I THE STATE PORT PILOT *
Southport, N. G. *
I PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY J
I JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
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I Wednesday, January 24, 1940 tt
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I Where people are lacking in principle,
they're usually lacking in interest as well. [_
I The only difference between a politician
and a lot of tripe is in the spelling. e(
Girls who kiss Joe E. Brown, the cine- l
mactor, must feel the call to the wide-jg]
open-spaces. j r<
I No doubt the reason some of yourjp
I friends never laugh is that they're too!
I lazy to turn over their tickle-box. u
Some of those on relief hunted jobs \V
I just about like they would hunt the sher-|c:
I iff if they were in trouble. f,
There are hit-and-run movie productions.
They score a hit at the start and 0
I run for quite a long time. d
With the multiplicity of candidates, d
maybe it would be better to publish who's S(
not going to run for governor.
I Masquerading is easy. A great many b
I men find little difficulty in making fools o
I of themselves. t,
Neurotics are people who rather des
cribe their ailments than go to a good ^
I show. c
An Aid To Business h
When the census enumerator calls at tl
your place of business or your home in j(
K 1940, it will be well to remember that he
I. -is not there to pry into your business or /
; your personal affairs. He is your agent, I
bent on obtaining evidences of national1
i trends of deep concern to every indivi- si
dual. The Bureau of the Census is purely 1
a service bureau, with no regulatory &
functions, and with no desire for such L
functions. This means that the facts si
gathered are unbiased and uncolored by si
fear, on the part of the respondents, of/a
any regulatory objectives of the Census h
Bureau officials. fi
All reports submitted are confidential 'J
and are seen by only sworn census employees.
Therefore, they cannot be used a
for purposes of taxation, regulation, or S
investigation. These facts have probably c
not been properly understood in Ashe- tl
ville, for since the business census began
on January 2, enumerators have been n
experiencing some difficulty in securing C
information from business men in this n
; section.
The census authorities feel that this y
community's hopes for new industries, in- P
vestments, payrolls, and residents?in w
fact all its plans?are tied up directly v
with getting full census reports from
every business firm. It is only by the ac- 5
tive interest of every American commun- J
Iity in seeing to it that the community's
resources are fully and correctly reported
that factual data can be obtained on the IA
nation as a whole, information so vital b
j to both private and business enterprises. t<
And it is from the information secured p
ih the 1940 census that this section will p
let the rest of the country know, not only fj
its natural resources and hotel accommodations,
but business and opportunity in- e
formation of inestimable value to the a
prospective resident or investor. Asheville e
doesn't want a better record than it can s
get by reporting truthfully, but it does ti
want everything to which it is entitled so
that it will have a proper ranking when 6
compared with other cities and areas, ii
I North Carolina we firmly believe offers 11
more to the young investor than any ii
state in the Union, because he will be ii
I surrounded with adequate resources and C
j proper accommodations. This information c
! will be open to the world in the records i;
I of the 1940 census.?(Asheville TimesCitizen.)
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Not An Indictment y
Against All Youth i:
A contemporary has pointed out th? I
fact that although more than half the t
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;rious crimes are committed by persons]
nder 25 years of age, it does not reflect j
ny discredit upon all the youth of this j
articular time.
For, it was emphasized, the situation is
ot a new one, and criminals have always '
een young. "Youth is the time when
assion runs high, the time before the
ard discipline of the world or the?ma- j
ire judgment of the man teaches the ;
isdom of order and law. Crime?and 1
articularly violent crime?is often the
roduct of young energy misdirected and
oung desires uncurbed."
"The bad, bully boys and girls have
een misbehaving throughout history to
le uninterrupted lament of the old about
le young. Fortunately, however, while
lere have always been young criminals,
ie majority of the young have been good
ad sound. They are now."
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Jltimate Objective
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Employmeht in North Carolina increasi
10.2 per cent during 1939 as compar- ]
3 with 1938, the State Department of
abor reported the first of this week. 1
imultaneously, the department issued a
;port which showed that payrolls inreased
19.1 per cent during the same
eriod.
This is an encouraging sign. These figres
doubtless refer either in their en-i
rety or largely to private enterprise,!
hich would indicate that much of the
mployment which has heretofore been1
.irnished by the government is being ab-|
jrved by private enterprise. |<
That has been the ultimate objective;
f all relief. Not even the fantastic
reams of the most theoretically inclined
ould expect that the government expenitures
which have marked the past
sven years would continue indefinitely.
Absorbtion of the jobless in the regular
hannels of industry and business has
een not only the hope but the objective1
f all the government efforts. In the in;rim,
thousands of jobless men and wolen
could not be allowed to starve.
Now, we believe that the amount of
elief work which is being done in this
ountry should be commensurate with the
mount of unemployment actually existlg,
and as private industry absorbs these
nemployed workers, then just so should
le number who are placed on relief projcts
be decreased.
Ugger Army And Navy
Increasing the number of men in the
tanding army and in the navy of the
fnited States, it occurs to us, might acomplish
the dual purpose of affording
fnnle Sam better nrotection acainst r?os
ible foreign invasion, remote as that posibility
might be, and at the same time
bsorb some of the unemployment which
as furnished one of the major problems
or every administration since the early
>0's.
Military experts seem to be pretty well
greed upon the fact that the United
tates' army is comparatively small as
ompared with the other major powers of
lie world.
Uncle Sam does not want to be caught
apping as Great Britain was during the
Izechoslovakian crisis in 1938, with Muich
as a result.
As the army and Navy absorbs more
oung men in the United States, their
laces in the business and industrial
rorld could be filled by many of those
rho are now unemployed.
Unfferinff Ftlnw Tn
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robacco Growers
The British embargo on the import of
imerican tobacco has dealt a staggering
low to the Virginia and North Carolina
jbacco growers, where Export and Imerial
Tobacco Companies, both British,
urchased a considerable amount of the
lue cured weed raised in this vicinity.
The gravity of the situation cannot be
asily minimized. The sudden removal of
large per cent of the purchasing intersts
from the markets of the south is detined
to have a telling effect on the
rend of the markets next summer.
More than just the impending crop of
00,000,000 pounds planned for 1940 is'
ivolved. The United States government
ow is faced with the problem of disposig
of the portion of the 1939 crop which
; purchased through the Commodity
Credit Corporation last year in the antiipation
of ultimate transfer to the Britsh.
British diplomacy indubitably played a
eading role in the embargo on what they
hoose to call "Virginia tobacco" but
/hich really includes much of that grown
n the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida as
/ell. They have announced that they exlect
to buy more of the tobacco raised
>y "our gallant friends" the Turks.
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Just Among jfl
The Fishermen
B< VV. IS. KEZIAH
WITH PANTS ON
This columist is known to ef- j
feet army pants *~witfTi?!!JT!jr Hei
jacket and leggings. They come wit
In handy when he is unexpected- S
ly called to take to the woods Coi
with some party of explorers or A.
visitors. at
Recently a four-year old
Southporter was looking 1
through the pictures in Life
Magazine. He paused at one | ??'
and called out to his mother, jP"Mother,
here is Mr. Keziah, I ^
know him 'cause he has his
pants on." M.
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GOING THE ROUNDS x
Thanks to the continuous stand- car
by and give-it-a-boost attitude of
Bill Sharpe in matters relative to
the lower North Carolina coast,,Bn
a. good little story is now going \
the rounds of northern and west- i
ern newspapers, relative to the ^7t
climate in Brunswick, the orange be
trees on Bald Head and the flow- fic<
ers at Orton. a '
Bill hns been continuously co- 4
operative with the Southport aru
Civic Club, which is now being the
succeeded by the Brunswick f
County Chamber of Commerce. pa,
He has steadily held forth on ron
the possibilities for development j colJ
here, even when such a course I vis
forced him to he more or less
neglectful of more populated jyj0
centers. |
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FAN* MAIL Bn
The Brunswick County Chamber Co]
of Commerce has been receiving
a lot of fan mail from through- tr
out North Carolina, and from as h?
far north as Maine and Rhode ^
Island. This matter comes from
other Chambers of Commerce and "
other organizations, and much i o(
from individuals. The good will
and expressions of confidence are
ail appreciated.
Outstanding in the expressions
of confidence is Bill
Sharpe. He writes from the ex- ?
perience of long contact and
mutual cooperation, expressing
his belief that 1940 will be a
Brunswick County year. It is
Bill's idea that this county has
something in the way of advantages
that have not yet been
fully discovered.
PULLING TOGETHER
H. H. Thomas of the Caswell
Carolina Corporation stopped us
on the street one day this week
and remarked that he believed
that Brunswick county was now
attracting more attention and
notice than any other county in
the state. "We can do a lot this
year by ail pulling together", said
Mr. Thomas.
We agree, heartily, with Mr.
Thomas in that a whole lot
can be done by all of us pulling
together. Brunswick is
undeniably attracting a great
deal of notice. It has a wonderful
set up of general outside
interest that can and
should be played upon in order
to bring about the benefits that
lie behind the interest.
MAKING THREATS
Frank L. Johnson of Statesville,
who is the Secretary and Treasurer
of the North Carolina Soft
Drink Bottlers Association, writes
and threaten to move his fishing
headquarters from Southport unless
a bill is sent him and he
ia allowed to pay membership and I
join the Brunswick County Cham- I
ber of Commerce.
Just for that, for threatening
to move his headquarters,
we are preparing to ask the I
Board of Directors to Issue a I
special permit for us to charge I
Frank double rates for membership.
This warning might I
apply equally to Charley Farrell,
Wiley Sholar and Henry I
Wooten of Greensboro.
WE PUZZLED GEORGE
The other morning we got up I
at 1:00 a. m., in order to have I
an uninterupted session with our I
typewriter and get ready for the I
days loafing. We pounded away l
until about seven o'clock and then I
started a letter to our friend, I
George Canady of the New Han- |
over Fishing Club.
Must have fallen asleep while
writing that letter. We class!- I
fled a black drum as a big I
mouth bass and made one 8
pound fish come down to 7
pounds. Along the same line we
had a 10 pounder to increase, a
full 16 ounces. The afternoon
mall, that same day, brought a I
letter from George. He wanted
to know, "What the h? is the
matter with you"?
DANDY BOOKLET
Our good friend, Dr. B. W. I
Well of State College, with Dr. I
I. V. Shunk of the same institu- [
tion collaborating, has sent us a I
dandy little phamplet or booklet I
entitled, A New Forest Climax: I
The Salt Spray Climax of Smith I
or (Bald Head) Island.
The booklet, 10 well bound I
pages with attractive cover,
contains extremely valuable I
data to Botanists and Horticulturists,
not to mention the fact I
that it is of great advertising
value to Brunswick County in |
its presentation of soil and 1
woodland facts concerning I
North Carolina's very unusual
Island.
DESPITE DIRT ROAD Vji
four Home ... Jj(]
Says. Footnotes from the dance: Thl:
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SCHEDULE miss your next chance to hea
Friday, January 26th, Myrtle come a day when you'll find sati
id Club meets at 2:30 P. M. ..j heard them when- . . . We'c
h Mrs. Murray Long.
iaturday, January 27th 4-H bob or 50 that John Shannon c
anty Council meets at 10:00 for plenty of bands whose name
M. in the home agents office and we have an idea that more
Southport.
tra leader would be glad to r
Jonday, January 29th Bolivia gax gecUon f John B d Fin,
t Club meets at 11:40 A. M.; '
ivia H. D. Club meets at 2:30 of ?>e evening was the sugges
M. cotillion club be formed for the J
'uesday, January 30th, Shal:e
4-H club meets at 11:50 A.
Exum H. D. Club meets at council and county officers wil
0 P. M. be elected from and by this group
Vednesday, January 31st, Wac- The county and local 4-H lead
j n at n -in ers are invited to attend in ordei
[law "I'll VIUU (IIWVW ?.? ?
M., Ash H. D. Club meets at to become better acquainted witt
0 P. M. with Mrs. Hazley V. the girls and with 1940 plans
tt. for 4-H club work. The meeting
4-H County Council Meeting will adjourn at 12 o'clock.
)n Saturday Morning, January Club officers are as follows
h, at 10 o'clock a meeting will Bolivia school: Elizabeth Lewis
held in the home agent's of- Helen Willetts; Leland school
; for the purpose of organizing Elnora Gainey, Myrtle Sanders
l-H County Council. Ethel Duglas; Lockwoods Follj
-H president. vice-president grammar school: Alline h'ewett
1 secretary of each school in Iola Varncm, Nellie Hewett; Shal
County will constitute the lotte school: Vernie Hewett, El
: oise Sellers, Madeline Robinson
>ur own contention that the Southport school: Odell Smith
ing 0' 'ho river road would Helen Evans, Norma Swain; Wac
love an annoying factor en- J camaw school: Mary France:
intered by the thousands of:Dodson 0ra Map Watts, Opa
itors to Orton, seems to be jjorris
II supported by toe Carolina
tor Club officials. Thv week POULTRY SHORT COURSE
1 Tribble, Director of Public Extension Poultryman, Cliftor
lations for the club, wrote the j F. Parrish, has announced Febru
mswick County Chamber of ary 13 as the date for the poul
inmerce: try short course for this district
For quite a while now in my This one day school will be give!
i-weekly radio broadcasts I for the benefit of poultrymen an<
ive been plugging Orton Plan- poultrywomen in Bladen, Bruns
tion and the Southport area wick, Columbus, Cumberland, Ro
i a likely place to go, feeling beson and Sampson Counties,
little guilty, however, because Such subjects as breeding, feed
1 the dirt road. We will do j ing, marketing etc., with demon
erythlng in our power to help i strations and disease diagnosi:
)u get this stretch paved, ' will be presented.
>n't hesitate to call on us at ' The meeting is to be held at thi
ly time." I agricultural building at Elizabeth
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rMTLY NEWS 1
j home town band a dance at regular intervals.
,p to be, so don't When W. M. Courtney, Standard Oil Distri, ?
r it There may here, came to town to relieve Carl CUnnetJJ*^B
sfactlon in saying d'dn't take Robert St. George long t0
I uke to wager a Duke University sticker on his roadster
ould play a piano Bill Styrone and Ed Wells are
, you'd recognize, two local hunters we have heard of geUin,;Bf
than one orches- bag limit for quail this season. . . . B
nake room in his high school may not set the woods af?e ,hiSs>.'BJ
,h Begt idea son with their basketball play, but just Wait .By
,'tion that a local Rudolph Sellers, Billie Willis and Brother
purpose of holding tian have played together a yea- ? so,
; ^ SSS&W CONTEST enrolled already are: ^BIf
any of the club women are Mrg Frank Mimz B^
i interested in '^P ^ ?J!j uke Ward, Mrs. John Cox \trs Bl'
, chens during 1940 ?nd wouldUj*e McFarland Mrs Jac"
r suggestions, or plans f Ernest Peterson u
' in and home-made conveniences Mrs vv^ t r D B
, th.y .wuld notify Me w. 5 i',^1
, during January or Februarw Woodb Mrs Mrs E H
Those enrolled will Mra. Erne3t Parker
: wJrflons for improvements j Dodson, to Lofton Mintz, y^B
, made. t'i"v"VT 1""'- oesair p..'
Mrs. G. L. Norment, M'? V ' ^Br
A second scoring wilt' be made Mae Newton.
in October. Those making the ? ?
' greatest improvements will be Lady Jane: "Have vcn ^B
[ presented with prizes on achieve- the goldfish fresh water J ^^B
ment day in November. Janet: "No, murr, Th '^B
J Despite the zest and interest finished the water r'giv/U'^B
aroused by working in competi- other day yet." "
tion with others. the greatest HE
benefit of the contest will be . Man in uniform: Good .> ^B
1 that derived by each individual, m?- Im from the Electric'q. ^B
-|Who has improved a kitchen?her Pany, and I understand IB
- workshop. Correct height of work- 30mething in the house that ^B
ing surfaces, Good lighting, con- wor MS
i vcnient cabinets and storage Mra jones. ?Y ^B1
1 space, convenient water supply, upsta^ es' there is
- floors that save energy, a con- ^B
- venient arrangement and pleasing rir, 3 ~ar,, .. ~ ^B
color-schemes?any one or several of a suburban homo
- of these might be your problem, f0n0win? notice. f appears b V
- so why not get started on it this aa]e.. A P'Wo
s year?
| Eighteen members enrolled in a In the window next do - ^B
e kitchen contest during 1939 which other card appeared with -st^^B
-ends with the October scoring word: "Hurrah!" " "'^B
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