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TWO The State Port Pilot SOUTHPORT, N. C. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M HARPErTjR., Editor) Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.50 Six Months 1.00 Three Months 75 Wednesday, May 1, 1935 SUCCESSFUL DAY The annual Count} Commencement Day Program held here ye? terday was generally conceded to be one of the most successful in the history of the occasion. Miss Annie Mae Woodside, acting- j county superintendent of schools,, was in charge of arrangements j and deserves special commenda- j tion for her efforts. The hundr?ds of visiting school children seemed to enjoy the day. The wa'erfront was the center of interest during their program intermission and already many of the boys and girls are looking forward to the County Commencement Day program next year when they may spendj another full day in Southport. FOR RECREATION We notice that improvements are being made on the local baseball diamond and we also under stand that there are prospects for a good baseball team in i. Southport this summer. We are glad to hear this local sport's forecast. There is no finer j sport than a good, clean baseball i game and we will be glad to J boost a Southport team. j While on the subject of sports:! We'd like to see a movement j started to fix up the tennis court ( in front of the public library. I The playing court appears to be in good shape. All that is need- j1 ed are backstops and a net. We'll support a better tennis campaign, \ too. ????????? DISTINGUISHED * !! VISITORS I Southport is to be honored 1 Thursday night of this week by the presence of Mrs. C. J. Shum- 1 way, State President of the Leg- 1 ion Auxiliary. She is to be prin-! cipal speaker at a joint meeting of the Brunswick County Post Number 194. American Legion. |' and the American Legion Auxil-;' iary to the local post. 1 Mrs. Shumway is coming to i1 Southport in an effort to stimulate interest in the local chapter j' of the American Legion Auxil- j iary, which was recently organi-1 zed. All World War veterans in' Brunswick County, regardless of: whether they are members of the! American Legion, their wives and j. mothers are urged to attend the meeting in Southport Thursday 1 night and hear Mrs. Shumway 1 | and other visiting Auxiliary and, Legion officials. I COMMENCEMENT SPIRIT During the coming week, com- j mencement programs at all the j' white schools in Brunswick coun- j ty will be concluded and studies will be over until next fall. There's a peculiar thing about; a school closing. All year long | the students have looked forward to the last day of school; and most of the teachers, while not quite so outspoken, have also had their eye on the month of May. Then comes the final week of school with its practices, picnics and promotions. Memory of all unpleasantness that has occurred during the school year is wiped j out And, with the final day at hand, students are surprised to realize that they will miss their daily associations, and teachers,1 (too, learn of an unsuspected re-! luctance to leave for their res- [ pective homes. The commencement spirit is a! strange thing. IN THE BEST OF PAPERS Finding something wrong with a newspaper after it is off the press is Just like remembering after the train starts that you! didn't put your toothbrush in your suitcase. Wrong initials, mispelled names ! and other errors that commonly, occur are recorded in print and [ once the papers are off the press and in the mail, there is nothing! to be done about it Sometimes, j more serious errors get by in j connection with weddings, police cases and court actions. Every newspaperman is constantly on his guard against the occurrence of mistakes of any kind. A newspaper free from errors is the aim of every editor. Friends who furnish information for news stories can be of great service in helping us to keep out of difficulty on most of these charges. Remember that a reader always wants to see his name spelled correctly and that he likes to have his proper initials used. Remember, too, that nobody likes to be deliberately misrepresented; news must be founded upon facts. From time to time, mistakes will appear in this paper. We shall make them just as few and far between a3 possible. Where they are of little consequence, we ask your tolerance. In cases where errors of a more serious nature occur, we will correct them in following issues of the paper. DESERVES COMMENDATION The efforts of Mr. Harry Robinson, Brunswick County storekeeper, to establish the identity of the hit-and-run driver who ran over and fatally injured Littie Clinton Hewett last Monday morning deserve special com- j mendation. Mr. Robinson's first step in connection with the case was to! telephone to Wilmington police headquarters a description of the car that hit the Hewett child. I T\yenty-four hours later, when: officers reported that they had been unable to find any trace of j ?he driver of the death car, Mr.' Robinson decided to take matters in his own hands and it was then, that he embarked upon his threeday career as an amateur detective. His activities during the j three days make a story of unusual interest, and it appears on the first page of today's Pilot. Mr. Robinson is not an officer of the law; he is not related to the Hewett family. He was their neighbor and he was outraged j that a child who lived in sight | of his house could be struck down j in broad open daylight by an automobile, and the driver of the I death-dealing machine escape, rhe better principles of a red-1 blooded citizen prompted him to get behind the case. It was his | willingness: to do more than his | part that led to the apprehension of the man who will be tried in j Brunswick County Superior court for the crime. Citizens of Brunswick County [ owe to Mr. Robinson their deep- j est appreciation. If there were j more cases like this in North! Carolina, hit - and - run drivers j would soon be wiped out as a! highway menace. LOGICAL SEAPLANE BASE Sunday's Observer carried a mighty interesting story by Mr. W. B. Ke;;iah dealing with possible location of a seaplane base J at the harbor of Southport. The I natural facilities are there and j the position is strategic. It is aj reasonable contention that at! South port there is at hand the I finest opportunity for a great seaplane base that is to be found on the Atlantic coast. The bill forwarded on passage by Senator Bailey no doubt had Southport in mind and when it comes to the j matter of selection?for this pro-j posed seaplane base is going to | be established?those of our people familiar with the advantages at Southport have a feeling of confidence as to the decision. Mr. Keziah does not over-estimate the | claims of Southport, where one j of the best-protected harbors onj the coast is at the service of the Government. There is the water to accommodate the largest fleet of planes the Government might want to assemble and convenient to call to any part of the coun- j try. Southport, from the days it was known as Smithville, has been identified with war activities, for alongside is historic Fort Caswell, of famous service in the: War Between the States, and training ground for two armies, one that served in the SpanishAmerican War and the other that served in the World War. It was finely equipped as a military base and this equipment is yet in "occupational shape." And across the way is the "farthest north" of the palms and the palmettos on Smith's Island which, in time, is going to be developed into one of the most popular resorts along the coast, its natural, advantages making appeal that cannot be long resisted. The Observer believes a great day is ahead of the Southport territory and it can foresee revival of a great naval and military activity I THE STATE PORT P ?==r==~ | Washington Letter i i Washington, May 1.?Several' hundred politically-minded men and women here are endeavoring to measure the effect of the , President's report to the people1 l Sunday night on various phases I of his stewardship. With approxi-1 mately twenty million people on' relief rolls it will be a difficult 'matter to apply a fixed rule to gauge the Chief Executive's standing with the country. The echoes will be confusing. There is always a certain amount of fan 1 mail reaching the White House.1 It is the tone and volume of! i communications which reach the 1 j Congress that counts in shaping | legislation. I There is plenty of extravagant J speculation as to saleable fea- [ ! tures of the relief program esj pecially in view of the fact that j j one-sixth of the population will j, be direct beneficiaries. The absor-j j bing question evolves around the j workability of the Roosevelt pro- j. gram and the possibility of gal-1, vanizing state agencies into cooperative action. Spending five i billion is the task of the Presi- / dent's high coordinating council, , but they want the commonweal- j j ths to throw in a few sizeable j chips at the same time. The, j theory of reaching into the pot j j of gold at Washington before paving a share of the local re- j \ covery costs must be dissipated j early in the game if the current J j framework is maintained. Our legislators have received i { delegations from two important j and militant groups meeting here j this week. The National Chamber t of Commerce, representing busi- ? ness and finance, and the Ameri- ( can Federation or Laoor, speaa- i ing for the organized workers, are i selling their principles at the i Capitol. Cognizant of the poli- a tical implications, the law-makers c have been guarded in their con- ( versations as the ever-present is- j a sue of capital and labor was e projected to the forefront. Labor l unions concentrated their arguments on a strong bid for more a power as proposed in the pending j c Wagner Labor Disputes bill, the a revision of NRA and the Thirty- 1 Hour week. Business leaders were i i as vitally concerned for the fu-1 c ture of their particular enterprise j 1 is at stake in these labor contro- 11 versies. Industrialists visiting the j t Capitol talked of other pressing j e matters such as banking, utility, c regulation, government competition, bus and truck regulation, | a farm mortgages, amendments to j c agricultural laws, government a ownership of railroads and the . extent of the public works relief scheme. 1 The Senate leaders are speed- , ing important legislative meas- " ures to the floor in an effort to i prevent costly filibusters. The : bonus bill now before the Senate differs in many essentials from " the House draft. The chances fa- :> vor additional alterations by .j amendment during the debate, j The real bonus bill will be work- J ed out in conference between the "i Senate and House. The bonus -j agitators have their greatest j strength in the House while the \ Senate is more favorably dispos- ' ed to uphold the opposition of the -i President to a measure at this j time. The cost of the bonus to ' the ordinary taxpayers will be 1 driven home in Administration i publicity. The bonusites are divi- j ded into three camps as to the 1 method and time of payment. 1 This split will be played to the i utmost in an effort to defer Con- j gresaional action on the bonus. , The threat of the Administration ^ to call for higher taxes and low- i ering of exemptions to finance J the bonus payments will make the solons proceed with caution "j for their political future is at ^ stake. J Letters from constituents to j their legislators on controversial ' mnttpra houo licnialHr Vu^nn on. " swered by stereotyped phrases. \ i To the occasional petitioner a j j formal reply of "careful consider" means the solon will study the ' arguments advanced. It remained for Senator Ashurst of Arizona, j a veteran of 40 years political | experience, to show the country " that this guarded response is nothing more than a misleading j courtesy. The Arizona Senator, a rare type of a cultured and frank ' politician, tells his voters, "I de- 1 cline to make promisee that can- j not be fulfilled." The bromide \ used by lawmakers "of careful ' consideration" is exploded by Sen- i ator Ashurst as "a polite euphe mism for postponed negation," i which in street parlance means 1 plain "side-stepping." "i Fear of political scandals which might be laid at their doorsteps , had much to do with the action ' of the Senate in re-committing the ' bill creating a Farmers' Home J Corporation to a committee for j further revision. Senator Borah ' let the cat out of the bag with the following comment, "I make the prophecy that we shall have j at the mouth of the Cape Fear.? 4 The Charlc tte Observer. < / HOT. SOUTHPORT^NOR] a national disgrace at the enc Of the expenditure of a bilhor ss: Sonf would be required to car rv out the purposes of the mSJe. Hence, the present re-writing in a Senate committee. Schools Will Get Some Information Under the terms of a plan jusl announced by State Superintendent Clyde Erwin, the nigh schools in this county will have the opportunity this spring earn a? supply of valuable governmental materials prepared by Uie Institute of Government and ac cumulate funds for their libraries at the same time. The result may be that North Carolina schools soon will oe teaching government in action instead of the conventional governmen? in boohs. For the Institute of Government staff works on the theory that about 75per cent of governmental knowledge is to be found in the heads of the officials and the methods and pi~tices of their offices, and not in the books. ... Educators everywhere will watch the experiments with wide interest. "We have the opportunity to lead the State and nation n a program of govern men.tal instruction and preparation for citisenship," was the view expressed iv Superintendent Erwm in anlouncing the plan to the princi>als and recommending its adopion in the high schools of the The work of the Institute had )reviously attracted wide attenion and acclaim both at home tnd abroad. "The Institute of Government, as conceived and esablished in North Carolina," said 'resident Roosevelt, "has and will ender fine service to the State Lnd Nation. It is my hope that ,ther States will recognize North Carolina's leadership and that itates having no comparable agency will accept and follow its ead." By way of explanation, the Inititute is comprised of some 28 irganizations of public officials tnd around 25 citizens' groups Che organization is unique in that t marks the first time that offitials have come together with eading citizens in a joint effort o make comparative studies of heir government, with a view to ffecting improvements and econimipo The enterprise is non-p. "tisan ind non-profit in nature. A staff if six trained men is employed, ind offices are maintained inRalMsiMsMzMsMzMz aQc * I A 1 I The S that 1 sue, I in? i I this 1 vert I read I this I savii 1 fere! I man 1 The I yeai T TH CAROLINA ! | f he w : Beauty Specia ie plan. This, briefly, is to give! le schools one subscription to j Popular Government" and the * ipplementary materials of the t istitute for each membership jcured by one of its students 11 ith a commission on surplus. lemberships to be used for 11rary funds. c Weekly Quiz ' a 1. What is the oldest college j a aternity in U. S.? Ig 2. What groups of people o iaintain the most private ele-'t lentary schools in this country ? j 1 3. Who is Secretary of the < reasury ? 4. How much will a bushel I : raw turnips weigh ? I n 5. What is the capital of tl Michigan ? t] 6. Where is Amherst Univer-1 ty. 7. When was the famous o red Scott decision handed tl >wn? tl 8. What is verdigris? ji r SAV1 ly haven't thought a money-saver, si to you. In today's i yertisements descri leing offered for sa ces. 1! be found in the a Pilot each week. I ;nts that appear ng advantake of tl le to time by the di mil be able to sa' your subscription ring the course of ?ort Pilot th Carolina I . eigh and Chapel Hill. tl The Institute's project include, i tl In addition to the school mater- "i ials, the preparation of guide js< books for officials, legislative bul- j Ii j letins, and study and discussion s( j programs; the conduct of demon- ] w I stration offices and schools of of- ir j ficials and the publication of the bi | monthly magazine, "Popular Govj eminent." The school materials have been i in the course of preparation since the Institute was invited by the! State Department of Public In- j struction and the North Carolina Education Association three years | ago, to help the schools meet the fr long-felt need for materials on the actual structure and workings m of the government of the state j m and its subdivisions. The studies have since been recommended for! T: use in the schools by both the j State Textbook Commission and J ol Curriculum Revision Committee, j It was the late Dr. A. T. M Allen who suggested that the schools be given the oppurtunity si to earn the materials, but it j remained for his successor as j D State Superintendent, Clyde Er-1 dc win, to work out the details of i MONEY You readers probabl State Port Pilot as is exactly what it is for instance, are ad1 merchandise that is I week at reduced pri A list of bargains wi ising columns of The ling the advertisenu newspaper and taki ngs offered from tim m lit merchants, you 1 y times the price of State Port Pilot du ? he State 1 Southport, Nor \ 9. What is myrrh. H^ 10. How old is President He loosevelt? H*~ 11. Where was Otto Kruger Hi he actor, born? ' J. 12. What is the capital ot If Denmark. H ] (Answers on page Seven) S) Seventeen Yadkin farmers re- U< :eived $1,234.92 for 724 capons < frown under instructions from H' he county agent. By prompt delivery of tobacco I .djustment checks, the county H .gent of Nash County saved fl Towers about $2,000 in interest I n money that would have had I o be borrowed for financing the I 935 crop. The new raspberry crop of I Medmont North Carolina will I eed 20.000 crates for marketing I he berries this spring, estimates I he county agents. Practically all cotton growers j f Catawba County are renting he maximum of 35 percent of heir base acreage under the adistment contracts. ER of I I Sill 1 is- ? I tie I in I be i rTe 1 | to | a I I 1
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