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I THE STATE PORT PILOT I Southport, N. G. B PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY B JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor I fcUrod ?j aecond-claaa matter April 29, 1928, at I the Poet Office at Southport, N. C., under I the act at March 3, 1879. Subecription Rates I ufNB TEAR J1.60 H MX MONTHS 1.00 PHREE MONTHS .76 I NATIONAL CDITORIA! I IIMfLW ASSOCIATION B 1311 M a Wednesday, January 3, 1940 B There seems to be some confusion I about New Years Eve and New Years Bev*'* fl A man who owns a fishing- pole or a H shotgun evidently considers that he has a license to lie. It is bad enough to have a man tell you everything he knows without having him tell you over again each time he sees I y?u* I? . It takes mdre than a concensus of the I parents' opinion to stamp a child as a I genius. It is inventory time for everybody exH cept critics. ' I The only recognition they have devised for these home town record-breaking drivers is an occasional marble slab?in the cemetery. Passing Out Posies Maybe this bouquet ought to be a bunch of poinsettas, because it has to do j with a little unfinished Christmas business. Elsewhere in today's paper you'll | find a break-down of exactly how much business was handled by our local postoffice during the pre-holiday season; and from it you can readily; see that this was about the busiest place in town. But the | remarkable, thin^ lies not in the volujne,' but in the efficiency with which this em-, ergency was met by Postmaster L. T. Yas-1 kell and his assistants, Mrs. Edna Bell, A. T. McKeithan and by Uncle Jim Lewis. * * * We wouldn't want to forget Rollie Walton, either. Those extra bus trips speak for themselves. One thing we'll wager: Not once during the busiest rush did you find Rollie too hurried to be polite, nor too rushed to grant a favor. * * * We like the gesture of the members of the Comstock crew in extending an expression of their thanks to Congressman J. Bayard Clark for his efforts in having the Comstock recommissioned. His was a fine Christmas present for these men who A naa been laie ior iwo monins. # * * *' We believe that we've said this before, . I if not in these exact words. In our opin, I ion Forest Warden Dawson Jones is the ; I most conscientious public office holder I we ever saw. He really takes his job of 11 protecting the forests of Brunswick to * I neart, and the sincerity of his conviction J lis having an important influence for the I good upon citizens of the county. r. . i i I "Ring Out The Old" Nineteen hundred thirty-nine has been v I written into the record book of time, and ; I perhaps no other year in history has ' I drawn more heavily from the ranks of >. I our leading citizens. In many ways it . I has been a good year for this community, !" I but a year not without sorrows. ; It is not life's way to have us linger I hopelessly over a past that may not be I changed, but rather is it for us to look 11 ahead to the good things that are to be. , I And it is with that attitude that we face 4 I the New Year. "H . Perhaps we are a convert to the un*;l dying optimism which characterizes peri I sons of our city. Be that as it may, we i I honestly believe that 1940 will bring imf 1 portant changes that are destined to change our town more than it has chang11 ed in the past century. Don't pin us down ?. to the things upon which we base this ; I bold prediction, for they are too wraithI like as yet. And still we feel that some I thing will happen. Maybe it will be because it is leap t I year. Maybe the efforts of our citizens ? I to woo investors these many years has " I been for naught; and now, in 1940, there ; I may be a development brought to life by 11 those who have seen and recognized our L . natural advantages and who will come with a leap year proposal that will set in motion the wheels of progress as it affects this section. About Publicity ? In newspaper offices publishers call every item which comes in which might bas tend to make people interested in buying something either "advertising" or "pub- reg licity." The difference between the two ma ! is that the publisher gets paid for print-ihe f ing advertising material, while he doesn't ' D get paid for printing publicity matter, d That's why the business office gets sore F at the press agents who send in publicity stuff, and editors print it because it's w more interesting than a lot of the news | they get. ? We've never seen a big paper turn R down a good story merely because there was a suspicion that it might be a piece F of "planted" publicity. We counted one Ir day recently eight first-page news stories ti in the most influential of all New York T< papers, every one of which had its origin w in a press-agent's office. Ti The biggest corps of publicity men anywhere is that maintained by Uncle Sam. Nine out of ten "news" items you see w coming from Washington are the product a of the government press agents. " F. * * * We hear a lot about "propaganda." It M is supposed to have the mysterious power d of making people believe white is black, or that everybody we don't like is a Red. R Propaganda is a perfectly good word. It h means any effort to influence public opinion, and began with the organized effort w to propagate the Christian religion. n We use the world nowadays to resig- A nate efforts to make people believe that Fl one side or another in any controversial S( question is lying and the other side is A not. If it's the side we're for it's just u "educational" but if it's the side we're g, against it's "propaganda." The only way propaganda or publicity gets into a newspaper is by the editor's pIi( volition. There is no sinister, backstairs * way of getting propaganda printed, that ous we ever heard of. We've printed lots of por publicity stuff that we knew was propa- con ganda for something or other, but only Civ because it was interesting to us, and we thought it would interest our readers. i * * * disi The big business organizations which ^ used to refuse to tell newspapers any- anc thing, discovered that it wps better to Cai tell them the flat truth than to leave it ^ to reporters to guess at it. anc The Pennsylvania railroad started the 1811 plan of telling the newspaper men all about every accident on its line. It made Cou friends of the papers and did away with ?tei guesswork estimates of the number of fro people hurt in train wrecks and what y* caused them. s? Others saw the value of that sort of du frankness, and a new profession was so born, that of "Public Relations Counselor." Men with that title differ from press ?' agents mainly that they work harder and j? get more money. One of them told us he once that his greatest difficulty was in getting his employers to tell him the truth th so that he could pass it on to the papers; bo The top men in that profession have such ^ a reputation for square dealing and truth- j? fulness that the newspapers take their m word without question. * trs The big Russian Bear seems to be hav- h> ing trouble picking the fins out of his Jjjj feet in Finland. ,,r a We wonder if the 1940 model Political ^ hand shakes will have as much squeeze i in them as the 1939 one's did. v ing bee The President may have to change fjK oceans on his fishing trip next spring, anc All this British-German commotion off the U. S. Atlantic coast is scaring the fish haf! away. put th Some of our grandparents believed it W( sinful to laugh on Sundays. But that was on before Jack Benny and Charlie McCarthy came on the air. iy pr California reports a surplus of prunes. She might try stuffing policitians with in them. m 011 on To get a clear picture of the war in 0f Europe, take the reports from London, to Paris, Berlin, Moscow and Helsinki; divide by five, then read last year's seed in catalogue. <iu go Oi Roosevelt announces that next year to we'll have two budgets. He is evidently se pleased with the results of his double up ^ on Thanksgiving this year. i The governor of Ohio is having his re- * lief problems, but at least his boy scouts fr0] don't wear shorts. haa tHe state Port p Just Among The Fishermen Bx w. a. KEZIAH ?or a starter this week we serfully- surrender space to Amjsador Sloan, summer-time resilt of Southport, now sojourning Georgia. Spring must have alidy arrived down there, if one , ,y judge by the tenor in Which , writes the following: , SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC' on't pick on Brother Ya.skell; on't hnsh hLs burbling tongue, . or by the great Jehosophat e's a hero yet unsung 'ho'll always work for Southport, , nd?If he thinks It wise, '{ reat goodness me he'll always be ( ecounting fishing lies. or tourists come to Southport rom ev'ry blooming State * . i such a dith'rlng hurry i hey never want to wait o hook the finny monsters Tiich lurk on Frying Pan. ** iiey want to know the spot to go, , nd Yaskell Is the man ho gives them Information nd fishing notes. I or Frink and he and Weeks ' maybe, ay sometimes get their votes. on't knock the Pennsy Dutch- i man, I e does the best he can. ut by Mohamed's glossy beard, y e ranks an "also ran" s f 'ith those who make their f catches c eath three squat cedar trees, s nd daily fish the oceans t rom here to German seas. c > here's health to Yaskell, s nd may his tribe increase. c ;t's hope the century passes by ?fore his tall tales cease. i I Statistics to support this 1 tement will be cheerfully sup- a id by Bill Keziah. c * There are many other fami fishing drops too numerous to r ntion in the vicinity of South- r t. For full and complete details r imunicate with the Southport c ic Club. _____ a HOME FOR HOLIDAYS tmong the home-comers from 1 tant points for the holidays t 'e been Captain and Mrs. Mer- i : Moore of Morgan City, La., a I their little son, Paul Merritt. t 3tain and Mrs. Moore and the r lily have been visiting Mrs. I ore's father and mother, Mr. c 1 Mrs. W. S. Davis, and Cap- f i Moore's mother, Mrs. Mayne t ore. Captain Moore is a fisher- f n of great parts, which ac- * nts for the borrowing of this r n by the Fisherman's Column I m the society items. a Not much more than ten 8 iars back there was a young c luthporter who took to boats f id the water as naturally as a 0 ick does. After a year as ' mebody's helper on a shrimp 0 >at he graduated to the post skipper of a fairly good boat, iligent work always resulted I good catches. In another year i was in command of one of e big boats of the Lewis J. ardee fleet and was leading at fleet In catches, a* the lata worked all the way from 0 luthport to Florida. Three ? am ago, Captain Moore harg entered the llata of juat nrrii-d, extended the length of a fishing activities from mthport and Florida to Marin City. La., at which place e family now makes It's ime. Out there he owns a Mg ?t and b> one of the 4 I od icttve of the flshi ni I few years he win p / , ive a fleet of the traartera. HUNTERS AFPRECMTIVE Vith it imperative that huntshould be reatrlcted. partly! ause of the danifer of forest is becoming carelessly started I partly because the ducks and , er game is a valuable asset, fine duck pond at Long Beach | i not been open to the general.' >lic this past season. 0 Nevertheless, when he felt at any of the local sportsmen 3uld like to go duck shooting i the property, E. F. Middle- s n, vice-president of the Caro- s la Lands, Inc., has repeatedinstructed a Southport re- t esentatlve to gather up a j irty of hunters and take them er for a few hours of shoot- I g. Quite a few of the local F en were able to go at least I le time. Some went more than 1' ice. Since the limited number blinds permitted only eight hunt at one time it is posjlc a few local men did not igage In this duck shooting. most cases this fact was le to their being unable to i at the time when invited, le thing is sure, Mr. Mlddlen and the corporation are derving of appreciation for havg permitted the local people hunt as their guests. "THE DANGER LESSENED "or the present, at least, nks to recertt rains, the danger m forest fires in Brunswick i been much lessened. It ap I LOT. SOUTttPORT, N. C. Your Home Agent Says! CLUB SCHEDULE Thursday, January 4th. Thursday, January 4th. Lockwoods Folly 4-H Club will neet at 11:15 at the school. Mt. Pisgah Home Demonstration Club will meet at 2:30 P. M. at the home of Mrs. Lucian Moore. Friday, January fith. North West Club will meet at! the home of Mrs. Geo. O. Gaylord ?t 2:30 P. M. Note: No meetings will be held the week of January 8th, due to State Agents' Conference in Raleigh. Meetings scheduled for these lays will be held on dates to be announced. TO CLUB SECRETARIES Please have ready to hand to trie at your January meeting the following information for your ;lubs: 1. A new mailing list of club nembers with correct initials and addresses. 2. A list of officers and project eaders for 1940. 3. A list of monthly meeting jlaces for 1940. I shall appreciate your having his prepared in advance, so that :ime will not be taken from our Tanuary meeting. NEW YEAR BOOKS The 1940 Year Books will be eady for aistnoution at the Janlary meeting. I would urge each member to five the club treasurer a nlckle j tnd secure your copy. You will ind that it contains much help- j ul information and many dates[ if special meetings, training ichools, etc., which you will want o keep in mind. Copies of songs are also in:luded this year, so after you lecure your copy rememoer to carry it to meetings monthly. 1940 OUTLOOK Emphasis at January club meetngs will be placed on Outlook for i"arm and Family Living in 1940. rhis is, I think, ?rf vital importince and should interest every citizen. An invitation is extended to ion-club members of each comnunity to attend the meeting learest them and join the discussions. Government bulletins on the lubject will be distributed. "Farm families should watch lappenings here and abroad, trace heir effect upon prices and other ndexes of economic trends, and idjust their programs for farm lusiness and for family living to neet what the year 1940 brings. Jut they should not stop with a consideration of their individual amily situations. Never has there leen greater need for groups of ar mfamilies to work together in luilding sound county. State, and lational agricultural programs, lever has it been more neces:ary for farm and city groups to trlvc for a better understanding if one another's problems and, or solutions taht will safeguard iur democratic institutions, and mprove the levels of living of all iur Nation's families." Leland Club Women Meet Members of Leland Home Demnstration Club met at the home if Mrs. Joe Verzaal in their re-ular December meeting. The meeting was a Christmas arty. Carols were sung, led by frs. N. J. Hlnes. Games and * ?a? j i.i l.. l r r t\ i nnirau were iieiu uy mi a. <j. u, nUuuw nnd Mrs. Lee Blake, fembers exchanged presents, and hts was enjoyed by all. Refreshlenta were served by the followsg committee: Mrs. N. J. Hines, fr* E. J. MllUcan and Mrs. Joe feraaal. Those present were Mesdames: Vmglas Cook. K. B. Dresser, F. limmons. A. H. Thomas, G. A. /Msen, N. J. Hines, J. D. Withow. Lee Blake, J. C. Chad-vick, Yank Gore, Elder MllUcan, J. E. Itewart and Mrs. Marion S. )osher. The next regular meeting will e at the Leland Club House on 'uesday, January 16tn at 2:30 'clock. "Are you saving any money ince you started your budget ystem?" "Sure. By the time w; have talanced it up. late at evening t's too late to go anywhere." rears that the alert minded, fire irevention conscious folks of Jrunswick can rest easier, at east for a little while. At the same time it should be kept in mind that the season for burning off tobacco seed-beds Is now here. These necessary fires are often a source of great danger to nearby woods. With the beginning of farming operations at the start of a new year the fire hazards increase, especially if the weather is dry. The hope is expressed that care will be exercised in the selection of plots for tobacco beds and that the use of fire to aid in clearing off new lands for cultivation will be limited as much aa possible in order to lesssn the for- i est fire danger. i ? NOT EXfl Old ma.i weather was somewhat rough this pasl week, but it seems the fishermen had very nicf catches in spite of his efforts. Their theme sonf when confronted by a blow is "I Get Along With out You Very Well," . . . The brand new year 1940 vintage, was ushered in nation-wide to thi strains of "Auld Lang Syne," Sunday nite. Dancei during the week were furnished by Marion Frinl and J. B. Finch and his boys. The first, of thi canned variety, covered a wide scope of rythmns while the latter, covering sweet and swing alike had a number of arrangements that were solidh sent . . . Little mention has been made of Goldei Glove ent.'ance this year, yet it's high time thi fighters were getting in condition. Southpor should have a good many in there this trip. Sim mons, seemingly always in the pink, should havi gained a world of experience fighting at CMTC. Football came to a brilliant close Monday wit! the annual Bowl classics vieing for honors. Thi south stood out as a predominant gridiron sectior when the Confederate boys walloped the pickec Northern squad in their yearly tussle. A mild re> venge for the Civil War. Other stars from ovei Dixie shone brightly throughout the country . . Fox's ace detective, Charlie Can, is in the "Citj of Darkies" tonite at the Amuzu. The week-enc entertainment is Jane Wyman as the new Torchj in "Playing With Dynamite." Half of the season's discoveries, Lana Turner, leads "These Glamoui Girls." Universal and Paramount take over the week-end spot in about three weeks . . . Everyone to his own tastes (and who doesn't enjoy a steak ~""""esting things a OPEN FORUM but the story c A column dedicated to opinions of better if all d the public. A mouthpiece for the of interest are & and readensf'for" which Te . Sometimes a vccept no responsibility. Contrlbc- significent appi done to this column must not fnrdq the hasi exceed three hundred words. IOraf me T*81 good story tha ???-??????? attract attentic ????? My understai WANTS DATA ? , , ? Southport, N. C. Brunswick Cm January 1, 1940 Commerce will Editor, State Port Pilot: funds with w Dear Sir:? coverage of th Throughout Brunswick county down stories ar there are a great many interest- ter- T'lis being , , the value of ing stones about people and ? newspapers app places. These stories, published in me tjlat our cj local and state papers, would a great service make interesting reading and val- the public by s uable advertising for Brunswick garding things county. both spot news Throughout the year 1940 the stories, people of Brunswick can do much We, therefore to publicize their county if they wick county fc will write the Brunswick County about anything Chamber, of Commerce of inter- into an intere j XiXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-Xi i ii ;i ii ii -? ! FORG1 ! ( IS Inventory Tin i I TO CHECK 1 II PRINTIN || AND OFFK I ( We are ready to serve you w; men and years of experience in su] II firms of this community with quali || Let Us Make You An Est\ i! Next Requirem The State OFFICE SUPPLIES, OFFICE i iotimtmtaitKKKMmititMitKitM wfcPNfcsDAY JANUARV^/J tlynewt 1 Tdinner). but for real salesmanship Bill , above the crowd with his soup boosting ov?, ^ B , networks. His voice has a much nicer aroma thl,'? - his product . Ka Husbands of three of the twelve members ? 1 the Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club ore nan*, K 1 Rudolph ... They tell us that Chief of P(% Br c Mel Lewis is a master chef . . Churchill Brags,. K e horticulturist at Orton Plantation, not only u ? B . expert photographer-he develops h.s own fitel B ' And if they want a cracking good ptogram. the > ; Women-s Club should ask him to come ltat| Br. a I sometime and show his colored stereopttcan B you can tell the boys who are interest*. Bj, t l? basketball last wek. Every day several me*. B bers Of the high school squad used the outdo* B e court on the garrison grounds for a workout ... No girls present. . B< i 1939 was a year of growth for Southpoit ant B ] one of progress, although there Is much to nil! K I be done. Remarkable changes have been m,4. K I in destruction of fire traps, construction of numer. B OUS roadways, new buddings, drainage svste* , . cleaned up lots, laying of curbs and filling in tfc Bi waterfront. A reclamation project to invade, , fill in swamp land would add not only to the lot*, B I of the town but would furnish room for exp*. B ' sion. "Our wildlife, once so prevalent seems to ^ i in need of more widespread conservations. Eur^ should try some of this on its inhabitants. i We'll leave you now while it looks as if the Ffc i nish army has about finished the so-called super, batalions of the Soviets. |H nd people in their j When such are available. go? H will not be neces-1 pictures or good negatives o; he story in detail, teresting and unusual things an be made much also be very useful. ata with elements W. B. Keziah ^Be supplied. I W comparatively in-' Cumulative rural sales of getearing matter af- erai merchandise in the first tt ^B s fotj a clockm? months of this year were about t will go far and n 5 cent /rcaU.,. ,n to this section. the ^ perif)d ,ast yJ > admg is tha e two perceng above the 1937 leve" ^B mty Chamber of Hf ^Bli have very little The nation's million dollar |Hhich to make a meat-packing industry is back jA e county, running "to* the black" and has nearly id interesting mat- reached its normal level of out- ^B the case and with put, with employment at its best H. date lines in the level in years. ^B iarent, it seems to tizens can perform A shipping case for eggs mace to themselves and entirely of fiber with seven moldending in data re-jed pulp trays and no center di- ^B, that will make' viding wall is now available to ^Er and little feature! poultry raisers after undergoing j rigid tests. ^K| i, ask that Bruns-i >lks send us data, Syria is restricting the shipthat can be made ment of many products to other ^K| sting little story, j countries. ^B KICJtlltmHt3f3tmCICK3tKHKKmtKK3(>^ ^ r\o Tc TUt> Timp 'K IAV JLL7 X AAV A AAAAV j m ljp on your i f G NEEDS 1] :e supplies ! g ith modern equipment, skilled work- J H jplying the business and professional I ity printing at lowest possible prices. | f imate Of The Cost Of Your B ents In Printing. ly Port Pilot 1: FURNITURE AND MACHINES |k
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