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- PACE TWO ' ~~ ~m THE STATE PORT PILOT * Southport, N. C. 11 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY " JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor ^ z Bettered as second-class matter April 20, 1028, at N the Post Office at Southport N. C, under the act of March 3, 1879. S " si Subscription Rates ONE TEAR 81.00 11 XX MONTHS 1.00 O THREE MONTHS .70 ? fj Wednesday, February 1, 1939 n ""it takes smart parents to think up bright savings to credit to their children, ti ti Laugh and the world laughs at you, h so some radio comedians seem to think, k t! If silence is golden, then a lot of peo- 0 pie of our acquaintance are darn near o broke. o Just because some people have a lot / of dough is no reason for them to get all stuck up like a fresh housewife. b Take the letter "I" out of the English 'v alphabet, and some people would be tied-tongued. ^ s: We know some very thoughtful people who spend their time thinking of nice h things for somebody else to do for them. ]i a The quickest way to get broken from c the habit of wearing a chip on your shoulder is to get it knocked off a time 11 or two. p The trouble with our educational sys- 1' tern is that it places too much emphasis upon vacational training and too little r upon vocational training. j. r Has A Heart o c County Forest Warden Dawson Jones, s whose everlasting duty it is to see to it s that great forest fires are stopped before p they begin, is a human sort of fellow, jt Two cases he told us about Monday illustrate what we mean. s Last week a bad fire escaped in the c woods near Ash and caused considerable t damage before it was extinguished. In- f vestigation revealed its source, and the t person responsible confessed that the \ blaze escaped from his premises. Cited to court without formality of a warrant, he ( showed up Monday morning ready to face a charge that would have cost him considerably before the Recorder. ? "We didn't try the case," Warden "j Jones told us, "but I told the man to go ( on back home and the next time I was ] up there we would go together before a p magistrate and dispose of the action with j, the least possible expense to him." There was another case of a fire es- < caping near Shallotte recently. The de- p fendant this time was a negro, who made j no attempt to deny that the blaze had its \ origin on his property. A fire crew was recruited and the conflagration was ex- t tinguished. "He had done everything in I j his power to stop that fire," the warden'-5 said, "but he was guilty of negligence, j His costs were held to paying for supression of the fire." t "I want to say, too," Warden Jones continued, "that I appreciate the co-ope- c ^ration given me recently by several resi dents in my effort to control fires. Three v fires that I know of have been ousted by j. Sheriff Dillon L. Ganey, Deputy Sheriff ^ Charlie Skipper and Deputy Sheriff Ed Leonard. It has been reported to me that e other dangerous small fires have been put out lately by Rev. J. D. Withrow, j Tom Butler and S. C. Sweeny. And that isn't all: the other day Miss Emma Lou Harrelson, daughter of I. D. Harrelson, extinguished a small blaze that might c have done a lot of damage had she not 1 found it at that time. ? "Believe me, I appreciate this co-opera- f tion, and if more of our people would ( help in this manner they could save the county thousands of dollars annually." ( Home And Fireside ] We were caught in a rain one afternoon. last week while bird hunting and before we were able to reach our auto- ; mobile were almost soaking wet. It was very cold, so when the man of a house nearby asked us to stop in and dry we ' readily accepted. 1 Flashing through the unshuttered window was the invitation of a lightwood fiie to come inside and get warm and ! dry, and as we opened the door the 5 fc'.'l . . . t . III L' . I lames from the fireplace lighted a scene, mt made us loath to intrude with wet, J luddy clothes. These were simple folks and theirs ras a simple house, but everything in iew was spic and span and in its place, eated in a rocker over in the corner was Ire lady of the house and in hedr lap was er little son. Our intrusion apparently ccasioned no embarrassment. More lightwood was heaped upon the Ire and soon we were baking away the hill and steaming out our clothing. Talk nmed to such trivial things as the cost f firewood in nearby towns and the rertive merits of lightwood and oak fires. )ur thought turned for a moment to a omparison of this home and this family ith other homes and other families of lore liberal means. There are living rooms in homes of; iiis county where the furniture cost ten imes as much as that in this cozy little ouse, but not one of them are as neatly opt; and it is unlikely that this scene of lie family settling down for an evening f comfort and contentment before an pen fireplace could be duplicated in any ne of the more expensive residences. ire We Gullible? Proof of a universal faith in the gulliility of man may be found in the mail ;hieh comes to the desk of every newsaper editor in the country, large and! mall. Few mails come in that do not bring alf dozen or more advertisements cleverdisguised as news items. Some of them re so ingeniously camaflouged that only areful scrutiny will disclose their true ature. The "news releases" come from all mrts of the country. The "l-rrucK-ii i lancing School sends in a lengthy dis- f onrse on the benefits of the terpsichoean art, and in the last paragraph meekly suggests the "I-Truck-lt" School of the )ance might afford theni the opportunity f learning how. The More-Light Electric Company interviews an eminent eye pecialist on the disorders caused by eyetrain, due to poor lighting, and then pro>oses that More-Light bulbs will alleviate hat situation. And so it goes! Everybody trying to get omething for nothing. It takes diligence m the part of every editor to cull out his "free advertising" from the bona ide news matter. Eventually, though, hey find their way into the perennial vastebasket. lome! Come! Kay! It's exasperating enough on the radio ind in the movies to hear Yankees affectng what they purport to be the Southern Irawl, but when our own North Caroina boys and girls, who know better than hat, join the Yankee parade then that's roing a little too far. Latest of the N. C. boys to join the 'Union" ranks giving the Southern drawl hat Yankee twist, is Kay Kyser, a Rocky Mount boy who made good as a band eader. Now besides being a cracker-jack ba011 shaker, Kay is a right smart lad. He earned perhaps years ago what the fankees, who've no idea what the South s like, expect in a Southern drawl. Accordingly, he gives them that, much! * " * " " i 1 j r-t j 1 I o the delight ot xanKees ouc ooumernirs find it hard to stomach his "Come on, :hilluns, yes dance," and his "Hi ya, ivabody," when they know good and veil that nobody down South except perlaps the plantation negroes talk like hat. So come on Kay, and give us Southerners a break! Hope For Shoes Madam Perkins, Secretary of Labor, mce credited with the statement that nany people in the South seldom wear shoes, stopped over in Raleigh yesterday 'or a brief address to Assemblymen, State ifficials, and women of the city. We could not help cherishing the earnest hope that our North Carolina solons .vere regaled in the proper footwear for Madam Perkins speech. WPA won't quit. If those on WPA had to go back to work, it might cause serious complications. America has a great deal more people willing to give advice than are willing to take it. When Franco succeeds in capturing Spain, we reckon the Loyalists then will have to be called the dis-Loyalists. ' THE STATE PORT 1 Just Among The Fishermen Likens Us To Munchausen Although we have been getting up at one o'clock hi the morning to make a fresh start on our correspondence and the various stuff we write, we had not gotten around to answering a letter from Judge Henry Dnnnehl of Fredericksburg, Va? who recently wrote us regarding fishing. As a temporary measure we sent him a copy of last week's State Port Pilot. He must have read thus column, first off. Sunday morning we had a letter from him and he said that Baron Munchausen himself could not have written a story in better form than one we had in this column last week. For the benefit of those who do not already know it, we should mention here that Baron Munchausen was the world's greatest liar up until the time when we came upon the scene. The judge is so charmed with the prospects that we painted that he is coming down pretty soon to go fishing with us and Postmaster L. T. Yaskell. ROBIN'S & RICE BIRDS Over on Bald Head Island, so the fislPrnipn tell us, there are millions and millions of rice birds and robblns at this season of the year. Maxine Cooker, Clyde Newton and others, who frequently ply their trade on some of the creeks running through the island, tell us that at times the sky is litterally black with these birds. The profusion of berries at this season of the year, combined with the issolation, probably accounts for the birds being in such numbers. While on top of the Cafe Fear lighthouse Sunday with a party of photographers we noticed some huge flocks of these birds. ???vv onus TO FISH Early as it is, the prediction is being made that this year will bring great numbers of young ladies to Southport to go fishing. A great many interested inquiries regarding the sport have been received from ladies in this and other states, despite the fact that it is a little cai*ly for the mind of man to run strongly to fishing. Our observation is that the fishing parties that include ladies will be doubly welcome to the boatmen. To some such parties some of the best catches of recent years are to be credited. BASS HAVE NO CHANCE With two costly new rods and the same numbpr of reels > not to mention some of the most expensive stuff in the way of lines, all won as pri7.es for the extraordinary catches he made last season, the hass will have a mighty poor chance when Postmaster Yaskell takes to the streams In a few days. He has already arranged with us to catch the live minnows and accompany him. We also notiee that he is making special efforts to get on good terms with various parties who own desirable fishing waters. Both Prof. Henry Stone of Sliallotte and C. W. Osborne and Capt. I. B. BusC/.iithr\Aet a ro tin/lor. stood to be fostering serious ambition to beat the postmaster tills season. BIIX INTRIGUED Even Bill Sharpe, director of publicity for the State of North Carolina, seems intrigued by the presence of so much big mouth bass in Brunswick county. Bill has been here since Sunday, workr.g with the Southport Civic Club secretary for material for the display advertising that the state will shortly be sending out to newspapers all over the United State and in Canada. The stuff is also being sought for news stories and for state booklets. Running afoul of Postmaster Yaskell Sunday morning it was just natural that Bill should hear ol getting the days limit in 15 minutes; of catching two-on at one strike and of the eight-poundet that brought the local disciple of Izaak Walton oodles of tackle as prizes. Several local ponds are having their beauty paraded for the camera this week. Although this was not his first visit tc Brunswick, Bill will depart tonight with a lot of exposed films and a greatly build up opinion ol the Brunswick county fishing. PORPOISES PERFORM A small school of porpoises staged an interesting performance in the river Sunday afternoon for the benefit of a boat party that represented three states. They must have been aware that their admirers were some extremely nice looking girls. At any rate one especially gallant fellow leaped fully six feet out of the water to show how he could cavort around. OYSTERS SALTY Maybe the circumstances ar* due to the rainfall shortage. Al any rate oysters have been mor< than usually salty for the pasl several weeks. To eat a few raw ? ?PILOT. SOUTHPORT, N. C. O Southport ; School News GOOD ATTENDANCE Following is the list of students who had perfect attendance records for the first term: First grade: Anne P. Dosher, Peggy Arnold, Martha Buckman, Earnest McGee. Second grade: Jimmie Cox, Bob| by Davis, Charles Hickman, J.! C. Miller, Billy Smith, Mary j Frances Floyd, Marie Lancaster, i Louise Willis. Third grade: Charles Dosher. I Maxine, Dosher. Tommy Davis, ! Zelda Evans, Charles Johnson, Sue j Fredere, Elderidge McKeithan, j Linda Singletary, Billy Odin, Betsy Galloway, Bobby Sellers, Jo ' Ann Tyndal. Herbert Swain, Eliz- | abetli Wigner, James Arnold. Fourth grade: Ann McRaeken, Franto Mollycheck, Margaret McGee, Jimmy Smith, Eunice Lewis, Monroe Smith, Jdel! Clemmons. Jimmy Russ, Donald Myers, Bess Miller Plaxco. Fifth grade: R. L. Phelps, Ralph Potter, Jim Henery Wil- j liams, Elenor Rees. Sixth grade: Marion Fredere.! Helen Sellers, Mary Ann Molly-1 check, Norma Swain. Seventh grade: Robert Myers, Mae Swain, Rudolph Sellers, Louise Wigner, Inez Phelps. Eighth grade: John Julius Swain, Glennie Price, Basil Watts, Leperlis Smith, Martha Grey Brown, Jeanette Tyndal, Helen I Evans. Ninth grade: Victoria Lancaster, Tom Gilbert. Tenth grade: Annie Margaret Watts. Eleventh grade: Lulu Brown, Margaret Watts, Irene Clemmons, Josephine Wolfe, Mary Hood, Leonhard Davis, Louise Rees, John Hall. Thelma Sellers, Oscar Sellers. HONOR ROLL Following is the fourth month' honor roll for the Southport I school: First grade: John Newton, William Meadows, Frank Plaxco, Lerow Stanley, Aletta Glover, Ann P. Dosher, Peggy Arnold. Second grade: Richard Brendle, Jimmy Cox, Mary Frances Floyd, Barbara Ann Price. Third grade: Betsy Galloway, Sue Fredere. i Fourth grade: Lewis Newton Billy Wells, Ann McRacken, Margret McGee, Eess Miller Plaxco, i Dorothy Price, Dorothy Ward. Fifth grade: Sally ann McNeil. Sixth grade: Dorothy Cox. Eighth grade: Frances Cox. Bill Shannon, Basil Watts. , I Eleventh grade: John Hall, W. T. Fullwood. BOLIVIA NEWS * Peas, lettuce, radish, beets, mustard, onions and other seeds are being planted in the gardens around. Cabbage are also being f set. Farmers are getting in some good plowing for their crops. Here and there the big white spots seen often in the edge of the wood, remind one that a big tobacco crop is in the minds of some people already. Miss Dixie Galloway, of Philadelphia, Pa., is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E.' Galloway. Miss June Thomas of Thomasboro was the week-end visitor of Misses Elizabeth and Rosalind Page. Adrian E. Galloway of Durham spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Galloway. Representative and Mrs. Cornelius Thomas and son, Robert, visr ited the Pages Sunday. ENTERTAIN . | Miss Winnie Johnson and bro i ther, Jimmy, entertained at the home Saturday evening in honor . of Miss June Thomas. Monopoly i was played throughout the evening, with Miss June Thomas as i winner. Delicious refreshments i were served. Those attending [ were: Miss June Thomas, honoree, 1 Misses Elizabeth and Rosalind i Page and Milton Murrell. In spite of the downpour of . rain Sunday, the regular fifth ; Sunday singing convention of the ' Baptists was well attended at . Antioch church. Much good sing. ing was enjoyed from most of the choirs of this division. t i ? 1 Leland News Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Holden. 1 of Wilmington visited Mr. and 1 M;s. J. L. Bishop Wednesday ' evening. i Mrs. Paul Brown and her sister, ' Mrs. Marvin Robbins, spent the day shopping in Wilmington Friday. Mrs. J. B. Holden of Southport visited Mrs. J. L. Bishop Monday. MORE TOBACCO SEED W. L. Adams, county agent of the State College Extension Service in Wilson County, says tobacco growers have cleaned more tobacco seed this season than at any time in the past ten years. This may be an indication of how the tobacco acreage will be increased, he believes. ones has been entailing the drink ing of a barrel of water aftert wards. Perhaps the freshwater : moving down into the sounds as t a result of the rains Sunday will r reduce the salty flavor. 4b. * * ** ITI , v flrt&air, frAk'- j ? \ . ? She's in Gc (Copyright, W. N. U.) _'.".... " . <. . AD LIBBING?(By This first column is always the hardest to write, but whethpr or not it will be "up to snuff" remains to be seen. The editor requests that we write interesting and odd bits of news and facts about Southporters and be adds, "for the sake of our readers and all concerned?no mud and hash slingin, please!" The aforementioned mud and hash slinging is a lot more exciting but too hikh schoolish, says the editor. Now that leaves us with two strikes against us. But carry on . . . Did you know that: South port's oldest pilot, Capt. Tommie St. George, has put in more than 50 years of ship piloting . . . Clarence Crapon once played a few tunes with Jan Garber and his orchestra . . . Mack, of Mack's Cafe, spent a great deal of his boyhood days roaming over those Georgia hills perched atop a cow or calf . . . Capt. I. E. Bussels owned the first car in town . . . The Communion Service at the Episcopal church was sent to this country from England over 200 years ago by its king and it's still being used . . . Ormond Leggett swears that SCATTE The Erroneous I Advertisement / Advertisement Business A\ The Spreading an advertisii and kinds of mediums is on for a business firm to spen in practice and upsetting to other hand there is Conce IT IS MUCH MOI CONCET Your advertising dollar that fully and effectively that goes into 1100 homes, npnn IP pa r*h I*;PPI/ PILOT .... You busines worth in The State Port Pil manner may be for you me For several decades this into the substantial homes gressive firms having a me* The State "YOUR COUNT i . * - - - ? WEDNESDAY. FEBftUo?, M. sod Hands - Prince O'Brien, Jr.) he has never eaten an ice cream cone^^C^^t tain John Erickson, mayor of the ton. it^Hf native of Norway and knows quite a lot ihflv skiing . . . Back in the old days the savin; "What is this vouneer generation enmi?. w w "5 now it has been changed to read: "\Vh? j, younger generation coming to." . . . Speakfcr^Br this younger generation, they will soon g^He practice on a play to rival the one present-: the dramatics class from the high school cashier of the local bank makes it a pnctb^HA sleep in his bathrobe . . Instead of taking it before getting in bod he simply ties it a tighter, tu.v.s the cciiar up and is snoring soo^H| ly in a few minutes . . . The boys and girls^H the cast of "Crashing Society," labored hard ] long in preparing their 3-act comedy and I warmly congratulated by the entire audience ^H'( It's no easy job to present a play when suit ^ awful accent has to be used throughout performance. m ^B( B B m> l? RATION I ? dea That a Little B*< lere And a Little H" There will Build B nd Be Worth B ig budget around in all sorts H e of the most wasteful ways W id its money. It is unsound Jr' business plans .... On the ;8' ntration?that is the reply! 1 IE EFFECTIVE TO I STRATE I in THE ONE MEDIUM I covers Brunswick County. |? that is read by more than S? in THE STATE PORT J s firms get your money's M lot. Advertising in any other j? re "Scatteration." J|! newspaper has been going |g _ _ jafq j of Brunswick county. i'ru' isage use .... || Port Pilot 1 Y NEWSPAPER"
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