The Pilot Covers
I Brunswick County
vol no. sixteen
Earliest Date
I For Opening Of
I Leaf Mart Seen
.Nelson Says Tobacco WareI
housemen Anticipate Be
winning Of Sales July 24
Or 26
will bl good crops
i if nothing happens
Good Crops Seen In The
I Making For Both Colum
bus And Brunswick
I Counties
I That the tobacco market may
I he border belt either
I 26 was the opinion ex
:-/vH\i yesterday by Oliver NelI
teville warehouseman,
I i that tobacco was
Ivanoed for this time
I year than during any pre|
H;s echoed the opinion
early una noon ai w
-eftir.s of Mullins warehousemen
,t nv entertained at Bullard's
-,-ar Mullins by the South Caro -.a
Tobacco Warehouse asso,
a ; Mr. Nelson was a guest
the meeting.
Tobacco in this belt is two
half weeks ahead of
i! development," Mr. Nelson
claifii There will be some
in 1 in Colubus county
. v ,k and a much larger
".ount cured next week".
ShetiM the market open on ei
of the dates indicated in
it will be the ekrliest openlate
in this belt in twenty
years
Rapid growth of the weed is
tited to early warm weather
seasonal rains. Farmers
._ ut the county are well
teasel with the quality of their
f The volume of tobacco grown
the county during this season
expected to surpass that of
iiy previous year.
Principal Tucker
Goes To Leland
Head Of Bolivia School For
Past Seven Years Resigns
I T. T-i? n w *i_ \\r t
iu i dive v/vcr iiui in cai
Township High School
Glenn ,\1 Tucker, principal of
the Bolivia school for the past
seven sessions, has resigned in
"' or to take charge of the Lear]
school at the beginning of
the fill session. So far as can
he learned, no successor to Mr.
T'trker has been secured yet by
the Bolivia school board.
It is reported that in addition
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Brief News
Flashes
-U'XILIARY TO meet
The Hospital Auxiliary will
~.eet on Thursday night at the
home of Mrs. H. B. Smith at 8
o'clock.
WAS WOVNDED J
Cp! John O. Long was slightv
wounded in Germany on April
tth. according to word received
-J' his parents. Mr and Mrs. E
Lorg of Supply. Cpl. Long
Tiered the service in April, 1943
Mt the states in January.
--'5 He has one brother in the
M'.y.
OtK\i\\ ( ITIES WRECKED
Major Toralph Tobiason, son
c' K Tobiason of Southport, is
' 'ii Germany with the Army
Engineer Major Tobiason wrote
ii'R father this week telling of a
number of German cities he has
' recently and which he
bribed as completely wercklT
HERRING returns
, DC Herring, who has
in European waters for the
11 months, has returned to
States and is spending a 30 'a
r here with Mrs. Herring
'-heir little 18 months old
lighter whom he had never
Mr:. Herring is the former
Lois Jane BusseHs of SouthPort.
EUGlbLli FOR DISCHARGE
V'aiter Jones, who has
" the army for about six
an,J overseas for the past
vears, is spending a 15-day
fcrleugh with his parents, Mr. and
F Jones. He is eligible
" in honorable discharge under
-.5 pemt system, but he stated
?MerSay that he would not be
t^ochsr ^:ad to get o ut of
1
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NO. 7.
Mistrial Was I
In Former
I
In Pacific
, fl
?PfcJF"'w
', Coast Guardsman W. T. Fullwood.
Jr., Gunner's Mate second:
| class, son of Mr. and Mrs. W'l"
liam Fullwood of Southport, is ^
serving aboard an LST ^ in the
nyuKvu area, nc is a veteran or |
Aka Shima, Zamami Shima, Ie:
Shima and Okinawa and was pre-,
viously serving on anti-sub patrol'
and convoy duty in the North Atlantic.
Cancer Drive
Doubles Quota
Glenn Tucker Headed
County Drive Which Resulted
In Raising Double
What Was Asked
This week Glenn M. Tucker,
principal of the Bolivia School
and chairman of the Brunswick
rV?iintvr Hriv** for funds fftr thf?
- J ? ? I
American Cancer Society, turnj
ed in his report whigh showed!
that the county raised more than
| double its quota. The quota was
j $64.80 and the amount raised
j through the five white consoli|
dated schools in the county was
$148.32.
The amount raised by each
school is as follows: Southport,
| $43.96; Bolivia. $42.51: Shallotte,
| $28.91; Lekand, $22.15; and Waccamaw,
$10.79.
In a letter to the state treas-[
urer of the American Cancer So-1
ciety Mr. Tucker wrote in part:
"Although our county quota
was only $64 80, we regret that
our contribution is not more, for
| we recognize the horror of can|
cer, and the need "for financial
aid in the search for a cure. We
are proud, on the other hand, that
we more than doubled our quota.
I particularly, since we did not get
started until school was almost
out, and the month of April more
[ than half gone.
"We sincerely hope that the |
Divine Revealer will guide those1
who use the donations of the
people of this nation in such
way that they will soon discover
the cause and cure for cancer, and .
that many of the people of this i
I county will be permitted to live <
longer than they otherwise could .
had this help not been given."
Marines Taking
'Shima Jima'j
Jap Nomenclature Cleared
I Up By Marine Newsman 1
For Us Folks At Home '
EN ROUTE TO OKINAWA
(Delayed) ? For those who arc
confused (and who isn't?) by all
the "jimas," "shimas," "rettos,"
and "guntos" in the headlines
these days, here's a little dope on
the peculiar ways of Japanese noI
menclature, as collected by Lt.
I Milburn McCarty. Jr., a Marine
| Corps public relations officer.
"Jima" means island, and so
[does "shima." Japs use "jima" for
jone shade of meaning and ,
"shima" for another But the dis- j
tinction is too complicated for
I most of us to master When a i
Jap wants to talk about a lot of j
islands he says "shima pma" and j
i that clears up everything ,
"To" and "shu" are also Jap
words for island, or at least they t
are when combined with prefixes, j
| as in "retto," and "Honshu." "Ret,to"
means a chain of islands 'in
a line), as in Ryuk.vu Retto, while j
I ' ? e-rnnn Mlrfl * aS '
| "gUntO ^ica:ia a.
the Okinawa Gunto.
Honshu." on which Tokyo is '
located. means Main Island." !
I "Hanto" is the word for "half an <
J island," i.e.', peninsula., while 1
j'shoto" means small island.. )(
| Chishima Raeto which is the 1
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1 News paper
Southport, N. G., \
Proclaims Jun
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4-PAGE3 TODAY
)eclar eel
Trial Of Long
New Hanover County Jury
Brought In Verdict Of
Not Guilty After 45Minutes
Deliberation
mistrial declared in
former trial of long
Other Matters Handled By
Judge L. Paul Frizzelle
A* Week'. Term
Of Criminal Court
With two and a half days having
been spent in selecting a
JUiy, hearing the evidence and
arguments of lawyers, a verdict
of not guilty was brought in Friday
afternoon in the case charging
Tom Long, prominent Shallotte
white citizen, with the murder
of Ace Galloway, Shallotte
negro. Solicitor Clifton Moore had
asked for a manslaughter verdict.
The jury acquitting Mr. Long
was from New Hanover county
a special panel of 50 men havng
been called to report from
there for the purpose of obtaining
a jury. Mr. Long had previously
been tried before a
Brunswick county jury and a
mistrial resulted when it was
shown that they could not reach
a verdict. It is not known how
many ballots were taken by the
New Hanover jury. The verdict
was rendered after 45 minutes of
deliberation.
A summary of other cases tried
during the week and not reported
in last week's paper is as follows:
Carlton Butler, manslaughter,
directed verdict of not guilty.
Elbert Stanley, carrying concealed
weapon and assault with
deadly wepon with intent to kill
one year on roads, judgment suspended
on payment of cost and
payment of the sum of $125.00 to
P* Smith for medical treatment
and loss of time.
George Arnold Chestnut, drunken
driving. $50.00 fine and
costs. Defendant placed on probation
for 12 months.
Hubert Parker, assault with
deadly weapon, not guilty.
Tom Long, non-support, nol
pros with leave. I
A number of other cases were
continued for the defendants and
in some cases for the State. Four
or five divorces were granted
and Judge L. Paul Frizelle at-1
tended to a number of civil matters
before court adjourned late
Friday afternoon. A night session
of court was held Thursday
!/L!rd?r to makc sure of the
uiapuocii ui uic IUIII i-AJiig ca.ac
before time for adjournment
came.
Southport Faculty
All Re-Elected
Two Resignations Tendered
But Faculty Will Remain
Substantially The Same
All teachers in the Southport
school have been re-elected for
another term. However, Principal
W. R. Lingle stated this week'
that two of them had already
tendered their resignations. Rev.;
Jerry Newbold is leaving his post'
in order to take up his final year
of study for the ministry. Mrs. |
Jeanne Fields resigned in order j
to return to her home in Ten-:
ncsse. She has taught here for'
three years and Mr. Newbold had
one year.
Principal Lingle does not anti-!
cipate many other changes in the
school faculty for next session.
Both he and Mrs. Lingle have
taught here for several years, as
have nearly all of the other teachers.
nr fi 11 .
lax Lollector
Still On Job
/
Draft Board Notified County!
Tax Collector He Need
Report For Induction
Last Week
With his work and personal
iffairs all in order to leave for
induction into the service last
rhursday morning. Tax Collector
W. P. Jorgensen was notified by
the Selective Service Board Wednesday
evening that he needed not
report.
Mr Jorgensen is 32 years of
ige and orders received by the
soard were to the effect that men
jver 30 years of age, employed
n worthwhile work, were not to
se sent at the present time.
Although many considered his
vork with the county essential
because of his training and espe:ial
fitness, the young tax collector
has never at any time
sought to obtain deferment from;
he servtoe. Two years Or mbrel
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Month, believes in milk as the pe:
in an informal pose casually ma
quart of milk at a Raleigh dairy
tial to the maintenance of human
fighting front and on the home
in his proclamation.
Youthful Pris
After Prisor
I ... . . -frf
Training School
Began On Monday
| The annual Baptist Training
Union School of the Southport
Baptist church opened Monday
evening at 6 o'clock with an enrollment
of thirty-five. The Young
People are studying the book
"Deepening the Spirital Life"
taught by Mrs. Maude Phelps and
the Juniors are studying the book
"The Junior' and His Church"
taught by Rev. A. L. Brown. A
picnic supper is served on the
!?* -? Annh AiiAninir haturonn nlo CC_
JO.YV II caul CVClllllg uvmv,v? vtuuw
es by the ladies of the Women's
Missionary Society.
Board Offers
Information
Informaion Regarding Deferments
Of Men 30-37
Given By Local Selective
Service Officials
In reply to many inquiries
regarding the occupational deferments
of registrants between the
ages of 30-37 inclusive, the local
Selective Service board quotes
the following information from
General Hershey, Director of
Selective Service:
"Local boards will be directed
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>V. B. liEZIAH
"My boys always got a kick
out of reading the Pilot," said J.
W. Sellers, tobacco grower and
farmer of the Supply community,
when he met up with us last
week. Acting upon this fact Mr
Sellers paid for a year's subscription
for two of the boys who
are away in service. Pvt. James
O. Sellers is at Camp Rucker,
Ala. R. H. Sellers, M. M. 2-c is
with the 8th Naval Oontion Battalion
and is reached care of the
fleet post office in California.
Instead of leaving, a great
many Brunswick boys will be re
turning home or homewards during
the next few weeks and
months. A. very few of them will
come to stay as a result of having
won honorable discharges or.
P0R1
n A Good Coi
Vednesday, May 30, b
e Dairy Month
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wn^nasse^asideJune as Dairy
rfect health food. Here he is shown:
king a good meal of*berad and &|
lunch. "Dairy products are essenhcalth
and efficiency, both on the
front," declared Governor Cherry ,
oner Dies
1 Camp Escape!
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J. A. McKeithan Kills Fore-'
! man Of Work Gang And
Then Dies In Flight From
Officers
MEKEITHAN WAS ONLY
J. E1GHTEEN-YEARS OLD
Funeral Held On Monday
At Home In Exum Com- j
I munity; Burial At New
Life Cemetery
James A. McKeithan, 18-year- j
j' old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. I
i McKeithan of Ash. died on Fri- j
, day in Ashevilie as the result of'
wounds sustained following his
escape from the Yancy Countyj
Prison Camp on Thursday of
last week.
Funeral services were held at
the home on Monday with the
Rev. Anson Smith in charge of
the services. Interment was in
the New Life Cemetery.
McKeithan is survived by his
parents; three brothers, Leo, of
the U. S. Army overseas, and W.
D? Jr., and Edison of Ash; and
two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy King
i and Doris Helen McKeithan of
Ash.
McKeithan shot and killed PriI
son Foreman Carl Keith on Thursj
day and then fled, accompanied
by Prisoners Edward Duckett and
L. D. Hatchell, it was announced
] by Penal Director H. H. Honeyj
cutt.
(Continued on Page Four)
1VING
Reporter
|
| the field service. Others will justj
|come Home lor about 3U days anal
! then go on again to aid in doing
for Japan what has already been!
J done for Germany, In either
! case, as we said recently, the parents
should write us of the com!
ing home of these boys, giving
i such facts and data as they may
jhave to permit a write-up being
I made in the paper It should be
kept in mind tht in addition to
the friends and relatives at home
there are a lot of other friends
in some field of service. Most of
these folks get this paper and
they will be interested in read]ing
about the friends they knew
at home.
By way of the oOnserva(continued
on page two)
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nmunity
>45
The 7th War I
Fairly Good
"
Present Drive Is Most Im-!
portant Of All; Work To!
Be Done If County Is To j
Reach Quota
MANY PEOPLE HAVE
WRONG IMPRESSION!
War In Europe Over Does
Not Mean Our Boys Are
Home And All Is
Over; we Have Another
War To Win
Tied up as a witness in two <
week, Chairman LeRoy Mintz of
the War Fund drive has not been
able to contact enough of the
workers to be able to say defi- (
nitely just how the 7th War
Fund drive is going in Brunswick. I
He stated this week that with j
the workers being expected to'
make a report as the end of the i
month, (tomorrow), this paper1
may be able to show next week|
just how Brunswick people are
responding to the drive.
Indications from unofficial
sources are that the drive is going
fairly good in Brunswick. "If
we are to buy bonds to reach
our goal, we will have to buy
them between now and the time
when the drive is to close," said
Prince O'Brien, cashier of the
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company,
yesterday. Mr. O'Brien is
one of the most active workers.
He keeps in. close touch with the
situation and his remarks appar-l
ently indicate that the workers
and the public must increase
their efforts and interest if the
county is to go over the top.
Several patriotic citizens, who
have been buying all the bonds
their financial condition permitted,
have been expressing concern
at the few evidences of interest
in the drive. Some folks,
they say, apparently have the im- j
pression that with the war over;
in Europe there is no need of
their taking an active interest.
Nothing could be further from
the actual facts. Even with the
war over in Europe it will be
many long days before all of our
boys return. In Japan we are just
beginning to fight and at this
time about the most important
hing ha the folks a home can do
is o put the Big 7th War Fund
drive over the top with a bang. J
Such an action will go a long
way to show Japan the power and
determination of the American
people to bring about her unconditional
surrender.
Looking Over
Possibilities
Soil Conservation Officials!
Investigating Possibilities,
For Practice In Bruns-j
wick County
E. B. Garrett, State Soil Con-1
servationist, has been spending1
the first of the week in Brunswick
county. With H. M. Stott,
District Commissioner for the
Lower Cape Fear District, and
LeRoy Mintz, Soil Conservationist
for Brunswick, Mr. Garrett
is getting acquainted with the
possibilities for doing soil con-1
servation work in the county.
Owing to the fact that the
war and the resulting manpow-i
er shortage limit operations, the
Lower Cape Fear District has I
been restricted in making plans,
as well as in carrying out those |
that could be made. However, the l
officials are expecting things to j
pick up steadily, regardless of i
the war continuing. When it is
over there will be some really
worthwhile undertakings launched
and carried through.
Local Scouts
Attend Camporeei
Fourteen Southport Scouts'
Attend Camporee At
Greenfield Lake
Foureen scouts from Troop 35!
of Southport attended the yearly;
Camporee, at Greenfield Lake,
Wilmington, on Friday and Satur-j
day nights of last week. They
were under the direction of Doug-|
las Jones, of Southport. Mrs .
Jones, when in Scouting a fewj
years ago, was very active and,
received the highest award in:
Scouting, attaining Eagle rank, i
E. M McEachern, scoutmaster,
was unable to remain for the1
entire period, but carried part of
the Troop up and remained forj
some time. He reports that the I
Troop set up a very nice camp.,
Transportation of the remainder
of the troop was through the
courtesy of Mrs. H. B. Hiatt,i
(Continued on page 2) I
.OT [
$1.50 PER YEA> PUBLISH
3ond Drive
I In Brunswick
Commissioned
. P
: '/ * .y
Thos. Thompson
Is Commissioned
Southport Man Commission- '
ed Ensign In Coast Guard
Reserve Three Weeks!
Ago
"We were within ten miles ofj
a tanker when she was torpedoed,!
shelled and sunk in the waters of!
the Dutch West Indies," said En-j
csio-r* TViom.-i a Mann Thnmnsnn
commissioned on May 9, 1945,
at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy's
Reserve Training School,
New London, Conn., in describing
his experiences aboard an 83-foot
cutter on anti-submarine duty off
Curacao and Aruba from March
to November, 1944.
The ensign, who held the rating
of boatswain's mate, first
class, prior to coming to the
Acadevy as ) H-r? - n'fi-er
candidate in January, 1945, concluded
his story.
"We could see the submarine's
gun flash in the distance and
figured the torpedo had been a
dud. Our ship was notified to
continue its patrol, for larger
vessels were hunting the pig
boat. The chase came to an end
two days later when units of the
fleet sank the sub near Panama."
The young officer is the husband
of Mrs. Virginia B. Thompson,
nee Hoge, who lives at 518
Tennessee Ave., Alexandria, Va., |
with their two young girls, St. i
Pierre Walker and Nancy AnnJ
five and four years old, respec-|
tively. The ensign is the son of
Mrs. Anna Butler Thompson, of <
Continued on page two
Commissioned
T IT O
Most of The News |
All The Time |
ED
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Judge Ward Had
Many Defendants
For Trial Monday
Women Figured Rather
Conspiciously In Days
Proceedings; One Gets
Exile Orders
FINES RAN HIGH
DURING THE DAY
One Defendant Assessed
With A Hundred Dollars
And Costs, Tw Road
Sentences Meted
Out
An unusually large docket
greeted Judge John B. Ward in
court here Monday. Last week's
term of superior court had apparently
had not much of a
salutary effect on offenders. One
of the many defendants drew a
fine of $100.00 and costs; others
were assessed sizable sums
while two were given road sent
ences wiuioui uie tmcnmuvc
a fine. The docket shows the
following cases handled:
Rosa Mae Wynn, drunk pn
highway, 30 days in Jail, judg- v
ment suspended on condition
that defendant, leave Brunswick
county and remain out of county
for two years.
Andrew Wallace, failing to stop
at stop sign, judgment suspended
of costs.
Wilbur LeRoy Harris, improper
brakes, judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
Mrs. R. E. Reynolds, drunk
on highway, 30 days in jail, judgment
suspended on payment of
costs.
Eugene Raymond Tnawick,
drunk driving, four months on
roads, judgment suspended on
payment of a fine of $50.00 and
costs. I
Edward Duncan, improper brakes,
judgment suspended on payment
of costs.
Odell L. Crawford, speeding, 30
days, judgment suspended on
payment of a fine of $15.00 and
costs.
T. 8. P . -,.U. carrying conceal- cd
weapons' and assault, six
months on roads, judgment suspended
on payment of fine of
$50.00 and costs and to pay Otto
Clarady $10.00 in restitution.
Roland B. Howard, speeding,
continued to June 4th.
Walter Williams, larceny, eight
months on roads, assigned to
county farm.
Willie Godson, improper brak
es, judgment suspended on payment
of costs.
William Harris Kcllis, speeding,
60 days, judgment suspended
on payment of a fine of $15.00
and costs.
Robert Wagstaff, reckless ope- *
ration and speeding, four months
on roads, judgment suspended on
payment of a fine of $100.00 and
costs.
James B. Rattey, speeding and
failure to stop at stop sign, 60
days on roads, judgment suspended
on payment of a fine of $15.00
and costs. .? ''
John Bonnseil, no operators
license, judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
James Galloway, drunk driviH|i
and reckless operation, six monthSy
on roads, judgment suspended on '* *
payment of a fine of $75.00 and
costs.
LeRoy Hooper, assault, twelve
(Continues on page 4)
| Ration Pointer* |
PROCESSED FOODS
H2. J2. K2, L2, M2 . . . expire
June 2.
N2, P2, Q2, R2, S2 . . . expire
June 30.
T2, U2, V2, W2, X2 . . . expire
July 31.
Y2, Z2. Al, Bl, CI . . . expire
August 31.
Dl, El, Fl, G1 HI . . . expire
September 30.
MEATS AND FATS
Y5, 5, A2, B2, C2, D2 . . . expire
June 2.
Y5, Z5, A2, B2, C2, D2 . . .
expire June 2.
E2, F2, G2, H2. J2 . . . expire
June 30.
t\z, iuz, mz. nz, N2. F2 . . .
expire July* 31
Q2, R2. S2, T2, U2 . . . expire
August 31.
V2, W2, X2, Y2, Z2 . . . expire
September 30
SUGAR.
Sugar Stamp No. 35 . . . now
valid . ... expires June 2.
Sugar Stamp No. 36 . . now
valid . . . expires August 31.
SHOES
Airplane Stamp No. 1. 2. and 3
now valid.
FUEL OIL
Period 1 and 5 (last season) and
periods 1, 2. 3, 4 and 5 (this
season) valid for 10 gallons each.
GASOLINE
A-15 coupons good thr6U|fr
J una 21.
In Nurses torps
Miss Virginia Clemmons
Commissioned Ensign In
Naval Nurses Corps
Virginia E. Clemmons, R. N.,
daughter of Mrs. A. W. Clemmons
and the late Rev. Clemmons
of Bolivia, has been commissioned
an ensign in the Navy Nurse
Cprps and has reported for duty,
at the Norfolk Naval Hospital.
Norfolk. Va.
Ensign Clemmons was a member
of the 1941 class of Bolivia
High School and of the 1944
graduating class of Tuomey Hospital
School of Nursing in Sumter,
S. C. Before joining the Navy
she was night supervisor at
the Sumter Hospital and has '
been assistant supervisor in the
operating room.
Immediately prior to reporting
for duty Ensign Clemmons spent
the week-end with her family at
Bolivia. '
Recovers From
Serious Wounds
Young Shallottc Man At ,
Home On Furlough; Was
In Hospital Four Months ^
After Suffering Wounds
In Italy
Sgt. Clyde Stanley, who suffered
serious wounds in Italy
while serving with the 5th Army, j
arrived home last week and is,
now spending 30 days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stanley, at Shallotte.
Sgt. Stanley was treated at an
advanced base hospitl for four
wounds. Recovering, he was then
assigned to the 7th Army and
continued his service in Germany.
He has Ween in the service and