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|| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1939 \
B Don't worry too much about these folks '
iwho sound off about their dare deviltry;
a real snake-in-the-grass doesn't hiss.
The only way some people remain consistent
in their likes and dislikes is to be
against what's going on.
A college with a winning football team
usually comes up with a mob of adopted
alumni.
The way to gain a reputation for being
a good conversationalist is to develop
the ail of being a good listener.
A snob is a person too dumb to cover
up what he is thinking.
Business Stimulus
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h? If you are a Southport merchant you
Iprbbably noted with pleasure, the quickened
business pace here during the first
days of this week.
Of course, it was court week. But every
day would be like Monday of a court
. if we had one or two thriving indushan>
with a risiv roll running into
P-es.each week.
f^aaother way to keep things hum
would be to have more tourists
t here for visit or vacation. One way
lie other, we need a change, some
de influence, to give business a shot
e arm.
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Safety First
Unfortunately, the Southport high
jj; school building is so situated that it is
impossible for the children to have a
tjl playground. In view of this condition, the
city fathers have agreed to stop all traf?!
m fic through the street in front of the
Ij j! school during the hours that school is in
j |j session and to allow the kids to use it
jjj for play,
fj i This is all very well and good, provided
our citizens co-operate intelligently. By
| ^ this we mean that they should refrain entirely
from using this street during school
j hours. For the most part, this practice is
followed; but occasionally there will be
B ! a motorist who slips by the barricade and
dashes through the restricted zone.
F j Let's do our part to make the street in
front of the school safe for children at
all times.
Tragic Death
The tragic death of Warren Dosher
Saturday in Washington brought a feeling
of deep sorrow to all Southport people
who knew him and his family. He was
i a young man with a home life designed
I to bring him life's greatest joy; he had a
bright future. We speak.for the communI
ity when we offer our heartfelt sympathy
HI to members of his family.
His passing breaks the link in one of
1"^ the finest family circles it has been our
privilege to observe. The children reared
by Mr. Willie and Miss Nellie Dosher are
an everlasting credit to them and to their
community. Each one has been given a
good education, each one has found and
filled a useful place in life, and we
thought only recently that it must be a
1 great satisfaction to the parents to have
the three boys and one girl all settled
, within a radius of a few miles from their
In this hour of sorrow there must be
u solace for them in the fact that their son
raj had more from life in his few short years
|;l' than comes to many who run out life's
H full span.
If Home Industries
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In a current issue of one of the nationally
circulated weekly magazines there is
Hi an article entitled "The Yanks Are Coming
Back." It is well worth your time to
look up and read.
Many communities in North Carolina,
I as in other states, when frying to secure
ndiistrial development overlook opportulities
that exist at home. They think of
ndustrial development as something one
nust go out, get, and bring into the state.
A.s a matter of fact the bulk of North
Carolina's industrial expansion was con:eived,
fostered, and largely brought
ibout by natives of this state.
In suggesting the above, the importance
jf bringing in new plants is not minimized,
nor should this work be neglected.
However, as the article referred to points
out, who would have thought of lollipop
stick manufacture as being a profitable
industry?
What other states are doing by way of
building up large and small industries of
diversified character utilizing home talent
and local capital deserves, in the I
opinion of this office, serious thought by
those interested in the continued industrial
progress of North Carolina.
Something To Consider
The farmer has everything to gain and
practically nothing to lose by voting for
control of the tobacco crop on Thursday.
Finding himself in the unhappy predicament
of being left without a purchaser
for one-third of his crop of tobacco, if
the government doesn't come to the rescue,
the farmer realizes the necessity for
drastic action to meet the current crisis.
The United States government had devised
a plan with which to rescue the
flue-cured tobacco grower from his present
dilemma?conditioned entirely upon
favorable action in the referendum on
Thursday.
Department of Agriculture spokesmen
have indicated that the government will
attempt to rescue methods for the current
year's tobacco crop in event the referendum
fails to carry. That's not said
in a spirit of coercion, but the government
sees little it can do without some limitations
being put on production.'
Just how serious the situation would
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be without the government coming to me
rescue can be more readily realized by
the farmers than any other group. British
buying companies purchase one third of
the flue-cured tobacco, and are responsible
for more than half the money paid
to flue-cured growers. Farmers are able
to see that with these companies off the
market, in order for the prices to be
stabalized, some substitute must reasonably
be furnished for the recent withdrawn
British buying power.
Discarding all the other arguments for
control, it seems that the governments'
offer to substitute a plan whereby the tobacco
ordinarily purchased by Imperial
and other British companies could be purchased
by the government through the
Commodities Credit Corporation and stored,
with the British companies having an
option of buying it later on, offers the
most plausible and feasible solution to the
present flue-cured tobacco grower's dilemma.
Cultivating Forests
One day recently, we happened to be
riding along the highway in northern Columbus
county, and approached a stretch
of pine forest which looked, even from a
distance, unusually even and pretty.
Remarking upon the beauty of the forest
area, we noticed that it was one of
the tree thinning demonstrations which
are being conducted throughout the county.
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ine Deauiy 01 me lanuscape, no uuuui,
was considered of secondary importance
when the tree thinning- demonstrations
were planned, and rightly so. For the foresters
tell us that thinning of forest areas
pay big dividends.
We see no reason why a farmer should
not consider his forested areas, his crop
of pines or other trees, just as important
as he does his crop of tobacco, and see
no reason why they should.not be cultivated
just as much.
You seldom see a farmer's cotton
patch, or tobacco patch growing up in
needs and underbrush, and if you
do, you conclude that you've found
evidence of slovenly farming. But
how often do you see forest areas
so sadly neglected that the saplings
are choked up by underbrush and vines
even before they have a chance to get
started.
Not only would some attention to the
forest areas add considerably to the farmer's
assets, but would at the same time
contribute largely to the beauty of our
landscape.
Every young man wants to be wellgroomed,
but not so much as an old maid.
Humpty- - Dumpty and a politician
should have a lot in common. One sits on
the wall, the other straddles the fence.
Soap and water don't seem to have
much effect on -the dirty looks some people
are capable of giving ont.
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Just Among
The Fishermen
BY W. B. KEZIAH
General Outdoor Column
Until spring, at least this column
will devote itself to all sorts P
of outdoor matters, instead of e
catering entirely to fishermen. <j
Little incidents about hunting, e
fishing and general outdoor matters
will be welcomed for publi- P
cation.
Plentyi Of Squirrels w
Squirrel hunting is now in a
order the season having opened
Monday, along with the season
on deer, bear, etc. Fox ir
squirrels, both graw and black, v
are not to be killed. There is a "
closed season on them the year Jround
all over the state. They
are fairly numerous in Brunswick.
The smaller squirrels are
very plentiful and it is a ?
mighty poor hunter who cannot
get a bag limit of the animals ?
in a few hours.
Making An Exception
The Carolina Lands, Inc., with
their large holdings on the coast ?
seven miles below Southport, are
planning for a hunting reserve on
part of the area. Hunting will
not be permitted without direct ^
pel-mission and then the hunters ^
will be required to exercise care
I to prevent the starting of forest g
ifires. An exception has already .,
I been made in the matter of fox
hunting. Valle Fredere, Southport
jfox hunter, and his rather famous
t clogs already have permission to ^
I go after the numerous Sir Reyn- ^
|ards that inhabit those weeds. ^
Mr. Fredere, being an old woods- ^
man and forestry man, did not
need to be cautioned against for- J.
est fires.
Forest Fire Dangers '
Come to think of it, huuters g
J are accused each year of startj
ing forest fires that result in r
i the destruction of much game j
| and In the loss of many thous- c
j ands of dollars worth of tim- f
| Iter belonging to those on c
' whose lands they hunt. Some- j,
I thing should be done about this r
I by the hunters. They should j
exercise every care against j
starring a im-, unu m mc j.
es where somebody else is responsible
they should take care
to co-operate and see that the
blame is properly placed and
punishment meted out accordingly.
The lover of hunting
should have an interest almost
as great as that of the landowner
in seeing that forest
fires are prevented.
Unusual Catch
Bob Wilson, outdoor man writing
in last week's issue of the ?
Washington Times - Herald, stated p
that the weight of wahoo, or pe- o
to, usually ran from 15 to 25 s
pounds in Florida where they are v
I caught more often than here.
| Col. Bill Chantland, writing us u
jfrom Washington, Di C., makes t
[the same claim. The claims of e
these two authorities would indi- n
cate that the 50-pound wahoo n
(that was recently caught here by
Harry Lustine of Washington was s
a most unusual catch. Reports d
that have filtered in since the big s
fish was taken are indicative v
that Mr. Lustine's 50-pounder is t
far from being the first wahoo a
ever taken here. It was simply c
the first one that happened to be
correctly identified.
Austin Started It c
Gene Austin and his cow- f
boys, here for a weeks visit t
last spring gave stimulus to i
local interest in beautiful sad- e
die horses. Should they come a
back for another visit in the a
winter or spring they will find C
several beautiful saddle aw- v
mals, some of them with all of
the gaits any horse Is supposed
to have. With the yachting season
soon to get in full swing, I
we suggest the exercising of s
these horses along the water- C
front where they will find
many admirers.
Tourist Movement
With tours by boat practically r
put on the blink by the war there r
should be heavy tourist travel by
car throughout the United States
during the fall, spring and summer.
Orton, with many thousands '
of visitors last spring, will be a '
huge drawing card for tourists to 1
come down into Brunswick coun- '
ty; Southport should work to the
end that as many as possible of a
these tourist be induced to come I
here. f
Likes The West
More messages received this I
past week from Churchill Bragaw,
of the Orton Plantation, v
now on a tour of Pacific Coast
States, indicate that he and his n
companion, Charley Mathews,
of Bald Head Island, like the
west and its climate. The fellows
will be home In another
two weeks and at about the
same time or soon thereafter f
a big shipment of orange and '
lemon trees will arrive for
planting at Bald Head Island
and Orton. I
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
Members of the Live Oak
Chapter, Order Eastern Star, will
hold their annual Hallowe'en
party in the recreation hall of the
Masonic building on Monday
evening, October 30. A prize will
be given for the cleverest costume.
MEDICAL PATIENT
James Wolfe of Southport was
admitted to Dosher Memorial
I Hospital Monday for treatment.
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Your Home
Agent Says!
LELAN'D HOME.V ACTIVE
On September 8th, when the
lome management leaders gathred
at Leland to hear Miss Gorton
give a lesson on laundry
quipment, four of the women
resent had already put out the
imily washing that morning and
ere really fatigued when they
rrived at 10:30 o'clock.
Naturally they were interested
1 any simple equipment that
:ould make this weekly task eas;r
and especially if it were somehing
that could be made at
lome, with little or no expense.
The hostess, being ashamed for
he guests to see her old cover
n her ironing board which she
ad intended for months to
hange, got busy and padded the
oard and made a tight-fitting,
emovable cover. Now Mrs. K. B,
)resser has that ready for her
wn use, and said she was glad
hat we went to her house for
he training school.
The County Leader, Mrs. Joe
'. Verzaal, who had previously
old Mrs. Dosher, the home agent,
hat she doubted if she would
et any help from the meeting
ince she already had an electric
roner but that she might, and
nyway she would go and preside
-was the first person to go
lome and persuade her husband
o make her a raised stand on
vheels to hold her clothes bas;et.
Mr. Verzaal used wheels
rom a discarded child's wagon,
crap lumber and a round fruit
lasket. His only expense was for
tolts and nails. This laundrynaster
is collapsible, for easy
itorage when not in use. The
rheels are large enough for easy
oiling over grass or sand. This
nexpensive piece of equipment
an be used for rolling soiled
ilothes to the wash room, wet
clothes to the line and along the
ine for hanging, and later for
emoving clothes from the line,
t will not only eliminate heavy
ifting for Mrs. Verzaal but also
nuch bending.
This laundrymaster was
irought to the club meeting at
^eland the next week to show
o the other members; at which
ime Mrs. W. S. Cook displayed
n attractive clothes pin apron
hat she had just made: and the
lostess. Mrs. Henry Lewis, inited
the members out to her new
,'ashhouse to watch a demonstraion
on the use of her new elecric
washer. Mrs. N. J. Hines,
ir., made a motion which was
assed that the club use some
f their money to buy curtain
tretchers to be used by the
,'hole community.
This was an interesting follow
p in the local club in one week's
ime after the training school,
ven though this will not be their
najor lesson until the October
nee ting.
In October, all the clubs will
tudy this subject of home launry
equipment, and ways to leson
the drudgery of the family
fashing. It will be interesting
o learn how many of the women
ire taking advantage of the recommendations
made.
CANNING CONTEST
Are you ready with your best
|uart each of fruit and vegetables
or the canning contest? Bring
hem to the October club meetng.
Invite your neighbors to
nter. All women of the county
re eligible. Pickles, jams, jellies
nd meats are not elegible. Use
anned goods?any fruit and any
egetable.
COUNTY FEDERATION
MEETING CHANGED
Note that the date of our Fall
federation meeting and flower
how has been postponed from
Ictober 6th. This conflicted with
he State 4-H Dress Revue and
ecuring our Raleigh speaker. The
neeting will likely be early in
November. Watch for the anlouncement.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
REPORTS
Club Members are reminded
hat they should fill out the
ilanks furnished them and return
heir report to the secretary or
he home agent in October.
Project reports of the year's
ictivities will be made by County
iroject leaders at the Federation
neeting in November, instead of
laving club reports read by each
>resident as in previous years.
It is felt that this type report
irtll be interesting rather than
lonotonous to listen to, and will
lean much more to the audience.
Please have your report in on
ime.
YOUNGSTER ILL
Jimmie Sutton, Jr., of Southlort,
was a patient at Dosher
Memorial Hospital Saturday and
Sunday.
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