Southern Baptists' Centennial Crusade climaxing one hundred years * of organized work in the South. The following program was pre. sented: Devotional?M. L. Mintz, Shallotte. Opening Remarks by Associat tional Superintendent ? S. I. Mintz, Southport. The Enlargement Campaign In j the Sunday School?James Hewett, Southport. . | The Importance of Visitation? l A. L. Brown, Southport. , Evangelism ? H. F. Brinson, Curry. Providing for Adults in the Sunday School ? E. J. Prevatte, Southport. Providing for Young People in the Sunday School?Susie Sellers. Open Discussion of Plans and j Problems?led by S. I. Mintz. i w. B. KEZ1AI1 I I A lot of Brunswick county farm( ; land has been prepared for the) . tobacco and corn crops. A good I deal of corn was planted last i week, especially along the river i and coast. Last year tobacco was . planted first owing to the conr tinued rains that caused a late s start in farm work, when it bei came dry enough to plow the to' bacco plants were of such size j that they had to be put out im-; mediately. Corn and all other crops had to wait last year until the oversize tobacco plants could be gotten into the fields. i Tobacco plants seem bidding to ; be ready for planting on time or j . earlier than usual. K. L. Causey,! ! who bought the W. C. Gore farm. . at Gause Landing, when Mr. Gore, 5;decided to buy and move nearer! J Shallotte, reported Saturday that; J his plants have eight leaves. Mr: J . | Causey plants ten acres in to.: bacco. Most of the lespedeza crop has i, - Hewett, Hubert Livingston, Wil lie Davis, W. F. Jones, Stac] Wade, Harry Robinson, John Cai son, Edwin Dosher, W. E. Bell Clyde Newton, W. P. Jorgensen Alfred Newton, George Fisher Continued on page two WING Reporter been sown. According to countj agent Dodson in this part of the state the best period for sowing is between February 15 anc March 15th. Planted later the March winds keep the top of the ground so dry that it is difficull to get a good stand. Oats or some other nurse crop should always be sown with lespedeza. This helps tc keep down weed growth and al the same time protects the tinj lespedeza plants when they firsl appear. For 25 years R. B. Hawes hai been a faithful and valued en* ployee of R. D. White, at Shal lotte. In the shop as a mechanie during Mr. White's big days as ? Ford Dealer, Mr. Hawes wai graduated to the job of gasolini distribution truck driver ten year; or more ago. Since then in gooc weather and bad he has appliec himself to supplying gas and oil! to the White customers. Early am later, before going on and afte: (Continued on page 2) i^'4 '" ' POR' n A Good Coi sdnesday, March 14tl This Is Your Red J. Fred Smith Services Today Prominent Southport Resident Died Yesterday After Long Period Of Failing Health Funeral services for J. Free Smith, 58, life-long resident ol Southport, are being held this afternoon at two o'clock from St Phillips Episcopal church. Rfv Cecil Alligood and Rev. A. L Brojvn are in charge of the ser vices. Burial is to follow in th( Northwood cemetery. Mr. SmPh ) Monday 'n lh< J. Arthur Dosher Memorial hos pital, where he had been a pati ent for several days. He had beer in declining health for severa years but was not considerec seriously ill until a few days pre ceding his death. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Lou Holliday Smith, who is county health nurse for Bruns wick; two sisters, Mrs. Bessii Stokely, of Wilmington and Mrs Ethel Fullwood of Southport; twe brothers, Afton W. Smith o: Southport and W. F. Smith oi Tampa, Fla. The active pallbearers are Masonic Lodge brethren of the de ceased. Honorary pallbearers ar< John D. Eriksen, James Carr, E M. McEe.chern, W. G. Butler Harry Aldridge, Joel Moore, Ec C. Newton, Capt. J. J. Pigott Sam, Junius, Charles, and R. J Holliday, Dr. L. C. Fergus, J. J Loughlin, G. D. Robinson, G. E Hubbard, Gus cNeil, Willie Johnson, Ralph Phelps, Hermar Phelns. Harris Cumbee. Johnnii r pil mmunity ~1945 A Call To America's Cross Faces The Grea In It's Long History ! ___ Whistling Buoy Makes Features The United Features Syndicate, which runs a half page of "Strange As It Seems" by Ernest Hix, has been featuring the South|H>rt Whistling Buoy which ran away and went to Ireland some years J | ago. A large picture entitled "The Cruise of The Lonesome Buoy," took up the main portion of the half page recently Data with the picture reads: On .November 14, 19-8, a Whistling Buoy off North Carolina s xVjing Pan Shoals broke loose and drifted across j the Atlantic?meaning all the J way. It washed up 111 Coun.1 ty Cork, Ireland, one year 'j later!" 1 ( ; Prominent Lady : Attempts Suicide; fISeriously Wounds Self With!1 f Rifle As Outcome Of! What Is Said To Have | Been Some Family Trou- ' ; ble j Carried to a Wilmington hos. pital Saturday after a .22 rifle ( I bullet had passed entirely through . her body, just an inch above' j her heart, Mrs. Lottie Potter, , highly esteemed resident of the . Maco section of Northwest town- j ship, is now understood to have , ' a tair chance of recovering. , s The shooting was investigated , by State Hignway Patrolman C. , ' j. Fergusion, who said the wound . was self inflicted, following some , family trouble. I . Mrs. Potter is well known , . throughout the county and has many friends who greatly deplore ] her rash act. , Spring Fiesta Started Tuesday i R. & S. Amusements Open 1 Spring Season With Week 1 Here Sponsored By Fire- J men i The Spring Fiesta held under 1 i the auspices of the local fire department opened Tuesday night ' following a post ponement from r Monday night because of a delay ;! in the arrival of the Diesel light ;! plants. It will continue every I night this week until Saturday at !' midnight. ! The net proceeds of the event, ; states Fire Chief Otto Hickman, will be devoted to the purchase of > a new Fire Pumper engine which > i is much needed here. The local det partment is co-operating in every r manner to make the event a suct cess. The R and S Amusements, here j on its annual visit to Southport, -; is presenting the various midway | . attractions which are popular; ; with all outdoor amusement pat-| i rons. Fresh out Of winter quarters j s at Leland, the various rides and J; ;1 concessions are drawing large and j ? I well satisfied crowds every night j 1! during the current engagement, lj Among the thrill rides are the 3 always popular Merry Go Round, i j the Dive Bomber, the Octopus, v, huge Ferris wheel, the Chair-o- j | (Continued on Page 2) ,0T [ ? $1.50 PER YEA* PUBUSi i Heart itest Task -^=E.= J} County Agent Is Stressing Need Corn Production Main Effort Should Be To Increase Yield Per Acre On Brunswick Farms, Says The County Agent BETTER FERTILIZATION BETTER CULTIVATION Doubts Average Of 20 Bushels Per Acre Which State Credits To Corn Growers Of Brunswick County Recognizing the impossibility 01 being able to buy corn and th< existing local shortage, the home crop not being sufficient to feet stock and for other needs, Count} Agent J. E. Dodson is now embarking on a campaign urging th< farmers to strive for increased production through better fertilization and cultivation of this crop. The State Statistician says that Brunswick County farmers produce an average of 20 bushels nf corn per acre. I doubt it. Wt nave many acres planted to corr that produced 10 bushels and less There is a lot more corn damaged during dry spells for the lack of something to eat than tc drink. Of course corn can be made to fire by improper cultivatlor methods. It costs just as mud to prepare the land, plant, anc cultivate a crop of corn that wili make 20 bushels per acre as il would an acre that would prodKnohola fiiinnnaincr an a<*.rf Utc "XV MUKMAVM*. WUJ'J/VM.I.Q .... ?-- would produce 20 bushels an acre under normal conditions and fertilization, and by adding $10.0( worth of commercial fertilizer the yield could be doubled which ii reasonable. The last 20 bushels ol corn would cost only 50 cents pel bushel which is mighty cheat corn. For every bushel of corn har vested you take from the soi about 1 1-5 pounds of nitrogen, 3 pound potash, and % pound phosphoric acid. If the soil does nol contain this plant food it must be added in the form of commercia fertilizer. Lets fertilize our corr crop well when planted using ? complete fertilizer and top dresf heavy when knee-high using nitrogen and potash for top dress ing. Mrs. Clemmons Dies On Thursday Former Resident Of Brunswick County Buried Al Prospect Church Satur day Afternoon Mrs. Alice R. Clemmons, i former resident of Brunswicl county, died at her home in Wil mington last Thursday. She wa 72-years of age and her death wa not unexpected. The remains were brought t Prospect church, near -Supplj and interred in the cemetery ther with Rev. J. O. Walton and Rev James Pate in charge of th services. Mrs. Clemmons is survived b; live uuugruers, Mrs. ?. m. (jaisor Miss Edie Clemmons, Miss Flor ence Clemmons, Mrs. Henriettt (Continued on page 2) ? s ^.vj Most of The News All The Time HED EVERY WEDNESDAY Possibilities Have Not Been Realized As Yet Head of State News Bureau Feels That This Section Is In For Post-War Improvement NEED FOR SUITABLE ACCOMODATIONS CITED- ' Has Many Inquiries From Out Of State Sportsmen But Can't Send Them Here Following up a telegram which the Pilot printed in last week's paper, Bill Sharpe, head of the State News Bureau in Raleigh, has written interested parties of the natural advantages of this section of the North Carolina coast for sport fishing and development of the tourist trade. "For several years wrote Mr. Sharpe," we have been faced with the fact that one of our best sport fishing communities is not equipped to take care of spotrsmen, due to poor accommodations. As a consequence it has been very difficult for us to send people down there, though hundreds have written us about their desire to fish Frying Pan Shoals, as well as other waters in that area. "It is my belief that (1) the ? sport fishing arouna oouuiyvi < is unexcelled in this area; and (2) that the army of salt water fishing is going to grow enormously in the next few years. However, your average sportsman from the ! North, travelling several hundred miles On a pleasure trip, usually 1 demands a good bed, good food ! and a good guide, and is willing to pay for them. More and more fishermen make pointed inquiries about such facilities and are disinclined to go to a place where they cannot be comfortable after the day's fishing is done. I "One thing more might be of interest. There is evidence that full possibilities of game fishing off this coast are not being real ized. This is largely because our ? boatfnen rardly ha;e tried in- novations. In the Southport area, ^ sport fishermen have ordionarily j been taken off shore by commers' cial men, most of whom have 1J neither the rigs nor the experlr | ence to do a deep sea job. "The section is one where, per; I haps, pioneering might bring substantial if not spectular results." I Fishing Season ; Closes April 6th j i 40-Day Closed Period On Fresh Water Fishing Begins On April 6 With > Two Day Recess At Eas! ter i Lovers of fresh water fishing i should get their fill of the sport I before April 6th, according to I county game warden H. T. Bow1 mer. The 40 day closed season to permit fish to spawn unmolested ! takes effect April 6th. s Easter Sunday and Monday snortsmen. however, may jour(gey > to their favorite fishing hole wityii out fear of breaking the law, un- v. i less it is for taking more than f (Continued on page 2) > ; | Ration Pointers | L PROCESSED FOODS BLUE STAMPS X-5, Y-5, Z-E A-2, B-2 . . . now valid . . . expire March t . 31. 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