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?? THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Wednesday, June 16th, 1937
| ? Those Signboards 1
It's another editorial about those siprn- \
boards that we insist will be such a good 1
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v. . investment for the town of Southport.
as?-? We refer to a pair of signs, one each
to be erected at Supply and Bell Swamp,
i ** to invite travelers along U. S. Highway j
No. 17 to drive down to Southport for a|
I visit before speeding their way through
j Brunswick county.
We believe that there would be no
j prohibitive cost attached to the construcj
tion of these signs, and we have a unique
plan in mind for keeping them fresh and
up-to-date. In Southport there are at least
two men who specialize in designing and
painting signs. We believe that a friendly |
I rivalry between the two in taking care of
I these signboards would result in seasonal
changes and attractiveness for these stanI
ding invitations to visit Southport.
I; About The Road
1i| Word comes from Whiteville that Robert
Grady Johnson, district highway com1
missioner, says that work is soon to be
J resumed on the project of hardsurfacing
i the Whiteville-Southport Highway. Work,,
i i he says, will begin in Columbus county
j | and will extend toward the Brunswick
: county line.
We are mighty glad to hear some fav|
orable expression concerning the road,
for matters have been at a discouraging
standstill for several months. Despite the
fact that the last assurance regarding
this highway was to the effect that work j
? would be started at Shallotte and would j
extend toward the Columbus county line, j
t we have no quarrel with the highway
I commission for scene-shifting so long as
; something actually is done.
However, in assigning reasons for the
i change in places for beginning, Johnson
! is reported to have said that "Brunswick
! already has used up her present allot-'
ment for road construction."
i We give pause to wonder where and!
: when.
! , Museum Needed
J
A small museum established in South-j
Import might easily become a leading center
Ijrof interest in this community.
I [jj The town is located in the midst of a
iI section that was the cradle ot early worth
Carolina history. From the early clays of
colonization this area at the mouth of the
Cape Fear river has been considered
strategic by both sides in each war that
has disturbed the progress of the United
States. Old forts and fortifications have
yielded up many relics of other days.
Then there is the peace side of the
picture; interesting household objects,
letters, pictures and other things that
J would be everlastingly cherished as mu|
seum attractions,
j : Practically every person in Southport
j has some valuable contribution he could
' make to a museum.
Located in one wing of Fort Johnson
is the Southport public library. We can
think of nothing more suitable than that
'the other wing of this same building be
used for a museum, where things of his;
toric value may be collected and kept for
posterity.
What Has Happened?
Since a movement was instituted three
.weeks ago to enforce the law requiring
| domestic servants to procure health certificates,
we have learned of two instances
where it has been discovered that hired
help coming in constant contact with
children were suffering from contagious
H| . social disease.
These results have been noted after
I ( only a comparative few citizens have coH
' ^operated in requiring their servants to
I live up to the letter of the law. It is unIpleasant
to speculate upon the final results
of the check-up.
Two or three housekeepers when apI
Ihiroached about the health examination
jhave declared that they were afraid to
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clamp down on their cook or nlrsemaid.
"She might get mad and quit," is the
sincere but inadequate excuse.
It would be far better for the laziest
housewife in South port to be forced to do
her own cooking all summer long than
to have one member of her family contract
a dangerous venereal disease from
an unclean servant.
The revelation of an active disease
does not necessitate the permanent dismissal
of a servant. It only gives a chance
to arrest the trouble before it becomes
more serious, and before it has been passed
along to others.
You will be doing your house servants
a favor when you insist that they comply
with this state law.
Suggestions
We have read with interest the report
made last week by the citizens commititee
appointed by the board of county
commissioners to study the present agreement
existing between the bondholders
and Brunswick county and to make recommendations
for a satisfactory agreement
in this matter.
After reading the report we are convinced
that the committee composed of
L. T. Yaskell, C. Ed Taylor, George R.
Foulke, Jr., H. L. Clemmons and Cornelius
Thomas, made a careful and exhaustive
study of the agreement with the
bondholders, together with an investigation
into the present financial status of
the county.
Members of this body were interested
in effecting a compromise agreement
which will allow Brunswick county to retire
her bonded indebtedness, but it was
also the desire of this committee that this
be done without undermining the current
financial stability of the county government.
Comparative figures revealed the fact
that much of the responsibility for the
present plight of the county exchequer is
because of poor tax collections. In the
report, the recent depression is blamed
to some extent for this condition; but the
falling off of collections goes beyond
that.
There is no denying the fact that
Brunswick county is in precarious financial
condition; but there is no reason to believe
that she cannot come out of this
hole with her credit intact. Primary requisites
appear to be a keener sense of
obligation on the part of Brunswick county
taxpayers, together jyith a curtailment
of current expenses.
Unobserved Birthday
Anniversaries have a way of slipping
by. And the significant point about the
slipping by, on June 1, of the first year
of two-cent-a-mile rail passenger fares
was the complete lack of notice of the
occasion.
Where were the protests of yesteryear?
What has become of the suit of a large
group of railroads to enjoin the Interstate
Commerce Commission from enforcing the
lower rates? They appear to have jusf
faded out of the picture. And for a good
reason.
During 1936 Eastern railroads generally,
under the lower fares, enjoyed an average
boost of 13 per cent in passenger re
venues. And the trend is still upward.
In short, people are riding the rails as
they haven't ridden them in years. The
two-cent-a-mile rate, despite the dire prophecies,
has duplicated in the East itf
previous successful record on the railroads
of the West and South.
We're mighty happy over this comeback
of the railroads. And we'd be ever
happier to find them, one of these days
giving Uncle Sam a frank vote of thank;
for forcing that comeback on them.?
New York Post.
Co-operation
It has been a long time since the for
ests of Brunswick county were in greate:
danger from their worst enemy?fores'
fire.
During the past week small fires havf
broken out in several localities, and th<
co-operation of citizens with the counts
and district wardens has made it possibli
to hold timber loss to a minimum.
Credit also is due the men of Camj
Sapona, who have rendered yeoman ser
vice in fighting fires that threatened t<
grow into dangerous proportions.
Many people are so two-faced it's i
wonder that the barber doesn't charg<
them double prices.
Some of us proved about as efficien
; prognosticators of the wet and dry out
look as the weather man, perhaps.
Before automobiles, there wasn't an;
such thing as driving drunk charges?
the horse usually had gumption enougl
to know the condition of the driver anc
| stay on his side of the road.
THE STATE PORT PILOT, 5
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i just Among
The Fishermen
(BY W. B. KKZIVH) 1
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What Happens
"God mada all the little
"fishes." And when they get
away man tries to make
them into bigger ones.
Woman Wins
"It isn't bragging. I just caught
more than all three of those
1 men together," declared Mrs. T. |
K. Carlton, of Salisbury, Friday, j
The three who did not rate so
well as Mrs. Carlton with the j
fishing were her lesser half. Also
Register of Deeds W. D. Kezziah
and Mr. Charles Price, of
Salisbury. They were on the boat
of Capt. H. T. Bowmer and j
, brought in 140 blues, 25 mack,
j erel and trout and some sea
j bass.
I Lucky
I This column can always
' count on reporting a good
catch when Dr. F. P. Sum- !
mers, of Charlotte, rolls into
Southport for his almost
weekly fishing trip. This last
week's trip the Doctor brought
his daughter. Miss Doro- <
thy, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Easley and Mrs. Bill Greer,
j these last two couples being
| from Rock Hill, S. C. They
j went out on the boat of Cap.
Tony McKeithan and on their
return Dr. Summers reported
150 pounds of dressed
blues and bass and 50 pounds
' i
UI mutni-ici.
Prospecting:
' Forest City, way up in Ruth-'
crford county, sent up P. L, |
! Marks, Bert McGinness and J.'
l C. Queen to see how the fish |
i were biting last week. They did
I their prospecting from the boat
j of Capt. H. T. Bowmer and reported
over a hundred fine fish, |
mostly blues and mackerel.
Sea Bass
Proctorsville, in Robeson
county, was represented
i among the fisher folks here
last week by John B. Clark,
O. L. Shepherd, W. L. Borden,
E. G. Fennell, W. L.
Byrd and Hayes Barnes.
They elected to go for sea
bass, and brought in about
250 pounds. Skipper H. T.
; Bowmer had charge of the
party while they were out on
the bounding deep.
Old Salt
I; Morrison Formy Duval, of
: Whiteville, had a crow to pick
. with this columnist last week. "I
resent it," said he. "I am just as
. much of a salt, and a whole lot
1 better fisherman, than you are."
His expressihn was provoked by I
j a picture of a group of fisher|
men from up state, himself inj
eluded, in the Civic Club booklet
now being distributed. The
I men in the picture were describ.
cd as "Up-State folks."
To The Ladies
11 Fishing parties are mainly
j confined to men, but it is a
, | significant fact that ladies
' | who have composed part of the
! deep sea fishing expeditions
out from Southport this year
have caught plenty of fish.
On the whole, they seem to
! j have better luck than men.
! Fish Bites Man
,! This columnist got _ a "good
bite" one day the past week but
(was unable to iook at it uim
! way. A two pound blue fish, in
ja moment of savagery, jumped
and seized hold of his hand be'
tween the thumb and forefinger.
| A blue fish has razor-like teeth
, | and plenty of tenacity. This one
had to be literally choked to
I death before he would let go. [
i J Menhaden
, J For one day, at least, the
menhaden boats came in last
' j week with full catches. That
; meant mighty pleased crews
_ i and a quickening of interest
on the part of people who
understand how important this
phase of the fishing industry
! is to Southport.
Doctors
> Doctors are splendid fishermen
3 and the presence of one or more
. members of the profession in
many of the parties that come
here is always welcomed. We felt
personal disappointment when
several full fledged medicos came
in one afternoon last week too
late to go fishing. With Dr. Wil- J
- liam Dosher as host, the best
C they could do was a boat ride
^ over the harbor and to Fort Cas:
well and the quarantine station.
Those in the party were, Dr. J.
- Buren Sidbury, Dr. James F.
- Robinson, Dr. Donald Koonce, Dr.
1 LeRoy Fergus, all of Wilmingl
ton; Dr. A. N. Johnson, of Garland;
Dr. E. L. McLean and Dr.
) W. Z. Bradford, of Charlotte:
Dr. R. B. Whitaker and Dr. W.
E. Miller, of Whiteville. Dr.
Frederick Bond, of Southport, |
was also in the boating party. !
Visiting
I Elton French, of the Robert
Gaylord, Inc., St. Louis,
Mo., is keenly bent on plenty
of good fishing this summer. 1
In an air mail, special de^
livery letter to the Civic Club
Friday, he stated he was
leaving St. Louis on the 18
for Southport, bringing his
family. It is understood they
{ will remain until September.
Disappointment
The first really disapopinting |
1 deep-sea fishing expedition of the
| year had the Wilmington Port1
Commission as hosts. And it was
through no fault of the hosts
SOUTHPORT, N. C
Our Washington
LETTER
(By National Editorial Ass'n.)
Washington. June 16.?Violence
of labor strikes in various sections
of the country, which have
local law enforcement authorities
at their wit's end, provokes uneasiness
in Congressional and Administration
circles. The politicians
are worried at the rising
tide of public resentment as embattled
strikers make their influence
felt in the everyday life of
a citizen by shutting down power
lines and transportation systems,
threatening the supply of necessities.
The tide has not reached
sufficient proportions to scare the
lawmakers into amending their
latest batch of laws to the extent
of imposing legal responsibilities
on union leaders as now demanded
of employers.
Final Word
On the contrary, a reading of
the cards this week shows that
Messrs. Green and Lewis will
have the final word in revision
of the pending hour and wage
regulation bill. Hearings on this
highly controversial measure will
be concluded Shortly, but the two
committees of Congress will require
several sessions behind closed
doors to put the finishing
touches on the latest adventure
in social legislation. Oddly enough,
partisan lines are forgotten
but sectional wage scales are dominant
factors.
Prices And Profits
It is in the winter books that
thq next ordeal ahead for busi ?
"v* A/1?vtt?iofratinn V\i 11 f f\V
Iican la an auiiiunotiukiv/n
control of prices and profits. The
theory is that living costs will
advance so far during the intervening
months that Congress will
be under pressure to "do something."
The idea broached in private
talks is the enactment of a
Federal licensing bill giving the
central government authority to
lay heavy hands on all forms of
business. It is reported that many
features of the Wallace agricultural
program now before the
Senate and House will be scrapped
until next winter. The story
is current that the farmers are
so busy with their normal affairs
that they have given little or no
support to plans of the bright
young men for "more benefits
and more control of crops from
Washington."
Cent ral Power
Back of all the hemming and
hawing on reorganization of government
departments is a fundamental
line of cleavage between
two political philosophies, such as
raked the country decades ago.
The old issue of centralized power
and decentralization has cropped
out in the contest between
Rresident .Roosevelt and Senator
Bynl, of Virginia, two Democrats.
Two rival plans for revision
of government agencies are
floating around the Capitol, but
the conflict over principle may
delay Congressional action until
the next session. It seems that
Mr. Roosevelt had a special commission
which recommended vesting
greater power in the Chief
Executive and having a post-audit
of expenditures by abolishing
the office of Comptroller-General.
Senator Byrd and his committee
felt that another study was neseccary
and authorized the famous
Brookings Institution to
make a survey for the legislature.
The result was a series of
recommendations designed to promote
both economy and efficiency
consolidation of bureau acti
vitles, whereas the President's
handpicked group admitted that
their plan called for more efficiency
than savings. Another sore
spot was the Byrd advocacy of
pre-audit as a means to check
extravagance in government expenditures.
Report Number 10
Hence, we find Report Number
Ten of the Brooking's investigators
to the Byrd Select Committee
raising plenty of political
dust. Admitting that the arguments
of the President's own
commission for centralizing sublegislative
power in the White
House had some merit, the Senate
agents contend there are
"even stronger arguments against
such centralization." They
openly question the right of Congress
to delegate such wide power
to tho President and insist
that the Chief Executive "is subject
to almost no judicial control
nor can he be made financially
responsible for his executive acts,
while the independent board and
commission are subject to a strict
control by the courts." The
strategy of Mr. Roosevelt is apparently
to sell only a portion of
that only a relatively small number
of fish were taken. The party
planned trolling for blues and
mackerel, a variety of fishing for
which there should never be more
than six persons engaged on one
boat. Through a lack of understanding
this party went out
from here?15 fishermen on one
boat and 12 on another. They
had a good time and remained
out all day but the results in the
way of fish were not so good.
The party included: W. L. Brinkley,
J. F. Nichols, W. S. Hires,
M. R. Banner, W. O. Holland, Jr.,
C. W. Strickland, all of Greensboro:
T. M. Foulks, G. H. Kalian,
R. A. Norcom, Don Cameron, E.
P. Whitaker, J. B. Davis, G. D.
Moody, C. Ben Shisler, D. W.
White, all of Charlotte; M. T.
Shepherd, Durham: E. M. Moore,
Burlington; F. M. Youngblood,
Concord, and J. F. Oglesby, Kinston.
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his consolidation idea at this' ning July 1. T1
session on the theory that once j for new activit
the camel's nose is under the available on thai
tent the next Congress will soon counts for the
welcome the whole animal and for patronage. '
forget Senator Byrd's defense of hunting the offit
decentralized authority. Only the . General Farley,
Supreme Court reform bill kept j the pie-counter,
this issue seething beneath the \ ing the names i
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