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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
" JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
feiterad u second-clam matter April 2?, 1928, at
tfco Poet Office at Southport, K. O., under
the act of March 3, 1879.
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I * Wednesday, July 10, 1940
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I It isn't holidays that should be given
I off, its the day after a holiday.
Of some men we know it might well
I be said: "He's a walking autobiography."
If you laugh at your own joke while
you're telling it, nobody is likely to when
you've finished.
I Public opinion derives most of its power
from what we think other people are
thinking.
I Intemperance at the dinner table has
killed more people than intemperance at
I a bar.
I A critic is a man who sits aroutid and
waits for someone to open his mouth so
I he can put his foot in it.
I One sure way to be unhappy is to be
suspicious and distrustful of everyone
m a limit whom vqu know nothing.
The Church And CivUizatian
Even those who are not deeply religious
will admit in their more serious moments
that the church has been the impoitant
stabilizing influence upon the
world during the past 1900 years, and
that without it our civilization as we
have known it would not exist. Eut never
before in its history has the Christian
religion had its work more clearly cut
out for it, nor has it had a bigger task
assigned.
If, as a result of the warring conditions
which are now existant in Europe, Christianity
is destroyed as an open influence
upon mankind, then, indeed, is civilization
doomed to destruction. As ye would
that men shall do unto you, do ye even
so unto them; love thy neighbor as thyself;
thou shalt not kill?all these teachings
that have become the foundationstone
of our human relationship will have
been mocked.
What, for instance, may Christian people
expect from power-mad rulers whose
only god is might; whose code of ethics
is to lie and steal and kill? What is the
future of the world if it is to be subjugated
by men who addressed a plea to
women of their nation to bear children
for soldiers who were leaving for the war
"whether marriage bonds exist or not?"
Is it the hands of these iligitimate children
that shall guide the course of the
"master race" twenty-five years hence?
No time now for picking out the hypocrits
in your local church congregation
and saying "I'd rather be like I am than
to be like them"; untrue and unrealistic
to say that "Religion is fine?in its plaice,
but it simply will rot fit into my business
life. I'll attend to the matter of mending
my religious fences later when I shall
have more time for unimportant things."
"If Christianity had been discussed
about the conference tables where treaties
and pacts of the past 10-years have
been signed," said Bishop Darst Sunday,
"the nations would not be at war today.
If the Sermon on the Mount had been
written into the constitution of every nation,
and these constitutions had been adhered
to, there would be peace throughout
the world."
If decent living and ideals are to survive
on this earth, if democracy is to continue
to exist, then there must be unity
in the ranks of good men. There needs
be an awakening, a rejuvenation of the
conscience of men of good faith, for a
battle lies ahead; and it is against a force
whose might is exceeded only by the
evil that motivates its purpose.
Development
When we think of development and
improvement in Brunswick county most
of us are want to figure in terms of millions
instead of with smaller units. As a
matter of fact, each million dollars of
valuation now shown on our tax records
xwas achieved not in a lump sum, but by
a little bit at a time.
And that is how our future progress is
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THE STATE
likely tp be measured. Not that we wish
to throw a damper upon anybody's ambitions
or dreams, but while we are
dreaming it might be a good idea to pay
polite attention to the small details.
Right now we are thinking especially
of Long Beach and Holdens Beach,
where considerable building has taken
place within the past twelve months. Although
these two places have advantages
of their own sufficient to recommend
them to the public generally, in many
cases civic minded citizens have done a
lot to interest outsiders in coming here
in the first place. Once property had been
bargained for, it was other boosters who
encouraged the erection of homes and
other improvements.
Remember that every new property
owner is a partner in sharing the tax burden
of the county, in addition to the
qualities he may possess as a good neighbor.
Control Or Suicide
What the Raleigh News & Observer
had to say Friday with regard to the proposed
tobacco control program, certainly
should prove of interest to every person
in Columbus county:
"The News and Observer has always
recognised the validity of objections to
compulsory crop control as a permanent
policy. At the same time it has been ap- <
parent for a number of years that the
amount of land suitable for the production
of flue cured tobacco is capable of ]
producing a crop so far in excess of the i
demand that the size of the crop must be '
controlled in some manner if farmers are
to receive a fair price. That control can
be effected through only three methods, ;
voluntary reductions, compulsion or star- \
vation prices, so lowr as to make the pro- i
duction of tobacco unattractive.
"North Carolina growers have learned
about all three methods through exper- 1
ience. The voluntary method, vastly pre- !
>v> 11-v nnvii- 4-r\ f La at It ai> fura tir o c >
lczauic in tiicvij IU uic unitx mu, ?? ?o
last tried in 1939. Despite the advantage
of government subsidies in the form of
soil conservation payments, efforts to lim- ,
it the crop to reasonable proportions i
through that method resulated in dismal '
failure. The crop was by far the largest J
on record and a surplus which has been 1
held to reasonable proportions in previous
years through compulsory control was increased
to an unmanagable size in a sin- 1
gle year. 1
'On the other hand, control has pro- !
duced satisfactory, although not perfect ]
results in each year in which it has been i
in operation. .
"It seems clear that under normal con-!]
ditions compulsory control for flue cured ;1
tobacco would be desirable so long as
cotton and other cash crops adaptable to 1
the same land sell at low prices?unless
on until North Carolina farmers are educated
to a general acceptance of the practice
of balanced farming.
"But North Carolina tobacco growers
are not now faced by normal conditions. ,
In addition to the huge surplus created ,
by their own acts, they have, through 1
war conditions, been deprived of a large i
share of the usual demand for flue cured
tobacco. In 1939, disaster for flue cured 1
tobacco growers was averted by the ac- 1
tion of the Federal government in financ- 1
ing the crop at reasonable prices. That '
aid was extended in consideration of a
vote by the growers to apply compulsory ,
control methods in 1940. ,
"On July 20, growers will again vote ,
on control. This time the question of con- i
trol for the next three years will be pre- 1
seated. Further extension of Federal aid t
hinges upon the result of that vote. Even '
without the loss of European markets, '
control would be desirable for the next '
! three years because of other considera- j
' tions.
| "In the face of world conditions, to- ,
Ibacco growers will be confronted on July i
20 by a simple choice. That choice is con- 1
trol or suicide."
Self-sufficiency
Self-sufficiency seems to be the watchword
of the hour in America.
A shrinking world market has forced
upon the U. S. the alternative of choosing
between drastic measures bent toward
making this country self sustaining,
or facing a serious economic situation.
America will continue to do all it can
to foster and stimulate U. S. trade with
foreign nations, but almost hourly for the
past eight months, America has seen
some of its most lucrative customers vanish
into thin air.
Trade with ^atin America and the 21
republics of South America is growing.,
but even that does not eliminate the dire
necessity of the United States looking toward
making itself more self sufficient
as regards its agricultural production at
least. _
PORT PILOT. SOUTHPORT.
YOUR HOME
AGENT SAYS
SCHEDULE *
Friday, July 12, Myrtle Head
club will meet at 3:00 p. m. with ?
Mrs. J. V. Simmons.
Monday, July 15, Town Creek
club will meet at 4:00 p. m. with *
Mrs. E. V. Evans.
Tuesday, July 16, Leland, club *
will meet at 2:30 p. m.
NEWS I
BRIEFS .J
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PATIENT f0C
George Campbell of High Point rff
has been a patient at Dosher co
Memorial Hospital since July 4. ea
HOSPITAL PATIENT _
Fred Burris of Southport entered
Dosher Memorial Hospital Mon- u
day for treatment. 5
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IN HOSPITAL
Horace Woodside of New York I|
City entered Dosher Memorial ||
Hospital Tuesday night for treatment.
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FOR TREATMENT
G. A. Robinson of Shallotte I
entered Dosher Memorial Hospital I
Sunday for treatment.
OPERATION
Miss Glennie Price of South-! p'
port underwent an operation for tl
removal of her appendix Thurs- s<
jay at Dosher Memorial Hospital, oi
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COTTAGE COMPLETED w
The S. B. Frink cottage at s<
Long Beach was completed last p
iveek and Miss Marion Frink is ?
uostess this week at a house- P
party over there. Ui<
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT j bei
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hewett of; ar<
Shallotte anounce the birth of a' boi
laughter, Martha Gail, in Dosher of
Memorial Hospital Sunday, July wa
7. sui
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MARRIAGE LICENSE ari
One marriage license was secur- sei
;d from Register of Deeds Har- hu
ry L. Mintz, Jr., during the past an
week, the contracting couples be- ha
ing Miss Margaret Mills of Le- trc
land and Leonard M. Freemar. of of
Winnabow. ar<
ter
FAMILY REUNION Fo
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Woodside of err
Southport had a reunion of their for
children at their home here Sun- <
lay. They included Mr. and Mrs. lin.
ira Butler and children of Row- an
land; Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wood- tec
side and son of New York; Mrs. the
William Jenkins of Brooklyn, N. un
ST.; Mr. and Mrs. Preston Bryant; 1
Miss Robbie Woodside, Southport; eig
ind Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Keal oui
md daughter of Westfield, N. J.; see
ind Mrs. E. T. Keal, Wilming- or
ton. del
est
SPORT STUFF S
BY DAVID WATSON of*
it
The old saying is that the team hel
it the top on the 4th of July fin
wins the pennant?Congratula- "T
tions Brooklyn and Cleveland. We ^
figure they will both have to mg
'deliver the goods" in the home Mi
jtretch.?In tne American you sta
:an't count the Tigers, Bosox, or Pn
lov
the Yanks out yet. In the older Nq
:ircuit the Reds and the Giants ra,
ivill be battling with the Dodgers, fin
?Detroit really proved to be the its
'Dark Horse" in the American ne]
League.?Boston could use a cou- me
pie of first class pitchers now? try
report to J. Cronin.? "Whitey" the
Whitehead is one of the main rea- es'
sons why the Giants are going ^
so good this season and Higgins, pa
sx-Bosox, is the sparkplug of the oui
rigers.?Don't ever count the Red me
Sox beat 'till the final out in the 1
9th is made . . . They scored six 'n
runs in the final stanza to beat 's
the A's 12-11?yqg baseball?and vie
Saturday scored 4 runs in the ca'
9th to beat Washington 5-4?Hats mc
off to big Paul Derringer for his ou
Dne-hit shutout over the Cubs ^ri
Saturday. He can really groove
them.?Foxx is the only player to mE
represent the A. L. In all eight de'
all-star games?He is batting an Tb
even .400 for all of the games.? *io
Pretty good, yes??If Cleveland Pe:
doesn't "fold" this year it will be *ai
orchids to Boureau and Mack? Pe'
?They are really good.?Gomez rel
missed this years all-star game Ho
for the first time?arm trouble? toi
Southport's 2-1 victory over Le- is
land here on the 4th was one of '01
the best played games seen here en
in a very long time?Jim Wood- thi
son, UNC football co-capt. of last ha
season, spent last week over at of
I/ong Beach?Nice fellow, good
looking, too, and built O. K.?He fo:
was with a party from Salisbury. t>e
?Wade should have a "dream" |in'
team at Duke this fall.?Medwick t>r
is beginning to hit the ball for Tt
the Dodgers now?so look out W!
all N. L. teams.?Three home Sr
runs last week.?All A. L. teams
respect the Browns now.?Why? 141
Ask Vitt, Cronin or McCarthy. ed
The Cubs are in a jam?they ?'
can't pitch one Dean and can't fa
hit another one of the Giants. We m
had better take a rest. So long? P1
N. C _ i
Why We Should'
Protect Our
Forests From
Fire
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(By Ernest Parker, Jr.)
The greatest menace to the fort
is fire. The forests should
protected from such disastrous
3;.ruction since forestry is a
eat source of income to man.
James Oliver Curwood says:
luman life is absolutely denjent
upon wildlife and forests,
ithout these things we muld
come extinct as a race. If all
getation, all wildlife, and all
rests should disappear tomorw,
the human race would heme
extinct upon the face of the
rth within one year." This quotion
suggests the vital role
The boy who wrote this
reek's winning forestry essay
Iechanic and Mrs. Ernest Park>
the only son of County
H ?11 Mechanic and
! j/Kmtk J] .Mrs. Ernest
| ' Parker of Shallotte.
He Is an
Ho u t s t a n ding
member of the
1 rising class at
ShaUotte and
has been prominent
bow in
his classroom
work and in
ir activities. In
le county-wide contest for high
hool students he tied for secnd
place and was awarded a
ill prize of $10.00. He also
on second prize in his local
"hool contest, bringing his
rize earnings up to $12.00.
lyed by our forests. Indeed
;y are deserving of protection.
Forests are the source of tirar
and timber by-products. They
i the home of much wildlife,
th plant and animal. Because
the capacity of roots to hold
.ter, drainage on the earth's
rface is greatly influenced by
fetation of this kind. Forest
;as of the world cover over
ren billion acres, some five
ndred, fifty million of which
: in the United States. We
ve over five hundred species of
:es in our own country, most
which are valuable. Our trees
; being conserved to some exit
by the National Parks and
rest Reserves, and by the goviment's
reforestation and attestation
projects.
Dur own state of North Caroa
has valuable timber areas,
d they are not properly proved
from fires, for each year
i loss caused by fire reaches
believable figures,
in Brunswick County between
;hty and ninety per cent of
r land area is woods land, and
ircely a man or woman, boy
girl who lives within its hor s
has not seen beautiful fors
of pine go up in flames, leav;
nothing of plant or animal
s behind. Our trees are becom;
more valuable, and because
fires are becoming scarcer, so
behooves us to do our part in
ping to protect them from the
e hazard. A recent issue of
he Progressive Farmer" carried
s statement: "I have before me
sheet cut from newsprint paper
:de by the Southland Paper
lis of Lufkin, Texas. I underbid
that this is the first newsnt
ever to be made from yeli
pine, and that in using roll
>. 1 of newsprint from this
11, the Lufkin News was the
st publishing company to print
paper entirely on yellow pine
vsprint.
'This may portend the developnt
of an important new indus'
in the South. With it comes
s necessity of improved forry
practices. For as the Presiit
of a Florida Paper company
rns, the expansion of the pulp
per industry in the South witht
careful forest management
ans a timber famine."
Moreover, the use of pine trees
the manufacture of newsprint
important from the point of
:W of income to farmers, bejse
it utilizes a resource comin
to almost all sections of
r country. This is particularly
le of the South,
rbe national-forest system has
ide a conspicious effort in the
velopment of American forestry,
ey are crops; their real funcn
is to add continuously to the
rmanent welfare of individuals,
niliea, and communities; the
ople of the nation. This is the
il purpose of public conserva>n
policies. It is the objective
vard which the Forest Service
directing ever-increasing efrts.
So in normal times, as in
lergency periods, forestry and
e work of the Forest Service
ve definite meanings for all
us.
Farmers are catering more to
restry in recent years than ever
fore. They are deriving much
:ome from this industry with
ighter hopes for the future,
ley are beginning to make
iste lands yield a profit by
owing timber on poor soils,
eep slopes, rocky lands, wet
nds, unused corners, and erodlands.
In this way forestry
ves employment to idle men and
rm animals during the winter
onths. Products marketed at a
ofit are sawlogst poles, piling,
I - NOT EXfl
H. H. Thomas manager of Ft. Caswell, is being
1 visited by his daughter, and those who've watched
her in the pool say she's the best girl swimmer
they've ever seen around here . . . High spot of
the veteran's dance at Long Beach last Tuesday
night was the Jitter-Bug contest. Now youth may
have its fling, but it topk a lad of 44 summers
to lead his lady through the jumping jives that
won first prize. He was S. B. Muse, of Charlotte,
, one of the veterans here in reunion, and his part,
ner was Miss Vern Maynard, summer resident at
Long Beach.
From a gentleman's point of view, these turbans
the gals are wearing this summer strike us as
being the most sensible fad in many a day. In
some cases they are actually flattering . . . Add
woman's real remarks: Mrs. C. E. Brown does
her morning shopping rounds on her daughter's
bike . . . The Southport boys were plenty cocky
Thursday because the winning run in their brilliant
2-to-l victory was fashioned off Ray Brew.
That's something to be pepped up over, for he's
one lefty with plenty on the ball. By the way, if
Bert Kite is serious about the help wanted note
in a recent "Wilmington sfort column he might
get the left-handed help he is seeking from young
Brew who could chunk an extra game a week
and never feel the strain.
"Taint untimely, we trust, to say some more
about the Jay Bee band. Fourth of July night they
were hotter'n a firecracker, and only a trusty
trumpet to nest among the saxaphones is needed
to get them fixed to conquer foreign fields. Personally,
we'd like to see and hear Robert Willing
change his present instrument for a bull fiddle.
He'd have it whipped to a frazzle before intermission
the first night out.
MOVIES: Monday is opening for STRANGE
CARGO starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford.
rm-,_ !. ? inland tinrrnra and frnnie
J. Ilia lo a. utit ui ? " ? i
scenery. Ian Hunter, Edward Bromberg and Alan
Hale are also in the cast. A two reel short will
be featured with this, entitled "The Flag Speaks."
It's an interesting and patriotic photoplay of our
flag and history. ... A little persuasion and we
induced David Watson to give us a col'm of sport
Shorts?which will be a weekly feature now?we
home . . . J. B. and outfit are set for two nights
per week at Carolina Beach and could have had
four, but due to inconvenience they cut the schedule
down. They will still have time to play for
a weekly dance in these parts. Courtney, sax and
clarinet specialist, will not be able to join them
cooperage bolts, posts, pulpwood, food and their p
firewood, spoke blocks, and tan- Fish, as well
nin bark.- imals, depend c
It is true that it takes a period a certajn exte,
of years for land devoted to tim- Qn plant3 and
her to begin to pay; so it is all A Uc lants
the more important that it be directly by fiK
protected from fire. Once a forest affect ^ f,00
starts paying it is a permanent [ streams a3 the
profit, a perpetually renewable floor though ,es
... . . . . Ever since t
We should protect our forest Ume men hav
from fire because it has been
the greatest forest hazard for
many years. Fire kills the little
'trees and weakens the grown I kp L
ones so that they become subject * 1.
to disease and insects. It also
destroys the humus cover of /7\
leaves and twigs that ordinarily ^5^"
protects the trees against summAf
rlrftiio-Vif onrl Viout rfinwrvoa /^Kti 1/).
"?vi UJWUgMV "V??, VVMWV1 * ?? i ,Tj 'J. , ^
water for the springs and P-JJk,
streams, and enriches, the soil by y."
adding nitrogen. 1BKX jA
Fire destroys the natural ' K.JuBi
breeding place of birds and animals.
Very often the nests, eggs, rc&HBLlj
and even the young are burned up.
Game experts say that fires often
kill more game than hunters.
Deer are an animal species of
the forest. They are traditionally
a part of the forest, and existence
is dependant upon its pres- O.,.
ence because it is there that '-'Ml
they obtain practically all their gKKHp
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TO nWTWCD
iv/ v-/ w 11 r->iv
All dogs within th
registered at the City
$1.50 each must he paii
All who fail to con
bylaw. By Order OfJohn
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WEDNESDAY, JULY
TLY NEWS I
at Carolina but will be available for kcalll^ H
Tennis fever waxes hot. Folks are still str?s E
ing to the Fort for the sport and the Soutw
courts should be in operation ere long;. Those vi. KL
don't get in on the Tennis Club will be 0u^ g
the fence, peeping through the knotholes . BL
Edward Taylor and Susie Sellers have begu? .. g.
instigate a move to organize a Liuie TheJt^ E
group here and need the wholehearted support ^ H
everyone. Drama here has been vacationing ^ E
the close of school, and summer is generally C[l. B
j sidered to be the ideal time for acting troupes EL
! gucceed. Which calls for more interest beijj E
shown. Naturally, a lot of practice is needed t#. K
fore any of this group can be called exper^ E
j and the only way for them to get it is to K 1
plays. . Reports persist that the English p. H
family will move to Canada, but as yet there u
no record of their landing. With the frequent si?. ft?
ing of ships they may have deemed :t safer u Kl
stick out the German raids ... gc
( Jim Woodson, co-captain of Carolina's 1939 foe-. H
! ball team, was among those present at Thurs.hr Bf
' night's dance at Long Beach . . . They have as. B
' other good man on the staff over at the af<?. B^
mentioned L. B. now in Neils Jorgensen, who i- K
a temporary refugee from the drug business. K
Chances are that nobody misses the bowling alley B
from the pavilion front porch so much as dees E
Blanche Lewis, who is, week in and week o? Br
about the most consistant woman bowler in South. B
port. Eg
The catcher for the Southport colored bautm I
team has this warning emblazoned across t, g
sweatshirt: "Thou shalt not steal." . . . Tip-off B
department: Cape Fear coast guard station may E>
soon be abandoned again?this time for the b?. 1
tpr . rVincTJitiilfltions on the re-flrrantn'my B-i
?- ... aim
re-listing that has been done in the new telephoa
directory for Southport . . . This is a funny year
for farming. Last week we heard of one farmer
who cropped tobacco in one field one day arj
who plowed out another patch the next. Out st
the county farm, though, crops are plenty gnodas
usual.
W. B. Keziah said he tried some barracuda las
week and found it very good. These fish are more
famous for their gameness than they are for the.flavor
. . . Another peculiar taste in seafood Li
that of Mr. Unger, summer visitor here, who goa
out several times a week and catches himself j
mess of eels. Well, Cap'n. you can keep our part.
irotection as well, forest to hunt and fish. For marr
as birds and an- centuries as a means of getting
in the forest to food and later as a sport thj
it They depend occupation has been popular. 1!
insects for food. we auow forest fires to kill i!
is,rebeacau^dfires 0,6 *** *amc aml fish' b
r' of lakes and thousands who enjoy this sport
y do the forest would have to seek some other
is suddenly. means of amusing themselves,
he beginning of Our love of beauty should te
i gone into the (Continued on page 3)
FARMERS' STORE
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We are located in a farm
? community, and our store
has been stocked with the
idea of giving our farmer
friends the very best in
modern merchandising serTj.
HAWES
'ply, - - - N. C.
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pice
S OF DOGS I
ie City Limits must be I
Hall and license fee of I
i before July 15th. I
lply will be prosecuted I
Eriksen I
fOR I