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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
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Wednesday, February 21, 1910
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There is a vast difference between
courage and being insensible to fear. ,
?
Specialists fill the Hall of Fame, but <
the Jacks-of-all-Trade live in the houses ,
by the side of the road. <
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Beauty doesn't have to be only skin i
deep.
One thing that makes the past so dear)
to some of us is that we don't have to re- i
member everything.
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Young folks are hardly past the stage i
of their own childhood worries before
they take on those of their children.
The cloak of good sportsmanship fits i
as a mantle.just as snugly as it does the
vanquished as a shroud.
Church Census
Two of the ministers of our town are
engaged in making a survey of church
membership among our citizens, and we
think that they, at least, are going to be
surprised when they learn who some of
their members are. ^
In fact, we believe that some of the
members are going to be a little surprised
themselves when a call from these two
men remind them that they are indeed
members of the church, latent Christians,
so to speak.
This is the year of census taking, so
there could be nothing more timely than
to make a survey of the numerical Christians
of our community; and although we
are unfamiliar with work of this kind, we
hope that even this brief contact with
ministers of the gospel will stir within
some of our people the restless rememberance
that they really ought to go to
church.
In Time Of Sorrow
One of the happiest compensations for
living in a small town is the spirit of
friendliness and neighborliness shown
when there is illness in a familv. 01* when
there has been a death.
It is our observation that this spirit
of sympathy and understanding is a dominant
characteristic of residents of this
community. Many times we have heard it
said: "People in Southport are the best
in the world when there has been a death
in the family."
We do not like to think about it, but
one day we shall be eternally grateful
that this is true.
Uniformed Patrolmen
The Southport High School Safety Patrol
has blossomed out like the Spring
since Sam Brown belts and caps were delivered
to the little safety enforcement
fellows several weeks ago.
Give a boy an opportunity for service
and you are likely to receive his enthusiastic
response; but give him an opportunity
to perform this service in distinctive
uniform and you are guaranteed all
that is within him.
About Accidents
It takes two people to make a quarrel,
but it doesn't take two motor vehicles to
make a fatal accident.
In fact, one-third of the fatal accidents
on North Carolina highways last year involved
only one automobile, truck, or
other vehicle, according to records of the
Highway Safety Division. And if pedestrian
fatalities are left out of the picture,
over half the 1939 highway fatalities in
this state involved only one motor vehicle.
No, it doesn't take two cars to make a
serious road mishap.
Take, for instance, non-collision type
accidents. This kind of accident, which
includes such occurrences as losing control
of a car on a curve and turning several
flips before landing buttouiside up iu
a corn field, accounted for 238 deaths
and 1,298 injuries in the state last year. (
Non-collision accidents, or that type of
accident in which the one vehicle invoked
does not strike another vehicle, a
pedestrian or a fixed object adjacent to
the roadway, generally result from speeding
or reckless driving. In other words,
this type of accident which took a toll
pf 238 lives in North Carolina last year
and 229 lives in 1938, is one of the most
easily preventable and least excusable of
all types of accidents. Except in the relatively
few cases wherein a car gets out
of control because of a broken steering
knuckle or some other mechanical defect,
or when the driver swerves to avoid striking
a pedestrian, animal or other obstruction
in the road, non-collision accidents
can be attributed generally to human
negligence or recklessness.
A kindred type of accident, collision
with a fixed object, sunffed out the lives
of 75 North Carolinians last year and resulted
in injury to 449 others. These were
accidents in which a motor vehicle struck
a post, guard rail, tree, brick wall or
other fixed object. These, like the noncollision
accidents, were caused for the
most part by speeding or reckless driving;
for failure to take road, weather and
light conditions into consideration.
Here, then, are two easily preventable
types of accidents, two kinds of accident
for which there generally is little or no
excuse, which last year killed 323 persons
in this state and iniured 1.747 others.
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"These statistics point a crying need j
for education of North Carolina drivers
with regard to safe driving practices,"
said Ronald Hocutt, Director of the Highway
Safety Division, n commenting on
the mounting toll of death, injury and
property damage attributable to these
two types of accidents.
Taking cognizance of this need, the
Highway Safety Division has set as one
of its major objectives the provision of
facilities for increased training and education
of drivers in North Carolina.
Persons Over Sixty
Persons over sixty years of age may be
able to draw a world of good from the
advice of Dr. Edward L. Bortz, chief of
the medical service of Lankenau hospital
in Philadelphia, who has made the following
eight suggestions for persons in
this age class:
1. Eat sparingly, including more fruit
2. Drink two quarts of water daily.
3. Rest the body, nerves, intellect and
emotions.
4. Forget about your worries.
5. Avoid consuming fires of hatred
and jealousy, causes of high blood pressure.
6. Keep your sense of humor and
have a good time.
7. Cultivate friendship with the
young; you have much to learn from
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youtn.
8. Grow a little every day intellectually.
Divorce And The
No, 1 Family
For the leader of a country striving
desperately to rid itsef of the divorce
menace, it must be said that President
Roosevelt's family has proved no shining
example of glorious matrimonial bliss.
The romances of President Roosevelt's
children have resulted five times in marriage,
twice in divorce and re-marriage,
and Thursday once again in divorce action.
James, the eldest son, married Betty
Cushing, daughter of Dr. Harvey Cushing,
famous brain surgeon in June, 1930;
Thursday in Los Angeles he filed for divorce
charging desertion.
Elliott married Ruth Googins July 22,
1933, following his divorce from his first
wife, Elizabeth Browning Donner, after
a marriage which lasted a little more
than a year.
Anna Eleanor, married Curtis Dean
Dall in June 1926, divorced in July, 1930.
Franklin D., Jr., who married Ethel
DuPont in June 1937, and John, who married
Anne Lindsay Clark in June 1938,
are both still living in apparent matrimonial
bliss with their spouses.
We would not attempt to say that
President Roosevelt is to be blamed for
this condition, nor do we say that divorce
is not perhaps sometimes the best solution
to marital problems, but at the same
time, it does seem that America's No. 1
family, which most Americans like to
think of as the ideal family, is having
more than its proportionate share of marital
trouble.
From the behavior of some attorneys,
we know now why it is called cross examination.
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THE STATE PORT PI1
! Just Among
The Fishermen
B< tv. K. KEZIAH
THE MAJOR WINS j
First real blood for 1940 fish- ,
ing goes to Major William V. (
Ochs of Wilmington. Together
with Sergeant Larry Gruits, the (
Major caught an even dozen ]
rock in Town Creek last week.
The largest one weighed 19- |
pounds-8-ounces.
Since the fish were caught
in Brunswick county we are '
relaying the information about
the catch from the source ,
where we obtained It. Namely, i
from the Wilmington Evening {
News, which carried a photo- 3
graph showing a part of the '
catch. ,
DONT BELIEVE IT
In his anxiety to induce this.,
columist to go out and catch
enough live minnows to serve for i J
an afternoon of freshwater bass .
fishing, Postmaster L. T. Yaskell
may have exaggerated a bit one .
afternoon the past week. We
give his claims for what they
are worth, and frankly state they
are not worth' much in our
opinion. They certainly should not f
distrub the game warden:
If you will get those minnows
we will go this evening (
and get hundreds, of 'em. Tons
of 'em. Bragaw got 14 the
other day and the biggest one Jj
weighed four and a half :
pounds. There's millions of 'em, '
and all we need to catch 'em *
is minnows. Can I depend on '
you?"
BETTER FISHING TOO
Advocates of forest fire pre- t
vention, and this includes about 4
everybody in Brunswick, have 1
bushels of logical reasons why
dead and crooked trees should 1
Ka tiodS Cat" firournnrri whv fires M
should be kept out of the woods
and young timber be encouraged
to grow. The reasons are all
good and there are plenty of
reasons.
Apart from the angle that
growing woods are a real
money crop that directly and
indirectly benefit all, our
woods, where they are being
allowed to grow and are receiving'
some attention, are a
tremendous attraction to travelers
and tourists. A couple of
other angles that intrigue us
is the better hunting and fishing
in the woods and streams.
Less fires mean less floods, a
steadily growing money crop
and increasing game and fish.
GULF STREAM FISHING
With more and better boats
available at Southport for Gulf
Stream fishing this year, there
are indications that the sport
will really get its stride. While
the Gulf Stream is available to
many points along the North
Carolina and upper South Carolina
coasts, the Frying Pan
shoals out from Southport are
the most desirable big game fishing
grounds anywhere in a hundred
miles in either direction. We
might go further and say the
most desirable on the coast. It
will be that when the sport becomes
better known.
Last year a considerable
number of guests at the
Myrtle Beach hotels came to
Southport for the Gulf Stream
fishing. They were pleased and
will come again this year,
bringing friends. Inasmuch as
Myrtle Beach is only a little
ftVPP :in hniirV Hrivo lhoro ia 1
no reason why guests at the ]
popular resort to the south of {
us should not exercise the easq
of making frequent trips to
Southport for Gulf Stream ,
fishing. We believe that the j
Myrtle Beach hotel manage- j
ments can and will be valuable j
allies of Southport this year \
in the matter of developing the
Gulf Stream fishing. (
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OVERHAULING DIEHARD
The Diehard, a 30-mile-an-hour
sport fishing cruiser owned by
interests in Cleveland, Ohio, and \
Charlotte, will shortly be over
hauled and in readiness for the ,
owners. The Diehard is probably
the swiftest seagoing sport fish- ;
ing boat on this coast. She can
burn up distance getting any- ,
where and back.
During the winter the craft
is based at the Fort Caswell
yacht basin, where she will
also be during the summer
months. Southport fishermen
have charge of her on all fishing
trips. It is understood that
Ed Marlow will look after her
this year and that he has re,
ceived inquiries about her overhauling
and being put In readiness.
NOTES
Charlie Farrell and Wiley
Sholar of Greensboro are spending
two or three days here, testing
out the biting abilities of the
freshwater big mouth bass.
The managing-director of Myrtle
Beach's biggest hotel writes
he is coming up soon to visit
Orton with us and talk over fishing.
In a dream the other night?
after associating with Postmaster
Yaskell?we fell in the
river and were unnble to swim
because the water was all clogged
up with minnow. Millions of
'em.
X)T. SOUTHPORT. N. C.
SOUTHPORT "
SCHOOL NEWS
Additions To Staff
The editor of this column is r
proud to announce that she has c
:wo new members on her staff,
rhey are members of the junior c
:lass who have signified their J
villingness to co-operate with the
pthers of the staff. These new ?
nembers are Pearl Mae Lewis g
ind Odell Smith. We assure you
hat you are welcome. t
The Books Talk
We are only some books and e
nagazines on the shelves and in r
:he magazine rack in your lijrary.
Maybe you know this and
lave your viewpoints but we c
vant to tell you our thoughts j
ibout it. As you know we are in
pour library to be used as refer- s
:nces and pleasures. Hearing a B
>ook or magazine talk, no doubt,
vill seem funny to many of 1
pou. Take what we say seriously e
ind read us as aften as you can.
Don't wait for teachers to ask
pou to read one of us. Some of
is are good fiction and some in- 1
;eresting histories. Explore our j
lepths and enpoy many of your
eisure hours with us. Join us in 1
>ur adventures. * I
Junior Play 8
The junior class has begun
iracticing on their play entitled i s
'Easy Money," the biggest hit of p
he season. The play will be giv- .
m the first of March. The cast (
lonsists of the following:
Mr. Hi Smith, Donnie St. Georpe;
Mrs. Hi Smith, Odell Smith;, J
Jarguerite Hi Smith, Pearl Mae )
jewis; Pam Hi Smith, Marge i j
Tones; Marcus Astorbilt, Dan )
Smith; Pro. Pellingham, S. V. )
tuss; Tommie Hi Smith, Erlene )
Jidgette; Aunt Sue, Othelia Out- j
aw; Farina Witherspoon, Vic- j
oria Lancaster; Uncle Jim, Clar- j
;nce Lennon; Hennie Mae, Agnes )
rVilliams; Pete, Henry Smith. j
Tho -juniors are very fond of )
.heir coach, Mrs. W. R. Lingle, JJ
ind co-operate with her nicely. jj
Dramatics Club jj
The members of the Dramatics
Hub have entered the State
Tournament with high hopes.
They plan to give "Dead Or
Alive," and hope to take their
place at the top of the list, and
ve are sure they will. I
Basketball !
Thursday night, February 15, j
;he Southport basketball boys j
net the junior Y. M. C. A. members
in the Y. M. C. A. building ]
;o return a previous engagement, j
The game itself was a very
dose affair, but finally the "Y" j
nade the winning basket, the j
icore being 21 to 19.
Class Meeting j
The senior class held a meet- J
ng a few days ago and elected J
nascots and a play committee. J
The mascots are Lew Hardy and J
Patricia Marlow. The play com- j
nittee is Josephine Moore, Annie 3
VCargaret Watts, Doris Lewis and 3
tVilliam Sellers. Members of the 3
;lass are beginning to turn their jj
ittention toward commencement J
exercises and are looking for- j
vard to graduation. j
French Program
Members of the senior French J
:lass are working on a program J
.vhich they will give March 6. J
The program will consist of in- J
formation about France and 3
French customs and a play en- J
titled "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" J
ind the parts will be spoken in J
French. Also several songs will 3
be sung with the assistance of 3
the junior French class. 3
The cast for the play is as 3
follows: J
Chaperon Rouge, Erlene Midg- 9
;tte; Mire, Annie M. Watts; 9
3rand-Mire, Virginia McKeithan; 9
Le Loup, William Sellers ;For- 9
;stier, Marcellus Cox. 9
Grade News
Miss Comer's first grade enjoy- u
cd a Valentine party last Wed- u
aesday. They enjoyed very much v
making Valentines to give their j|
Friends. They have been using ^
their new molding clay to make ^
Abraham Lincoln's log home. ^
Gloria Faye Cumber and Tom y
Gennerette made the best ones. v
The pupils say: We are enjoy- v
Ing the story of Pinocchio and y
we hope to see the motion pic- v
ture of it. We are learning to "
read and write the names of the '
characters in the story. '
We will appreciate a visit from '
all our parents.
The second and third grades '
enjoyed very much celebrating
St .Valentine's Day. They made
some very pretty Valentines and
enjoyed it greatly.
Miss Asbury's first grade en- J
joyed their Valentine party which J
was given last Wednesday. They J
also enjoyed making Valentines J
and other things in connection '
with St. Valentine's Day.
They have begun spelling and '
are learning fast. In the past few '
days they have learned a great J
deal about why we celebrate St. j
Valentine's Day and George ?
Washington's Birthday.
Released On Writ j
Of Habeas Corpus >
O. S. Collins, white, of Hand,
S. C., was released upon a writ
of habeas corpus Monday after- j
noon into the hands of W. A.
Adams of Hand, S. C.
At the hearing before Emergency
Judge E. H. Cranmer Dr. L.
C. Fergus testified that the defendant,
who had been arrested
on a warrant charging him with
being drunk and disorderly, was '
mentally deranged.
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After a brief sojourn in the frigid foothills this
eviewer can well appreciate Southport's balmy
ilimate . . . Well, the basketball team really
ame through last Tuesday night, We are all
lulling for the boys. ... A letter from former
iouthport resident J. C. Wilkins contained some
ntertaining side-lights along with his regards to
he townsfolk. In mentioning the preem of "Gone,
:tc., he referred to the celebration as the biggest
ioise since Sherman left.
The dance staged by Jay Bee and his boys Tueslay
nite, honoring St. Valentine, went off smoothy
... . The highlite of the dance was the prelentation
of a number that band leader Finch
truck off. It's called the "Same Old Story" and
s quite catchy ... A number of striking costums
were in evidence.
The col'm of Harriett Doar in the Charlotte
tews has attracted widespread popularity and
'he Pilot is considering a feature along this line,
t will be of chief interest to the ladies. This is
he Chance for vou eals to work on the Ed . . .
Example of tops in good manners and in good j
dvertising is the courtesy W. B. Keziah always
hows to guests of this city. Mr. Matthews was
larticularly impressed by the warm spirit of I
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learns how to handle the reverse on the
post gear shift . . . You aren't really a
until you stop counting your game and begg^B
kill them by the "mess." That's the way
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One of Mr. John Jenrette's boys has one cf ?^B
finest Black Angus bulls we ever saw. He j
son of a champion and cost $80.00 before be
weaned. Six purebred beef type bulls were
in Brunswick last year, according to County
J. E. Dodson . . . Warm weather should
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