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' PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT ' Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER. JR., Editor | BnUared u second-claw matter April 20, 1028, at the Poet Office -at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3. 1870. - i Subscription Rates ONE TEAR 3160 BEX MONTHS 1.00 THREW MONTHS .78 Wednesday, September 28, 1938 , It sometimes takes a good sense of humor to get out of a ticklish situation. Some people save their ailments for alibis. Few of us make enough to finance our day dreams. The mannerisms of some people often remind us of birds and animals. Parrots and vultures and hogs, horses, dogs, foxes and polecats are the ones ;hat come to mind. Some people apparently have trouble (finding anywhere to step save on somebody's toes. "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody"?you * have to listen to both. Facts frequently ruin the story that is ia product of hear-say. A lot of people whose first name is not James still will take all you will give < them. (h Bear hunters and deer hunters should be careful; that crashing noise they hear ; coming their way may be just another i ijf politician out beating the bushes. I The loudest complaints usually come from the misinformed. Add Paving Project When the highway jjorce iif charge of paving the Caswell Beach road left last month with the job incompleted, the prom mise was made that they would be back If in the spring to finish the work. In order that time may be given to conIsider the project in advance we now suggest that when the paving crew comes here early next year that it look into the matter of paving that short cut between highway No. 130 and the Wilmington iry i onu, running nuin ui. i-'usiitri & nuuftc iu ffjjf a point in front of the county home. Everyone coming from toward WilH mington who knows about this short cut Kj uses it when headed for Caswell Beach or any point over that way. The same : general use is made when traffic is headH ed in the other direction. Here is a half-mile of paving that will 1$ prove a big convenience to the public. R Child Safety The Baptist church corner becomes the focal point of child safety in Southport J several times each day as children pass back and forth on their way to and from B school. This corner, which is one of the busiest I in town, should be given a little special I supervision. Children are irresponsible HI and sometimes drivers are heedless of j danger. This intersection should be at 3 least plainly marked, and a better plan I might be to station a traffic director there I during the busy hour. And while we are on the subject of I child safety we have a word of warning I' for the skaters. We notice that your num| ber is continually on the increase. Your best chance for survival is to skate on the sidewalk. If you find these limits too confining, then ask your parents to co-opeI rate with the parents of the kid next door and ask the city officials to mark off the I end of Moore Street west of the stop sign | for regular skating periods. We believe I that this can be arranged, because most I motorists will not mind the inconvenience I of a one-block detour half as much as I they will mind dodging you on every I paved street in town. I Newspaper Vs. Gossip During our early school career it fre| quently was our misfortune to find ourI selves in some difficulty with some fellow I student or our teacher, or both. With the I prospects of unfavorable report reaching / the ears of our parents, we soon discover ed the best thing for us to do was ti hurry home and give our own version be fore the other side had told its story. W< knew that nobody else could possibly pre sent our side with the same degree o sympathy and understanding. It is this same principle which persuad es us to believe that your local newspape is your most dependable clearing hous< for authentic information. Rarely is it possible to completely sup press a story for which the public hung ers. True, it may be told to everyone a a deep secret, but eventually it will maki its rounds. And news that is circulated ii this manner is sure to become distortei and misrepresented. If something weie to happen to us am we had every reason in the world not t< want the public to batter and drag thi story of it about in the filth of gossip, th< first place, we would go would be to ou local newspaper. Thez-e we would taki the editor into our confidence. Frequent ly his advice in how to handle the matte will be valuable; always he will appi-e ciate your confidence. Then before ou unwilling story had been made the priv ate property of scandle-mongers wi would have an accurate, true statemen for all men to see. We'd tell our story first. Go To Church Cool fall days ai-e here and no longe does the weather excuse our lack o church attendance. We are now forced b meet our conscience face to face. Too many of us look upon going t-i church as a duty that may be shunnei with the slightest excuse. We cheerfull; admit that the church is our finest in stitution and that regular attendance i a quality to be admired?in somebod; else. But suppose we lived in one of the for eign countries where churches either hav been banned or placed under such stric supervision that they have long since los their religious identity. The very though of this oppression makes our blood boil and for the moment we become zeaiou Christians. The more thoughtful citizens of ou community know that the influence of th Christian religion has been the stronges factor in the advancement of our civiliza turn. The church has been the mediun through which it always has worked. One hour spent in church each Sunda; morning is our best spent time of th' week. Your preacher who has taken hi sermon lesson from the greatest of al Books is sure to bring you some though during his discourse that will be food fo your mind. But even in the absence if i single inspiring idea, a period spent ii thoughtful meditation upon the bette things in life is sure to fortify your sou for the week that is ahead. For every poor excuse you can dig u] for remaining away from church, then are a hundred good reasons why yoi should go. New Industries ' A total of 92 new indnstripa loontpd 11 North Carolina during the first eigh months of 1938, indicating that industr; is watching North Carolina and tha much may yet be expected in the year immediately ahead. In addition, 53 plants in operation buil additions to their establishments. The fig ures are official, coming from J. T. An derson, industrial engineer in charge o the division of commerce and industry ii the department of conservation and de velopment. Anderson estimates that the total capi tal invested in the new plants and addi Mono ic nlnoa frv Q1H rtAA AAA nr mnvo fVioi $1,000,000 a month. New hosiery mill represent most of the expansion of indus try in the state. The state's record is encouraging Every new mill that succeeds means nev jobs, more payrolls, more purchasers am more money with which to purchase. Need we iterate that Columbus count; should be getting some industry, that thi county has gotten none of these 92 nev industries although conditions are idea for their location in this county? Usually a woman's desire to go on j strict diet is always strongest just afte a good meal. Everyone seems to be waiting for Hit ler to declare war and all the time w thought Japan showed the world it wa old fashioned to go through such a foi mality. CLL* - , ' r ^ ----"-.-y ' - -. r STATE PORT PILOT. SOUTH ? Just Among s The Fishermen f ' SEAFOOD HARVEST Securing figures on the tonnage - of shrimp shipped from Southport r is an easy matter. This product all leaves for the northern markets in 100 pound boxes and the boxes must bear tax tags to the 1 . amount of 15 cents. The tax tags 1 afford an easy and accurate ' means cf checking up. S g NO CHECK ON FISH Shipments of mullets and 1 other fish d6 not require the 1 i payment of taxes. There now 1 are a dozen or more commer- ' cial fisheries along the coast 1 , of Brunswick, in addition to 1 * hundreds of independent fish0 ernien. It would be an intere esting sidelight on the resources of Brunswick county , e if there were some means of P getting accurate figures on [ the weekly shipments of fish. e There does not seem to be any way of getting this Inj. formation. Still, it is hoped 1 that all fisheries malting cat- 1 ches of twenty thousand 1 r pounds or more will report ' the matter to this paper. Reports of unusual catches of e any sort of fish and shrimp t are also welcomed. ! NICKLE TIME AGAIN With the shirmping season definitely on it may be said that nickle time is here again. It is no news that all of the shrimp 1 j packing houses pay off their labor 1 Y each day with nickels. It is all ' j? piece work, the completed peice being a bucket full cf headed ! 5 shrimp and the picker receiving ' a nickel as fart as the buckets ' _ are delivered at the washing vats. ' J To carry on the daily business j' 3 the bank will soon be calling for ,r thousands of nickels daily from . other banks. The most common ; " form of currency for barter at , S the stores will be nickels. Some ' y of the nickels will pass and re- ; pass through the wet hands of the pickers so often that they - will have a far from pleasing B smell when they become dry. t NO BED OF ROSES t While it is hoped that the . present form of organization for the shrimp boats will re1, suit In bringing better prices g to the producers. It should be kept in mind that no shrimp buyer has ever made a forT tune in the business at j e Southport. The buyers do not . have any bed of roses. He is the man who has to see to it that the pickers and other (1 workers are paid off every day, and that the boatmen ] shall receive their money evY ery Saturday. There are g times when he makes good , money for short periods. Likewise, there are times when, ' 1 in order that the boats may t work, he has to face a loss. 1 WANT NO REGISTRATION ! a The Civic Club has objected to , 1 the State Employment service , against an indiscrfmate registration of boats as available for the carrying out of sport fishing parties. It was the proposition for one of the officials to some here, make a survey and register the B craft. The purpose was to refer j fishing parties to this and that boatman. Objections were because not all of the boats were equipped ' to give service. It was felt that many parties would come in for j disappointment on their trips here ' and that their going home dis- j 1 satisfied would injury all efforts , to build up. In other words, it is ] 1 felt that long distance control i tr of the nnrtv hno f ^ ?uuv uuonicaa, 1 rum I J Raleigh, will not work out for ( t development. 1 FEEL PERSONAL LOSS |, Reports of last week's hur- ( ^ rlcane on the coast of New j t England, the same hurricane i that missed Southport by a 1 matter of two hundred miles, It Is causing a feeling of per- < f sonal loss to many of the i local water-front frequenters. > t 1 These reports tell of the total loss or serious damage to | ( several hundred boots, these i craft being mostly pleasure j boats and sport fishermen. 11 The greatest destruction to j i boats Is credited to Provi- t 1 denee, R. I. It happens that g some 18 sport fishing boats It and small yachts from Pro- t vidence are regular callers at Southport twice each year. It j ( is very prouoLle that many 11 of the local visitors from Pro- i 1 ' vidence and other points up 1 i the coast are lost. f A LITTLE MORE CAUTION |f ' Southport has never had a hur-1 ' e ricane. It is said that no life has j* V ever been lost in Southport during < i and as a result of a storm. This | Is gratifying but it still does not ' guarantee that a hurricane won't j ' a strike some day or that no lives; will be lost. Up the coast last j1 week the hurricane struck with 1 r appalling suddenness. Newspaper 1 reports credited 700 boats with being destroyed. With the same 1 storm passing off Southport and j1 no one here knowing just how'' far away it was or just where I' e it might strike, many of the local j' boats went outside and worked . their trawls all day until they ' were actually forced in. The time 1 may come when it will be shown ' X I I, r ~r trr > M xSEti y' ?' - " PORT, N. C. ' Southport School News ? VOCATIONAL TRAINING There is need for a vocational training course in the Southport high school. Only about one-third of the students who graduate here are able to attend college, and :hose who must begin at once to make their own living do not stand much of a chance of getting a worthwhile job. The case would be different if there were a course in brick laying, mechanics, wood working and other manual work. The person who knows some trade has a much better chance to secure a job. CARK OF THE SCHOOL GROUNDS Southport has a very attractive school building and we hope everyone is interested in keeping it that way. The pupils are careful about the walls and try to keep them clean. The grounds could be kept cleaner if the pupils and those who pass by would refrain from hrowing unnecessary waste on the ground. Some suggest that a garden club be appointed to beautify the 'rounds. MARY HOOD THE LIBRARY 5 Southport is very fortunate in having a library .in which the a] students have opportunity d'lr- hi ing the day to read and enjoy some of the books. This library Is very well equipped with six sets of encyclopedia, books of religion, poetry, history, science, biography and fiction. This year gi a library fee of twenty-five cents F was charged each student for the t| use of the books. ^ Miss Annie Newton, our librar- d, Ian, has mended and repaired the ^ worn books so that they look ^ like new ones. The students this jr year are trying to keep the library in a good condition so they will be proud of it. ^ The library is not only used se for reading purposes but also forjtj a study hall, where each student j Has nlentv of time for nrenanng j v the next day's assignments. j g MARGARET WATTS & LOUISE ti RUSS al MATHMATICS hi This year we have a new subject; Business and Commercial w Arithmetic. We had this subject tc two years ago but last year it was omitted from the subject. ^ In this course the students are learning new ways of checking ? addition and subtraction, new . short-cut methods of adding and subtraction. All of this is to try to increase speed as well as accuracy in our everyday arithmetic, rhis will help us even more if we ever have a job working in an office, keeping books or any kind of commercial work. Later on in the year the students will study checks and banking, on the whole [ think that it is going to be a '/ery interesting as well as helpful and useful subject. JOSEPHINE WOLFE BOLIVIA SCHOOL NEWS The Bolivia school enrollment s 431 with 128 in high school, rhis is the largest enrollment in ;he history of the school. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tucker, Robert Randall and Norman Ihadwick, high school teachers, md Miss Virginia Hewett, sec)nd grade teacher, are new members of the school faculty. Mr. Tucker is principal and is perfecting an organization that is expected to do splendid work for :he yeai Mr. Randall will be girls basket jail coach, and Mr. Chadwick >oys coach. Although several of >ur players graduated in the sprng, we expect to have two good earns trained for the season. Messrs. Tucker, Randall and Chadwick have planned a well ounded athletic program for tne 'ear including football, baseball, lasKeioan ana otner sports, uur tew gymnasium will be ready for .he basket ball season. Some materials are already on .he campus for the new agriculural building. Agriculture will be an added ;ourse next year, with a well iquipped year around teacher. Boys who for various reasons lave stopped school are urged to tnroll for this course. A moven ent has been started 'or an accredited elementary, ichool. Some equipment has been >ought, and more will be added luring the year. The P.-T A. is interested in ;his project and will aid in every vay possible. The P.-T. A. is also working 'or a standard association this rear. Mrs. M. B. Robbins is the lew president. Much improvement has been loted on the campus. All woodwork on the school nuilding and :eacherage has been newly paint:d. The yards have been cleaned if grass and weeds. that it was the part of wisdom H :o pay. more heed to weather l| jureau pmall craft warning. y Cutting f =??/ I THOUGHT Vfc - you WE'RE NEVER )-^= / The faculty and student body right now. ppreciate Mr. Kinney Lewis O'Brian Evans aving the school yard mowed. in the CCC at > home confined v Freeland News larla but is som we hope Will soi Freeland, Sept. 28?Miss Mag- assume his dutL ie Babson, of Freeland, and The regular fa loyd Inman of Sea Side eloped inSs began at N ? Conway, S. C. Sunday and; 'st churf J5""* ere married. Mrs. Inman is a *Y?rend Mr. Gc . 1 We note mor< mghter of Mr. ami Mrs. ^eu. interest in scho, r. Babson, of Freeland. Mr. In- -n the past as , lan is a son of the late Albeit young folks rnian, of Sea Side. Uvo or three y, Tobacco farmers having sold tul.ning. to clas leir weed, and incidentally not s-on iving enjoyed a very prosperous ' ' ason are now turning toharves- CT Tpni ng and gathering of other crops SUrrL Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Wilson, [rs. J. D. King and Mr. ana Mrs. Supply, Sept. ailey King were visiting rela- Cannon is recoi ves in South Carolina Sunday home from a rec fternoon. ation. Coy Formyduval is finishing Elbert Kirby t Is home. old Harry Robin W. M. King had the misfortune on U. S. Highwi eek. The revival at > lose a fine mule one night last 1st church closed There is lots of sickness, colds, ,ing >vas by tfi lalaria, etc, in our community Jones, of Wilmir ^ / > JjHk Hi PAREN SPECIAL STU THE STATE PORT PILOT n special nine months subscription fo j~ USE THIS THE STATE PORT PILOT, I SOUTHPORT, N, C. Enclosed find $1.00 for which PILOT for 9 months at the spec I Name Street Address I City Beginning Date ' \ * ' WEDNESDAY, SEPT 2& ,, ???[ j(r Him Out i a as " j ? H fq pastor the Reverend if. f\ -L. , i, wiav is emuAicu , son. |9| lew Holland is at urnuft 1 raK iau . j i Willie Mills has m. veu in: - u-^1" ! recently ^completed bun^,, c w.nc. """ ?~ Mrs Kills ueninn ian be able to re-i after spending sometime .a es at camp. : Brunswick County Hospital j^Hg. ill series of meet-; treatment. Tew Britain Bapt-1 Mrs- Leo F, ink kR' ty night with the; Sunday front the Brunswick ire holding forth. | ^ Hospita'. HE i than the usual Robert Hawes lias accept# |H-|: ol than has been Postion in R. Galloway's store II | ,ve see several of Mrs. J. J. Hawes and daugfe#^^&s who dropped out I^'-ra Lee. have returned ears ago are re- \isit with l.ci pan-nts ?HEV ses in this ses- Ze^"lon' |hN The R. W. McKeithan hoar Supply has been torn down y rvTC\T/c a new house is ,>,inK <'.in>,.ni&M|j I ilHWu ed on the same site hy Mrs Galloway. 28?Mrs. J. H. uperating at her APPENDIX TO.MlKs ijE ent tonsilar oper- Two operations for the rr.stsH| al of appendix were perfong^^M ias opened up the during the past week at son store station Brunswick County Hospital. ly 17. tor Fulford, son of Mr. 1 I Mt. Pisga'n Bapt- Lucian Fulford, of. Supply ?:;H0 Sunday. Preach- operated on Sunday. Clyde WattiBi le Reverend Mr. of Ash, underwent a similar cpe-^^B igton, and by the ation Monday. MB rIF YOU ARE jl GOING AWAY jl TO SCHOOL.. A rHE STATE PORT PH OT Vou Informed On What Is On At Home! w TS, Send THE STATE PORT PILOT to R| with your children. Think of all the S riting it will save you about local hap" gCI Hi DENT'S RATE I nay.be ^ent to students only on a jS r $1.00 payable in advance. QK COUPON | I please send THE STATE FUtii | ar: :ial student's rate to? |k
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