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PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT _ Southport, N. G. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor Altered as second-clue matter April 20, 1020, at the Poet Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE TEAR $1.60 BIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS . .76 Wednesday, January 4, 1939 Picture of an editor: Staying away from church to write a "Go To Church" editorial. Christmas season is over when the last crumb of fruit cake is gone. Cheap talk is the usual result when you try to make conversation. The only way some people know how to treat trouble is to pickle it in alcohol. If you can't talk and work at the same time then quit talking so much. Anywhere some people sit is the scorner's seat. A worthy ambition would be to live up to what your dog thinks of you. Rush is just a quick way to waste time. When a person tells you about how he got somebody told he doesn't always say' just how loud he was talking when he mumbled those daring lines.' Sports Minded Ninety-three thousand persons packed and jammed their way into the huge Rose Bowl at Pasadena Monday to see Duke University play Southern California.! They paid over $300,000.00 for the privi-. lege of attending the game. At New Orleans more than 50,000 fans paid more than $200,000.00 to see a team representing Texas Christian University play Carnegie Tech. At Dallas and at Miami there were other post-season j games for which the attendance was cut down only because of the size of the stadiae. Add to the numbers of fans in attendance the millions of others who sat tensely beside their radios pulling hard for their favorites and checking the playing facts as reported over the air with the column after column of newspaper cqmment they had devoured in previous weeks. Now one comment that might be made upon this situation is "What fools we mortals be." Add to this the cry of over1 * -Ji-i -i-'? ? empnasis upon auueucs, piuieasiunaiuing our college students and the accompanying clamour and you represent one point of view. But here is another: Our people have spent days and weeks looking forward to these battles.' There have been bitter arguments as one opinion was disputed by another. But there was no bloodshed, and the worst punishment that resulted were bumps and bruises and damaged pride. How much better to let the warring spirit of our people find outlet in athletic competition that is fought by proxy than to banter and bicker other nations in the manner of the residents of Europe with the inevitable result of war and bloodshed. Eliminate Trouble Much trouble and anxiety would be eliminated, we believe, if the Legislature were to follow the suggestion of the North Carolina elections board for abolishing the absentee ballot law. The board Friday recommended the absolute repeal of the present absentee ballot law in North Carolina and suggested a guarded substitute to permit legitimate absentee voting. The existing law was called woefully defective by the board and "the present law lends itself easily to the perpetration of fraud, and its very laxity is practically a convenient instrumentality for fraud" a resolution adopted by the board stipulated. Recent years have seen contest after contest grow out of the absentee ballot law as it now exists, and it appears to us that much of this could be avoided through repeal of the present law and perhaps the substitution of a safeguarded law in its place. School News If we were principal of one of the five consolidated high schools of Brunswick county and believed that our school or- 1 ganization was competent and that its ! work was satisfactory, then we'd want i the parents and patrons of the school to j know about it. < If we were a parent with children go- 1 ing to one of these schools we'd be glad to have the opportunity to keep up with j what was going on in the schools where < our child was a student. If there was an j honor roll, we'd want to see his name on j it; and if he missed we'd try to help him t make it next month. If his room gave a 1 chapel program we'd like to know, and if , he were in the program we'd go see it. i If we were a high school student and ; had any pride at all in our school and the work that was being accomplished we'd want to see these things in print so that the world at large could know what was being accomplished. All of which leaves us more puzzled than ever over the apparent reluctance of school principals of the county to cooperate in using the columns which we have agreed to leave open each week for school news. There are two exceptions: Southport high school has been a more or less regular contributor to this paper during the | current school year; Bolivia, since she started her column several weeks ago, has come as near as possible completely fulfilling the idea we have in mind for the proper use of this space. I Shocking Indeed Even discounting part of it as propaganda, reports issuing from Nazi Germany indicate such a chaotic condition that it is hard for Americans to imagine , the true state of affairs. But the latest report which was contained in the daily press Saturday shows so clearly that all reason and honor has been thrown to the four winds that there can be no mistaking what is transpiring | in Germany today. Reports were in effect that Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels took a fancy to a certain German film actress, one Linda Baarova, with the result that her husband, Gustav Froelich, "was sent to a Niza concentration camp so that Goebbel's romance might be undisturbed." How Germany can ever hope to enjoy the admiration and respect of the world's family of nations with conditions such as this indicate existing and predominent there, remains a little beyond the scope of our American comprehension. Lust, greed and lawlessness seem to have overrum* the once proud nation which has fallen completely into the hands of organized gangdom. Do You Remember? (Selected) When eggs were 15c a dozen; butter 12c a pound, milk was 5s a quart; the butcher gave away liver and treated the kids to bologna; the hired girl received 10 bucks a month and did the washin'; women did not paint and powder, smoke, vote, play poker, rummie, shimmie, or roll their sox. Men wore whiskers and boots, chewed tobacco, spit on tne sidewalk and cussed; beer was a nickel throw, with a free lunch; waiters never got tips and hat check boys were unknown; kerosene lamps and lantern slide^ in the parlor were "class." No one was ever operated on for appendicitis, bought monkey glands or had a two-fifty blood pressure; microbes were unknown of, everyone lived to a good old age and every year walked many miles to wish their friends a Merry Christmas. TODAY?YOU KNOW Everybody rides in automobiles, or flies, play golf, poker or bridge, shoot craps, plays the piano with their feet, tune in X Y Z on the radio, smoke Turkish cigarettes and imported cigars, eat grape fruit, drink prune juice, blames the high cost of living on the politicians, never go to bed the same day they get up and think they are having a wonderful time. I think this is a wonderful age and if you think life is worth living, we wish you A HAPPY NEW YEAR. Surely, everything's stream lined except the "Old Mill Stream." It's usually those people who loaf the most who have no loaf to eat, perhaps. But you never saw a grown person getting his mouth washed out for saying things he shouldn't. THE STATE PORT Just Among The Fishermen WHAT NO FISH Thomas F. Lavender and Dan Hassett of Washington, D. C., spent most of last week here. They went fishing, but there just ,vere not any fish as it was the :oldest day of more than twelve months. Much exploring was lone and many folks were net up with. Mr. Lavender is a retired officer in charge of the printing of federal currency and Mr. Hassett is still engaged in that game, having worked for nany years under Mr. Lavender ind finally succeeding him. Both like Southport and will be back along early in March. Your Columnist, who chaperoned them around, found out that they were mighty fine sports, although neither one of them had ever seen or heard of breakfast grits before they came to Southport. Concerned Over Labor Act Like a lot of other folks up and down the coast, and many who do not live on the coast, our good friend Frank O. Sherrlll of Charlotte, owner of Bald Head Island off Southport, is concerned over the International labor Treaty Act which provides for licensed crews on small boats. Writing this department last week, Mr. Sherrill stated that if the act is all what it appears to be on its face a good many fishing and pleasure boats will have to be sold as the owners simply cannot operate them under the heavy overhead that will be entailed. BASS AND GOGGLE EYE Big mouth bass and goggleeyed perch are both biting alright and the job of catching minnows will become operative just as soon as some of the Southporter's find out what we know. Thus far we have hesitated to tell 'em because the job of catching minnows for bait is not all that it is cracked up to be. The gist of our knowledge, however, is that we were out in the country one of the very cold days last week and met a colored woman. She was going home with a cane fishing pole over her shoulder and swinging a beautiful, large goggle-eye by a bit of string. A little inquiry revealed that the fresh water fish had been biting alright all along. She had been catching both goggle-eyes and bass the year round. LOUISANA SHRIMPING GOOD Shrimp trawling in Louisana has been pretty good this year, according to Lewis J. Hardy, SoUthporter who operates a number of trawlers on the coast of that state. Mr. Hardy may move to Louisana but will continue to operate his house here, buying from local boats. While shrimp arc sometimes scarce down there, as they are here, the product is very much larger. PROSPECTS PLEASING At this time a year ago there were great prospects for development of sport fishing at Southport. In many respects these prospects developed. But there was one disquieting clement. All through the spring and summer strong southwest breezes blew in from the ocean. These winds made it delightfully cool and nice on shore but at the same time they often made it too rough for fishing parties to go outside. This resulted in many disappointments to sportsmen who came long distances for just a day or two of fishing. Had they come with the intention of staying two or three days they could have been sure of at least a day or two of fishing. At present the prospects for fishing are very much better than they were at this time last year. Hundreds of sportsmen will undoubtedly come here, if there is half a break from the weather man the number will grow into the thousands. From past performances of the weather it is reasonably sure that there will be less windy weather than there was last year. If this surmise proves to be correct it will be a great year for sport fishing. We certainly have the fish. WON YEAR PRIZE We sec by the Wilmington papers that Postmaster L. T. Yaskell, has won the year's prize offered by the New Hanover Fishing Cluh for the largest large mouth bass taken during 1938. It is a fact that the Southport Postmaster did pretty well, we would like to add the fact that C. W. Osborne, Henry Stone and Capt. I. B. Bussells all also did pretty well with catching various big fish. BEGGING THE QUESTION MEMPHIS.? "The charges" asked the desk sergeant as he studied the unsteady figure wedged btween two big potralmen. "Drunkenness and begging." "But I'm not drunk?my leg's broken", the man insisted. "Examine him", the desk sergeant ordered. i i PILOT. SOUTHPORT, N. C Suthport School News \ First Aid Kit Through the kindness of several interested people in town the school has recently received a fqlly equipped First-Aid-Kit. This First-Aid Kit is to be kept in the school building in case of any accident on the school ground. It will also be carried on all athletic trips for use of the ball teams. The students of the school appreciate very much the kindness of anyone who takes such interest in their school. Basketball Games Friday Night Friday night is the opening of the league basketball series in Brunswick county. A doubleheader between the local boys and girls, and the Shallotte high school teams Mill start at 7:30 in the local gym. Please come out and support your team. Jt will be appreciated. Church Programs Many of the boys and girls of Southport school took part in the various programs at the different churches during the holidays. The girls chorus of the Baptist church, under the direction of Rev. A. L. Brown gave a special musical program on Sunday night, December 25. On Monday night the regular Christmas pageant was given; and on Sunday night, January 1, the junior boys and girls gave a candle light New Year's service. The Methodist church gave their regular Christmas pronn csiinHnv nicrht Decern ber25; and the Presbyterian gave theirs on Tuesday night, December 27 th. All of the programs were very impressive and were enjoyed by all. Teachers Return The teachers have returned after spending the Christmas holidays at their respective homes. Everyone is well prepared for work now after a fine vacation. P. T. A. The monthly P. T. A. will meet Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. J. E. Carr will have charge of the program. All parents are urged to attend. As usual a social will follow the business. "Why The Chimes Rang" Just before school was dismissed for the Christmas holidays Mrs. Lingle, fifth grade teacher, presented a Christmas play in chapel. The title of it was, "Why The Chimes Rang.' The characters were members of the fifth grade. A stage setting was arranged with the help of Mr. Wonsavage, who painted the Scenery. The characters had very attractive costumes designed by Mrs. Lingle. The program was enjoyed by the students as well as parents and friends who were present. Immediately after this program the grades of of the school presented their white Christmas boxes for the poor of Southport. The presentation of boxes has been the practice of our school for several years. Many boxes of fruit, candy, clothing, play toys and canned foods were given. Community Christmas Tree Of great interest to all of the Southport people was the community Christmas tree which was lighted on December 21. Along with the Southport high school glee club was Mr. Brown and his band which furnished music for the occasion. Several Christmas hymns were sung by the glee club and others present. The school band rendered a number of Christmas selections. WACCAMAW SCHOOL NEWS VACATION ENDS The faculty and pupils are back in school with renewed energy, after spending the holidays at their respective homes. All report a happy vacation with loved ones and old acquaintances. COLLEGE STUDENTS It is always a joy to welcome to our community, those who have graduated from the school and gone on to higher institutions of learning. Among those who came back to spend their vacations with homefolks and friends were: Muriel Ward, daughter, of J. B. Ward. She is in her second year's work at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Addison Jenrette, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jenrette, is enrolled at North Carolina State College, Raleigh. Myrtha Phelps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Phelps, is attending King's business College, Raleigh. Lois Brady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Brady, after spending two years at Campbell College, entered Eastern Carolina Teachers' College, Greenville, from which institution she expects to be graduated next June. Dorothy Simmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Simmons, is enrolled at Campbell College. Marion D. West, brother of Mrs. L. C. Brown, enrolled at Duke University last September, and Mable Edwards at Durham Beauty Culture School. PROGRAM Sweeney Prosser's Honolulu Strollers rendered a very entertaining program of Hawaiian \ fBut It's Trm TEUTON HELSOHWHO OKD Ml Buenos A /MPfS /U JAHUAPV, W} ?j =5 mf. HAP Been L,*- ^ 3s *? MfF&euT Times - 1^3 pResipeNT of Five jS^ p8 SOUTH AmepKAN pHHCl&m [ NATIONS// \l n I t -jp.% i-*i ' -. void* '.; < ?.!' ^ .fv ' *" m ^? "77M UWTPP ^ iW<f5 HAS a pee l en A mono mtue... ?- _ / mj eu/PMPeesBoPo. SGU/dpel f\ APPAMSAS. WHICH AtWAVS DONS (/< /7 ,V/?7, PUPS UP A T/NV MLD/HCtSfJCP AS SOON AS IT WAXES evexu mOPNiMt- GCLcncr;:, ?WNUSarvic? 70 6EPAID PPO?DUZ OF NEU '. 'PCX Cir</ e r The Morphreesboro mine is the only dlamonJ m government. There are other parts of the coun.ryot the territories has never been considered worth iror Dm came reason that many diaman good business to take the gold from coal ash. T Mr. Knceblcr taught the squirrel its trick. music last Saturday evening in A very int< the school auditorium. The en- given in our tertainment was sponsored by the cently by Ra; New Life Baptist church. ton, and Leslii NEW BOOKS on the Farm From the preceeds of a musical The affirmati' program, sponsored by our P.-T. by a vote o! A., twenty-six volumes were re- was upheld t cently added to the elementary thers. school library. PRUNING RED CROSS The shrubbe Every room in our school rais- building is lc ed its quota for the red cross since Mr. Mir fund. The amount was $26.00. his departme: INJURED cutings were Heighton Babson, sixth grade near by, and pupil in our school, received a later, crushed and broken arm Sunday EXA] afternoon when he fell through Only seven the oil rack at a nearby filling in the first station. and girls ar< DEBATE order to mak( /g PARDON US FOR Pointing, Mr. Busine But Inventory Time Is "Printing Time" 1 Don't wait until yo r* It ftr* h v rl i/fK/1/n ^i/Mf * / New Year with a fres ed forms. if Letterheads if Envelopes if Billheads if Blotters if Postal Cards if Receipt Books if Shipping Tags if Business Cards if Filing Cards if Checks ?The State "YOUR COUN < WEDNESDAY, JANUA^ Bj ^ f m ^ Bof ' f t ? " ? I Hi thi: A jt' ,\S>' \ AVfRACie can of ^Hiesn *>$4? / ?' A WMCOALASHti /Hio *t 4'h -^ ne? in: in the nation officially listed by the I'niU'j > ^ w.iic.i hJVC diamonds ready to be mined, but develspc^^B " luh'.e. '^ CL its have never been mined, it lias never been he v.otk would east more than the return. ^^Hrcle K d iresting debate was on examinations. The rTfo^Bnev literary society re- new year wish for them i- ,^HPrl Y and Rupert Wat- the top" ana some t<. } and Aaron Inman, PRACTKK |*| \y Control question. Thfi Jun|ore Hi" ire won the decision . ' r f two to one. and p y- A p"'" Mun^Hed >y the Walton bro- Man." The date in tlv ance is January 12. i SHRUBBERY APPRECIATION |?| iry around the main The principal appioci i,.>oking much bettqr many pretty cards which he r^B18 itz and the boys of ceived from his m-v.v; nt pruned it. Tlie pils, and patrons, ami esp .^BS planted in a ditch the gift from the faculty. ^B" ' will be transplanted ^B1* Fire losses on farms this ve^^B0'1 HIN'ATION will amount to $95,000,000. v.'hi^^V more days remain is approximately "> per cent not^B* semester. The boys than last year, according tn a^B l i working hard in National Fire Protection As; ; a creditable grade tion. ^BK! |ft ) i ?? ==== i i , m. :ssman^/^|^^ I K u need a "RUSH JOB"; IB needs now and start the I h supply of modern print f? if Booklets II if Labels |g if Posters and Placards ? if Programs H~ 4r Folders if Circulars if Window Cards if Tickets if Office Forms He s Port Pilot? I i Hi TY NEWSPAPER" B
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