The Pilot Covers Brunswick County volTno. sixteen no7i , Observe V-E Day Very Quietly In Brunswick County _ People Very Thankful But 1 In Rememberance Of The Boys In The Pacific , There Was No Big Celebration Made Of Day PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS SUN. DAY OF THANKS American People Urged To Assemble In Their Churches And Homes Sunday To Give Thanks To God For End V* ?? ?? Wh, the official announce , the end of the war came throuah yesterday morning at 9 there was a rush to close places of business for the (Kir Following less than ten mln-! utf, >: demonstration and noise . nost Southport people tut::e. to their churches for thar.k- - t vices. This time very few pc pie were inclined to make . vhoopund-hollcr event of the oicaston When the Pacific vb finished there will be time fo: a his out-and-out -?lebiation. F -,v:r s the scr at the churches yesterday, th. y might have been mistaken for any cut Sic lay With the exception cafe and the post office, huh of which had to remain ox: i business was carried on anywhere F:om the few residents of the . county who were in town yester, w is learned that the same quiet observance prevailed everywhere People were happy and thankful There was every evid-, en re that Brunswick folks were t look..".? forward to the day when c Japan, will be brought to the same r lire r.'.ioiial surrender that fell \ the lot of the German armed c It In announcing the uncondition- v sure .".Per of Germany, Prcsi- ( t Truman set next Sunday, s Mac 11. as a Day of Thanks, a 1 day when the American people v ssenible in their church- I I hemes and give thanks to 1 Gc'l that on< great step has been r ele toward ending the five 1 years of warfare. j t TV following (lay, Monaay, t May 11 mot chartccmopen- gr 1 V 11 mother great step can t ic by the American people. I For our men who have been11 fighting in the Pacific and those < who arc still to fight and die ) there we ran Ho nothinr less i than subscribe to the 7th War I ^sie in a manner that will 1 cc Japan of the power be- ' laid the forces that are fighting 1 t?m on land, sea and air. jj Clothing Drive Ends May 15th Schools Brought In Large Number Of Garments For Overseas Relief Mr- E H. Cranmer, county &rrir.an for the local clothing H fed reports today that the of the county have res"T'ied magnificently in this j worthy effort. Large boxes filled | *;th used clothing have been turned in to her and are now bepacked for shipment. The clothing has to be sent to fele^h and Lt. S. B. Frink is hi charg? of getting it there. A number of men have assisted Mrs.! Cranmer in packing the boxes, re drive, originally scheduled (Continued on Page 4) I Brief News Flashes ! ? J WFlCEs TO C LOSE AccoiYjjng to county Auditor ^ - St. (Jcorge all county offices J1"1'1 te i scd on Thursday (May , because of N. C. Memorial Day UIUM in \CTIO\ J Chief P?tty Officer Ashley I'cirr. who was stationed it Fort, f'aswel! for about a year,! " '* 'So. was killed in ac"v according to press) ^ba'che He was a native of| "f/" ' v in(:j a gpj, 0f thej S*v and Mrs Ruffy Toler. Dur-1 f? 1,11 'i.v here he served aboard! n.v ,reper and it is under- j f'1'" that he met his death1 "*"<1 this vessel. IN ITALY ,a~' -iat'.ie Johnson Robinson. lew r 0f Mr and Mrs D R :^""5r of Wmnabow, recently Italy v/here she will ? ts .-.ursc la the Army. THI > Text Of Truman WASHINGTON. Following is f\ ext of President Truman's prolamation on end of war in Euope: By The President of The Jnited' Slates of America. A pro:lamation. The Allied armies, m hrough sacrifice and devotion and! ^ vith God's help, have won from!"1 Jermany a final and uncondition- A il surrender. The Western World;ls t , . r .1-- ?.u te icis Dccn i recti 01 mc cvn tvivcoi vhich for five years and longer j lave imprisoned the dies and G woken the lives of millions upon I nillions of freeborn men. They1'' lave violuted their churches, des- E royed their homes, corrupted B heir children, and murdered their w oved ones. Our armies of libera L don have restored freedom to I hese suffering peoples, whose B spirit SX'I will the oppressors T xiuld never enslave. Much re-' mains to be done. The victory won i in the West must now be won in I the East. The whole woild must; be cleansed of the evil from I which half the world has been freed. United, the peace loving nations have demonstrated S that their arms are strong-' er by far than the might of Dicta-1 tors or the Tyranny of military j cliques that, once caned us soft' and weak. The power of our peoples to defend themselves against. all enemies will be proved in the e Facific as it has been proved in C Europe. For the triumph of spirit s and of arms which we have won, I c and for its promise to peoples t everywhere who join us in the1 n love of fieedom, it is fitting that, t we, as a nation, give thanks to \< Almighty God, who has strength- c ened us and given us the victoiy.! u Now, therefore, I, Harry S. Tu- f man, President of The United' n States Of America, do hereby a appoint Sunday, May 13, 1945, to a be a Day of Prayer. I call upon " the people of the United States, I v what ever their faith, to unite in! offering joyful thanks to God foric the victory we have won and to V pray that he will support us to t the end of our present struggle j t and guide us into the way of j c peace. I also call upon my coun- j I trymen to dedicate this day of i c prayer to the memory of those v who have given their lives to C make possible our victory. In wit- t ness whereof, I have hereunto set' v my hand and caused the seal of a the United States of America to be affixed. Done at the city of 1 Washington this eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord 1945, and of the independence of the United States of America the 169th. Southport Finals Start May 20th Principal W. R. Kinglc Of it Southport School An-ji - - * * I 4 nounccs A Brief Uutline : < Of Finals For Southport 1 School l( e The Southport High School fi-' nals will get underway on Sunday, 1 May 20, according to announce-1' ment made yesterday by W R. I! Lingle. principal of the school 1 The Sunday feature will be the ! Baccalaureate services in ' the (Continued on Page Four) j ISTfi A Good 4-PAGES TODAY55 Kf T^Si^V ^k%?, I I Wrjf XiT* ? * Proclamation 1 hutting Is Lagging Behind 0 The number of knitted garents turned in during March as so mall that the report was >t giver; to the paper, but, pril brought in even fewer. It hoped the knitters will do bet- l? r in May. jai For March, knitters were Mrs! h( . D. Robinson, Mrs. Luther Har- i son, Miss Annie M. Newton, Mrs. {c . M. McEachcrn, Mrs. uynuiw a ewis, Mrs. Lizzie Soullicrn, Mrs. , ary McKeithan, Mrs. Blanche arson, and Mrs. Edith Simmons., For Apiil they were Mrs. R. . Thompson and Mrs. C. Ed aylor. 01 Zity Election j* Quietest Ever jj' i? ieems Most Southport Folk -, Forgot All About City 0 Election Yesterday Be-! cause Of End Of War In i Europe j e a Competing with such a major I vent as V-E Day, the Southport1 c .'ity election was completelyj c mothered out yesterday. Almost J vcrybody forget about the elec- j a ion and a very few were re-11 rinded of it and went to cast iieir ballots. Justhow many votes t re re cast could not be ascertain- r d last night. Nobody cared any- c ay. There was no competition or any of the candidates no- g linated for aldermen and mayor t the convention of two weeks go. "So," said one citizen,! 1 what does it matter whether we1 ote or not?" Robert Thompson and Prince J'Brien were elected aldermen in j Vard I. In Ward 2, C. R. Livings- { on and Herbert Livingston are o look after the interests of the, itizens. In Ward 3, Dr. L. C. Fergus and M. R. Saunders were lected. Mayor John D. Eriksen vas relectcd for his sixth term. )f the six aldermen elected yeserday oly one, Robert Thompson, vas a re-electee. The other five ire all new men on the board, j Tennis Club !; Is Organizedj Robert Thompson Is Chair- ? man Of Newly Formed t Club; Construction Is: \ Planned M A Tennis club was organised ( >n Monday night by interested i :itizens who have as their first1? najor project the raising of funds I .0 construct at least one, and < jossibly two, concrete tennis] .ourts. Robert Thompson was' c ilected chairman on the club, 1 Mrs. Fred Willing will serve as I dce-chairman, Miss Wilma Bar- i iett as secretary, and Mrs. Dalas Pigott will be treasurer. ( Mrs. E. J. Prevatte has been ! Maced in charge of raising funds ! :cr the construction. Dick Brer.- i (Continued on Page i) H P0R1 In A Good Cor Wednesday, May 9, 19^ Welfare Officer Pay Stopped By Commissioners ! Summary Action Taken On Monday To End Dispute Between Welfare And Health Officers TWO MEMBERS VOTE SUPPORTING DOCTOR Outcome Of Difference Between Two County Workers Still Regarded As Very Uncertain Acting as the result of a dead- 1 lock that has existed for some ' time between Dr. L. C. Fergus, county health officer, and Mrs. Maude Phelps, county welfare , officer, the board of county commissioners passed a resolution 1 Monday stopping the salary of j Mrs. Phelps. It appears that the welfare J I worker and county doctor can-1 ! not work in harmony with each ' j other, this despite the fact that j j their jobs require close coopera- ! j tion. Recently the board of commissioners passed a resolution asking Mrs. Phelps to resign and j the board of welfare countered with a like resolution, asking Dr. Fergus to resign. The following is a verbatum copy of the resolu' tion passed by the board of county commissioners Monday: "Motion of J. N. Sowell, seconded by A. P. Russ, that the appropriate division of the Local Government Commission be advised and the County Auditor for Brunswick county be directed not j to include or incorporate in the ! 1945-46 budget any salary for ' Mrs. Maude Phelps, for the reason that in their opinion it is for ; the best interest of the Welfare . of the Health Department of . Brunswick county government." r J In voting on this motion A. P. ! Russ and J. N. Sowell voted "Yes" : O. P. Bellamy desired that his 3 vote be registered, "No." a I 'I Farmers Ordering Jolcy was engaged in uie u au ndustry in New Jersey He th< icquired the old home of his br Jier. the late Dr. W. R. Gole if Shallotle. With the home w; 18 acres of land right in the mil lie of Shallottc. It was from th lome and on this tract of lar hat they set out to do some pe sonal farming. They have another farm of a bo 50 acres just a few miles out i :own, but it is on the IS acres jhallotte that their time and j ler.tior. goes. There they have s* iral acres in oats, seme hi iTE News paper 1 Southport, N. C., 1 raffic Violations Featured Court ffenders For Traffic Violations The Most Numerous In Brunswick County Recorders Court The officers arc continuing t( ;ar down on violators of th< ltomobilc laws, of the 15 casei ;ard in Recorder's Court hen :onday, 10 were for traffic viola ons. In most such cases the of :nders get off with the costs o small fine and costs. The Min te Docket shows the followinj lses handled Monday: Edna Mae Waddell, no opera >rs license, judgment suspendo 11 payment of costs. George Odell Sertingne, impro cr brakes on truck and trailei 10.00 and costs, fine remitted. Jack Hardy, improper brake nd failure to stop at stop sigi xlgment suspended on paymen f a $10.00 fine and costs.' Oliver Evans, improper brake: xlgment suspended on paymen f costs. Willie Harvey. Bryant, no opt ators license, judgment suspenc d on payment of a fine of $5.0 nd costs. Frank Privett, assaulting off er while in discharge of his dut; ontinued to May 28th. Frank Privett, drunk drivin nd reckless operation, continue o May 28th. Oscar Johnson, reckless open ion, judgment suspended on pay nent of a fine of $25.00 an osts. Willie Washington, assault, nc ;uilty. (Continued on Page 4) W. B. KEZUH A day or two age some or .old us that we should go arour ind look at the 18 acre farm i Ur. and Mrs. George Goley, rigl n the town of Shallotte. We wei md the ?ght of the fine farrnir hat is being carried on by M md Mrs. Goley and their daugl er, Mrs. Grace Goley Thoma vhose husband is overseas, mac he trip worthwhile. Up until six years ago M ; Ground Limestone ? Orders For Over Six Hundred Tons Placed With AAA Office Prior To ti This Week, Want Thousand Tons Previous to Saturday Brunswick county members of the AAA hac s signed orders for a total of 61.' 1.1 tons of ground agricultural lime stone to be delivered on the farms ? ithis summer and fall. C. O. Ben3| j it nett, president of the organizer' tion, stated this week that il >-;was hoped to have orders for al I- least a thousand tons by the ent iO,of the month. This year the limestone will b< i-j delivered to the fields by the government. No transportatior I problems for the farmers will be g envolved. id) For sour and acid soils nothing [has been found that will approact i- ground limestone to produce bet f. j ter crops. id Farmers who are in need 01 the product and who wish to take >t advantage of the farm delivery should see the AAA office, sigi (Continued on Page Four) 1VING Reporter ie corn, a small pasture for twi id cows, hogs and a work mule, the; of have one of the best cared fo it gardens that can be found in th it1 county and in addition they hav ig a quarter of an acre in Irish pota r.! toes that would be hard to beat l- Not yet blooming, the potatoe s, are already as large as teacup le in many instances. The field pre sents a pretty appearance, r Probably the most outstandin; le of this'year's crops on the 1 in acres is three acres in tobaccc o- Planting early and securing a per y. feet stand the plants are no\ is'growing luxuriantly. This fielc tl-1 when we saw it Saturday, was b; is far the best of its kind that w id had seen anywhere in Brunswrici r-1 It has had plenty of cultivatior jin fact, everything about th at Goley's 18 acres receives the bes of of cultivation. in An interesting thing about th t- crops was told us by Mrs. Golej v- She said, -Aside frcir. having .ie (Continued on Page 2) r pili nmunity W ** St Surrenders For Germany ! ^ aB I men h follow ' ^ '' ' jH 1^ lf% above FUEHRER GRAND ADMIRAL jam^ KARL DONEITZ, who surrender- p0rt; ed unconditionally to the Western ^ C. Allies and Russia for the German iantp people. This act brought to a ]ant|; close the first phase of the war south for the Four Freedoms. Japan is iatt(j; next on the list. War Seemed Far Away to America A In September '39 sht Sh It was in Sept. 1039, that O' war news took over the front Ai pages of newspapers and first place in the worried thoughts of ^ the nation. whose On Sent. 1 of that year, how- s*10' ever, war seemed far, far away. I sonSc i This is what occupied Americans * jon that day. urdaj A lieutenant colonel named Jadvia i Lewis B. Hershey was finishing [ ^le ' a four-year chore?preparing a ofJ1' simple, peacetime selective ser- , 01 this , vice system which he was destin-j disch ed to head. jof th ' Army officials, complaining! pany that there was not a single fully-' a^? organized division in the United' g.', 1 States Army, urged passage of a' appC. | hill to raise Army peace-time witne strength to 280,000. j t There was a brief stir after ha? ? is th I Sen. D. Worth Clark (D.-Idahoj I j(| I returned from the Panama canal |some saying soldiers down there had Up t( to use obsolete guns and anti-air- hjs r .craft equipment of World War I. Americans whistled "Over the, ! Rainbow," strained the upper j ' register with "Sunrise Serenade,"! O, '! or bowled around the hall room 11*, 1 to "Beer Barrell Polka." j "Grapes of Wrath," a book j about the Okies that John Stein-1 beck wrote, was rousing Calif ornians' wrath. Gra "Inside Asia" was top non-fic- E i tion, even though what was going j) - on inside Europe was to affect A I the American way of life more m j immediately. * [ The New York Yankees were I Th :;coatsting to another American or|js^ i league pennant, and in the Na- . ijtional, the Cincinnati Reds and,nl? ' St. Louis Cards were battling for j Arth ' the dubious honor of having their j was i brains kicked out in the World, >"g j Series. Auxi Gen. George C. Marshall was'hud f chief of staff then, but Gen. j Th J Dwight D. Eisenhower was a alonS r lieutenant colonel back from an j used i assignment in the Philippines,1 steril I where he had learned to fly. j ware | Lt. Gen. Mark Clark was a Ih [major at Fort Lewis, Wash., and and j Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle of buyii j Tokyo bombing fame was a needi : major in the reserve corps. jthe I Gen. Douglas MacArthur was a | aPPi'' j retired chief of staff serving as. t-on [field marshal of the PhilippineIfood! I army. I P'tal | sterii Foreclosures jj( Are Ordered i Board Of Commissioners j Feel It Now Necessary Toj J y Institute And Carry Out ? r Final Action c 11 e | At their meeting on Monday. S . | the board of county commission- j Iers advocated that all delinquent [ Sa s ptaxes be cleared up, that execu-j>s^ s | tions be made against all land Won J Owners who are in arrears for 5jthur i years or more, and that their anc' 5 [-property be foreclosed upon and, the 8 sold if payments are not made! we'f ) j immediately. Ieach The board took the position thatlS21^ v if taxes are not paid during the j be J I, present prosperous times they hi tl jj never will be paid. In fairness to d0'nl e the people who do pay taxes and TI [, thus do their part toward carry- the i, ing on the county government, two a the commissioners feel that oth- ?ri-n it!ers who get equal benefits should that also be made to pay theirs. P'tal e Questioned regarding the order to v . of the commissioners, Tax Collect- may a or W. P. tforgenser. stated yeste'r- ^ ae Continued on page four w 3T [ 50 PER YEA> CUBL1SHE raight Goveri bout 7th Wa iVhich Starts v Registrants Si Selective Service it white and seven colored lave recently registered with >cal selective service board. _ names and addresses are as ' V ence David Gore, Holly _ ; Clifton Garland Gore, Le- j , . B. Carlyle, Ash; Francis i i Hollis, Leland; Harold j >Cox, Bolivia; James Ellis i .t, Suppy; George Francis I Jr., Leland. All of the! are white. le colored registrants are:!1' : Louis Clemmons, South-1 '8 Willie McMillan, Spring Hill, I 'H ; ohn Norwood Bellamy, Le-1c' Samuc Lee Robbins, Le- j James Oliver McNeil, A port;Henry Lee Patrick, Le-'th Hardy Bullard, r., Leland. 1ne ling Was Over IS Ten Cent Fare * I to lotte Man Recently Kild In Charleston Wasitf lot Without" Warning ; 4' ver A Thival Sum Paid r< s Bus Fare ? | st V. Gore, Shallottc citizen, T ! son, Alric A. Gore, was F and killed by a Negro pas- j r on his bus in Charleston,! bi three weeks ago, stated Sat-' P ' that he had not yet been P1 -d of any date being best for P rial of the alleged murderer s son. jng Gore was a veteran of fi war, receiving an honorable n rrge, he entered the employ tl e South Carolina Power com- J in Charleston several months! and was employed as a bus i b v for the company. j tl ice the report of the murder, ^ lieu in in is paper an eye- j ~ :ss who was a passenger on I" >us at tne time of the killihg-jV lescribed it in detail. His story '' at the Negro got on the bus, 11 a ten cent fare and traveled ~ two blocks. He then walked j11 J the operator and demanded i" noncy back, saying he want- 11 Continued on Page Four) t. >spital Supper ] Was A Success I b tifying Returns From!" fforts To Buy New Ster- s izer And Other Needed |j rticles For Dosher Melorial Hospital u e supper given at the Moth-! s church annex on Thursday 11 ; for the benefit of the J. r ur Dosher Memorial Hospital j1 a wonderful success, accordto officials of the Woman's . liary of the hospital, which \o the occasion in charge, e proceeds from this supper, | j f with contributions, will be ^ to buy a new and modern j, [izer for dishes and glass- g at the hospital, addition to the Southport Brunswick county aid towards lg tins sterilizer ana ouiei :d matters at the hospital, I Woman's Auxiliary is very I eciativc of several Wilmlngfirms for their donations of stuffs and money to the hosand to aid in buying the lizer. ispital Day Next Saturday man's Auxiliary Of J. .rthur Dosher Memorial [ospital Urges That All nterested Visit Hospital aturday turday of this week. May 12, National Hospital Day. The lan's Auxiliary of the J. ArDosher Memorial Hospital, all who are connected with hospital and interested in its i arc, are most anxious that] person in the county, re-i less of race, color or creed, fiven an opportunity to help, le great work the hospital is j 5lis can be done by Visiting j hospital at any time between and five o'clock Saturday, g any gifts, large or small, may be useful to the hos-j If it is inconvient for you isit the hospital your gifts be left 'with Miss Lottie Newtcr. at the bus station. Continued on page four -lost of The News I All The Time | sjfl D EVERY WEDNESDAY , I nment Talk I r Loan Drive I ; Next Week I traight Answers To The BE Fair Question Of Why The 7th War Loan Is By M Far The Most Important H Of Any Yet I O CONQUER THE JAPS I /ILL NOT BE EASY JOB urning From The War In f H Europe The Home Front I Must Back The Fight- < H ing Forces for Speedy H End To Japanese H The Straight Talk about the I h War Loan, a little folder that I being distributed among the I H iblic. is the most clear and con- H se reasoning of anything that :-H is been read, regarding why the ;|H merican people should rally to !H e war bond drive, which begins II xt Monday. I Realizing that many people do j-l >t read foldeis, regarding most II them as merely advertising, I us Straight Talk is being pub- I ihed below and the information . I lerein is commended us valuable I i all patriotic Americans: fl "You may be wondering. "Why I lis biggest of all individual I iotas now? Haven't we already B ached the peak?" 'B A fair question ? requiring u I might answer. B HE MONEY IS NEEDED B OR WAR ; B The Battle of Japan has just i ,fl L-gun. 11 must be backed up. jfl aid for, fought for by a free i I sople, intent on sweeping the ' , B acific clear of fascist hate? I never. , B With the war in the West our rst and major, concern, we have I ot yet been able to go all-out in I le East. But neither has tha I J'he war to crush Japan will I e bigger, tougher, and longer I han most Ameiitans expect. The I tilled Military Command has j|J stimated that it will take years, t I ot months. | The destruction of Japan's anil- ; :s has not yet reached the anual rate of normal replacements ) between 200,000 and 250,000 ; ' nen a year. And the Jap, as our I, len in the Pacific know, fights 1 , o the death. As far as Japan is concerned, lie outer Empire?and the me I. i ho defend it?arc expendable*!* 'he Jap will fight the Battle of apan from inside the inner Emire, of which Iwo Jima was an : | utpost. And Iwo Jima, according o Admiral Nimitz, was a pattern ] f the resistance our forces may xpcct to meet in future offenives. JEW TASKS, NEW NEEDS The single greatest obstacle to i Ji ur crushing of Japan Is distance. Vhile in the Buttle of Europe j upply ships from our bases in England had only an overnight un to make, ships in the Pacific ave long-reach round trips takng up to 5 months to make. To crush Japan will take time, fl icroic and backbreaking effort, verpowcring equipment. Millions of fighting men?fresh- - '! y outfitted and equipped ? w'{ll 1 j tavc to be moved from Eurode Ur lalfway around the globe; an<4 n upplied day-in, day-out by hun- *! Ireds of new ships now building. (Continued on page 2) Ration Pointers PROCESSED FOODS: BLUE STAMPS H-2, .1-2, K-2, L-2, M-2 . . . expire June 2. X-2, P-2, Q-2, R-2, S-2, ... expire June 30. T-2, U-2, V-2, W-2, X-2 . . . expire July 31. V-2, Z-2, A-l, B-l, C-l . . . expire August 31. MEATS & FATS RED STAMPS Y-5, Z-3, A-2, B-2, C-2, D2 . . . expire June 2. E-2, F-2, 2-G, H-2, J-2 . . . expire June 30. K-2, L-2, M-2, X-2, P-2 . . . expire July 31. Q-2, R-2, S-2, T-2, U-2 . . . expire August 31. SUGAR Sugar Stamp No. 3d . . ." i n. . j. if. gone, ht me pounuj . . . empires .June 2. Sugar Stamp No. 36 . . . good for five pounds ... ex- ; ] pires August 81. SHOES Airplane Stamp No. 1, 2, and 3 now good. FUEL OIL Period 1 and 3 (last season) and Periods 1, 2, 3, 1 ^ and S (this season) valid for ' 1 10 gallons each. GASOLINE A-15 coupons good through J g Juno 2L