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PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor Metered 4m second-clM* matter April 20, 1028, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1870. Subscription Rates ONE YEAR 11.60 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .76 WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1939 Biblical paradox: Soloman was a wise i man; he had 500 wives. Don't try to use people's toes as stepping stones to success. Some people are always ready to share anything you have with them. Pessimists are people who burn their bridges before them. Fast driving should be saved for an emergency?not to make one. There is good logic as well as good grammar in speaking of "rearing" children instead of "raising" them. If a genius is to achieve recognition he must be careful not to exceed the conception of the common intelect. Some people have mastered the art of either expanding or contracting the truth to fit the occasion. Popularity Increases We are interested to note that as a result of a recent nation-wide poll it was disclosed that 6 of every 10 farmers in North Carolina subscribe to a weekly newspaper. This shows an increase of 10 percent in the number of readers since the last similar census was made in 1930. According to a recent study of contents of papers farmers read, general news although demanded, does not take the place of neighborhood and personal news which is of prime interest to farmer readers. Weekly newspapers, with their facilities for gathering and printing intimate local news, fill this requirement and therefore hold an increasing popularity among rural readers. It is also a fact that weekly newspaper readers read more thoroughly than any other group. In other words, few subscribers discard their paper until it has been searched through for news about themselves, members of their family or: their friends. This means that display j advertising in a weekly newspaper is assured more than a casual glance by the hurried reader and it is for that reason that advertising results obtained from weeklies is appealing more and more every year to progressive merchants and business organizations. Do It Today ?? Every building should be checked at regular intervals for fire hazards. And it is obvious that the checking will be largely useless nnless the checker is familiar with at least the more common hazards. You, for instance, can adequately inspect your own home if you are armed , with a certain amount of simple, non technical knowledge. Look at your roof?old or warped roofing easily collects sparks and flying brands. Thoroughly go over your chimneys in search of loose bricks, cracks or any other failure that might start or encourage a fire. Keep your yard in clean, trim condition?dry grass, leaves, boards, etc., are readily ignited and are a definite danger to nearby buildings. The same thing is true of garages and sheds?cleanliness and good maintenance go a long way toward preventing fire. Pay special atten. tion to the storage of inflammable materials?liquids such as gasoline and benfcene should be kept in tight, metal containers. And remember that explosive liquids should never be used for home cleaning operations. Accumulations of discarded material? whether old clothes, furniture or magazines?in closets, basement and attic, constitute one of the worst hazards. Oily ,1-ags are most dangerous of all, as they are subject to spontaneous combustion. If you use wood for fuel, pile it neatly. And never mix rags or paper with wood 3 \ or coal?spontaneous heating may result.! The whole heating system should be inspected carefully, and it's wise to hire an expert for this job. Oil burners should be installed with extreme care, and in accord with standard regulations. That is also true of gas appliances. No gas appliance should be used which lacks a thermostat for cutting! off the supply in case the pilot light goes1 out. If your work room, as many are, is lit-! tered and disorderly, you're simply asking for a fire. Keep it neat. This doesn't exhaust necessary instructions by a long shot?but it shows you where to start. And it's a good idea to do it today. Gratifying News Welcome and gratifying news to the people of Columbus and Brunswick counties will be the fact that the last remaining link of Highway 130 between South Whiteville and Shalldtte will be let for grading the 11th of July. Because, this will open up the way for a paving contract later. Columbus and Brunswick counties, naturally bound together geographically, commercially, agriculturally and practically every other way, have too long been unconnected by a link of paving. At last, it seems that the hopes of the people of the two counties are going to be realized. Cotton Consumption Much has been said from time to time in these columns about the relative value of a campaign for the use of more cotton. That suggestion was made here during National Cotton Week ? The American people should be interested first and foremost in the people who live around them?in other words, Americans should be interested in Americans. It would seem to behoove all the people who live in the United States to come to the rescue of another class when they are in trouble. The cotton farming classes are in dire stress even at the moment, and without a bit of doubt, unless something is done to restore cotton to its former place of supremacy in the south, cotton farmers are destined to invade the to- j bacco field. That will virtually affect the tobacco growers of this vicinity. Cotton farmers realizing ?25 an acre and sometimes less1 for cotton could not be blamed too much for seeking new fields of livelihood. And, without control of the tobacco crop this coming year, or without something being done to improve the plight of the cotton farmer, he is going to be virtually forced into new fields?tobacco at the present time providing the most enticing and attractive picture. Short-sighted action on the part of the government might result in cotton grow-) ers being put on relief, though we hardly see how members of the U. S. administration could get the consent of their own minds to follow such a course. The cotton situation is serious. It demands something of a permanent solution. It occurs to us that the most lasting benefit could be derived from research in the chemical laboratories, and in the fashion centers for new uses for the fleecy staple. More consumption of cotton will improve the status of the cotton farmer, and it's the duty of the American people to do what they can to increase consumption. If knowledge is power, some of our high school graduates are still pretty nearly powerless. Give a man a bag of flour, and he'll generally expect you to make the biscuits for him too. Tarzan's eerie call was in all probability invented by some overly zealous football fan. < Some men are merely walking mines. ^ They have gold teeth, silver tongues, and , an iron will. \ Fishing takes a lot of patience, con- , siderable time and generous supply of ( earth worms. 1 A guy who is always shooting off his i mouth, needn't be surprised if there is a 1 badkfire. If the inventors ever develop a car to travel as fast as an unfounded rumor, J that will be IT. 1 THE STATE PORT PI1 Just Among The Fishermen Good With Evil OccasionaUy there is a great howl raised by the uninformed against the menhaden boats because these craft take a few game fish while netting for the product that is good for only fertilizers and oil. In defense of the commercial fishermen, or the menhaden branch of such operations, it is only fair to say that the taking of a few game fish along with schools of menhaden cannot be avoided. The game fish! feast on the menhaden schools and a few of them fall victim to the heavy purse nets along with the menhaden without intent on the part of the fishermen; packed tightly in the net when it is dragged to me surface they are in such condition that they cannot be liberated. They are not wasted, but are carefully saved and brought home for food for the families of the fishermen. Sharks are infinitely more destructive to game fish than anything else, especially those that j travel in schools. Some sports- j men may condemn the menhaden folks for taking a few game fish unavoidably, at the same time they owe these fellows a heavy vote of thanks. Often the sharks that are taken and destroyed during a day's operations are capable of destroying more game fish in a single day than the boat would account for in two weeks. We were out on the R. B. Hawley of Captain Eriksen one day the past week and it was noticeable that the big power operated bailer brought aboard more sharks than game fish. These living destroyers of game fish ran to as high as 100 pounds :" TJ/Mirni'n?> ononi 1X1 WCl^lIU .4.1C/WCWI, unv o pv.li men that would have run above j eight hundred pounds was noted! swimming around a school of fish. Wife Tender Lately, your columnist is becoming rather alarmed at the increasing number of sportsmen who are coming down to the sea to fish and bringing their wives along. When they arrive here with their better-halves in tow, unless the belter-halves prove to be strongly fishing minded, the said better-halves are turned over to us to be nursed around and shown things until friend husband returns with fish for supper. In Class By Herself Mrs. Frank Mollycheck, of Southport. is pretty much in a class by herself as a sportswoman. When she can go and the fish are biting, she is always out with her rod and reel. She divides her time between the saltwater denzins and those that inhabit the freshwater streams. One day last week she brought us a beautiful string of eight sheephead for exhibition and to be entered in one of the fishing contests. As sheephead were not listed to receive prizes in that particular contest she was advised of the fact. Nothing daunted, Mrs. Mollycheck set out for a freshwater stream late the next j day and returned at dusk, proudly bearing two beautiful big mouth bass. The largest one tipped the scales at exactly six j pounds and the smaller one went to just half that. In The Mail In the mail the past week were long and interesting personal letters relative to fichiniv f HAm floAVirn Doimf on Jr., the New Hanover Fishing Club and Edwin McLaurin, sportsman, publicist and photographer of the various New Hanover beaches. Mr. Rountree was interested in the preservation of drum or channel bass from the netmen, who are credited with destroying great numbers of these low priced fish needlessly. Mr. McLaurin was much interested in fishing and photography both here and there. He proposes to come down to Southport with his trusty camera shortly. Several very interesting special delivery letters and telegrams were also shot in by Roy Cashwell, "All Outdoors" editor of The Cliarlotte Observer. Friend Cashwell is becoming a Southport enthusastic and bids fair to become a powerful booster of local fishing. Friendly To Sportsmen The whole State of North Carolina recently had a "Friendly Week" to visitors. Southport peo- , pie are even more liberal min- . led; here it is a friendly day , to sportsmen and other visitors ( svery day that they come around , four columnist wants to especial- , ly commend Mayor Eriksen and other Southport city officials, as . veil as the rank and file of \ Southport citizens, for the gen- j sral courtesy and friendliness ; that is shown sportsmen and all j visitors to town. Such courtesies 1 s bound to show far reaching I esults in future years. I ( We still insist that fishing parties of which ladies form a part oave better luck at the fishing i than the exclusive stag outfits. 1 OT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. Country Scribe Goes Ganderuu Keeper Of The "Not Exact Iy News" Corner Is No* In New York City; Miss es The Army But Hit The Fair Evening folks, how y'all. Thos words are seldom heard in th Metropolitan center, Noo Yawl City, where two lucky guys, your truly and Don Wells, arrived th wee hours of Wednesday morr Our reason for coming was t enter the army. The verdict i this columnist will still be i business due to a matter of no being born earlier. A number o Brunswick people have seen th fair and visited the city, but number also haven't. Please bea or bore the following accounting A couple of wide-eyed lads fror the South spent their first hour as tho their necks might be mad of rubber. Right away we move to a ritzy apartment half bloc! off Park Avenoo, as guests. D1 rections for so doing are postive ly prohibited! Think we want t ruin our chance for next time? Never knew uncles were sue! wonderful people . . . A su (way) rushed us to Rockefelle Center near Times Square. Ka Kyser who broadcasts from th center learned of our approac and beat it to the west coast . . After lunching with an advertis ing genius the Fifth Av bus show ed us over Central Park and le us to the Empire State Buildin where for the sum of one buc! a sub-stratosphere elevator cat ried us to the 102nd floor, j guide pointed out two millio points of interest and received laugh as four saucers-eyes stare in wonderment .... Most of the day was spent i slumberland. Incidentally, the nit was spent likewise .... Cam the dawn, iDaylite time used b everyone) and a pilgrimage t the Great Fair. A 45 minut drive brought us there still i the same daze .... Holding ou pockets against piek-pockets, (w both had two bits,) we brave the gate .... The first presenc was the General Motors Exhibit An hours wait in line was th only admission price. Having bee previously advised that this wa the best show we were expectant and found it more than up to ou expectations .... A long ride in cushioned seat in the dark, (I'm still there,) wa the start. The ride was over mile long showing a mammot set, in miniature, of the Worl of Tomorrow. The general them was of the roads of tomorrow The entire exhibit was made a a cost of 8 million dollars. Th work done on the miniature wa one of those things you rea about .... From there we pre ceeded to the North Carolina Ex hibit. And who should we mee but Mrs. Ottaway. summer res ident of Southport. The book o pix that Keziah persuaded Bi Sharpe to compile was on a racl A huge pic of Orton was on th wall and several other coasts scenes, among them a pic of th alligator killed last summei Standing beside in life-size wer sister Libby, Joan Matthews o Charlotte and Charlene Newtor Kathryn Myers of a small tow] 30 miles north of there had i number of pix. We later learne that we missed a small section . Our last stop was Billy Rose' Acquacade and it really is al it's cracked up to be. The sevei greatest divers the world describ ed every dive and combination o dives ever conceived. The mos graceful was a half-gainer fror 60 feet by an Olympics Champ Johnnie Weismuller and Eleano Holm were there as the mail attractions. "Trudy" Ederle wa on hand. Still the greates woman athlete in the world The show contained not onl; acquatics but also a musica revue and two comedy sequences Morton Downey, who sounds liki Eddie Cantor, and Frances Wil liams did the vocalizing. Bill; Rose and Elleanor Holm are rum ored to be ready to latch the wed lock. ... A small dog show wa taken in as a conclusion of thi day's festivities. After dinner (we always callei it supper) the world premeire o Second Fiddle, starring Henie an< Power furnished, the evening's en tertainment. You will view it at home en long. Mary Healy, new discovery is a hit. May be a successor t( Alice Faye. Wells boy Geezil ha just finished a fifteen hours slce| and that reminds me of his con trasting middle name-Early. I'l be right home maw. Not Much Luck With Big Fish Several boats from Wilmingtor and Wrightsville carrying larg< parties of sportsmen went to the Gulf Stream from here early yesterday morning. They found the seas rough, and plenty of easl svind blowing. A result was that their catcli ivas confined almost exclusively to dolphin. Their catch of these fish included many pretty specimens. No barracuda were taker and I. T. Watkins of the Gregg Hardware Company, engineer ol the party, attributed the failure to take any barracuda as being iue to the east wind. HOSPITAL PATIENT Willie Moore of Morehead City s a medical patient at Doshet Memorial Hospital. - M ' > ) ' r The O i " 1 ' ~ zsuatfish eh,sonny - that &mlnp? me < r CAU6HT A MUSKV DOWM 6ELOW THE ? RlVEC-1 WAS JUST ABOUT YOUR AGE-\ a dickens of a time landing fm-we hours- finally i got 7m in SHALLOW \ e stunned him WITH rocks-anp WHEN e him home,i g0oldnt lifthim-hapto j OVNU> SERVICE) / - 'fVyfo e ??? ; i NOT EXACTLY N a d Comes word from New York that the fugitive columnist, one Eugene O'Brien, failed to make " the age requirement for the U. S. Army Cadet e training school in which Dan Wells recently ene fl? ==== n AL1V I EVER t, READS THE STA 3 a e 8^BH H Bp 9 IP EHBBggglM J :j MEN read The State . . . becaua tures and i and busini news, are I J reading in State Port I ers, too, so ; WOMEN readTh 3 ... becaus the things t 1 they like t Society nevt women like vertisement; I them to be : CHILDREN readTI . . . when t only the pi t reading T1 thorough. I i ers and sul are the BU fore worth tomers! The State | "Your j vN? WEDNESDAY, JUivM| Idtimer V jfthetime'I'UAI H 5ENP IN THE AJELL SIR I HAP J Hri JUST F0U6HTFOR ; >RUN HUME ANP| |Hn 'V'-, W' : - ^'i''Ai. -'li.. 1 EWS By Gene (TfiM; rolled. Too bad about the age, beca^^^B everything else it takes to make the Brother Christian, who is visiting his grg^B* (Continued On Page 3) , __ . ... F iPV IOST P YONE I lTE port pilot H : ' mEsB MgOk Hp . Bfr mmi Port Pilot... I ;e of accurate, unbiased news plus articles on every activity of the ? 'p' i_J :?u ki^Hi ess. i nese rnings coupiea wm? the things men of all classes a newspaper, and these things, Jilot gives them. These men are coniu^^l they are alert for BUYING news! e State Port Pilot... ft e they find in The State Port Pilot hey like. They like news, just like ?B j he menus, and home-making tips, 's and neighborhood news. In addit^M : to plan their buying through the >' s in The State Port Pilot, they true and helpful! <? ie State Port Pilot.. ft hey're small, they naturally underst*1*^^ ctures. As they grow up, the habit^^w he State Port Pilot becomes n time they become full-fledged bscribers. The CHILDREN of TQDAMe YERS of TOMORROW ... and the"* cultivating as present and future cl"H Port Pilot I3 ) Newspaper" I
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