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STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
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Wednesday, March 27. 1910
Some people couldn't draw a straight
line, and then couldn't walk it ii they
did.
Contacts lead to contracts.
Anticipation is one of the finest motivating
influences.
The man who can't take a defeat
would likely make a mighty poor winner.
There is a rule that you cannot look
back through any except the last bridge
trick: if they'd fix it so that is the only
one you could relay in conversation,
bridge would be a more enjoyable game.
There is a conviction in the minds of
most men that they are master. It may be
an employee, it may be his wife, his child
or his dog, but sooner or later nis tyranny
will out.
At Play
Any expense incurred in erecting the
outdoor basketball goals on the garrison
has been repaid ten times over by the
hours of play and exercise enjoyed by
boys and girls of the community.
One result of this, we believe, will be
to develop some fine young athletes for
Southport. More important, however, is
the fact that a child engaged in vigorous
exercise is healthy both in mind and
spirit.
We hope that something will be done
to get the town's tennis courts in shape
by the time attention is ready to turn
from basketball to that sport.
.
Planned World
It is difficult for us to appreciate the
degree to which the world in which we
live is ordered and planned.
In school, perhaps you remember, we
were told that no single snowflake is like
another?and secretly wondered how
- the teacher could be sure.
Well, pick up a catalogue. Did you
ever stop to think of the Herculean task
involved in accurately picturing and
correctly describing each of the thousands
of items? Take a look at the clothes
worn by the next group of people who
pass. No garment 'just happened'; each
one was designed and the finished pro-.
duct was visualized before the first
stich was sewn.
No need to invade the field of science
and invention, for there as in no other
realm is there a premium upon planning
<*- 3JuUintelligent foresight.
Sort of complex, don't you think, all
- this ^scheming and planning? Right you
are*,'and it leaves a mighty slim chance
for the person who elects to muddle
through from day to day without troubling
to map out his course.
A Good Idea
In Washington last week, senator Josiah
W. Bailey told newsmen that the
President is showing "real enthusiasm"
about the fishing trip to North Carolina.
Senator Bailey wrote to Bruce Ethridge
director of the North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Development,
saying:
"Let me suggest that you with one man
from Oregon Inlet, one from Hatteras,
one from Ocracoke, one from Morehead
and Beaufort, and one from the Cape
Fear waters, should seek an interview
with the President and give him a formal
invitation."
The senator added, "If you will select
the delegation, I will undertake to make
the appointment with the President."
Mr. Bailey also revealed that Mr.
Roosevelt has gone so far with his plans
as to inquire about harborage for the
presidential yacht.
Following a talk with Allen C. Ewing,
the editor of The Wilmington Star-News
wrote an editorial suggesting W. B.
Keziah as the most logical emmisary
from this section. To which suggestion
we add our voice in loud acclaim.
There is no more enthusiastic promote
for this part of the coast than our fricir
and fellow townsman. Mr. Keziah, am
we have a hunch that President Roose
Velt's heart would immediately warm u]
to the secretary of the local chamber o
commerce.
We appreciate the tone of The Stai
News editorial, which seemed to surges
that this be made a joint-community af
fair between Southport and Wilmington
Carried through to its logical conclusioi
in this same friendly spirit of co-opera
tion, we have visions of F.D.R. trying hi
luck out on Frying Pan ere many moon
have flown.
A Good Creed
Frankly, we never heard of the Con
catenated Order of Friends until W. B
Keziah, secretary of the Southport Cham
ber of Commerce, recently was voted int<
membership at the instance of Jacksoi
Matthews, advertising executive who re
cently visited relatives here.
J As a matter of fact, we didn't knov
jthe meaning of the word concatenate!
i untjl we consulted our dusty dictionary
j There we learn that it is, quote: "T<
link together; unite in a series or chain.'
But, be that as it may, we never saw {
saner, more common sense creed thai
that proposed by the organization, an<
we pass it along to you for what it ii
worth:
"We believe that happiness is the goa
of desire of every human heart and {
very real result of a determined effoii
to love justice; to long for the right; t(
love mercy; to pity the suffering; to as
'mn^ f/\ -fnvnrof wrnncrQ and l'P.
Slot tllC V? tMil J IV IVlgVV ?T 1 v<lf,U ?
member benefits; to love the truth; to b<
sincere; to utter honest words; to lovf
liberty; to love wife and child an<
friend; to make a happy home; t(
love the beautiful in art, in nature
to cultivate the mind; to be farrrlia
wit hthe mighty thoughts that genius
has expressed, the noble deeds of al
the world; to cultivate courage an(
cheerfulness; to make others happy; tc
fill life with generous acts, the warmth
of loving words; to discard error; to destroy
prejudice; to receive new truths
with gladness; to cultivate hope; to attract
and deserve friends; to see the
'calm beyond the storm, the dawn beyond
the night; to do the best that can be done
and then be resigned. This, we believe,
is the religion of reason?the creed oi
science?that satisfies the brain and
heart of Men of Good Will."
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
(Hertford County Herald)
One of the policies of the Nazi Government
of Germany which has aroused more indignation
in America than anything else reported
in tjie news from overseas, is the brutal treatment
of racial minorities in regions where the
German Government has gained control.
Besides the persecution of Jews, in accordance
with the Nazi doctrine of racial superiority,
the reports from Cxechoslovakia and
Poland are filled with tales of almost unbelievable
brutality toward those conquered
peoples. From Poland trustwortny ooservers
send news that what amounts to a deliberate
effort to exterminate the entire populace is
under way.
Those are examples of what can happen
when racial hatreds are sufficiently aroused,
especially if they are made part of a party
doctrine and the party responsible for them
gets control of a government.
A parallel situation exists in Russia, only
in Russia the party in power has not directed
its venom toward a particular race but rather
toward a particular economic class. Everybody
who has been able to gain wealth by his
own efforts, or who has inherited wealth, is
an object of hatred to the Communist Government
of Russia and is marked for extermination.
Hundreds of thousands of Russians have
been put to death by the Stalinist government
for the mere crime of possessing property.
Those are matters to keep in mind, especially
by Americans who are inclined to listen
M.A/1 nvnnVintn ssf a nnnf nivlnr r\f
iv i9bcti x jjiupucio ui a nv?t uiuvi ui
things, promulgating to the youth of America
doctrines long discarded by our people and
newly imported from Europe as panaceas for
all our social and economic ills.
They are false prophets. We should steer
clear of them and their teachings.
"MUFFLING" WASHINGTON
((Lenoir News-Topic)
Father Coughlin thinks the Father of his
Country isn't being treated right. "Is the
spirit of Washington vanishing?" he asked in
his last Sunday address. "Is the name of the
father of our Country being muffled adroitly,
consciously and purposely?"
From the start of the World War, he says,
"politicians began to weave a veil of silence
with which to mantle the teachings of Washington,"
and he finds that situation continuing
today.
Weil, Jefferson has come forward steadily
in recent decades, and he bulks ever larger
as a great exponent of democracy and humanity.
But is Washington thereby thrust down?
There is surely room for both of these great
Americans in their countrymen's hearts.
As for an insidious plot to discredit Washington,
Father Coughlin seems to be exercising
his rare talent for finding a conspiracy
where none exists.
THE STATE PORT PII
't Just Among
. The Fishermen
p Bi >v. tt. KEZIAH
f The deadline for writing this {
week's column was here. One of .?
the ideas for it was to express' t
a wonder as to what had be- j s
t come of Ole Man Frank L. John-11
son, Coca-Cola potentate of j1
Statesville, and a great admirer!'
^ of Southport. Frank had not been j
heard from tn several weeks. In |
the mail that very morning we ?
S 1 r
found the following letter:
S "Dear Colonel: j
"The enclosed check will pay i*
for "my home" paper until Octo- j
ber, 1940. I'm coming down there
one of these days and make that;8
Swede Postmaster's (He ain't a
Swede, he's a darned Yankee? ^
Keziahl picture in the last issue
look like a piker. Tell him to get 8
ready for some real fishin'.
"I often think of the gang
5 down that way, and while I was j1
1 at the fire house last night I *
saw a chair that had two of its
legs whittled about off. I told the '
firemen that some one from ^
r Southport must have been around (1
j to show them how to cut up a "
chair while chewing tobacco.
"Remember me to all the fel- c
) lows, gossipers, whittlers and to- ! I
> bacco chewers. Tell the pilots and s
Engineer Harry Weeks I miss C
1 being in their midst, but hope ''
\ to get down before long,
i "Cordially yours
"Ole Man Frank."
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JUST among the fishermen it i
j is known that the reason why j"
the big fish get away more often |
' than the little ones is because j ?
t they are so big.
IF WE have to feed the gulls 9
much longer we will be broke
buying bread. Some fisherman ^
had better go out and catch the
blooming birds a good mess of n
fish a
OUR FRIEND Dr. Oscar White V'
J of Greensboro has sent us a f
j Fine new pair of glasses, free ^
grattis for nothing except to aid
' him in telling the big fish from
' j little ones.
j WITH everybody writing in J p
1J and wanting to know how and j Q
11 what kind of fish are biting, boat- b
) men are requested to pass on g
. information that will enable us _
1 . si
to answer. 1 ^
WITH school children as inter- t(
i | ested as they now are in forest Q
fire prevention essays, everything
looks good for continued forest
! fire prevention work. n
1 MOST disgusted man we have |
, seen lately was Dr. L. C. Fer-:
I gtis. The occassion was when he;
| hooked a six or seven-pound big ^
'' mouth bass and his blooming line
. , f a o:
i ! broke. f(
WITH two parties Saturday, the
saltwater sportsmen are not wait- ^
ing until the freshwater season j.
closes before they become active Q|
outside. j
THE outlook for boats that will ^
be able to render service to visiting
sportsmen is becoming better
every day. Some real fishing fj
should be done this year.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt may h
possibly be induced to come here
on one of his fishing trips. If
he does come it will be the j ^
greatest advertisement we could j
receive.
AS an Easter tribute to fish- g(
ing, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S.
Mowery brought this column a (
big strawberry ice cream pie all ^
of the way from Salisbury Saturday.
.
WHEN the little two year old ?
tot of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jelks
of Winsboro, S. C. asked us Sat- ?
urday if we were tired, we went
to wondering if we held a monopoly
in reading faces. ,
WHEN he called up Saturday F
with the offer of 50-dozen daffodils
for the hospital and
churches, Charley Matthews of '
Frank Sherrill's Bald Head island ^
showed true neighborliness.
THANKS to Sam Bennett, R. j
I. Mintz, Bill Jorgensen, Mrs. D.
M. Davis and Captain H. H.
Bowmer for gas money and boat
for a little friendly gesture in .
keeping with Easter. .,
ALTHOUGH she is only twelve
or thirteen years old, Mary Florence
Moore, Saturday handled the ^
wheel of a boat in a way that
suggested that in stormy wea- ^
ther and in a sou'-wester and
other storm rags, she would make ?
a pretty good picture.
FINALLY, we have not for- ^
gotten that we were real glad to ^
see Mr. and Mrs. James Pearce
of Camden, N. J., among the ^
many real friends of Southport
here during the past few days.
Shallotte News Z
Talmadge Sellers of Louisburg ci
College and Wilmifigton visited s*
friends and relatives Sunday and
Monday.
Mrs. Wm. E. Teachey spent b<
the past week end with her cousin, tc
Mrs. Earl Bleckmon, formerly
Miss Louise Swain, in Raleigh. di
Mrs. Grace Thomas and daugh- st
ter, "Patsy" of Philadelphia, are
visiting Mrs. Thomas' parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Goley.
Miss Johnnie Mae Russ spent ^
the holidays in Burgaw. *
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Risley j iL*
arrived Saturday from New Jer- j ?
sey after a visit with Mr. Risley's|
parents. w
Misses Vera White and Maries |18
Bowen were visitors in Wilming- m
ton Saturday. tu
OT. SOUTHPORT, N. C.
SOUTHPORT
SCHOOL NEWS
DEBATE TEAM
The debate teams of South>ort
met the teams of Leland
ind Shallotte Tuesday, March 19.
Jur negative team won, but our
ichool was eliminated because the
iffirmative team lost by a 2
o 1 vote. The judges informed
he loosing debators that it was a
dose debate and that they had
10 criticism to offer in way of
mprovement.
Our teams- will go to Burgaw
tnd Whiteville on March 29. The
legative team will meet White'ille
at Burgaw and the affirmaive
team will meet Burgaw at
Vhiteville.
Members of our debating teams
ire:
Affirmative: Annie Margaret
Vatts and Marcellus Cox.
Negative: Virginia McKeithan
ind Martha Grey Brown.
CHAPEL PLAY
At our regular chapel program
Thursday morning the 9th grade
iresented a one-act play entitled
The Little White Lie'. It defintly
showed the trouble that can
ie caused by telling untruths
"hose taking part in the pro;ram
were: Frances Cox, Gilda
trnold, Doris Price, Margaret.
Tarr, Helen Evans, Glenny Price,
)oris Hickman, Pauline Brown,
ifary Jeanette Russ, John
J'Daniels, Basil Watts and Milred
Lancaster.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
Did you know there is a hauntd
schoolhouse in our communty?
Well, there is and everyody
in town is going to see it
,'hen they witness the three-act
lystery-comedy play by the title j
f "The Haunted Schoolhouse",
diich is being produced by the |
enior class in the high school |
uditorium on the evening of |
ipril 9. Imagine an old school
ell that rings all by itself, a
lurdered teacher who suddenly
ppears, talks to people, then
anishes again! Oh, it's all very
huddery and exciting, but there
! a plausable explanation for all
iiat happens and a lot of good
omedy situations to relieve the j
uspense. You'll be sitting on the
dge of your seat and get your
xcitement, so you'd better pick
ut a good seat. Tickets will soon
e on sale for "The Haunted
choolhouse", Pay back all those
Dcial debts you owe by getting
jgether a large party and come
> see this exciting play at 8:00
'clock on April 9.
NINTH GRADE
Our grade mothers, Mrs. Hicklan
and Mrs. Arnold, entertained |
s with a party which took place
t Mrs. Annie Mae Watts' home
t 7:30 on Wednesday night,1
larch 13. Much" Tun and plenty J
f entertainment took place be- j
>re the delicious refreshments
'ere served. After the social
our an old fashion candy pulng
took place. Three teachers of
ur high school were present, Mr. |
ivingston, Mr. Richards and j
liss Ward.
FIELD TRIP
Our Biology Class went on a
eld trip Monday morning, March
1, looking for small plants that
ave been the topic for study for
le past week. We found many
iteresting plants and we feel
lat our trip was worth-while.
FORESTRY ESSAYS
Many Southport high school I
:udents have become interested
nd have entered the county-wide
isay contest on "Prevention of I
orest Fires". Within these es- [
tys very much advice will be!
>und and we hope everyone will
ike these hints and help us to
revent fires that harm our valible
forests.
SENIOR FRENCH
Members of the senior French
ass are now enjoying a new
rench story "L'abbi Constantin".
: is much more interesting than
3ii.n.-! r amine , wnicn we comleted
several weeks ago. Several
[embers are planning to write
>me of the latest dance hits |
ito French.
here and there
Ghosts seem to be stalking
mong the members of the Senr
class again; this time scaring
lem in "The Haunted Schoolouse."
We congragulate the juniors on
leir "Easy Money".
It seems that those same cerlin
freshmen and sophomore
iris seem to take great pleaire
in making the dignified
:niors jump and run to keep
om being hit by a "mere pebe".
We wonder what happened to
le so popular game of dodge
ill.
The sophomores don't seem to
5 able to keep out of trouble
hen they tell "A Little White
ie".
"We are learning to like
itlcism". I wonder which class
lid that. Maybe it was Conicius.
Confucius' brothers seems to
; becoming a great philosopher,
10.
There appear to be a few budng
poets among the high school
udents. Can you name them?
"liked" singing
William Whitehead, native of
'ilmington, now an actor in New
ork City, spent Saturday night
:re in order to hear the early i
aster morning singing by the
luthport negroes. Olin Dows,
'ashington and New York artt,
also was among the early
orning listeners to the spirials.
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11 - NOT mi
The first definite notes of Spring are echoing
in the air and it's high time the local baseball
team was putting in spring training. It won't be
necessary for them to make the trip to Florida
this year as we furnish a very suitable climate
for this sport. Among other holdovers from last
year will be all-star Billy Du Newton, backstop,
Slingin' Red Farmer of the mound corps, Slow
Gandi Willing, and the Watson boys. "Wimpy"
[ Wolfe, slugging outfielder of last year will be
sorely missed.
Bremen Furpless tells us that South of the
Border" is NOT a Western although it stars Gene
Autrey in another singing role . . . The latest
Marx Bros, farce bows here Monday under the
title of "At The Circus." Groucho, Chico, and!
Harpo turn their attention to the Big Top for
some of the best situations in any of their comedies |
to date. Kenny Baker plays the romantic lead
opposite Florence Rice. His singing stands out
as usual while he shows * no little ability for the
lighter side of drama.
Our friend Charlie Wilkins, now enjoying a so- :
journ in Georgia, writes his regret at not being
here with his friends of the Whittlers Park. A
book could be embellished with the glowing descriptions
he quotes of some of the landscapes and j
citizens . . . We hear the two doctors are planing
a drug shop of their own . . . Jay Bee obliges
with a shindig Friday nite. He's expecting a
trumpet man from Wilmington to sit in on that j
evening. This combo should be hot . . . Shrimp
trucks are being put in readiness with an optin/\f
ft r* 4 1 best basketball p
BOLIVIA "A*KwBhAr
The., basketball
Qrunni MFWQ wuh a ban& her
JvllUV/L 11L YT J the finals were
intra mural tou
SPRING IS HERE has been, m prof
, past week.
We are enjoying our study of Meeting in thc
birds and other things that tell the 8th and 9th
us that it is spring. the 8th and 11th
We want to get our volley ball the first game
net up so we can play in the gjris emerged
sunshine. We are happy to join j due largely to th(
in the clean up committee. j ing of Sadie Cave
FIRST GRADE I McDowell.
We are busy now getting up | The boys' gt
out health program for chapel. J throughout. The i
We are learning how to ar- j ecj with the scor<
range our spring flowers in vases. a three minutes
In the 1st grade we have a stood 10-10. Playi
new coat room that we like. i jn the second e:
SEVENTH GRADE seniors finally a
On Monday, March 18. the too much credit,
seventh grade baseball team beat j given the 8th grs
the sixth grade team 31 to 13. size and more in(
Plans are being' made now by in both games sh
Mercer Sullivan to organize a ancj fighting spir
seventh grade basketball team to After the gam
play the sixth grade. Mercer Sul- wick presented c
livan and Author Knox are the ning teams.
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PLY NEWS I
t mistic view for a good season T^vB
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start their daily runs to the n<h S
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grounds shortly . . . The date
fourteen female camera enthusi * '^1
; awaited. They arrive Monday t? r>|
Bald Head and Fort Caswell. A dozen sr ? B
boys have applied to go along ti help
watch over the fair ones. H
If you want a second helping of the Kav B
! ser College of musical knowledge. ^B
WOR at 8 o'clock on Thursday ev.-nir,g ,fit." W
corded re-broadcast. Only trouble . the ""B
never seem to profit by experienr... hut
j same questions they missed the night hef,,rt B
Most original imprinted check we've hirj'' H
i pleasure of endorsing lately is that of [--s^B
Johnson, of Statesville, and South; ; ^V
none to flattering caricature of the maker B
If Keziah is made a member of a committee B
Invite President Franklin D R (o
thio contion on n fishine' trin ...
w *.??**? "vv..v.. ? ? ? o ?f i iy you
to one that F.D.R. gets patted on "ho back >ul
told lie 'is doing pretty well for n o-~.v:r.try I
... Dr. Fergus really hooked the big uj
got away Friday afternoon H
return bout. H
Could there be anything m-n; ,
tion that one mighty good way to raise
for furnishing a room in the Dcsher
Hospital Annex would be a good three-act pvH
featuring the best of local talent and
on five consecutive nights in the consolidated r^'H
school auditoriums of Bninswirk county?
fer it. O
Id finals Boone's Neck I
l season ended j H
e Monday when Mjsn jrene ciemmons,
played in the
irnament which port, Miss Pat Williams, and %.
press during the and Mrs. Shytle and children of I
Wilmington, visited Mr. andMnl
final j D Robinson Sunday. I
gra ? 8^vq In Stetson Robinson was adiit.H
' the3 9th grade ted * Dosh'" M ??
uic ou b ital sun(jay, ?
victorious 11-4 The Boone,s Neck Homf D
5 SCCh anH Rnbv onstration Club will holdttB
naugh and Ruby mectjn? at the ^
Mrs. W. E. Bellamy Friday af-H
imC, me end temoon, March 29. at 2:30 o'-l
egular game end- , . '
i tied 8-1. After clock. H
period the score ainVF 9
ng "suicide ball" Mr and Mrg w c Ref[(, Ut,l
voT 12-11 Not moved into the Brinkham f.oryl
V _0_ i^, formerly occupied by Mr
Srsmaller in Mrs. Thomas St. George T
a n,?,. ter have moved into an vstain^B
it. " old home. Mir K ; M
es Coach Chad- family will move into the rea-H
ups to the win- dence formerly occupied by V-B
. ; and Mrs. Reece. B
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