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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
n tared aa second-class matter April 20, 1828, at
the Poat Office at Southport, N. C., under
the act of March 3, 1878.
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IX MONTHS 1.00
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1939
Nations either must come to peace, or
go to pieces.
A small pack can lift a car, but it takes
a lot of jack to keep it up.
Statistics prove that locomotives are
not afraid of automobiles.
If at first you don't succeed, try playing
second base.
Until you try to borrow money you
never realize what close friends you have
Modern marriage is like a cafeteria. A
man grabs what looks nice, and pays for
it later.
The bonds of matrimony now are listed
under the heading of short term securities.
When a man starts to drink to forget,
about the only thing he forgets is when
to stop.
Make It General
Just now tlie city of South port is in the
middle of a clean-up campaign which is
more far reaching than the mere removal
of unsightly trash and debris. Unsightly
buildings and fences are being pulled
down and other far-reaching changes are
taking place.
On the waterfront in the upper part of
town are two of the outstanding eyesores
of the community?houses that have been
allowed to remain in need of repair so
long that now apparently they are beyond
hope of redemption.
Not only are they unattractive, they
constitute a fire hazard that is inexcusable.
There is no way to make the owner
keep his buildings clean and attractive
and in renting condition, but when he
permits them to reach the point that they
are a menace to public safety, then the
city fathers can and should take a hand
in correcting the situation.
Good Farming
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In our round ol tne county iasi wee*
k we passed a farm where a man was busy
cutting tobacco stalks. Later that day we
passed the place and he was discing.
From past observation we know that
- -he is preparing to plant a winter cover
crop, and also from past observation, we
know that this pays him well each year.
We have noticed that his farm looks more
cheerful and well kept during the winter;
his livestock stay in better condition because
of their winter pasture; and the
crops that he produces each year wear
witness to the success of his methods as
a progressive farmer.
Canning Time
Fall is almost here, a season when
there is enough and to spare.
And it is now that the provident housewife
may lay in a store of canned fruits
and vegetables that will keep the family
healthy during the winter and at the
same time cut the cost of living.
The greatest enemy to canning is putting
off. Ripened fruit and vegetables
simply will not wait; and the only time
in the world to put up provisions of this
type is when you have them.
Canning may be hard work, but it
usually is a job for which the housewife
can enlist some aid from her family. And
it surely is a job from which the entire
family will benefit.
Changed Attitude
Recently at the annual banquet of the
North Carolina Press Association, Dr
Julian Miller, editor of The Charlotte Observer
was principal speaker.
During the course of his address
which was one of the finest we have
heard in a long time, he declared that
"Nowadays we seem to gauge the success
of a man by the amount of money
he owes."
"If a man owes $5,000.00," said Dr.
Miller, he is considered a successful businessman.
If he owes $50,000.00 then he
is considered a business tycoon. Let him
owe $5,000,000.00 and he is known as
an economic royalist."
Dr. Miller was using this comparison to
pyove a contention of his that had to do
with the trend of our national government.
We use it to compare with it the
growing apathy that the ordinary man
has for debt.
Formerly debt was considered a disgrace,
and if a man found himself enmeshed
in the toils of credit he desired,
above all else, to keep secret that state
of affairs. Today we not only borrow
upon the slightest pretext, but even when
we are debt-free we have adopted a
whining attitude that frequently exaggerates
our true condition.
We wish we had more people proud
enough to want to stay out of debt; and
we wish that those who aren't able to do
that would be proud enough not to brag
about it.
Warden s Report
Brunswick county is a territory embracing
a total area of 412,500 acres, with
the largest percentage of woodland that
may be found in North Carolina.
In his report submitted Monday to
members of the Brunswick County Board
of Commissioners County Forest Warden
Dawson Jones stated that 136 fires during
the past year had burned over a total
area of only 11,185 acres. We point out
that this compares most favorably with
1L ?imov wlion 914 fires
ine repuri m
burned over 45,329 acres. Last year the
average loss per fire was 211.82 acres;
this year the average was cut below 100
acres to 82.24 acres per fire.
In his report the fire warden paid tribute
to the men associated with him as
towermen and district wardens. He also
thanked the citizens of the county for
their interest and co-operation, and right
there we think he touched upon the most
important factor in the improvement.
It will be difficult to ever bring the
efficiency of the forest fire fighting forcjes
past the point of public co-operation
'and it is a source of gratification to us
to see evidence of this interest.
Teachers First
News & Observer.
The State School Commission is scheduled
to take somewhat belated action
today on approtionment of approximately
$250,000 voted by the General Assembly
for increases in teachers' salaries.
The Commission has before it a proposal
to divert some of this money to
increase salaries of county superintendents.
That should not be done. Without
regard to the merits of the claim of the
superintendents, they should take their
turn. Until the salaries of classroom teachers
are restored to the pre-depression
level no funds available for that purpose
should be used for any other purpose.
Even full restoration would leave those
salaries very low.
The sum at the disposal of the Commission
is pitifully small. Nothing was
said in the General Assembly about
larger salaries for the superintendents.
No provision was made for them. It is
true the small increase voted was not
allocated among the teachers. But all
arguments which were advanced for the
appropriation were in behalf of classroom
1 teachers. The only reason the fund was
not allocated was that there was general
recognition in the Legislature of the inadequacy
of the amount voted. For that
reason the disagreeable task of allocation
was passed on to the School Commission.
The Commission should not yield to
such specious arguments as the one to
the effect that an increase for the superintendents
would mean very little to individual
teachers because of their far
greater number. The smaller the amount
available for the teachers, the more rea1
son that they should receive all of that
small amount.
The teachers should come first.
The most effective point to remember
1 in making a public address is knowing
I when to stop.
i
Pipe smoking is a soothing habit?especially
when the nations of the world
are smoking the pipe of peace.
> When a legislature gets through with
. a normally good law, it's generally as
snaggle-toothed as an old witch.
, The government has a dirt conservation
t program. It could be very well applied to
THE STATE PORT PILO
Just Among
The Fishermen
BY W. B. KEZIAH
To Eat a Barracuda
Our friend John R. Pea<
of High Point writes that
has become convinced that
barracuda is a fine food fish,
and other sportsmen have I
catching plenty of these
here this year and the gen
custom is to bring them
port, show them to the cur
and then throw them overbo;
Often a specimen is taken hi
for exhibition purposes, but n
has ever been eaten here,
far as we know. Mr. Peac
writes that the next time he ?
es down and catches a barrac
he intends to cook and eat
by way of demonstrating I
they are good for food. We h
already invited ourself in on
barracuda eating and will ma
him bite for bite. If John
eat a barracuda, so can we.
A Note From Bill
A note from Bill Sharp
this past week informs u
that he thought that th
window display in the 01
Harvey Restaurant in Wast
ington, featuring barracud
and other fish caught a
Southport, was of splendi
advertising value. Julius Lu
ley, owner of the Old Harvej
sent us a beautiful picture c
the window with the fis
and placards stating tha
they were caught at South
port. This picture was passe
on to Bill and it will appea
this week in some newspaper
or magazine interested in th
unusual in pictures.
Real Fishing Tackle.
On board the Alva of Comi
dore W. K. vanaerout last w
we visited the gun room and
so saw the Commodore's col
tion of fishing tackle. As
gards the guns, there was ev
sort of a weapon that a spo:
man could dream about and r
er hope to own. Not being m
of a hunter, it was the fish
tackle in another room t
startled us. In great glass ca
were rods and reels and m
rods and reels. The whole i
lection must have been wo
between fifteen and twe
thousand dollars. Some sir
rods and their attached ri
probably cost six or seven hu
red dollars.
Yaskell Gets Another
Bringing in a seven-poun
and two-ounce big moutl
bass one afternoon last wee!
Postmaster L. T. Yaskell i
again in the seventh heaver
This makes about four of th
big fish he has caught i;
the past few months. Hi
biggest one went to eigh
pounds. Incidentaly an ol
colored woman living out o
the Orton Plantation ha
beaten all of the local sport!
She caught a ten-pounder re
cently. We did not see he
fish but her information cor
cerning it was dependable.
Huge Sawfish.
One of the J. A. Arnold boi
Captain Creech, brought in
huee sawfish one dav the r
week and kept it suspended
the boats hoist for some time
order that the interested mi
view it. The creature was ab
thirteen feet in length and e
mates as to its weight ran t<
thousand pounds. It practici
demolished the shrimp net
which it was taken. The tri
lers often bring in many inl
esting catches of fish such
this one was. Often, too, r
are completely lost through
struggles of some huge and s
age resident of the deep.
Getting Nice Shrimp
It is still too early an
too hot for any regula
catches of shrimp, but a cor
siderable number of boats ar
operating daily and sometirr
es nice catches are brough
in. The product is often rath
er mixed, containing bot
large, choice specimens an
alongside of them plenty c
smaller ones. The boatme
are said to be receiving fai
prices, but the buying hous
complains that a rather lo\
northern market causes ther
to sustain a loss of a dolla
or more on each box pui
chased and shipped.
Prize For Barracuda
Roy Clkshwell, Outdoor Ed
of the Charlotte Observer, w
es us that he has the offer
a nice reel as a prize for
Charlotte Sportsman who ta
the biggest barracuda from i
on. While this reel will go
some one in or around Charli
it is equally certain that the v
ner will have to come to Sot
port to win. Southport's Frj
Pan shoals are the only p
on the coast where they can
found. We look for The Ob
ver's prize to stimulate inte
on the part of Charlotte pe<
in the Southport fishing.
Cash well and several Chart
justness houses are very m
T, SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAR
Striped Town News
Jim Lambrie, Grover Holden
and Rudie Lehire went to Wilmington
on a business trip Fri!day.
i The farmers of this neighbor ock'
^ood are l?ePt busy working in
jje tobacco getting it ready for maryje!
ket, and they are pleased with
He | the price of it so far.
>een i We are looking forward for
fish I ^ev- Teachy to fill his regular
eral; appointment next Sunday at 11
t0 I o'clock and 7:30 p. m.
ious Funeral services were held
lr(j Sunday at 3:00 p. m. at Silent
ame Grove cemetery for D. O. Hewett.
10ne They were conducted by Rev.
so Carter, of South Carolina. The
ock deceased is survived by his wife
om_ and fourteen children, three brouda
thers, two sisters and several
it grandchildren.
Jiat
ave FOR SURGERY
the Mrs. Floyd Hewett of Shallotte
itch I is a patient at Dosher Memorial
can I Hospital for surgical attention.
Shallotte Village
ie
18 Farmers in this community are
e almost through curing their tod
bacco.
Mrs. Horace Frink and son,
a Harold, and Mrs. Delia Auger,
L' were Wilmington visitors Friday,
d Friends and relatives are very
sorry that Mrs. Waldo Register
f? is ill at the present, we all hope
lf her a speedy recovery,
b S. F. Robinson and daughter,
'b Gertrude, of Wilmington, visited
Mrs. Albert Williams Sunday,
d Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Williams
r and daughter, Betty Lou, visited
3 her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
e Robinson, of Boone's Neck.
Mrs. Delia Auger of Clinton is
spending a few days with her
(n0" j sister, Mrs. H. C. Frink.
eek Mrs. W. A. Branner has rea1'
turned to Charlotte, after spend!ec
jng a few days with her sister,
re" Mrs. Albert Williams,
ery Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Williams
rts- amj children, Billy and Marion,
iev" visited in Southport Friday.
uch Sam Joe Frink visited Mr. and
in? Mrs. H. C. Frink Sunday afterhat
noon.
ses Bert Williams left Wednesday
ore to go to Raleigh where he will
co'" work for awhile,
rth Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Register
nty and Mrs. Geneveria Register and
;&le children were Wilmington visitors
;eIs Saturday.
nd- Floria Ray Williams has returned
home from Southport
where she has been visiting her
d aunt, Mrs. A. L. Williams,
h | Jessie Long Williams has been
ct I visiting friends in Lumberton for
s 1 the past four weeks.
' ! Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Register
e ! of Elizabethtown visited her parn
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mil8
likan, Sunday.
Jeanette and Oscar Rhodes,
d of Wilmington have returne home
n after spending a few days with
3 their cousins, Vivian and Ida Lu
' Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Rhodes
r and children and Mr. Edwin MilL"
lican all of Wilmington and Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Williams and
daughter, Vivian and Ida Lu, and
a'Si Mrs. Bert Williams spent an ena
joyable picnic at the Lenanords
iast | fishing Wednesday afternoon.
by j
* ? I /HoeonAinf'nH in tVin failnno on
HI | uiaoa^/vuitbu ui miiuic, "v |
ght far, to get a few barracuda for 1
out | display in the window's of Char-j
sti-; lotte.
3 a j Good Barmometers
lUy' Game fish are always good |
in! barmometers. Let the preslw"
( ure be falling as the result
ter" j of a storm forming, even
as several hundred miles away,
lets the fish will retire to the
( depths and sulk like Achillav"
| les in his tent. They just will
not bite well when the pressure
is falling or way down.
d Let it start to rising, great
r excitement will ensue; the
l" fish will take advantage of j
e anything and everything that j
a sportsman has to offer.
' Sportsmen should always take
l" a tip from the weather reh
ports. Hurricanes always
d strike far above or far belf
low Southport, but if one is
n shifting about anywhere withr
in a thousand miles the fish
e at Southport will be more or
" less inactive.
" Shore Fishermen.
'r Shore fishermen with commercial
inclinations are now lined
up all alc^g the coast of Brunswick.
They have their camps esitor
tablished and are daily patrolling
Tit" the beaches with eager eyes
of searching for schools of mullgts
0,6 and spots. Several fair sized
kea catches of mullets have already
,ow been reported but interest is
centered on what is known as
3tte the September runs. Somewhere
vin-1 along in September, maybe earliith
er or later, great schools of mulring
lets move down the coast. Durlace
ing this time dilligence in watchbe
ing for the fish is doubled. A
ser- visitor at one of the camps may
rest find a Icene of lazy loafing and
ople just a Ifew minutes later the
Mr. suppose! loafers will be straining
Dtte at theif net with thousands of
uch poinds of fish.
OLINA
'But It's True
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IS 7Ht TWC HAMS y|
of A MM WHO
uves M BATH. HnHn
< DAHAMAMM MID BOARS
< *H SHOT At THIV SIT BPWWPK
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<5 Mun/ue.wsawtfiAs /,: ^5
fi?V TAU6HT TO BAW<S / ?,99
j 11 <OHS M eVfAM6S,UAD .
When members of the Kllng family returned to
Confederates dead on their property, and buried them.
Carl was killed in a battle at Turner's Depot, and was
their son to the burial-ground, and right after the war
The wild boars climb tree-trunks whenever they
NOT EXACTLY N
I Meet the new light-weight champion of CMTC,
Tnhnnle Simmons. In four fights last month John- |
nie didn't lose. Injury in his semi-finals bout robbed
him of a championship .... The battered little
man that put on his weight supporting show
last week in front of Crapon's was certainly no
fake. When a person with such an incapacitated
body can perform those feats and refuses to accept
charity we wonder if maybe the WPA
couldn't go into training! . . . The car used to run
over his midriff (he was known as the Marvelous
I Midget with the Mighty Midriff) was furnished by
Harry Robinson who had to remind him a number
of times of the right name. He couldn't miss such
a plug before the largest crowd in town.
Cannon tells of an experience with bucking
broncos in the old West, of taming a killer. "And
if you ever kill any stowaways by asphixiation
put it on form 1603." . . . Capt. Hulan Watts is
about the most adventuresome of all the party
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their home after a civii war surmisn mcy muna mjn
Castner was one of the soldiers. Three necks late Hjk
; buried in the Castners' orchard. The Klines trace! Hi
the bodies were exchanged. ?
feel they are in danger.
EWS . By Gene O'Brien I
fishing boats . . . Speaking of adventures H
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tain and star in college, he joined the prospect -; K
in the gold rush in Alaska about 1912 and H
a few years fighting ice, snow, and grizzlies .
He later become consul to Honduras and spr I*
a number of years there. Last winter at F H
Beach he ran across four different acquaintance B?
from all parts of the globe! Small world ... if ^B
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about two weeks off A weekly sports ok H
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.... Right now tho we could settle for .1 iuv^H
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