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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL.
lp.Ar ^ASSOCIATION
Wednesday, November 6, 1910
Primitive women had her club too, but
it was generally wielded by her husband.
If Mussolini is as hard as he tries to
look, he must really be fit for the museum.
No wonder some people get cold feet
when they get an icy reception.
It's not necessarily true that every
chiseler is possessed of a stony stare.
The sharp-witted person knows not to
ask too many pointed questions.
Join Red Cross
The annual membership drive for the
Brunswick County Chapter of the American
Bed Cross will begin next week, and
we are seizing this timely opportunity to
urge every man and woman in this county
who is financially able to become a
member.
This is one reason we are writing this
editorial: So that each man or woman
who turns dowi a roll call solicitor will
realize just what he is doing.
Times are hard; admitted. But this
community, this town is not recovering
from the shock of disaster, from the ravages
of fire or flood. For the very reason
that we should be thankful for our safety
and good health alone we should be more
than glad to become active Red Cross
members.
For the very reason that we always
hope for a friend in time of need should
we contribute freely to a fund to finance
the _gency which would- be the first to
our rescue should disaster strike.
And so we have the case for joining:
A dollar because we are so thankful we
do not need help; or a dollar because we
fear we might need help in the future?
and want to get it.
The Red Cross membership solicitors
are voluntary, unpaid workers who are
engaged in a nation-wide project of doing
good for our fellowman. Regardless of
our decision about membership this year,
treat them with courteous consideration
and help to make their work pleasant for
them.
Joint Hosts
The Outdoor Writers have come and
gone and we hope that they were favorably
impressed with this section; but this
is not to be about them, however much
we enjoyed their visit. Rather it is to be
a tribute to the unstinted hospitality of
a few men who had all to do with making
their stay here a pleasant one.
The visitors were guests of the management
at Caswell Lodge, and local people
who have never learned of the entertainment
facilities of that hostelry have denied
themselves a treat. No host was
ever more generous nor more gracious
than was Mr. H. H. Thomas; and praise
of these accommodations would be incomplete
without mentioning Mrs. Dan
Sadler, hotel manager, who ministered
the many needs of her guests.
Mr. Churchill Bragaw and his courtesies
extended at Orton Plantation were tremendous
contributions to the entertainment
program. Always in the minds of
the visiting writers will remain memories
of the afternoon of fishing in Orton pond
and the deer hunt in the pine forest of
| the plantation.
I Mr. Frank Sherrll made a special trip
to Southport in his yacht, D-ifter, to entertain
on Friday, and since this is a territory
which must be explored both by
land and sea to be fully appreciated, his
day as host was most enjoyable.
t The entertainment of these important
visitors was an event into which members
of the State Department of Conservation
and Development entered wholeheartedly.
Mr. Robert L. Thompson, head of the
advertising bureau, was here with the
state-owned Hatteras before the first
guest arrived and was the leading figure
in entertainment plans for the four-day
trip. Mr. William Baker, his assistant,
was here throughout the duration of the
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visit, and Mr. Paul Kelly, assistant director
of the department, was a week-end
visitor.
This sounds like a roll-all of persons
who aided in the entertainment program,
and that is just about right. For when
the list is read over and individuals iden- r
tified, there can be the one pronounce- '
ment: "A pleasant duty well done."
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Sound Agricultural Program
It's easy for us who are not fanners n
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to sit on the sidelines and tell seasoned p
farmers how they should go about their,*
business, but getting out and putting our c
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ideas into actual practice might be a dif- t<
ferent thing. a
So, where the opinion of a layman may c
not be worth much, even we can see the z
sound logic and the same two-and-twomakes-four
arithmetic which the proposed g(
expansive farm program suggested by u
agricultural leaders holds.
It isn't so difficult to discern the arith- N
metical soundness of the suggestion that ei
farmers of Brunswick county raise every- u
thing they possibly can for the dining ?
table and for the livestock feed though
right on the farm, and that by so doing
they increase their net income from mon- ?
ey crops. 8
It's simple enough to see that every ai
time a farmer has to dig into his pocketbook
and purchase something that could ai
and should have been raised on his farm,
that he's cutting down his surplus cash, g(
and that every time he acts wisely and t<
raises that commodity, it amounts to that
much money saved. c<
It's simple enough to see that with to- P]
bacco diminishing as a money crop, the ?
farmers of the county are gradually go- ^
ing to have to be encouraged to turn to m
other fields for revenue?at least a part fr
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ot it. LJVestocK seems 10 mnu me nuaww M
to one phase of this problem, hogs an- tr
other," and poultry another.
The people who are making these sug|
gestions to the farmers of Brunswick coun)
ty are not business men, and professional
men, and industrial workers. They are
farmers who have made a success of farming
by the same practices which they tt
now advocate. fi
Brunswick county seems destined to re- tc
main essentially an agricultural county, vi
so it behooves the farmers of the county ^
to adopt the soundest agricutural pro- ai
gram which can be worked out?the one tt
which will work to their own greatest
good. ti
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THE DARING OF GREECE a"
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(N. Y. Herald Tribune) P'
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It is surprising and admirable that of all j-,
the Balkan countries, Greece alone has dared ei
to withstand the aggression of the Axis. For **
there should be no mistake. The Italian dicta- ^
tor is certainly backed by Germany in his ti<
attack on Greece. And should the Italian di- P'
visions be too weak to force their way H
thrnnoh tn CnlnnilfQ thau tirill natn*>o11xr bn
MitUHQIi W VMiw??H>W| ??? IIUVUH??IJ M? pi
helped by German troops, coming either from Pj
the Adriatic or from Rumania, where they jf
now seem to be solidly intrenched. tli
Of all the Balkan countries, Greece and Buile
garia are the weakest. Greece has a popula- ^
tion of only 7,000,000, mostly seamen, fisher- w
men, shepherds and tobacco growers. Her il
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army is poorly equipped with artillery, her 3i
towns have hardly any anti-aircraft guns, her
pilots and flying machines are few. Yet her tr
people, who once wrung their freedom from q(
the Ottoman Empire, seem to be unanimous ol
today in their determination to fight the new
invaders. q,
It is particularly remarkable to hear that di
the Veniselist officers, who were staunch re- Pj
publicans, and as such were thrown in jail s{
a few years ago, after their attempt to over- ti
throw the dictatorship and subsequently lost
their commissions in the army, have asked to ^
be sent to the front. The town dwellers of hi
Greece are more politically minded than any w
other people in Europe. Their political feuds ^
are violent and lasting. Greek men pass most e<
of the day discussing their political credos at ir
coffee houses, sipping Turkish coffee and the jj*
Greek brandy called "oozo." pi
Today, they have forgotten their party difference,
their fiece grudges against Premier
Metaxas and King George. The Greek mountain- pi
eers, in their pleated white skirts, armed un- al
doubtedly with obsolete rifles, are shooting
from behind rocks at the advancing Italian tc
' motorized units. Names of places with a great a!
legendary or historical past, appear in news ^
columns once more. is
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An old Vermonter was remarkably well e
' informed, but so very lazy that the new a
i pastor asked him how he had contrived c
to learn so suroh. He replied. "I just
heard it?here and t tere?and I was too l<
> lazy to. forget it."
THE STATE PORT P
YOUR HOME
AGENT SAYS
SCHEDULE
Thursday, Nov. 7th. Calabash
!ulb meets at community center
t 2:30 p. m.
Friday November 8th. County
'ederation Meeting at Bolivia:
icnic supper at 6:30. program at
:00.
Monday Nov. 11th. 10:00 a. m.
leat canning demonstration at
ustom house. Wilmington: 3:30
. m. Antioch Club meets with
frs. John Cox.
Tuesday November 12th. Exum
'lub meets at 2:30. The Service
lub will not meet this night due
> a conflict with Bolivia school
ctiuties.
Wednesday November 13th. Ash
lub meets at 4:00 with Mrs.
elma Hewett.
NOVEMBER PROGRAM
Song, "America The Beautiful":
The American's Creed", in unim:
roll call and minutes, secreiry;
plans for December proram;
beautifying the home
round, home agent; song. "Silent
fight"; Christmas gift suggesons.
clothing leader, foods leadr,
home beautification leader;
Tapping gifts attractively, vice
resident; club stunt, recreation
ader.
SERVICE CLUB BANQUET
The district service club banaet
will be held at Kenansville
riday night. November 8th, at
:00. Brunswick county members
re urged to attend.
MATTRESS REPORT
148 mattresses have been made
t Bolivia work room since it
aened October 14th'.
The families receiving these
;em quite pleased and much in rest
is manifested in the proct
from all sections of the
junty.
Persons planning to make ap
lication for 1941 mattresses
lould not delay. Forms have
;en mailed to all farm families,
id other families desiring one
lay secure application blanks
om the farm or home agent,
pplications should be mailed to
[rs. Lucy White, treasurer, matess
project, Supply, N. C.
WASHINGTON
LETTER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6?Now
lat the elections are over, ofcialdom
is desperately striving
future course. This week is obi
obtain the proper bearings for
ously a season of post-mortems
id valiant attempts at explanaons.
The balloting is too recent
id the returns too scattered at
lis juncture, to gauge the trend
' policies for the next four years,
iber-minded leaders of all facons
realize the urgent necessity
ir restoring at least a semblice
of unity so foreigners will
it misconstrue the actual purises
of such democratic proisses
as free balloting.
It will require considerable
me and thought to measure the
:tual reckonings of the hustings.
clearer picture of what transred
in various election areas
ill be available when the "Lame
uck" Congress assembles Novnber
18 at the expiration of
le current recess. Judging from
le pre-election charges, it seems
kely that a wave of investigaons
into certain phases of camlign
management will be in or
sr. Aireaay existing senate ana
ouse Committees charged with
jrifying the balloting have comaints
of abuses which will need
,udy to provide political alibis
nothing more. It is inevitable
lat the political distempers canit
be alleviated overnight. Many
aders have been unhorsed by
le people as a result of this
eek's voting. And, veteran polIcosdo
not perform like the
rabs in folding their tents and
lently steal away in the night.
Inasmuch as one of the con oversies
of the political camlign
had to do with the status
! defense, it is interesting to
jserve a tendency on the part
' Defense Commission officials
) remove all brakes. There is no
lestion that politics played
jcks and drakes with defense
lanning since early summer. Now
lat the people have spoken it
jems that the defense authories
are actively pushing plans
ley held in reserve solely beluse
of partisan implications. It
reliably reported that the
ighly-touted priority system,
hich has been kicked around
ithin the Defense Commission
ir several weeks, will be invok1
shortly as a means of speedig
the output of essential deinse
materials. Congress voted
iepuate authority for this purDse
in various defense measures.
So much emphasis was laid
i this country's eventual particiition
in the war during the camaign
that the gravity of the sitution
relative to defense prepariness
has been highly accentute.
As a consequence, the plan
> invoke priority powers Is taken
3 insurance against delays in
roviding munitions and other
rar materials. The current talk
i that early priorities will be imosed
on behalf of industries suplying
the government with critiU
items of defense, such as
irplanes, armament and ships,
lemands of the government en>rced
through priorities Is likely
) require building up atklll tonal
lanufacturing capacity to sup&
1L0T. SOUTHPORT. N. C.
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accept no responsibility. Contributions
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.APPRECIATION*
Nov. 4, 1940
Editor
State Port Pilot
"This past week has brought to
Brunswick county the most out-J
standing group of outdoor writers
that ever assembled in North
! Carolina. It has been a great
thing for this section of the state,
! for the whole state, and it is only
j fitting that a few words of ap[
preciation should be said of those
! who cooperated in making the
, visit a great event.
I Perhaps first in service render-1
I ed and expense entailed was the
| Department of Conservation and
' Development. Paul Kelly. Bob i
Thompson. J. C., Baskerville, Billj
I Baker and the officers of the
patrol boat Hatteras did everything
they could do.
Second in the service that de-)
serves appreciation was Mr. H.
H. Tnomas of Fort Caswell. He
fed and slept the entire body of
| officers and directors and some
; guests without charge. On two
or three occasions they were
served dinners or lunches away
from the lodge, but Mr. Thomas
cheerfully bore the lions share
of expense and he is entitled to
j great credit.
Frank O. Sherrill, owner of
i Bald Head Island, is also deserving
of appreciation for a cruise
, to sea on his yacht, a visit to
Bald Head Island, another cruise
i to Wilmington and for luncheon.
| Charles Matthews, the Sherrill
manager on the island, was also
ever ready to do everything he
| could.
Col. Earl I. Brown stood by, |
| ready for any service that might;
j contribute to the pleasure and j
IVIIILt UtllUllVllk W1 UU
When one gets down to indi-1
, vidual cases, no man made great- \
er effort than Churchill Bragaw
of Orton Plantation. With Mr.
Sprunt in the background and in'
whole-hearted sympathy with
Bragaw's efforts, a deer hunt,
fishing etc., was staged at Orton
and a splendid luncheon was,
served. Not content with having I
the guests at Orton, Bragaw was
always in close proximity ready
to answer any call for personal
service.
To wind up, I want to say that
I am especially appreciative of
the efforts and personal sacrifices
made by local men towards
entertaining the recent visitors to
North Carolina.
W. B. Keziah, Executive sccretai-y,
Brunswick County Chamber
of Commerce.
ply the Army and the Navy. No1
blanket priorities are anticipated
just now, as it is proposed to
handle shortages by consideration
of individual cases. A priorities,
list when it is finally made public
will have a direct bearing on the
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At the instance of Mr. Clarence Crapon, one I
of the greatest dog-lovers in this section, Breman I
Furpless made a special effort to book "The Busquit
Eater." for the Amuzu. It is an heart-throbbing
story of a boy and his outlawed bird dog
and is on Wednesday and Thursday of this week
. . . Add dog notes: Sam Bennett recently bought
a pomeranian pup. The only other one we know
of in the county is owned by Miss Annie May
Woods ide.
Alex Bogie, who has done plenty of deer hunting,
missed two bucks twice each Saturday while
out with the visiting outdoor writers. He'll have
to move over and make room for Claud McCall
and W. T. Fulwood, though, for they are recent
misses . . . Charlie Farrell, Greensboro photographer,
was here for the wee{c-end. So were a
lot of other very good cameramen, but when the
shots are developed, we'll wager that Fan-ell's
will put the others in the shade . , . Speaking of
pictures, John Boyd Finch really is serious about/
this business of photography. Sold his two saxaphones
and bought himself some developing equipment.
He's done some mighty nice work too.
(Free ad.)
FOOTBALL REVUE: This week you can have
Duke's 41-7 rout of Ga. Tech or the sound whipping
the Fordham Rams laid on the Tar Heels,
but we'll take Davidson'? amazing fourth-quarter
surge for ours. Trailing 12-0 going into the final |
stanza, the Wildcats racked up four lightning- i
everyday lives of most citizens, of 1942 which mi
During the last war the rat- by the House Appi
ing of a business on tne official mittee, although
priorities list had a psychological fiscal questions wi
effect on the exemptions or de- the next regular s
ferments in the draft. If a man at all certain tha
was employed in an industry re- remain in sessioi
garded as non-essential his convenes a fortni
chances of deferment or exemp- people look upon
tion were automatically lessened, a legislative body
Defense officials expect much I with men repudiat
criticism when the priorities are with skepticism,
established because manufacturers! nullifies the tram
will know, at least, whether their |''Lame Duck" law
products are to be classed as
luxuries, as necessities or for de-;B> .1 1*
fense MetflOCllSt
Once this priority board starts
to function it will exercise tre-! Qoeeinn T
mendous powers, both directly kJVOolUIl 1
and indirectly, affecting all; _____
branches of American life. It will p-ffu *
be made up, in a way, from the .1?., e"Ue ,
defense group with four or fivej Wilmington ^
from each industry sitting in as! Or Annual C
industrial advisors. It is rumored
that each group will be made up' WILMINGTON,
of one from the Army, one from fc"? the second an
the Navy, one from the industry, the North Carolini
+ PViiii
one industrial consumer ana a w..v.
neutral who will serve as admin- be held at the
istrator for that group. It seems Methodist Church
unlikely that frantic appeal to'day, November 7,
legislators or politicians will have j day, November 1C
much influence in changing the der way, local M<
classifications once the defense said tonight,
experts rate the importance of] Bishop Clare F
various business to the defense assigned to the
effort. Methodism in Ea
Notwithstanding the shocks of will preside over
the elections, the routine business as president,
ot government must proceed. De- Approximately 7
partmental officials are working the conference ai
on budgets for the fiscal year,attend the annual
MBlHi
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WEDNESDAY, NOVrMEFP , B
LY NEWS - |
like touchdowns for a 27 12 " " ?>^R
lege of Kentucky. Five thousand hr>rr<. ' ?
day fans were delirious. They got r?!t ,r ~^B
books to discover just when Tech hr... ^
bling Wrecked as badly as the R ,, tv ,-il^R
".is
Saturday. That game is a tra.iiti-.rial one-t?^Rl
down-margin affair. Even Kay Kv..
didn't do the Tar Heel cause t H
Fordham's mighty Rams, and Ca: !ma v,-/
for the third time this season. H. -and-cold ivBH
Forest was on again against Gi ige Ws'. -'Wl
Friday night and won. 15-0. State Co:ieg7uB|
20-6, to Furman, and this is another week
Best crack we've heard lately was or,e " B
Hawk made Friday while he an the r,
writers were guests aboard Frank Sherrills -H
After a cruise, the yacht anchors; iff th<because
some of the men abo .
ashore for an exploring expedition. ' Go ,,, 'Hj
Lousy Clowns," said Hawk. "All y ;; uVt$ yr'^H
dreamed of getting a chance to n on a .^Ej
boat like this, and now that you're or. it Ta. jjB
some danged fool talk you bit .
walking on the beach." . . . There was a
going on last week while Lum Gaskill. rs^B
coast guardsman of Oak Island was arour.i -^B
be intervened. In telling about it later he sa;-IB
1 _ J .s sk.? V- - Hal
nau une ui uiem ui my icil nanu and the <vj^9S
one In my right hand and held them apart. T^B
didn't touch, each other, but they mighty -Sri
beat me to death." Blessed be the peacerr.aiten^H
oat be studied [body, which compidses~thT^B
opriations Com- "nite,d Methr"; N'S
' I Carolina.
some of these Rev c D Barclifl
11 be shunted, to i of p,fth Avenue Chunh,
esslon. It is not conference host pastor a- t^l
t Congress will | Rev w A Cade for fjvc "
1 when it re- djgtrict superintendent of th-'w^E
ght hence. The mington District as host si>^|
the doings of jntendent. M
, so constituted (Q
ed at the polls. North Carolina had a sever^B
which largely reduction in traffic
sactions of 'he y,e fjr3t eight months of
makers. year, compare : with the '.IE
period for last year. SH
Otinn Rocky Mount police have
S UDen gistered more than 2.100
- j this year. M
DUTSQuy "That's a good lookirg
Church Of "I bought it five years ji;^H
To Be Place had it cleaned three times c l-j^R
invention ed it twice in restaurants *
it s still as good as new. Wm
Nov. 4.?Plans * ~~ 9
nual session of ''JustfM Burf'f
, inference of widow Jones started up tlx tfl
ch, which will 10 the a'tar, every light 'dMI
Fifth Avenue church went out." 9
here on Thurs- "What did they do then! Mgj
through Sun- "Kept right or. ting
I, are now un- widow 'knew the way."
ethodiat leaders . . SB
Greatest wind velocity ev
tircell, recently corded atop White-face moi
leadership of! New York, was 1-14 miles
stern Carolina, hour. jnfl
the conference
The doldrum. an ocean
00 members of high temperatuies and treqiu^H
:e expected to t dead calms, extend 15 -iept^H
session of the ' north and south of the equator.H|
n apartment, I
1 Ads. You'll
artised there. SB
t you desire gflj
, look in the
e and educa- aSc
child, put an
Throughout
ain friendly" jffl
e. A Classifi- 9
assified Ada. gg
requirements m
ne and futile MB
or "Position H
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