I ft# Pilot Covers / j]n:nsu ick County Byf^lixTEEN^No! old Session I January Seconc j vorders Court Will Be Held Wednesday Instead Monday Of Next jVeek, Judge Announces no session of the County Recorders H A substitute e held Wednesday, H :>:tng to announceV~ V -> John B. Ward, at ^B. - i e ' 58 ^B- . week saw another small 111 tlie court ^B The Minute H ,.: ;< the following cases: I '* "on sunnort. ! Igga for jury trial and case| TifeiTevl to superior court, r-'bert Stanley, public drunks continued to January 2nd. \ Baldwin, speeding, judgsispen ied on payment of a of $10.00 and costs. grown insufficient brakes no operators or chauffeurs sc. continued to January 2nd. i-it Baiiard, improper lights failure to dim lights for onzz traffic, judgment sus;(i on payment of a fine of I !0 and costs. ;vi,i Hobbs, operating a motor tic with improper registra-1 .r ent suspended on payidrew J. Cherry, improper j es. judgment suspended on j rent of costs. |m V. Thompson, worthless! t nol pros with leave, p. Hodges, drunk on high- j jiiun K. McMillan, assault, j irst Fuii Freeze [ame On Monday Jli Snow But Temperature Hovered Around 20 Above Zero And Ground Was Well Frozen 1 yet fallen. Brnnst c 'Mty experienced (CSHii'st; i freeze Monday, with the i fcersture said to have been i k ot 20 degrees above zero.1 1 pound was frozen and ice, ?.' a quarter of an inch thick, a! in vaiious places, tonst the comparatively mild ; ifier here the western and ?rai parts of the state had I fails of about three inches iow temperature. ^Vtathcr reports indicate that HtcoM wave, which is barely ^B - originated about ^B" - and extends all southward, with varying H- This section may ^B< . ;,,w temperature ^B lax Listers Met | Here Monday ^B?kers Were Given Sup^Blies And Instructions To Work First Week January I listcisj B townships met' I ( ollector I Jorjensen, who is to su-1 ^B They were s. listing blanks, .rstnicted to begin their ' listing taxes the first H the townships were rcpP"l with the exception of H'' "'."is Folly township, L. H. ' ,r t)iat township B* Tav ipiy prevented from present. Mir listing of B. " ; peity owners is re^B that pubir win cooperate and list ^B , po?^fl matter of list^B forgotten until "nent and this results embarrass Piief Neat B Jlas/ies ! EFMH '.'-outhport b.afc> M-j?h the U b tor a permit to --1 open pile timber K- 7. t"' north side of the B^V''"vay at 016 pntrance ^'wht Basin. Plans may - h4;:A - * - i--.'-: ? 11^4-r -***&? not only is them mum inujt- luui.. hunting coons in the daytime, |K they catch more that way than 'oj they do when they venture out a I on a night expedition. ir Hunting in the day time, they, tc (Continued on Page Four) President ; Battle WASHINGTON-? Ihe adminia- U 1tration lost its race yesterday to si get passage of new labor legisla- M tfbh- before start of a scheduled ti steel strike Jan 11 J The Senate Labor committee C recessed its kta.ttr.ge until alter!? the Chrrstmas holidays and Chair-1" man Murray (t>-Mont) said testi-j mony then could continue forj another month on the fact-find-1 ? { I W ling bill, advocated by ; President t< Truman-; ; .,! - .n the si tbk jkr.zxcira- i tCSrii' aitactitczi! tp.at the ? Uic/ fed.* would beasOK 'liv be- r fori Christmas came as the courts.s 1 ] TH1 38 Labor Leaders 1 \ i R w* H Mnprij&MK&i. 9B^;:: fijSj- :: .-:-;:'r* _ ^ ? "OT.SaL^i^MR. ? ? ? -*- a.s.ix. E* >*58 ' wpffiP jp ', : r i^T^Vg"" ' 'vwlitfBBi.1 ? DETROIT. MICH.?(Soundphoto. Walter Reuther, vice-president of the meeting with the General Motors ma building here. Brunswick Star In Victor Is One Of Five North Caro- .S lina Counties Exceeding Bond Sales Quotas In The Recent Drive hi EXCEEDED QUOTA BY f0 THIRTY PER CENT ? Brunswick People Naturally hi Proud Of Fine Showing ! Made In The Drive, j111 Credit To Officials jll( I in The Victory Lean Bulletin, is-:"1 sued on December llth and carry- a' ing: the report of the Federal Re-1" serve Bank at the close of business on December 8th, listed 5 C star counties as exceeding their j i_ quotas in the Victory Loan drive. Of these 5 counties, Brunswick 1 stood second highest with its percentage of bond sales, based on 1 quotas. ft Polk county had the lead, sell-1 rey ,J reopen after the Christmas 1 (Continued on Page 31 s Labor Leeisb ; Parleys Go ok a hand'm the General Motors i rike and _CIO President Philip I i [urray described the nation's en- j ] re industrial picture as explosive j i he Ford Motor company and the i iO United Auto Workers re- 1 sSaed their contract negotiations ntil Monday aiter a session yes- j >rday WASHINGTON ? Impatience 1 ithin the Pearl Harbor commitr j ;c over the time being consumed : lU. ihveitlgaticn flared'ub to-! ay i-. ii threat 'b> Chalrtevi' v Urkley tc t'ttifjz-ati# $) equett by- the coniirutte? s" legiitaff"of four to be releaaed. HE I Newspaper In , Southport, N. C., We Our Wisl For Ch Humanity's hope am for a brave, new wor strengthened by the ligl the eyes of children as presence o ftheir Chrisi Clans. The wonder of the mankind's greatest less For here is faith resp plicity. Here is unselfishness Here is devotion, ton Here is goodness, in i The magic of this lig from the world of ch pathways of our adult sometimes darkened. This light can pierce And again this yeai shine, these faces glow. Let these rays be cas us. Warm our hearts. Light the way. For great things are land of simplicity and a childish face. And peace in the z ?1J /I f / f //n'l iriuig *fi i/in fjc-wf i in**. And lasting peace ; those basic truths that that shines in the eyes < That those who lead period of darkness will into the faces of little i ing catch the spark? wish and message of th\ We know too, that ii wish and message of "Peace on earth, g men." Former Resident jJi Dies At New Bern Native Of Southport Passes |Gr After Very Useful Life j Spent At New Bern Bryant M. Potter, brother of I fohn F. Potter and Mrs. George! I 3uark of Southport, and of Roy j jur hotter, of Key West, Fla? died sup ast week. In addition to the the jrothers and .sisters, Mr. Potter daj s survived by his wife, Mrs. jur Sloise Davenport Potter, of New uar 3ern. A dispatch from New Bern ser ? 10 ^llrtair. HI fcwuiui:! xu gave uiv ivuvn- q ng account of his death: anc "Bryant M. Potter, 55, local por :ivil engineer and former city har ildcrman, died early Wednesday as norning in Duke hospital at Dur- tur lam, following ill health and three am ipcrations which covered a period ! cie >f more, than a year and a half, j ant The body arrived here Wednes- j Wa lay night for funeral and in- clci .crment. I j A native of Southport, where I I to was born Oct. 16, 1890, Mr. t Lei ." otter was a graduate of State j College, Raleigh. He had been j iving here as a civil engineer and j fi 1 surveyor for 32 years. Some | JS] rears ago he supervised drainage j vork at Mattamuskeet Lake. Re-1 icntly he had completed a new I jfficial map of New Bern, with j ill houses renumbered under a Qj nodern plan. For 25 years he had been scout- { naster of Boy Scout Troop 13, vhich produced 82 Eagle Scouts, (Continued on Page 4) ( . Mo ition ! bra Into Recess I ses I an Bar Kiev raid it is evident the | an' iriqulry is going to run on for | we months and that he will have to! gte weigh the question whether his iuty to the Senate as majority leader or his duty to Hie committee is the greater MOSCOW?Unable to Jecate the ^ Soviet capital for more than an Jrj hour because of a howling bliz- ^ zard, the plane carrying U. S. Secretary", of State Jfcnics F. B' rut.' ta the tlircc tdreiiu I tcr : asetfcg l.ih&fc ij 3L \ <& Cfcneiai' /ard'c.r.E jaii ifcto re" dart. - -- ; (Continued on Pift 3) ,ua >0R1 A, Good Com dnesday, December 1 1 t ristmas I { civilizations cry Id is perennially it that shines from { they stand in the tmas idol ? Santa se faces unfolds ons. dendent in its simunadorned, ilterahle. ' ts1 glory. ht shines outward ildhood onto the world?pathways I that darkness. * these eyes will t on us and warm j Kindle the spark. all cradled in the faith?the land of I vorld is the great > Christmas. 11 ust spring from generate this light )f children, the world out of it gaze this Yuletide hildren?and gazis the Christmas is newspaper, t is the Christmas . this community, 'ood will toward jry List For January Court and Jury Wilt Be Selected From Names Drawn Monday For The January Term Of Superior Court ''orty eight men to serve as ors at the January term of icrior court were drawn by ] board of commissioners Mon-1 r ITVrtm fhifl number a eraild y will be selected at the Jany term, the grand jury to ve throughout the year 1946. Ilenn Pigott, small son of Mr. 1 Mrs. Glenn Pigott, of South t, drew the jury tickets and ided them to Sheriff Willctts, is customary. The sheriff, in n, passed each one around ong the members of the board, rk of Court Sam T. Bennett i Register of Deeds Amos J. lton. Mr. Walton serves as rk cxofficio to the board, following is the list as drawn:' t. B. Ward, Ash; W. N. Mintz,! and; R. C. Holmes, Leland;1 (Continued on Page Four) i hort Holiday For Officials unty Office* Will Be Closed For Only Monday And Tuesday Of Next Week To Celebrate Chrismas xiunty offices will be closed nday and Tuesday, December 25, for the two days only, in Icr ma i i.nc omriais may ceicito Chriattiiaiv Orders to this ect were passed by the board county commissioners while in sion Monday. The order also [>Ues to the Recorder's court i Judge Ward will hold next ek'3 session on Wednesday inad of the regular Monday the board made an approprian tor tlie purchase of Christ 13 presents for the inmates of > county home. With friends of > inmates and the keeper co;ruting, everything will be ide as cheerful as possible for >se residing at the Home. \ number of routine tax mat-, i. hsrol'hpg anal! adjustments. Kft dj tisfru V -1"J m*ZS~ ZU. Vdfc >ci iiat_ itisfta;/, Joiiry Tx li>4d. r piL munity 19thT 1945 Local Investiga Old Charlesto Oil Company's Geologists i Looking Into The Matter Of Dead Fish That Piled Up On Brunswick Coast OLD PEOPLE REMEMBER EARTHQUAKE OF 1888 v ,K Now Said That Oil Released a By Shakes Was Respon- jv sible For The Killing ;p Of Fish In This Area n It! It will surprise a lot of people to learn that the effects of the 1 Charleston earthquake, which oc- J curred about 58 years ago, in 1888, have been under investigation this week. The earthquake of 1888 was called the Charleston earthquake j J because of the fact that the cen-j ter of the earth's disturbance was felt at that place. It is under-1 stood that much damage result-1 ed and a number of people were i killed in Charleston. The shocks j, extended for hundreds of miles f from that point in all directions, j v On the coast of Brunswick the n most notable effect of the earth-; r quake, according to old residents a of the county, was the presence r of vast numbers of dead fish, c washed ashore at Shallotte Vill- t age. Lockwood's Folly Inlet, the n mouth of the Cape Fear at South- r port and all along the coast of 3 Brunswick. It has never been explained o what killed these fish. Earth- a quake fatalities are generally con- t fined to falling walls, trees, tidal e waves, etc. p ? . r i ne two men wno were in Brunswick last week asking about 1 the dead fish, were geologists in'0 the research department of one T of the major oil companies. Their f visits along the coast of Bruns-! 0 wick were to interview old peo- f pie who remembered the earth-1 quake and what followed. In i * short, they wanted to know if.4' dead fish were found along the s coast of Brunswick county fol- j lowing the earthquake. It is un- ( derstood that their inquiries, last-. t several days, resulted in their be-, ing completely satisfied regarding the dead fish. Geologists have expressed the . belief that If fish were killed by the earthquake along the coast of I Brunswick, they were killed by1 oil escaping from deep down in | the earth during the shocks. A rock strata extends all over j Brunswick county at various t depths, coming nearest to the sur- j, face in the Southpoit area and c o"o** Cririncr Pan uhnal.ti vii vui, uvoi fc- ?j??i5 * ?* ? w?? In only one place is this rock known to have been penetrated to I any considerable depth. The hot salt well at Fort Caswell is 1600 feet deep and the result of this boring is mineral water of about the same analysis and temperature as Hot Springs. Arkansas. What lies still deeper in the earth is a matter of conjecture. Farmers Helped By AAA Program Nearly $14,000 More Allocated To Assist Brunswick County Farmers In 1946 Than In 1945 Farmers will have more leeway under the 1946 Agricultural Conservation Program in choosing the practices they want to carry out on their farms. C. O. Bennett-, Chairman of the AAA County Committee, said today. This year, program funds will be allocated to counties as well as to states, and it will be up to farmers and local AAA committeemen to get all the conservation they can for the money they have available. Mr. Bennett said that $37,551 has been allocated to assist Brunswick County farmers to carry out practices under the i 1946 ACT program. About $25,- ] 500 will be expended to assist i county farmers under the 1945 , program. He pointed out that ] several important changes have been made in the 1946 program. , One change is that no farm al lowanee wUl be established this 1 year. Another one. is that, to ( nui-n nu.trroontn or-iriicou In ho ' . CX1I J B-? UtWl-l | w I completed under the program J | must have the prior approval of . the county committee. As In other years, AAA committeemen will hdlp each farmer plan the program for his farm From a list of practices approved for Bfurisvrtck County, the farmer may choose those which his farm needs. In approving plans, county committees will give con-! sidcration to the; needs of ail; farufc- in ijh.o qciniiy, in hire' with fihi iSiatiini icf.trnisp"atior money! to th;s idr.ty .. ' Si. irtaiXdtii Cbupty, jtfiefe ? I (Continued on Page rour) | OT [ *1.50 PER YEA* PUBLISHED ition Of C< n Earthquake ^ vine Property < Changes Ownership c Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Lewis, | f Marietta, Ga.t have purchased|to ^ he Brunswick Inn from W. S., qqU Shells, who purchased it from j zati< linston interests several years ^act go. The Inn is on the highest Acjn rater front elevation in South- wor; oit. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have j,ou] ot stated what they will do with Qon lie property. ' day. )redges Arrive For River Work A luston And Talcott To New Clean Out River Channel "f"11 From' Bar At Southport !*'es To Wilmington ; JJ? The U. S. Army Engineers pipe : ine dredge Huston has arrived rom Philadelphia and is to start rork this week clearing the chan lei between Southport and Wil- * nington. The turning and anchor- " ge basins at Wilmington will p eceive much attention. Removal conl f shoals will also be done. When sur? he worb is completed the chan- po'' lei between Southport and Wil- . nington will be 30 feet deep and ln ? 00 feet wide. com In addition to the Huston, an- j hos, thcr dredge, the Talcott, is to hurj rrive this week. This is a sue-j tion ion or dump dredge and it is j,on( xpected to work out from South- M iort on the same task that the wn( luston will be engaged in, most- prol y on the bar at Southport and itIKj n the river at other points where acjVJ ijpe line dredges cannot easily c|aj unction. The pipe line dredges repl perate by pumping their holds eaS( ull of mud and carrying it to lays and other points outside of n he channel, where it can be V lumped and will not create obtractions to navigation. Says Perry Is Fal Out For Sheriff ! F Vorth West Township Rural Policeman Said To Be r Definitely Committed As Mor A Candidate cvel | wea Former County Commissioner: hog 1. O. Peterson, of North West war ownship, was in town Monday com ind sta'ted that in the political wer mtlook for next year it was def- of t nitely assured that O. W. Perry, sup; 3runswick county Rural Police- a man, who has been the terror of jmu >ootleggers in North West, and jjdv hroughout the county, will an- mui lounce himself as a candidate for to iheriff the first of January. air. During the time he has held the ,ne position 01 ivu i <11 i uiivtiiini i, o-v is well as before that when he Bill served as constable and deputy wer sheriff, Mr. Perry has been espe- mos ially diligent in his efforts saw igainst violators of the prohibi- belt ion laws. His friends say that pori vhile he may not like all of the A aws he feels it his duty to en- ing, rorcc them, while he is an of-, to ] neer. To this end he has workedi ty jntiringly, both alone and with | sale :ho ATU officers. | kill! ' b^kezub For a long time we have been on thinking that there must be a lot of people in Brunswick coun- I ty who have ideas that would be J. i j( general value if they were, tor passed on. This being the case, anc sve arc asking our friends to doc do ua a favor. Sit down and An write us of the thing that you tindunk are most needed in your am community and county. Please ing Inu't write of impractical thlngr. Soi write bi the things that are pos-1 me sible and which will be of general! 1)3 good, if they can be obtained. If 'dot you have any ideas how to go' wit about getting the things that'eer ...in iw. a?ii I toil VV'i UKiLA W?U t*5- . &>U us how tn your letter Don't i ths write personalities or politics. I th< Write, of something; helpful andlhui how to get it, if you know how.; me If you don't know how to get it da write; about the tiling, anyway; Jin It yoar lundvmtiug. h^pperti to thJ V Hid d:^t Mipt S&gfciW s? : . : 1 lost ti Weij.i la& !t .jhe world or-tj&i^' bijt: ai ft. toe rought and had to he virorfced ost of The News I All The Time I EVERY WEDNESDAY I intact Office I 'oing Fine Work I ge Number Of Veteran* I 'ailing At Wilmington I Veterans Administration. I )ffice For Information I le increased volume of work I >e accomplished in Brunswick I nty has necessitated authori- I m for the Wilmington Oon- I Office of the U. S. Veterans I linistration to increase its I k week basis from 44 to 48 I -s, Robert S. Matthews, Jr., I tact Representative, said to- I he office will now remain | i until 5 o'clock Saturdays, I ead of closing at 12:30 o'clock I formerly, in order to comply I i orders from regional head- I rters office in Fayetteville. I total of 403 veterans from I r Hanover, Columbus, Bruns- I c, Pender, and adjoining coun- I called at the office during I first month of the operation I information on and initiation 1 109 claims for various federal I fits. I eterans coming in are in- I sted mostly in jobs, a loan for I ante, farm, or business, educa- I and training, and matters E .lining to the reinstatement or I version of their government in- I ince to one of the three I nancnt plans. 1 eterans arc also seeking full I rmation on such subjects as I ljustment allowances, pension, I pensatlon, medical treatment, I >ital and domiciliary care, I ol and funeral expenses, voca- fl al rehabilitation, and related I :fits. I lain objective of Wilmington's fl act office is to promote the I npt and efficient processing I adjudication of claims by I ising and counseling' wilh inants, beneficiaries, and theit esentutives throughout Southern North Carolina. iw Plenty Of Hog Killings rmers W?re Busy Butch- * jring Hogs Everywhere n Brunswick County On llonday Morning eoplc coming to Southport iday report seeing farmers ywhere engaged in the cold ,thcr occupation of butchering s. Apparently they had been ting for real cold weather to , le along. When it came they e not slow to take advantage he opportunity to put away a ply of fresh meat, mong those mentioning hog ng during the day was D. B. cards of the Freeland com- i iity. He said that on his way town he saw eight big hogs ady hung up and rcccivlng_ finishing process of cleaning the farm of T. G. Watts. At ; White's three more big hogs c seen hanging and at alst every house he passed he ' the fires where water was ig heated for scalding the kcrs. sked about his own hog killMr. Edwards said he planned kill nine hogs this week. Coun-Y j Commissioner O. P. Bellamy i that one of his tenants was ing five Monday. VING Reporter before they became perfect. n a personal letter this week Hammond Brown, Outdoor Ediof the Baltimore News Post, 1 also president of the Out>r Writers Association of lcrica, said, "Now that the ??t? ni/M-o tionmal t n-a u-i o iiivi v r-' ?iij hoping that we shall be sec- . 1 mere of each other down jthrrt wav" Tills persona! ssage from "Brownie" remlndn that in a recent issue of Out srs Unlimited he credited ua h a wall. He wrote: "In a re^ it tswe of fKe State Port Pilot 1 Keztah bemoans the faA it with plenty of game fish en ; Prying Pan Shoals and with ndreds and hundreds of sport*in-angiers yelling for accommotiona at the port,, he has to ! pjore them not toebmc running Vcar frit, hi'pf elates ,? iiAe;.j.iai jh&ty if Haiti ahtt i4? (hi**).. Hi wtoAri '(Continued on Page 3) . * I -