^paht; 2 THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER. JR.. Editor (toured u second-claw matter Apul 20. 1928. at the Poet Office at South port N. C., under (he act of March 3, 18TB Subscription Rate* ONE YEAR 11.50 MX MONTHS l .OO (THREE MONTHS _ 76 a ' ^ Wednesday, February 9, 19.18 Time is the best cure for embarrassment. It usually pays to listen a while before you do much talking. Local anglers are learning that you can't rush the fishing season. There is a time in the career of almost every genius when the world suspects that he is a fool. You'll find most people good listeners ?as long as yon are saying something nice about them. After February 16 your best bird dog will be nothing more than an over-grown pet for the next ten months. ci i g i ti r-i if t.r.a. We'll bet that no wife ever had to listen to her husband's story of an argument i that he lost. High pressure salesmen would have a harder time if their victims could catch a glimpse of their banker just before they succumbed. Human nature: buying numerous packages of flower seeds and letting the weeds take the flowers a few months later. These filibustering Senators are setting a bad example to children who are advised not to talk until they have something to say. Friends who borrow books may not be good mathematicians but they are often excellent bookkeepers. School Kids You will find us on the side of the school children every time we think there is a possible chance that they are in the right, but recently we have seen flagrant evidence that some of them are using the school busses as a means for imposing upon the public. On a trip through the county one cold morning two weeks ago we came to a halt behind a school bus that was parked in the road. We stopped a safe distance behind the vehicle, and after a wait of three or four minutes the driver pulled off the road and waved for us to come on by. It was then that we glanced down a side road to our left and say a sulky, sullen school boy sauntering along at his leisure toward the bus. The inconvenience to us was negligible so that may be thrown out. But what about the twenty or thirty school children huddled together in that cold school bus? What about the children up the road that were out at their appointed places waiting for the bus to come? And what about the entire school bus load if every child took that much time to come out to the road? The kids wouldn't get to school in time to start back home. That, and a couple of similar cases that we've seen recently, is a condition that should be remedied by the parents. It will be if they have any consideration for the school, or for their neighbor's children. Publicity Recently Wade Ison, sports editor of The Charlotte News, resigned to go to State College as publicity director. At Duke University is Ted Mann, a veteran newspaperman with experience in the larger dailies. Bob Madry, formerly a successful newspaperman in this state directs the publicity program at the University of North Carolina. All of these men draw 'good salaries hut the institutions which they serve be lieve they are worth what they get. Mer in charge of these schools know the valut of keeping the parents of their studentj informed about their activities. Old students and alumni, too, are more interest ed in their college when they have an opportunity to keep up with what's going on. All of which makes it more than ever a puzzle to us why school principals of Brunswick county have not taken advahItage of our repeated offer of a free school column. We have pointed out the value of keeping the parents and patrons of the schools in touch with the activities of the school children, their honor roll, I their clubs, organizations and athletics, i But on the whole the offer has a cold I reception from the school principals. A notable exception is W. R. I.ingle, I principal of the Southport school, who has kept his school column active except upon one or two occasions. There have been two columns turned in from Bolivia; two from Waccamaw. There were two from Leland, but both were written by someone outside the school. From Shallotle, the largest school in the county, there hasn't been a school column this year. Lack of time is 110 excuse on the part of the school principals for not keeping the affairs of the school before the public.Col. llarrellson, Dr. Few and Dr. Graham didn't assume the duties of the publicity program at their respective schools. All they do is direct the policy, and pass upon matter of important details. Principals of schools in this county can do the same thing in a smaller way, and they can use students or teachers instead of high-salaried writers to accomplish a purpose that will do their institutions. a world of good. Suggested Site We do not know the government's policy in the matter of acquiring land for the erection of a hospital, nor do we know nHM-iuin of iho owners of the Cas IHC abvii.u\iv v.. well-Carolina Corporation toward the disposition of a part of their property. We believe, however, that there is no better site in North Carolina for the erection of the new government hospital than over at Ft. Caswell. The place has everything. Good climate ?cool breezes in summer, warm Gulf stream in winter. Appeal?the everinteresting ocean at the mouth of North Carolina's busiest river. Recreation? bathing and fishing for the convalescent and visitors who may come to see patients. And, to top it all, a hot-water well with possibilities of development that j defy exaggeration. A smart corps of government doctors can use the real and imagined curative properties of that ever-flowing mineral well to cure more j patients than ever will come out of the operating room alive. Of all the improvements suggested for Southport since we have been here, this ; one is the most greatly to be desired. We j have the natural advantages, and if Dame j Fortune (and the powers-that-be) will just be on our side this once, we'll forgive the loss of the fort, the loss of the Naugatuck, discontinuation of the quarantine station, consolidation of the coast : guard stations, and the removal of Camp Sapona. Fire Trap Schools Again the North American continent has been the scene of a ghastly school fire?a small college in Montreal, in which the death list was more than a score. The hundred-odd pupils and students who were saved owe their lives to miraculously good fortune. As manv authorities have pointed out, the condition in thousands of American schools present a constant hazard to their occupants. And this is true not only of old wooden buildings which were erected before much was known of fire-resistive construction. Many a relatively new school, though handsome and massive in appearance, is honeycombed with unnecessary hazard. Inadequate starwavs, doors that open inward, noorlv situated fire escapes?these are but a few of the dangers that can be found in schools built at great cost in recent years, as well as in the ramshackle buildings of yesteryear. The school boards which have juvisdi1 ction over these dangerous buildings did not consciously approve hazardous design and construction. They simply did 1 not know any better. But here is a case where ignorance is no excuse?where, ih deed, it is in the nature of a crime. No school should be built until qualified experts have examined and approved the > blueprints. And every existing school? no matter how safe it may seem to the i layman? should be inspected by experts in order to unearth and correct possible s d angei-s. Thousands of children have died in - school fires that would not have occurred - had the buildings been properly construct: ed. Every parent should demand firesafe schools. t fft? tfEtrs RErontm. w Waccamaw School News The following pupils made 90 and above for the first month of the second semester: First grade: Jean Bennett. Josephine Runs, James A. McKeithan, Hazel Smith, Marshall Rentoh, , Wilbur Carlisle, Woodrow Long, 1 Clem Russ, R. C. Smith, Kenneth ' Ward, Magalene Long, Itis Smith, Carrelee, Doris Smith and Clara j Mae Smith. j Second grade: Joe Levy Evans, ] Guy Hughes, Raymond Ludlum, ] Talmadge Little, George Ellis , Long, Edward Duncan, Marvin Ward, Madelene Evans, Lena Mae < Gore, Janis Gore, Geraldine Formyduval, Ruby Avis Formyduval, 1 Mildred Long, Retha McKeithan, Katie Ruth Stuart, Willie Mae , Smith, Glenn Williamson, Doris j Bland, Norma Jean Jenrette, Hel- ( en King, Marie Leonard, A. V. ] Russ, . Lucille. Sellers, Ina Mae . Simmons, Lina Mae Stahaland, ( and Dovie White. Third grade: Faxion Bennett, 1 Ralph Gore, Cecil Jones, 'L. D. Jones, Earlee Smith, Jr., Wilbert 1 Albert Stanaland, Delta Mae Babson, Hazel Mae Babson, Jacqne- ' line Bennett, Doreen Inman, Annl? Bell Hewett, Carol Deah Jen- i rette, LoiTaine Jones, Hazel 1 Mintz, Elean Russ, and Ella Mae Smith. | Fourth grade: Benhie Brooks Ward, William Ward, Annie Edwards, Florrie Mintz, Hilda Mintz, Bobbie Russ, Marie Parker, Mary Alice Hewette, Thomas King, Myrtle Coleman, Led Simmons, Robbie Purvis, Joseph Piver, Madison Gore, Edna Mae Ludlum, Donald Allen, Roscoe Inman, Bvelvn Lee Smith, Lloyd Edwards, Giilene Ludlum, Sarah Lee Smith, Fifth gi'.ade: Hyton Babson. Jack Blown, Lathah Formyduval, 1 Eunice Allen, Allison Bennette, ' Alberta Duncan, Elnora Jacobs, ' "" " ' *?- n?!!_? , victoria jenrene, v/unuic muiui, Lorraine Mintz, Mai-y Lee Rush, ' Margaret Smith, Pauline Wilson, Lena Inman. Otray Mae Lohg, j Lucille Hewette, Ernestine McCunibee, Bernice Evans, Wilma ' Phelps. Sixth grade: Bob Milligan, Em- 1 ma Echvards, Virginia Williams, 1 Glendola Bennette, Mary R. Har- j relson, Annie Gola Ray, Florene Evans, Verda Mae Edwards, Esther Formyduval, Beatress Hill, Etta Mae Jones, Mary Emma Smith, J. B. Gray, Jr., Bervie Hewette, Dalton Phelps, and Byard Sellars. Eight It grade: 'Mary Francis Dodson, Opal Norris. Ninth grade: Leslie Inman, Myrtle Beck, Mavis Brady, Teva Formyduval, Eula Mae Phelps, Muriel Ross, and Marjorie Jenrette. Tenth grade: Willis Sellars. Eleventh grade: Cleo Stnnaland and Addison Jenrette. BASKET BALL Southport high school boys and girls basketball teams came down to our gymnasium Friday evening to engage our teams in a game of basketball. The girls played the first game which was won by the Waccamavv team by the score of 30-3. The good guarding and entire team work of the home team kept the lassies from the other end of the county from scoring a single field goal. Both teams showed good sportsmanship during the whole game. The boys' game was more spirited and the Waccamaw boys soon demonstrated that they had gone into the game to keep the visitors from marring their season's record in the county. The score was sixty-four to eighteen in favor of thp hnmp tanm Thp good shooting of Jenrette, Evans, and Smith ran the score up very rapidly; ami the work of the entire team kept the visltore from piling up a very large score. Freeland News Freoland, Feb. 7?Misses Paulihe and Cleo Stanaland of Wampee spent Sunday afternoon with Misses Vera and Dorothy Simmons. Miss Martha Mills Harrelson 3pent the week-end with Miss Lucille King. Miss Dorothy Grey, who has been In training at James Walker Memorial, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grey. Nick, Edwin, "Billy" and Inez Harrelson Soles were visitors in this vicinity Sunday. Miss Ora Mae Watts spent the week-end with Miss Ora Ahn Milllgan. Miss Katy Lee Watts ahd Tom Jones were in this vicinity Sunday. L. C. Stewart of Longwood Visited Miss De Lena F. Duval Sunday "Fess" Evans of Ash was in thi3 vicinity visiting Curtis F. Duvai recently. Gordon Batten and "Billy" Pierce of Hallsboro were visitors here Sunday. Little Betty Formy Duval is ill with symptoms of "flU" and ear confusion. -In Polk Couhty, farmers are preparing to make one of their heaviest seedings of lespedeza. Seed are being purchased cooperatively for broadcasting over small grain. mremtg. w. c. SOUTHPORp SCHOOL NEWS * Following- is the honor roll for the fifth month for the Southport school. Students with an average grade of between 93 ahd 100 are on the first honor roll; between j 00 ahd 90 oh the secohd honor roll. First grade; First honor roll, | Dot Watts, Jimmie Cox, Joseph Cox, Mary Sue Wallace, Barbara Prince, Jenrette Hickman, Jack I Swan. Second grade: First honor roll ' Joyce Lancaster, Betsy Jane Galloway; second honor roll, Barbara Wee**, It. B. Seller*. third grade: First honor roil. Margaret McGee, Evelyn Muhcv Dorothy WaM, Lou Newt oh, Bess Milter Plaxco, Dorothy Prince Billy Bowling; second honor roll Ahhe Mcftackan. Fourth grade: First honor roll Bally Ahh McNfel. Fifth grade: First honor roll Dorothy Cox. Sixth grade: First honor roll, I Anhts Jean Week*, Lula Marie Bwaih, Mae Swain. FJofse St 3eorge, Rudolph Seller*, Inez Phelps, Glenn Lehnon, Muriel Lee Jones, Joe Young Christian: Secind honor rail, Marie Moore. Eighth grade: First hohor roll Boderic Bellamy. Nlhth grade: First hohor roll, DoNr Lewis. hoho'- roll, w. t. Fulwood, John Hall F>venin grade: First honor rail. Edward Taylor. Katie Cox tioufse Nle rnsee. Bee Specialist Writes Article Of Foiit-Bra>0(t In Beehivea On Their Farms The aplariat of the State Department of Agriculture says that me or the moat Important thing* wekeepera cah do tc control American foulbraod in sections >vhera It Is known or suspected o be present Is to check over fmlr bees early In the spring ?re there are any days warm ncugh for the bees to fly rreey and examine any dead colon^,i^' w,mther they died from oulbraod or not. It Is easy to pick out the dead colonies in a rard oh a day that (s too cold * - ,u_ or IIP ores 10 ny oy giving urc ikle of the hive a sharp jar and then listening for the buzzing of the bees Inside. If no buzzing is leard after the hive has been (aired two or three times the colony is apt to be dead and ihould be examined closely. In order to tell whether the; :olony had foulbrood or not the j orood combs should be removed one at a time and examined closely. American foulbrood is caused by a bacteria which attacks the larvae about the time they are ready to be capped over In the cells. A few of the larvae die before they are Capped over but most of them die after the cell has been capped. The diseased lal-vae first takes on a slight brownish color and sinks down in the cell losing the well rounded shape and pearly white color of healthy larvae. As decay continues the larvae mass becomes Park brown or coffee colored and often has a strong gluelike odor. The cappings are sunken, dark colored, and perforated with small pin holes. At this stage the dead larvae has a sticky, ropy consistency and will often rope out in thin threads two or three inches long if a toothpick or some similar object is twisted around in the cell a little and then withdrawn. The dead larvae continue to disintegrate In to a sucKy gme-?Ke mass wntcn finally dries down to a dark brown or almost black acale which sticks to floor of the cell so tightly that it cannot be removed without tearing up the cell. These dried down scales are often the only form of the disease found in dead colonies early in the spring because the brood has been dead so long it has all dried down Into scales. Tliese scales can easily be seen if the comb is held in such a way that the light shines oh the floor of the cells. If there Is doubt about whether disease Is present or not assistance may be secured by writing the State Inspector, Raleigh. Dead colonies Which are found to obtain foulbrood should be removed from the yard at once and destroyed, Great care should be taken to nee that aH the honey and comb Is thoroughly disposed of In such a way that the bees can not get to any of it, because the main way foulbrood is spread is in the hbhey. Burning Is usually the best way to destroy them. If the bees are allowed to rob the honey out of a colony or two that have died from foulbrood all the colonies in the yard are apt to take the disease. Another way In which much foulbrood is spread is In moving bees that haVe the disease from one location to another. Jh an effort to check the spreading of loulbrobd into sections that are now. free from it the Department of Agriculture has adpoted regulations which state that no bees or used apiary equipment shall be sold or moved from ofte location to another until after it has f If ~ He" Mortality Rate In N. C. Declines Infant Mortality Rate As The General Death Rate In The State On Decline, Report Shows Raleigh?North Carolina's infant mortality rate dropped from 88.4 per 1,000 live births in 1937, the provisional report of the Division of Vital Statistics of the State Boa id of Health, of which Dr. R. T. Stimpson is the director, shows. Hie maternal mortality rate dropped from 7.0 to 5.4. or, numerically, from 532 to 432. been inspected and found free from American foulbrood. Any person who is intending to buy bees should for his own protection insist that they be inspected before he buys them. Inspection service is free to all beekeepers who want it and can be had by applying to the State Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. 1 J . i = NOTII 3rd < I will be at nated for the p penalty of 2 pei Pay befor that SHALLOTTE, FEBF LOCKWOODS FOL LOCKWOODS FOL ROACHES STORE, I BOONS NECK, J. D VILLAGE POINT, ? GRISSETT TOWN, ITHOMASBORO, FE HICKMAN'S X RO> LONGWOOD, Bro* ASH, POST OFFIC! FREELAND, Simmo EXUM, Bennetts St WET ASH, Mrs. M. ICELAND, Holmes S NAVASSA, Lewis 5 PINES SERVICE SI J! WINNABOW, Henr BOLIVIA, Willetts : Ch tv WEDNESDAY. FEBRUAHV ? B Studied Not in Vain LOOK. 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