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THE STATE PORT PILOT '
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
Bntered aa second-class matter April 20, 1028, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under (
the act of March 3, 1878. j]
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Wednesday, March 31, 1937
About the onlv protection a woman
i1
has from these March winds is that they
blow sand as well as shirts.
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The average second-guesser can onlyremember
tlie times he was right when ,
he "told you so." ! j
It took a hardy soul to show a light- ,
weight Easter dress Sunday. i (
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Residents of the lower end of the j
county would be mighty glad to see some
step taken toward beginning the hard- j
surfacing of the Southport-Whiteville <
highway. j ]
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A ttorney i .usu <.> / utJ
Unless Mother Nature takes a hand in f i
the matter, there is a mighty good chance! I
that there will he a big surplus poundage!]
of flue-cured tobacco produced this year '
in North Carolina. Last year's high ave-jl
rage price, together with the failure of ]
the state compact plan for control, has i
fired the hopes of many land-owners with
the idea of making "a killing" on this .j
year's crop. i
Prospects for the "killing" are pretty (
good, but it looks more like a case of ,
suicide than it does a slaughter of the
tobacco buyers. It reverts back to the old j
system of supply and demand. Farmers <
who saw over-production drive down the j
prices in 1930 and 1931 are following '
right along with their neighbors in mak-'i
ing plans for a crop that will do the ]
same thing this fall. j.
The production of tobacco represents ,
a large part of the cash income of thelj
average Brunswick county farmer, but \ fortunately
our section is not a slave to I,
this crop. Nowhere in North Carolina
can be found land and climate better ^
suited to a well-balanced program of di-'
versified farming.
That is the doctrine being preached by]'
County Agent J. E. Dodson, who points ,
out several possible avenues of escape |j
from the predicted depression of tobacco |
prices. One of the best is a larger corn
and hog crop, as was shown in figures i
given last week in connection with a recent
demonstration conducted by J. T.I,
Hickman. .
Corn can be grown easily and inexpensively
in Brunswick county, and experi- ,
ments have shown that it can be market- (
ed through fattening hogs at an average
price that is better than $1.25 per bushel. ,
The county agent is doing all in his pow- ]
er to encourage more farmers to divert ,
some of their farming energy in this di- j
rection this year. The more he is successful
in this venture, the less will be the ;
shock if, and when, the bottom falls out I'
of the tobacco market.
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A pproval
We heartily approve the action of Gov- 1
ernor Clyde R. Hoey in making it plain
that sit-down striking will not be tolerated
in North Carolina.
In fact, we have not been able thus
far to stimulate very much sympathy for
the sit-downers and their chosen means ;
to their end. In the first place, the sys- j
tem is largely just a fad?similar to the
one a few years ago when everyone was,
tree-sitting. Only now the sitting is being!
done in larger numbers, and someone is!
being made to pay. j:
In the second place, most of the people
who today are quitting their jobs through
some grievance, real or imaginary, were
out of work less than two years ago. Only;
recently have the factories where they
are employed begun to function on regu-!
lar schedule.
Labor does have its trouble with capital,
but strikes are not the best way to
iron out these differences. A board of
arbitration composed of workers and officials
who know existing local conditions
could do far more to pave the way for
peaceful settlement than organization
workers whose salaries continue while
those whom they profess to be helping
are out of work.
Governor Hoey has our moral support
in attempting to keep sit-down strikes off
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the North Carolina calendar of labor disputes.
Tourist Trafjic
Last Wednesday three hundred twentylight
tourist automobiles cross the nridi>e
over the Capt Fear river between
South port and Wilmington. Two hundred
sixteen of these ears were hound toward
Wilmington.
The point .we are getting around to is
Lhis: Most of those Wilmington-bound
automobiles were filled with people with
both time and money to visit places of interest
; most of them passed by -the Supply
and Bell Swamp intersections. Attractive
signs erected at these two strategic
places to show the desirability of including
Southport on their itinerary would
surely have attracted some visitors from
this group.
Baseball For Boys
Somehow or other we just don't believe
that a boy's education is complete unless
it includes several courses in baseball.
Not formal training, mind you, just a
;hance to get out with a crowd of boys,
choose lip sides and use the materials at
nand for a home-made game of the national
past-time.
We believe, too, that school officials of
the county fail to capitalize to the full
extent on the competitive spirit of their
iiigh school boys when they fail to make
provision for a high school baseball team
;ach spring.
Not so manv years ago when we were
in school there just wasn't much force
to a high school that didn't have a good
oaseball team. A schedule of ten or twelve
games was played each spring to set:le
county and sectional championships.
Boys on the team played their heads off
in the hope that they would attract the
attention of some college coach; boys as
far down in school as the fourth and fifth
grades practiced before school and at
jach recess with their eye set on a place
?n their high school nine.
Basketball, while it is jam-full of competitive
opportunities, isn't to be compar?d
with baseball. In the first place, it is
\ game for a few, not for the crowd.
There may be just nine men on a league
.earn, but in a recess baseball game boys
<eep choosing until the players give out.
And where the size limit intervenes, the
autcasts move off to another corner of
.lie field and start a game of their own.
There is no need for an indoor court nor
for expensive equipment.
True, school usually is out early in
Brunswick county, but spring comes early
?surely early enough for a schedule of
nght games in a five-team league.
Maybe it is too late to plan for this
year, but it isn't too early to begin to
;hink about next season.
News Story
A good news story is supposed to tell
"who, where, when and why" all in the
first paragraph. The following story violates
every one of these principals, yet
" " ' tt ?i
is one of the most amusing " news accounts
we ever read:
"The owner of a plantation had been
away on business. When he came home
he was met at the station by one of his
negroes, and as they drove home together
in the buggy, he asked the negro about
what had happened while he had been
away?whether there was any news.
Whereupon, the following dialogue took
place:
"Negro: Naw, suh, d'aint nuthin' special.
Cept'n Ole Tige?he bin kinda sick.
"Master: What's the matter with the
dog?
"Negro: 'Tain't much. I reckon hit jes'
dat he et too much roast horse.
"Master: "Too much roast horse"!
Where on earth did he get hold of that?
"Negro: Well, yer see, suh, we'n de
stable burned up, some of de homes got
so skeered we couldn't eit 'em out. so dey
burned up, too, an' dat made de roast
horse. I speck Ole Tige must 'a' got hold
er some er dat.
"Master: Great Heavens! You say the
stable burned up with the horses in it!
How in the world did the: stable catch
fire ?
"Negro: I reckon, suh, dat hit must 'a'
cotched f'um de Big 'House. Er high wind
wuz er-blowin' and de sparks wuz er-flyin\
an' some uv 'em must 'a' lit on de
stable roof.
"Master: My God! How did the house
catch ?
"Negro: Well, suh, mos' eve'ybody
think dat fire come f'um one er de lamps
dat wuz upset in de room whar dey wuz
layin' out Ole Miss atter she passed away.
Master: Old Miss dead? Whv, when I
left, she wasn't even sick!
"Negro: I knowed hit, suh. But Ole
Miss died f'um de stroke she had w'en
she foun' out dat yo' wife had done run
off wid de overseer."
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THE STATE PORT P1LC
NEWS
BRIEFS |
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i IN HOSPITAL
| R. B. Morse is n paliont in n
I Norfolk," Va? hospital where he
jtvas carried last Thursday for an
i operation.
RETURN HOME
Mayor John D. Ericksen and
city clerk J. E. Carr returned
! last week from a trip to New
iYork City.
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ACCEPTS POSITION'
H. C. Sentelle and family mov:ed
to Canton this week. Mr. SenI
telle has a position with the Na?tional
Park Service and will be
j gin his duties on April first.
R. IJ. WHITE ILL
R. D. White, prominent Bruns
j wick county. citizen, is reported
j quite ill at his home at shal!lotte.
SCHOOLMASTERS CLUB
, The Brunswick county schoolmasters
club will meet next Monday
in Southport in the final
meeting of the year.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
' Mr. and Mrs. Colon S. Mintz
of Goldsboro. announce the birth
of a son on Wednesday. March
17. Mrs. Mintz is the former Miss
(Virginia Dodson. daughter ol
County Agent and Mrs. J. E
| Dodson.
UNLAWFUL TO FISH
The closed season on fishing
' P" "-Ann >nt/\ oWoni
ill i rt'Mii wnvcm gucs iih>' Lim
April first ami will remain ir
force until May 10th. During this
' period it is unlawful to fish ir
;any manner in any of the fresh(water
streams or lakes of th(
j county.
ASK FOR ROAD
A petition will he presentee'
the county commissioners at theii
j next meeting, asking that the.v
take over the one mile of roac
from Fort Caswell Beach to thr
dock at Fort Caswell.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage licenses were issuer
during the past week to the following
couples from the local office
of Register of Deeds: Mist
Katie Stuckey to L. C. Burris
both of Wilmington: Miss Rubj
Sharp, Winnabow, to Richarc
Oscar Kye, Winston-Salem.
APPOINTED
Judge Joe W. Ruark and Representative
R. E. Sentelle, ol
Southport, have been appointee
by' Governor Clyde R, Hoey as
delegates to the 32nd Annua
j Convention on Rivers and Harj
bors in Washington April 23-27
GETTING BUSY
It has been a long time si net
; Southport had as much water(front
activity as now exists
iMany people arc working al
! crabbing, shrimping and fishing
Others are building or repairing
j boats and docks. To sum things
up, folks are unusually busy.
NEW TRAWLER
Cratie Arnold is having a sizj
eable new trawler built and ir
, addition to using it for shrimp|
ing he will carry fishing parties
and freight. The boat is 44 feel
I in length and has a 12 foot beam
| Its construction is especial!}
adapted for the comfort of fishing
parties.
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FISHING PROSPECTS
If you want to believe thai
Southport will have a big seasor
for sport fishing this year you
will nnlv have to s?o a short dis
tance along the water front ant
listen to what the fishermen are
saying about it. They are all conj
fident that this is going to be r
big year.
CLEANLINESS
The workers employed in preparing
crab meat at the planl
of the Cape Fear Packing company
will compare well with the
attendants in any hospital foi
cleanliness. All must wear spotless
white uniforms and all tools
and implements must be kept
as clean and sanitary as those
which are to be found on a surj
geons table.
County Home Notes
B. C. Williams made a trip to
Shallotte on Tuesday of the past
week.
J. S. Hewett returned on Tuesjday
afternoon from a visit tc
[ relatives and friends at Shallotte
j Bladenboro and other points.
Miss E. Satterfield held i
splendid pre-Easter service at the
home on Tuesday afternoon.
Wesley and Floyd Varnumvis
j ited Mrs. Lizzy Jones and he:
! son, Henry, on Thursday after
j noon.
Henry Jones visited relative!
at Oak Island Station during the
week-end, returning on Sundaj
afternoon.
Mrs. Ruby Gore called on Mrs
Mary Williams Friday afternoon
Oscar Garner made a brief cal
at the home on Friday.
B. C. Williams made a trip tc
' Wilmington Saturday morning.
Mrs. E. C. Lewis, accompanied
by Hayes Lewis and daughter,
called Sunday to see F. H. Willard.
Oscar Garner was also a caller
on Monday and took a resident
on a visit to relatives.
>T, SOUTHPORT, N. C.
BnUJ I fend News 1
Egg l Inn i
Ttio children enjoyed an Easter
party shortly afternoon at school
on Friday, then were dismissed i
to attend a community egg hunt
!nt tile Cape Fear Coast Ouard
Station, All but two of the island
families were represented and |
the grown people joined the chil- !
dren in the hunt. All seemed to j
have a pleasant time.
Little .lirnmie Munn returned
with his grandfather. I,. H. Munn
I from South Carolina to spend
i some time with him. He expects
' to enroll in our school next term.
Mrs. R. K. Sellers and Robbie
spent Easter with relatives in
| Mill Creek.
Mrs. ,T. H. Quidley went to.
Southport on a shopping trip
Before we reached Southport we
; were wishing we had put off go-!
ing over till another day as our
engine refused to run on thej
mixture of gas and water. After
floating around and drifting seaI
ward for some time the boatmen
j got her to the dock at Fort j
' Caswell and tied up till they
i drained the tank, strained the I
gas. poured out the water and
i refilled the tank. Of course, it
|was only a short time then till
I j we landed but in the two hours
the cold air had made us plenty
chilly. Just another experience
i in crossing. But, ' variety is the
,, spice of life."
i Last week, with the help of
I Mart TTYffj r f'nfiSt O I!nTilsmfMl.
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i James E. Piner, of the Cnpe Fear |
Light Station, launched his yacht i
. "Golden Dreams." In a short
l while he expects to get his seventy
horse gray motor, a radio
,and light plant installed. Then he
; says he will be ready to take his
: | friends out.
tj We are looking forward to a
i! visit very soon from our county
i1 superintendent of education. Miss
| Annie Mae Woodside, and our
county nurse, Mrs. Lou H. Smith.
j A youngster in a very private
I school was asked to define a comI
j nion denominator.
"i "If it's common," said the child i
' "mother wouldn't want me to
I know about it."
j "What is Bill strutting so big
I about these days?"
"A life insurance doctor just
II examined him and found him O.
!k."
j "What of it?"
11 "It's the only examination he
, jevei passed". |
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