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I THE STATE PORT PILOT I Southport, N. G. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ? ???? I j JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor I totersd u aecond-claaa April 20, 1028, at ttaa Poit Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Ratea DNI TEAR 31.60 DC MONTHS 1.00 ZHRKB MONTHS .76 I " Wednesday, November 29, 1939 ! We haven't much sympathy for the I man who takes an hour to explain how busy he is. I A cold is about the worst company you ' can have in winter, except a caller who i I is complaining about having one. You've known people who are so ever lastingly slow their stockings don't run? I they just walk. The closest some people will ever come I to be associated with thrift is to be called1 a spend-thrift. some mernuers ui mc ;vuue? , tion are as quiet as a mouse?yeah, asj, Mickey Mouse. i Dry wit is just another way of saying , that most men are funnier sober than i they are drunk. 1 Shoulder Burning County Forest Warden Dawson Jones was in town Friday and told us that he 1 and his men probably would start the first of this week burning off the shoulders along the highway to Bell Swamp. This reminded us of what we heard i State Forester McCormick say recently at'the meeting of district fire wardens of the Brunswick County Association. He was talking about plowing fire lanes, etc, and the value of this work, then added: I "But it> isn't the fires that are stopped by the fire lanes that is so important. When j a man drives by a fellow's farm and sees him hard at work protecting his timber stand he'll think twice before he will permit any careless act of his to cause his neighbor serious property loss. Next thing you know, he'll be plowing him a fire lane himself." That is one result of shoulder burning. Neither time nor funds will permit County Warden Jones and his men to work the sides of all roads in Brunswick, but when citizens of other sections learn that this is an approved method of fire control the chances are that there will be some private shoulder burning; going: on in the county. Would Be Advantageous Let. us hope that tentative plans for the establishment of air pick-up feeder routes in this area similar to those now operating in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and other states, by which all of Brunswick county would be furnished air mail service, materialize. Advantages to be derived from this innovation for this community are too easily obvious to be enumerated here. If anything in local co-operation seems to be needed from Brunswick county to get the air mail service for this area, the people Iof our county may be depended upon for a full measure of co-operation. To Keep Warm?Walk No matter what your father and your grandfather and your greatgrandfather did when they went hunting in cold weather, John Barleycorn definitely is not the patron saint of stimulants. That, at least, is what Harold F. Enlows, director of Red Cross First Aid, has to say about the practice of imbibing great gulps of gurgling intoxicants to keep warm. It's been getting a bit chillier for the past week, so it might not be a bad idea to pass the information along, particularly since possum and rabbit and squirrel hunting will soon be in full swing and since the bird season opens tomorrow. Whiskey, says Mr. Enlow, surges to the skin in^a sudden flush which in reality is a very flimsy warmer-upper, since it is actually the beginning of a later depression. Alcohol reduces muscle energy, seriously affecting your skill in sports and your ability to endure physical hardship. Moreover, the added recklessness and loss of judgment caused by alcohol will naturally tend toward accidents. The dilation of the surface blood vessels results in more rapid chilling of the body making a fellow colder than he was to begin with. So, Mr. Enlow says, it'll be better to nibble at chocolates or raisins if you want to get quick energy in cold weather. It's safer, saner, and soberer. The Howe Volumes of prose and verse and thousands of songs have been written about the home, but here is one subject that has never been over-stressed. Repeatedly we hear the loud lament that the tempo of modern living is disrupting our home life and the influences that are a part of it. There are-too many things to do, we hear, there is too much excitement and folks are going where their interest draws them. Times have changed and a greater variety of amusements now are within the reach of the average family, that's true enough. But the same progress that made these things possible also brought into being additions and improvements for the home which more than make it possible for that primary institution to hold its own. If your children trouble you with their restless, roving tendencies, stop for a moment and ask yourself if you have tried to make your home the most attractive place in the world for them. Recall how much you have spent for an automobile or on frivolous clothes and other non-essentials, then take inventory of what has been done to make the home improvements keep pace. Is your home painted, so that the children may take a pride in its attractive appearance? Is it finished inside as well as you'd like to have it?as well as you could have it with very little money spent and some work, most of which you can do yourself? Do you have comfortable furniture, or have you been more concerned with keeping pace with the changing automobile models? If parents are losing contact with their youngsters then it might be a good idea for them to sit down and take an honest inventory of the home plant, for from it has been generated some of the finest influences that have affected our nation. Unmannered Motorists A pertinent discourse 011 the lack of manners on the part of the American motorist engaged the attention of the Raleigh News & Observer last week. The Raleigh paper quotes Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes as saying that American motorists have horrible manners, truck drivers the worst of all. Then it continues: "There is something undoubtedly to what the Secretary says. Motorists?and that includes most of us?have much worse manners in their cars than they have on their feet. "A gentleman who would not think of shouting at a woman to get out of his way on the sidewalk does not hesitate to blow a horn at her on the street. This *" TUa condition was prooaoiy nieviuauic. xuc automobile is so new that beyond keeping to the right side of the road very little etiquette has developed around it. It took hundreds of years to hedge about the danger in knives with patterns of courtesy which made eating at the table with other knife weilders not only pleasant but safe. But as more dangerous than any knife in history, the automobile cannot be permitted to wait long for a system of manners as a basis for public protection." And Herself? (Elizabeth City Advance.) .... After the schoolmasters ladies night at Perquimans this month, one of the Jones girls from Edenton told me she enjoyed my singing. So did I. I've always liked to sing, but it isn't often I get a chance really to open up as I did as I went about my daily tasks when I was a boy on the farm. I've got too much consideration for those in my immediate proximity. Trouble is I can't sing. My voice is awful and I'm off key besides. But when Edmund Harding and his accordion are leading the way and drowning me out I can really let go. And when I do, I enjoy it just as much as Edmund does. The lady couldn't have heard me, far as she was from me and near is I was to Edmund Harding. But I take it she's one of those women who like to see a man enjoy himself. Just Among The Fishermen BY W. B. KEZIAH CRUELTY A MERCY Hunting wild hogs with dogs, the leader of the canines being a vicious bull dog which fastens on the ear of the swine and never lets go, may sound like a cruel I and extreme measure. In fact, a j Southport matron balled us out j last week for our apparent lack j of sympathy while relating the i capture of a 200-pound wild boar | on Bald He&d island. Our contention is that, in the case of old wild hogs that cannot be approached near enough for the huntsman to use a gun. it is only a bit of humanity to bring it to bay with a dog and thereby get in a position to put an end to its career. As in the case of several other j wild animals, a wild boar when j it has attained a fairly good | age, is prone to develope sav- I age tendencies. The brute has [ no conscience and no compunction about slaying all of its kind with which it comes into contact, and other wild animals that get within its reach. However, nature provides a very [ painful and lethal punishment for swine. His huge lower tusks slowly curl over the upper jaws, and in the course of weeks and months grow downward: gradually he can open his mouth less and less and finally the downgrowing tushes force the closing of the mouth to the point where he dies of sheer starvation. It is a great deal more merciful to run down an aged boar with a dog and put a quick end to it than it !o *A * tlnulv utflpvp to I doath. A CHANGING ORDER The agricultural sections of Brunswick have had their day, are still having and will continue to have it, even in a greater measure than now. .The golden opportunity for farming in this mild, long growing climate has never approached being fully realized and taken advantage of. We do not hesitate to express our belief if the great undeveloped potentalities of the Brunswick farm lands. They have had a good day and they will see better ones. The most marked changes, however, changes that are already taking place and with still more wonderful changes yet to come, are in our lands near the coast. Of little use for farming purposes, except for scattered spots, every inch of the Brunswick coastal lands are precious, and the value will soon become apparent. We know one point along tlM Brunswick coast where the ownership of all lands for a distance of fourteen miles has changed hands during the present year. It was bought up with the idea and intention to develop. The development is bound to come and with this will come the realization that all of our coastal country may be converted into something of great value. The changing order of things, the changing conception of value, will soon make the heretofore ignored coastal lands to outrank farm lands for the dollars they will bring. WHEN YASKELI, GOES A'FISHING When Yaskell fishes in Walton's Creek And catches drum galore, The only proof we ever have Is his story in Watson's store. He never catches just one or two? It's always fifteen or more; At least that's his same old story, When fishing in Wutson's store. He never uses any bait; The fish they love him so They are eager to bite his naked hook? When fishing in Watson's store. By Wilson Dosher SHORT OBSERVATIONS We see by the papers that the cost of the Thanksgiving dinner will be lower this year. The scenic view from the [River Road is alright. At the same time we should not forget that a paved road there will speed up industrial developments that in a few years will lighten the burden of many a small Brunswick county tax payer. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Announcement has been received here of the birth of a daughter, Kay Marie, to Mr. and Mrs. William Dunbar Davis, Jr., of Plymouth, Michigan. GOOD HUNTER M. B. Reynolds of Winnabow and party had the good luck to kill a fine deer while out driving recently. Mr. Reynolds is also good at coon and 'possum hunting. He usually gets one when he goes. LEAVE HOSPITAL Mrs. W. A. Johnson and Captain Bill Thompson, the latter of Southport, were discharged from Dosher Memorial Hospital Monday. CHILD ILL Little Kay Moore of Southport is a patient at Dosher Memorial Hospital. Shallotte SCHOOL NEWS Seventh Grade Miss Williams' section of the, 7th grade is getting ready for j \ Thanksgiving. We are drawing j pictures that represent Thanksgiving to put up in the room. We are also studying and writ- 11 ing poems about Thanksgiving. r The music teacher has formed a music club in which we elected a president, secretary and treasurer. J We also have a program com-14 mittee which gets a play up ? every week. We give it every Friday afternoon. We plan to ^ have a Thanksgiving program on ? Wednesday. J Both sections of the seventh J grade are forming a basketball j team under the direction of Miss is ! Williams. Home Economics Class The Home Economics class j | three has been studying entertainment in the home and the ' ^ writing of invitations. The class , ^ decided to invite the faculty to ; t tea November 23, Thanksgiving | c decorations and invitations were carried out. Each member of the class was selected to perform a i ? certain duty. Lena Chadwick I ^ poured the tea as hostess of the i t group. The following were in the receiving line, Jessie May Russ, I c Vernie Hewett and Mildred An- j. drews and Frances Pierce. The ! t food was served by Bertha Som- :; mersett, Ida Mae Roach, Louise Lewis, Elizabeth Robinson and ^ Margaret Holden. j 9th Grade Algebra ,. ( We have been studying signed n numbers for some time now and ; t we surely are enjoying them. )f First we learned to add two | -] positive numbers and get a posi- r tive number. To add two negative numbers you get a negative number and to add a positive and I r negative number you subtract | e and use the sisrn of the greater j j, value. J a Second we have learned to sub- v (tract signed numbers. To sub- t tract, change the sign of the sub- c trahand and add. This was a lit- t tie confusing at first because in i, the first group we learned when we added to subtract and now " when we subtract we add, but f finally the class mastered it. Third, we came to multiplica- v tion. We learned to multiply two I numbers with like signs we get \ a positive number. If we multiply two numbers with unlike sign we get a negative number. i Fourth, we came to division, \ the most interesting of all. We v have the same rules for division e as we had for multiplication, a which is divide two numbers c with like signs will give a posi- t tive number, and to divide two a numbers with unlik# signs we I1 get a negative number. t Although, the signs have been s rather hard for us to get, they c have been interesting because t they are unlike all other numbers 1 we have ever studied in arith- a metic. 5th Grade !1 We are trying to make our I room look better. The boys have , made a table, in the middle we are fixing a cement pool for fish, Flowers will be planted around the edges. The girls are bringing pot flowers and we are painting the pots and jars. We have made I a Thanksgiving border for our blackboard. Each Friday our class has a chapel program. Last week Elroy and Etherege Leonard took their program to the primary grades. They enjoy it very much. We get up our program without the help of our teacher. We are making a special study of N. C. We made a booklet last week and painted the N. C. flag on the cover. Sixth Grade The sixth grade of Mrs. Stone's room is studying about France. Some nice maps have been drawn by the pupils. They are also making a scrap book of France. All the pupils in this room has joined the Red Cross. More interest is being shown in our basketball team all the time. Drawing turkeys and making posters remind us that Thanksgiving is near. Our class has finished decimal fractions in math and are now reviewing. Thanksgiving Day About three hundred years ago the Pilgrims came across the sea in search of religious freedom. They came ashore on Plymouth Rock and settled a colony. They had sailed three months on the Maylfower as transportation was very slow at that time. They had a very hard time trying to live the first year, for it was an extremely cold winter. They traded goods with the Indians and got corn and a few other grains to plant. They were blessed with a bountiful crop and deicded to come together in a j day of thanks to God for what they had. So after gathering their crops they met in the fall and set aside a day for Thanksgiving. Third Grade There are twenty boys and 20 girls in Mrs. Teachey's third grade class. We are all trying to make our room one hundred per cent in attendance each day. We have a card to put outside our door when every pupil is present. We are very happy when we can put our card out. J southporT^ school news j? ; r STAFF THIS WEEK Editor-in-chief, Annie Margaret Vatts; Associates, Doris Lewis, j Jula Mae Smith, Brother Christin, Virginia McKeithan, Marcel- g us Cox. John Simmons, Claude P 'ord. ItJ EDITORIAL SCHOOL SPIRIT We have one great problem, j ? et we don't have to worry about J t on all sides. We solve it partly j n the playground and on the lasketball court, but there is the | * luestion: Do we show school pirit in the classrooms and in the n lails ? There is evidence of some, j ? lut we should show more. Be-1 ween classes still more citizen- j" hip is needed. Together the clas-1 es should cooperate and produce n chool spirit in order to have a r' :ood school. The classes need not le jealous of each other. This n eveals very poor citizenship, i leginning now. let's prove we IE lave school spirit. The school. | eachers, students and town need ?operation. STUDENT OF THE WEEK Due to the absence of our ^ peaker for cnapei last weunes-i n lay, Mr. Lingle, our principal, ^ ook charge of our program. We ^ vere pleased to have Mr. Lingle , :onduct the program and it is n lard to believe we could find a i ^ letter speaker than our principal. ^ During the program Mr. Lingleja iresented the "Student of the j ^ Veek", who was Edmond Newton j (f the eleventh grade. There was j 10 student honored in the element- j try grade because of the fact j Q hat their work is so different j ^ rom that of the high school, j _ "hey will be selected once a ' Q nonth. AVIATION CLUB The Aviation Club work is dull i low as no planes are being work- (g d on. The boys have planes at j ^ lome but will not work on them | .t club periods. We don't think ve can have a good club unless R he boys will cooperate. If boys ontinue to lose interest they will le like the Old Salt in the fol-! awing joke: Airplane Pilot to Old Salt: Bail out quick; the plane is on ire." Old Salt: "There ain't any rater in here, and if there was ain't got no can to bail out rith." SAFETY PATROL The safety patrol, which went nto effect Tuesday of the past veek, is beginning to function veil despite the lack of proper quipment such as badges, belts, :nd whistles which have been irdered recently. The boys will le ranked according to capability is in regular patrol forces. Beow is a nst of the members and ' he corners at which they are lituated. The list is subject to ihange at all times. Any construe- j ive criticism and suggestions rearing to any of the above will be ippreciated. At Lancaster's, S. V. Russ and Sugene Spencer: Lewis', Joe Sam .oughlin and Edmund Newton; | Elmore Moti I ost Office, Paul Dosher and Mar- in the near future to ha' ellus Cox: Dummy, Harvey Out- bate within our own s. tw and Carl Ward; Rouark's, debate topic for this v, iarold Aldridge and Jimmy solved that the Fedora! r iornsby; Park, Rothwell Sim- ment should own ar, i ions and Wallace Moore Railroads. : ^ .. ANNOrxt kmkvt At presen' i.r.r,',ond Newton is rh? r> -r , ' cting as chief. aiirJrcLo MShCs to twl BASKETBALL GAME friends for tteir The girls tripped out on the maki the . '*** .Mr ym floor last Friday night to t h b% K lay the faculty. The laugh of ' * success, . ae night came when Mr. Liv- si'Rf'ir " i ? lgston joined his sister teachers ,, '. ' ' ' ! ^ riKN'T . . . . M. L. Benton of ressed in a pair of red pants. ... , . _ , u , , j . . . mitted to Dosher m, . = 1 reen ^socks and a bow of red ,ast Wednc H* Hp air ribbon tied in his curly locks. ca, t espite the fun the girls buckled i own and won the game with! CARD OF- TH \ \ i, "?. ome hard playing. It was their We wish to expi ' S 'Be irst game and they were deter- [ preciation and th ? lined to win. High scorer of the | many friends who vening was Gilda Arnold with!to us during the i .' welve points. Pearl Mae Lewis (and death of our ti, ras runner-up with ten points. j and Grand-mother ' $(f I The boys' game with the fat! C. Lewis. '- < len of Southport was a little Her children and .r,, ough, but thev made a good ! _ howing_and . ? j jH||||| 111 || ing. rney iosi, oui iusl imc wg [jfTrr* "i/'ihin ' ood sports. Scores for the even- ffNU lg were. Teachets 27, Girls 28; i toys 23. Fat men 32. i . use SUPER SUDS^Bv ril R? I (IM 7 HE REO Bo*. | . made sptrially lor WASriNG D'SutJ ^B. The Aviation Boys were enter- ,0 keep hands SOFT Af; j Lovrfv H lined by the Outdoor Girls Fri-; I K ay night. November 24. The par- PALMOLIA E y was held at the home of An- SUPER SUDS (Red : ie Margaret Watts, president of SUPER SUDS (R!ne li,,x) , ^B1 iie club. Due to a misunderstand- r<et clothes k ig of the date few were able to " ttend. Games were played and _ i-C luch fun had when the scavenger OCTAGON soap ((.i.uit) j unt began. Winners of the hunt OCTAGON powder i l.ur^ y Fere Eula Mae Smith of the girls OCTAGON toilet ^ H, nd Brother Christian of the boys. OCTAGON clean M-:u -t ^Hg llose competitors were Margaret OCTAGON chips 1([ larr and Mr. Richards. OCTAGON GRANULATED n Refreshments of hot chocolate CRYSTAL white soap , nd cakes were served with fav- lollywood BEAl tt Soap j ^Hi rs of green and yellow mints. CREME OIL soap -t ifter the refreshments another KLEX (Pumice) S()\p ^ ame was played and then every-! Universal Hardwatcr snap j, ne bade the hostess goodbye. TRIPLE CAKE soap j, ! DEBATING Mr. Livingston has called for COAST !?)\|) 11 of the pupils of Southport high C . Wi chool that are interested in de- oCTVlCC CHiltlOn jag ating. He is planning sometime, shallotte, n. c i BICYCLES I THE BEST VALUE B EVER OFFERED B SKATES?Union Hardware . . . t? SPEED-KING?500 miles Guaranteed . . . TAYLOR?Velocepedes?America's Finest . . . FOOTBALLS, BASKETBALLS, AKL'HtK t 5t 13 j DAISY AIR RIFLES . . . PHILCO * G.E. 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