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I THE STATE PORT PILOT
I Southport, N. G. ;
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I JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor )
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I Wednesday, April 3, 1940 (
Some men keep their wives at home all (
the time so they won't have a chance to i
find out their husbands aren't really the <
smartest persons in the world. s
I The only reason some people ask about s
your health is so they'll have a license to (
I tab you about their's.
l
I No wonder infants indulge in baby (
1 talk. That's all they hear until their new."
wears off. * (1
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There's no hope of making automobiles (
fool-proof until the human element is en- k
tirely eliminated. *
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A hen with one biddie clucks just as,
oc rlnoc tVio nnp with a flock of *
<1IIAllSUOl V t?o VIWVO w - _,rchicks.
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A man who cusses too much is like a 1
writer who secures emphasis only by un-: (
declining words and putting them in J
quotations. 1
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New Features
Todav two columns make their bow. *
Of chief interest to the ladies will be: f
" 'The Lighter Side of Life,' by Our '
Helpmate"Faced with the complexity ?
of chronicling the social activities of a J
town with eight bridge clubs with constantly
overlapping membership, refuge
has been sought in the informality of a
column. It isn't a success if the readers '
do not like it; so let us know.
We don't want The Pilot to seem to ''
run too strongly toward columnization,
j but we feel that so far the county readers
have been sort of left out. "Just Among !
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The fishermen is primarily ior sportsmen
and fishermen; "Not Exactly News"
has a strong local complex; and "The
Lighter Side of Life" is designed for the
ladies.
So for our latest appeal to county-wide
reader interest we present "Political PotPouri."
There never was a commonwealth
' in which there is keener interest in po- j
litics than in Brunswick ccunty. We fear
that we will be walking on thin ice, but
we are hoping to keep up interest and to
keep down controversies.
Hints will be helpful, so if you like
these new columns, tell us; if you do not,
tell us why.
Putting Up A Fight
We sincerely hope that the recommendation
of Col. J. W. Harrelson, dean
of North Carolina State College, will not
be . the last word in the selection of a
suitable location for a nautical school for
the. coast of our state.
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ine nauucai scnooi iaea was conceived
by R. 0. Johnson, then commander of
the Brunswick County Post No. 194,
American Legion, and was, at his instance,
introduced and passed at the 1939
session of the North Carolina General
Assembly by Senator S. B. Frink and his
able colleagues from New Hanover and
other nearby counties.
Col. Harrelson was named chairman
of a commission to investigate the possibility
of establishing such a school in our
state as a nautical branch of the Greater
University. Last week according to news
reports, he appeared with a delegation
from Morehead City before the house
committee on merchant marine and fisheries
and asked that the Nautical School
law of 1900 be amended to include the >
port of Morehead City.
W. B. Keziah, always on the alert that
thi? section shall not be robbed for the
benefit of any other region, promptly
went into action, and although the contents
of his letter to Col. Harrelson have
been given pretty wide publicity, we are
reprinting it:
"I have not been keeping track of the
nautical school matter. So I was rather
astonished when I read press dispatches
that you were in Washington, advocating
Morehead City as the location for the
school. I was still more astonished when
you frankly came out and gave your
reasons for championing Morehead City,
and that before anyone asked you the i
ivhereof.
"You say (Note the quotation marks; j
[ put them there, but the words are
pours):
'I went to Washington and appeared
an Tuesday before the house committee
an Merchant marine and fisheries and
asked that the Nautical School Law of
1900 be amended to included the port of
Morehead City. I know that you and possibly
the most of the people of your secion
would prefer to have Southport or
Wilmington designated. I tried to look at
;he matter in a disinterested way and recommended
Morehead City for the folowing
reasons:
'It is nearest the center of the North
Carolina coast line; nearest the center of
.he North Carolina link of the inland
vaterway; the state has the headquarters
of its fisheries division there, and the
state maintains a fleet of small craft
;here, and the wharves are nearer to the
sea than is the case at any other port in
eastern America.'
"May I state, regarding your above
easons: Morehead City is nearer the
eenter of the North Carolina coast line
?What of that; why did you not go on
ind state that Morehead City was also in .
he Hatteras hurricane zone? And why
lid you not add that Wilmington and
southport were 75 to 100 miles nearer
he center of North Carolina population
md industry than Morehead City is?
"Come to think of it, I am rather inerested
in your whole line of argument,
coming as it does from a state-paid man.
feel that you and I can get up a rousngly
interesting debate in the open forum
)f the state newspapers on the subject:
rhe advantages of Morehead City, by J.
W. Harrelson vs. those of Wilmington
ind Southport.
"Such an open forum discussion will be <
J. V"/\ii ennaL-inrr qq fl
ixtremeiy iiilcicswiik. xuu, ?
Jorth Carolina State college man, whose
iervices are paid for by the state will be
n a commanding position to present the :
idvantages of one North Carolina com- j
nunity against another. I may be execuive
secretary' of the Brunswick County :
Chamber of Commerce, but in this matter
will be just plain Bill Keziah, ready at i
ill times to treat people in a friendly way (
ind equally ready to stand up and slug ,
iny and all who try to discredit the low- i
ir North Carolina coast."
We believe that Mr. Keziah is eternally .
ight in his denunciation of this stand i
aken by Col. Harrelson, and we think'J'|
hat it is to the interest of everyone in ,
his section of North Carolina to scrap
or the location of the Nautical School '
sither at Southport or Wilmington.
It is high time that our section be de- ]
ivered of its role of "Ugly Duckling" in i
he political pageant of our state. 1
AAKE OURS VANILLA J
Wm'
(The Christian Science Monitor.) * ^
That sweet, pungent aroma which greets the
nostrils as you pick up the morning paper
may not after all signify a first crocus by
the doorstep. It may be from the morning
paper itself. And it may be anise, lavender,
or eau de cologne.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat has published
an issue containing a candy manufacturer's
advertisement from which, in the phase
of Antony's friend, "a strange invisible perfume
hits the sense." The perfume in this instance
is oil of peppermint mixed with the
green ink in which the copy is printed. Some
years ago the New York American printed
an advertisement similarly suffused with a
new scent which a perfumer was introducing.
The hazards of trying thus to increase the
power of the printed word at the opening of
a political season are doubly serious. Suppose
the playwrights who perpetrated "Of Thee I
Sing" should decide seriously now to run
"Wintergreen for President!" Would Byron's
small drop of ink, . . , which makes thousands,
perhaps millions, think," come at length
to make them only sniff?
Whatever the answer, there is doubtless
one man somewhere who wishes it had been
%
peppermint ink he got on his hands when he
was a boy. Then maybe he would be working
in a candy store today instead of a printshop.
VEATHER NOTE
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
Hie philosophy most comforting to us in
weather of the kind we've been having this
winter is the outlook of the insane man who
enjoyed beating himself on the head with a
hammer?because it felt so good when he
stopped.
If you can't say for sure, it is probably an
Easter hat.?Charlotte News.
A British lecturer says that Hitler hopes
to colonize America. He must have heard of
Hell, N. D., and Adolph, Minn.?New York
Sun.
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THE STATE PORT P1L<
Just Among
The Fishermen
Bi w. IS. KEZIAH
"THE CODFISH lays two mil- cl
lion eggs," we hope each bass ^
lays one; we're tired of catching ^
gobs of 'em, and Yaskell catching
none. cl
JUST AMONG the fishermen it jv
is known that minnows are no w
longer precious since the freshwater
season closed on April
first. ol
NOTHING like a closed season M
on fresh water fishing to make
a lot of fellows refrain from lying m
about their catches, for awhile. m
FOR THE present, at least, our p.
cane fishing pole is about as useless
as a bird dog, but the pole Fi
does not have to be fed daily. a.
PAUL McCOLLUM of Greens- at
boro, here with us Friday in B:
company with Charley Farrell, D
showed a great deal of expertness
in handling his fly rod. v<
THE JOSEPHINE Marshall, th
former church boat, has been sold w
to the North Carolina Fisheries
Commission. Information does
not say whether or not she will a
go into the free party business. fa
CONTINUOUS inquiries indi- h(
catel that the greatest interest w
ever known is being directed to- yc
wards the Southport fishing this V:
year. The whole coast of Bruns- cr
wick is due for attention. th
THANKS to Frank Sherrill &
for a good word to President
Roosevelt via Senator Reynolds it;
and Bailey, with regard to the Wi
Southport fishing and the genuine w'
desire to have him try his luck w
on this part of the coast. th
ALTHOUGH the open season th
for freshwater fishing will be on of
again May 10th, sporting spirits
will be dampened by the fact in
that the mosquito ' and jigger bi
season will come on at the same is
time. of
BEN AMES Williams in the in
current issue of Colliers argues co
that a sportsman must have pro- ff1
per tackle in order to catch fish. fo
How about the colored woman at
Orton who caught an 11-pound th
big mouth bass with a pole and ar
cork line? ho
WILLIAM Whitehead, New co
York actor, tells us he is coming
to go fishing with us soon.
Mr. Whitehead was here Sunday be
in company with Henry McMil- Pa
Ian, Claude Howell, Misses Jessie
Rheder of New York; Sue Calder, ho
Helen McMillan and Elizabeth
Pridgen of Wilmington. We had ?h
a nice picnic on Bald Head island.
THE folks who did not get ai1
any fishing before the freshwater ?P
season closed for 40-days can mi
sympathise with three Salisbury P1;
men who spent all day Sunday in
looking for us with a clipping mi
from the Greensboro News in ?
their pocket. They aimed to out
SS Charlie Farrell in catching aT1
em and are threatening to come fri
back to Brunswick on May 10th.
MENHADEN fishing is getting he
jnderway the earliest we can re- <lu
member. Skipper Reuben Gutherie If
piloted his Storm King off for the 's
fish Monday morning. This early
start and various other indications
of interest in menhaden ST
fishing at Southport is indicative hi
>f a greater development of the 811
possibilities of this sort of fish- ra
ng. h?
THE G-MAN (Chief of Police efl
Lewis) reports disgustedly that
le has to spend too much time ?h
frying to find us for some fel- ai1
low who wants to go fishing or 8P
some gal who wants to go to ra
3ald Head. or
JUST as we expected, Post- or
master Yaskell, who is also pres- th
dent of the chamber of com- mi
merce, hasn't a bit of use for us in
mur fViaf fron>?fra far is
ivn Miai< Mlb Xi VOllTTObVi tlOIIIIlg
season is over. You watch and ch
see him getting back into our Oc
*ood graces before it reopens on w*
lie 10th of May. Phooey. mi
IT GIVES us a pain in the is
leek to have to protest at things mi
jvery once in awhile. All the same 's
we will have to write Walter
Davenport and kick because the sei
llustrated fishing map in last ag
weeks issue of Collier's did not Ce
show any fish off the coast of qu
North Carolina. dr
BOB THOMPSON, formerly La
private secretary to Governor fn
Hoey and now State Publicity m<
Director, was with us part of ke
this week. He assures us of his thi
personal attention to Brunswick roi
sounty fishing this year. cei
POSTMASTER Wilbur Dosher ho
>f Wilmington, Postmaster Yaskell
of Southport and the secretary
of the Brunswick County
Chamber of Commerce had a .
warm argument at the post office I
window one day last week. The V
shamber of commerce secretary
sontended that Wilbur was no R
jjood as a fisherman except in
the fall, months. He extended his
argument to include Congresman re(
Clark, who "ain't worth worth a Sv
iang except to go negro fishin'," Ml
with a cane pole. au
WHEN John Marshall, editor 411
of The Wilmington News, got To
warm on the subject of having bo
President Roosevelt to come to
the Cape Fear to go fishing, he Pl!
rnd a pretty good idea. Sw
Lo
Grandmother: "If you wash ag
your face I'll give you a piece of
sandy. And if you wash behind
your ears I'll .give you two lea
pieces." mi
Smart Grandson: "Maybe I'd On
better have a bath." an
sti
Customer: "Do you give a guar- mi
mtee with this hair restorer?" wl
Barber: "Guarantee, sir? Why,
we give a comb!"
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3T. SOUTHPORT. N. C
YOUR HOME 7
AGENT SAYS
SCHEDULE
Friday, April 5, Leland 4-H
ub meets at 1:30 p. m. North
'est H. D. Club meets at 2:30
m. with Mrs. Mable Williams.
Monday, April 8, Bolivia 4-H
Ub meets at 11:40 a. m. Bolia
H. D. club meets at 2:30 p. m.
1th Mrs. Melvin Smith.
Tuesday, April 9, Shallotte 4-H
eets at 11 a. m. Exum H. D.
ub meets at 2:30 p. m. with
rs. Bruce Edwards.
Wednesday, April 10, Waccaaw
4-H club meets at 11110 a.
. Ash H. D. club meets at 3:30
m.
Thursday, April 11, Lockwoods
oily 4 H club meets at 10:45
m. Mt. Pisgah H. D. club meets'
; 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. Alford
rown.
O YOU LIKE YOUR HOME?
Is your home a cheerful, coninient,
attractive place, or are
iere features about it that you
ould like to change?
Let's imagine yourself living in
land of make-'beiieve when the
iry god-mother visits you, with
;r wand and magic words, she
ill make the three changes m
>ur home which you request,
iewing your home with the
itical eyes of a stranger what
ree improvements would be .most
isirable ?
From dreamland back to realV,
from the ability of the magic
and to your own ingenuity,
hat home improvements are '
ithin your power? Do you agree '
at the influence of the home is i
e strongest force in the life 1
an individual!? 1
One's home and its surroundgs
tell a story to the passer- J
By this picture the family 1
judged. One's first impression
the kind of family that lives ]
a house is gamed from the
nditlons of the buildings and 5
ounds. The yard is the setting 1
r the nioture made bv the house (
id out buildings, along with 1
e trees, shrubs, and flowers,
id no family can make their '
ime-picture attractive without J
nsidering these. 3
Doctor Seamon A. Knapp said,
Tie home should be a place of
auty so attractive that every
.ssing stranger Inquires?" who
'es in that lovely home?" the
iuse is of minor consideration?
e gorgeous setting of trees and
rubbery hold the eye".
The improvement of the home {
id its grounds should be a co- j
erative project with father, j
Dther, and children making the t
ins and taking a definite part i
carrying them out. Each may j
ake some personal contribution
cleaning up rubbish, improving ?
e grounds, repairing the home?
id -who knows but what your !
iends will think that the fairy
d-mother has visited your
ime? Did you answer our first
lestion, do you like your home?
your answer is negative, who
to blame ?
STORAGE SPACE
Since the homemaker spends a
eat part of her time in the
tchen, it is of major lmportce
that her kitchen storage arngements
and working facilities
arranged to give the greatest
ficiency and convenience.
The first step in planning kiten
storage is to decide on the
fiount and location of work
ace required. The kitchen arngement
may include cabinets,
"reach-in" closets and pantries,
"walk-in" closets. Where
e kitchen is planned to
nimiTO tho o mount rtf uro llrin cr
the routine tasks, the cabinet
popular, particularly if the kiten
is used only in the preparain
and service of food. However,
lere the kitchen is used for
iny processes or where there an
unusually large amount of
iterial to be stored a pantry
preferred.
The approach of the canning
ison will present a serious stobe
problem in many homes,
rtain food products reire
storage space that is cool,
y, ventilated, and frost proof.
,rge amounts of long-keeping
lits and vegetables require a
)ist atmosphere and should be
pt eleswhere. This brings up
8 question of a food-storage
?m which should be readily acssible
from the back at the
use and from the kitchen.
SOUTHPORT
SCHOOL NEWS
ECITATION DECLAMATION
CONTEST
The annual declamation and |
iding contest for the grammar
ades was held Friday morning i
irch 22, in the high school
ditorium. The winning contestts
and their pieces were: Betty ;
idd Corlette, "Scratch, the newsy's
Dog", and Jimmy Hornsby,
outh Aflame". The second
ices were won by Doris Lee
/an, reciting "Gumfishes'', and :
uis Newton, "Faith and Coure".
FIRST GRADE
Members of the first grade are :
irning to tell the time and are
iking clocks. They are enjoying ,
a books from the bookmobile !
d are making posters to illu ate
the stories. They have .
ide some attractive booklets '
lich they call their bear books.
DISA AND DATA
It felt last week as if those
i -NOTEM
Self-imposed dandelions for this corner for the
misleading news that the local ork would have a
dance last Friday. Speaking of orks, Dexter, our
colored maestro, has gathered together a group
of boys who are anticipating a dance soon. The
brass is a little weak, but a solid rythm section
is all of that . . . It's the race of Steam vs Sail
in the saga of the sea showing Friday at the
Amuzu and it's titled "Rulers of the Sea." Doug
Frainbanks, Jr., and Margaret Lockwood have the
leads.
The idea expounded in the final paragraph of
last week's colm has been met with general approval.
Now all that remains is for someone to
get hold of a good play?a rousing comedy or a
good drama would serve nicely?and get behind
local dramatists . . . Vicky Wells and her mother
have just returned from a visit in Straits and
declares that for good ole sunny weather she'll
take the home town even before Florida, where
she also visited last month.
In one Brunswick county school principal's office
there is a box of baking soda sitting on the
shelf beside the first aid kit. It certainly didn't
come as part of that modern equipment, yet as a
cure-all it probably outranks the other supplies
. . . Southport's equine census which once reached
6 has now tumbled to 4; and there is a report
that a New England riding school master
may be here this week to see about buying three
of these.
'certain girls" would be throw- entation of th<
ng snow balls Instead of rocks. Friday evening.
By the way, they have a rub- it was one of
?r ball now. ances of the yet
The French classes seem to be The juniors
eally Frenchy. They are now looking forward
naklng posters in French. on Friday evenl
Ask Miss Ward to speak some mittees are worl
French for you. And while we f success, a
,. _ . th8t it will be
ire speaking on French there P0caagl0JL
ieem to be a number of the girls The home ecoi
>f the lower classes who are enjoying their
mw wiitnh ir?fnrpfltpH in It. '
- new aiuvc woo ,
We wonder what happened to e(J to ^ ^bon
die Glee Club all at once, after We aTe ]?Uj
joing along so nicely the whole books from me
,ear- being used.
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exhibit. We a
Mr. Tucker, and members of books which w<
;he local school board, Mr. A. P. Bookmobile verj
ienry, Mr. Early Danford, and
vfr. Ernest Gilbert are attending BEEF
:he state-wide convention of pub- Chris Davis 0
ic school committeemen in Cha- the several 4-i
>el Hill on Thursday of this week. Jackson County
We wish to congratulate the beef calves for
lenior class for the splendid pres-! Stock ShoW ne?
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Miss Margaret Dealer is one of fP,. m^l
cessful flower gardeners in town . . . Th?? ^ I
a Guilford College professor here last Wwk % I
see about building a cottage at CasweU
this summer - . Magnolia Daily > . I
grounds fof its trade name. Several tree,
been planted around the dairyma hnUSe K, I
all the buildings out there look b, ter since they I
were painted.
An experienced hotel man was inquiring I
Long Beach this week. If he runs it all, he'll na I
it right ... The new doctor moved to
Thursday and another one was here looking ov,r I
the situation Friday. The lawyers better look I
or the M. D.'s will have them outnumbered ..
Hobson Kirby plans to begin work on an anr.ru
to his store before long. Important improve^ I
have been made on the interior of the R. I
White garage.
There has been a noticeable improvement ma-ie
in the up-keep of the river road in recent mootfc I
?particularly on this lower end. Makes a gg I
drive to town nowadays ... Ask your frier ;.
come to see you, and take them to Orton Baa. I
time within the next 10 days. The azaleas are ? I
their "best, now. I
Dick Dosher got along all right with his cnig
store improvements without any help from ?
but if he wants a good suggestion, free, here la:
Get a good player vlctrola, keep the records fret I
and up-to-date, and watch the sheckels roll h
" r play on last Mrs. Todd went into a it^B
1 *aj4 sure that to buy some spring g -.nghams |
n ? IV"""
U1C wvok "iv wicgg vuiui^ IdSt''" ck
tr. asked the clerk. 9
and seniors are "Yes, indeed", he replied ea.-.fl
to the banquet estly; "you ought to see B
ng. All the com- when once they start to run" B
cing hard to make ' B
nd we feel sure One Difference-"What". syB
a most enjoyable the son, thirsting for knowle]^ fl
"is the difference between ntiafl
lomics classes are and talent?" I
cooking unit. A "That's easy", replied his faQ.I
just recently add- er, the poet. "Talent gets paid tB
iitory. salary every week."
1 that so many B
I Bookmobile are Customer: "I want to exchaipB
this unbreakable doll." 9
H GRADE Clerk: "Is there somettoH
t hustling in this wrong with it?" B
e pictures drawn Customer: "No: but bafrifl
bit. The boys are broken everything else la thl
boats, airplanes. house with it." ' H
s to enter in the: H
re enjoying the Navy Officer: "You can follotB
; get out of the your regular trade in the raw:M
r much. J Recruit: "But I used to be tH
cowboy." B
CALVES J Navy Officer: "So what' VoiH
f Sylva is one of can be a cook and ride in thtH
3 Club boys in range in the gallery!"
who are fitting; ? B
the Asheville Pat; Sweden has placed a tax
:t fall. coffee substitutes. B
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