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PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT |ti Southport, N. G. b PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY f. JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor w stored u second-class matter April 20, 1028, at a UK Post Office at Southport, N. C., under V, the act of March 3, 1879. 0 Subscription Rates a ONE TSAR 81.60 DC MONTHS 1.00 7 THREE MONTHS .76 J NATIONAL 6DITORIAI? ti (UP. ASSOCIATION * d - ?? ti Wednesday, November 20, 1940 k . ???????? ????? e: Someone suggests that before you start ^ "Keeping up with the Jonses" make sure 0 they're going your way. T " ~ r< P. K. Thomajan has wisely said that jj, many people need a kick in the seat of y their can'ts. n Si According to the Readers Digest, ideas are funny little things. They won't work ^ if vaii rlAn'f I VI JX ? UU MVii V* * V J Tips and Topics thinks the tailor who 0, cuts girls' bathing suits should be placed p( in charge of the government budget. T Most advice is free because there isn't ej enough gold in the country to take care C( of the production. aJ . w A man is a seasoned politician when you take everything he says with a . grain of salt. At the same time, some people want to *e borrow everything from you but trouble. SJ . ic Important Visitors as - fi. Times may be dull, but things of tre- bl mendous importance are nappening daily right before our very eyes, things that 11 will sooner or later bring about the de- er velopment of this territory on a scale j* which many of us have long dreamed. First came the directors of the Outdoor ( cp Writers Association of America, represen- ? tatives of large newspapers in big cities, 0 who came and saw, then went home to write about Southport. Next were individ- ** ual representatives of large newspapers, who followed this same plan, continuing the spread of news about Southport's possibilities. et Latest visitor was Carl Goerch, editor eJI ? l*ii of The State Magazine, who spent his entire radio half-hour Sunday night extolling the virtues of this section. th Credit for most of this favorable pub- ar licity is due to W. B. Keziah, indefatig- co able secretary to the Brunswick County c]( Chamber of Commerce. He has been doing a wonderful job of letting the world know about this territory, and some day *h his efforts are going to be rewarded. ^ su Impecunious, But Not Poor ar "Looks like a mighty hard winter for fij the folks in our community," a Brunswick er county farmer told us the other day. gx "None of us had much cotton, and we ce didn't get to sell much tobacco before the th price dropped." "Did you get your fertilizer bill paid pi off," we asked? y. 44 V r\-r\ AH no rlirl tkftf" Hp cftirl. ,i X vy> iLli Vi UO UAU ?"WVj "but there was m'ghty few dollars left over?not near enough to get through the winter." ,Wl "How's the sweet potato crop?" ce "Mighty poor," he said. "There'll be W; plenty to eat, but not so many for the h( market this fall." ^ "Did you plant a winter garden," we re wanted to know? th "The weather was too dry," he said. P* "Of course we've got collards and tur- P{ nips coming on." "Did your wife can many vegetables tj( and fruits?" 0I "I dunno. Guess so. Back in the sum- ^ mer seemed she was always doing some- ce thing in the kitchen when I wanted her g? to help with the tobacco." w "How are your hogs and chickens," our questions continued? "Won't have none for market until of spring, but there are some we plan to oa kill before Christmas." w "Got a cow?" gi "Got one milking, but the other one is sp dry. Won't freshen until spring." And there you are; an average case of sa poverty among our Brunswick county far- tic mers. True enough, money may be tight for them this winter, but they reckon wl their year's income without credit to their dc living expenses. Maybe their car will have pr to sit up for a while this winter; maybe sic a few planned luxuries wjll have to wait, th But compared to the suffering and priva- at on of people in other lands we should e giving thanks instead of complaining. We know .that no Brunswick county imily is actually going to suffer this 'inter if members of the group will make n effort to get food and firewood, for 'hile this may not be exactly the land f plenty just now, there is enough for all nd to spare. he Firemen Of London The "battle of Britain" has brought to le notice of the world a new kind of rar hero?the firemen of London. These men aren't bemedalled. They on't march about to the playing of maral music. Individually, few of them are nown. But the fact that London still (cists is largely of their doing. They take le most extreme risks calmly and withut fanfare, in the line of daily duty, hey go for days on end without sleep or jst, battling the fires the enemy's great ombs create. A considerable number of lem have died at their posts, that others light live and the seat of the Empire be ived. Here in our own country there are no ombers to devastate our cities, no longinge guns to blast at our homes and inustries and national monuments. But, all irer the nation, firemen are doing a eace-time job that should be given far lore recognition than it usually obtains, here has been many a jest concerning isy-living firemen, sitting about in their >mfortable stations, talking and yarning nd playing cards. But it isn't funny hen an engine crew must enter a burng building that may collapse into an ferno of flame any minute. It isn't funf to have to fight a great fire when the mperature is twenty below and the >ray from the nozzles turns at once to e. It isn't funny to put on masks and ibestos suits and try to control an oil re generating thousands of degrees of azing heat. The fire department is any town or disict's first line of defense against an lemy that is as destructive as war. And first-class fire department is any town's ist investment. The fire-fighters of Lon>n are making the headlines with a rvice that is as vital in peace as in time battle. ural Slutns This newspaper has long shared the ews of The News and Observer in Rab gh that the housing program should be [tended more widely to include more ral areas. There have been gigantic programs for e elimination of slums of the larger id smaller cities, but there has been mparatively little done about the slum earance in the rural areas. Slums exist in rural areas as surely as ey exist in urban areas. Figures recentquoted in The News and Observer, bstantiate this fact: "Necessary to community welfare as e the slum clearance projects in cities, jures presented by Dr. David S. Weavof State College indicate that the eatest need for assistance toward dent housing in North Carolina lies on e farm. ' "His figures, based on a survey of re esentative rural areas covering more an 10 per cent of the rural homes in e State, showed: "Nineteen per cent of the homes visited ere more than 50 years old, and 32 per int were from 25 to 49 years old. Also it as found that 95 per eent of the farm >mes were of frame construction and at 36 per cent of the houses had never ceived a coat of paint. At the time of ? survey, only 7 per cent were well rinted, so 93 per cent were in need of iint. "Seventy-five per cent of all foundarns were found to be poor; 76 per cent the doors and windows were defective; i per cent of all roofs leaked; 76 per int of all the floors needed repairs; and 5 per cent of interior walls or ceilings ere in poor condition. "Dr. Weaver said further that a fourth ' the houses lived in by owners were rercrowded and that 50 per cent of hite tenants and 70 per cent of the Nero tenants did not have sufficient living >ace to meet proper requirements. " 'A great many of these dwellings,' he id, 'are not fit even for animal occupam.' "The professor did not exaggerate hen he declared that we have a tremenius amount of work to do in solving the oblem of rural housing. But the dimen>ns of the task should hurry rather an delay the effort to do something >out it." ~ WW *v, li?M. . W. THE STATE PORT PI YOUR HOME AGENT SAYS SCHEDULE Thursday 21st, Bethel Club meets at 10:00 a. m. with Mrs W. H. Swain. Winnabow Club meets at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. J. L. Henry. Southport Club meets at 8:00 p. m. with Mrs. Melvin Lewis. Monday 25th, Shallotte Club meets at 3:30 p. m. with Mrs. Henry Stone. Tuesday 26th, Lockwoods Folly Club meets at 2:00 p. m. with: Mrs. Eunice Varnum. WINS 4-H DRESS AWARD Pleasing recognition for clothing club work in Brunswick county has come with the receipt by County Home Agent Marion S. Dosher of an award for participation in the 4-H dress revue. The award is a handsome silver medal bearing the words "County | Dress Revue", a graceful figure in a flowing costume and the 14-H insignia in bold relief. It is thumbnail size and worn with a clasp. The award will be presented to Helen Willetts of Bolivia 4-H Club at the time of the regular 4-H meeting at Bolivia school in December. Some 7 girls took part in the county revue. The state will be represented in the national revue at the time of the 19th National Club Congress in Chicago in December by a girl chosen from county winners. The trip and all other awards are given by the Chicago! Mail Order Company for the I2th season to develop the skills and; knowledge necessary to plan and1 construct suitable costumes and wear them becomingly. OLD FASHIONED THANKSGIVING DINNERS BY EDGAR A. GUEST It wasn't too much work for her in the days long ago To get Thanksgiving dinner ready for a dozen friends or so; The mother never grumbled at the cooking she must do Or the dusting or the sweeping but she seemed to smile it through, And the times that we were happiest, beyond slightest doubt, Were when Thanksgiving friends were coming and we stretched the table out. We never thought when, we were young to take our friends away And entertain them at a club or in some swell cafe; When mother gave a Thanksgiving dinner, she would plan j it all herself And feed the people that she liked, the best things on the j shelf. Then one job always fell to me, . for I was young and stout, , I brought the leaves to father ' when he stretched the table ; out. That good old-fashioned table, I can see it still today J With its legs of varnished oak ( round which I used to play; j It wasn't much to look at, not , as stylish or refined Or as costly or as splendid as , the oval modern kind, f But it always had a welcome , for our friends to sit about, And though twenty guests come, . we still could stretch it out. . I learned it from my mother? J it is foolish pride to roam, , The only place to entertain your 1 friends is right at home. Just let them in by dozens, let . them laugh and sing and . Play I And come to love and know them in the good old-fashioned way: Home's the place for friendship, home's the place where joy , may shout, And if you crowd our dining ^ room we'll stretch the table , out. j "He who thanks but with the lips j Thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving Comes from the heart." ?J. A. SHEDD THE HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING BY MISS RUTH CURRENT Governor Bradford proclaimed i the first day of thanks over three 1 hundred years ago, and it was in gratitude for 20 acres of corn, 6 acres of barley, and peas that had yielded well. Of course, other i things contributed to their gladness: the friendliness of the In- ' dians, plenty of game and food, | and new hope. There were only 55 white men and women. Friend-'", ly Massasiot with 90 Indian braves came in all their holiday : paint and feathers. From about 1630 to 1680 Thanksgiving Day was held only once in every two or three years, as Indians were attacking the settlers and they were widely scattered. In 1789, after the Revolution, Congress established a national day, naming November 26. But one by one the states began observing different days although all were in November. Finally Lincoln made it the last Thursday in November, and so it remained until last year when President Roosevelt moved it up a week as this year; however, as we all know, North Carolina still celebrates the last Thursday by proclamation of Governor Hoey. Thanksgiving is the only religious festival celebrated in the United States by virtue of the , authority of the civil government. LOT. SOUTHPORT. N. C. Writes Column About Fishing . Sportswriter Don Carpenter ^ Devoted Entire Column In Washington Paper To ; " Fishing Trip Here r To illustrate some of the work- c ings of the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce towards fi having the attractiveness of r Brunswick county more widely known, the appended story written by Don N. Carpenter, hunting and fishing editor of the tl Washington, D. C. Daily News is j being printed. . The Daily News is a Scripps- 1 Howard newspaper with a circulation of more than a hundred thou- 4 sand copies each day. Mr. Carpenter became interested in the " hunting and fishing stories that o are sent out from Southport and j decided he would come down for a three-day try at it himself. a The story is in his own words, a as it appeared in the Daily News: f, "Wilbur Moxley, George Koplin, _ Jr., Harry Seydel and I have just returned from Southport, o North Carolina. Truly an Eldor- p ado for fishermen. "Four hundred miles south of Washington, about a 10-hour drive by car, lies this unspoiled para- p disc for anglers and hunters. Counting in that Annapolis ferry fare, it costs no more than a trip y to Ocean City, Md., and you real- ti ly catch fish. "We fished part of two days | and almost needed a trailer to bring home our catch. Saturday tl evening in two hours on the Cape al Fear River we boated 1 flounder, p 1 trout, 8 kingfish, 1 perch, 3 R whip-rays, 2 skates and 4 other kinds of fish. On Bald Head (Smith Island) channel bass were biting in the surf, but we did si not have time to try them, as ja Sunday we were to go to sea sl trolling. "Early Sunday morning we left the dock on board the de luxe fishing boat, Torobill, skippered te by Capt. Victor P. Lance, veter- p an big game fishing guide. We trolled out towards our fishing grounds, the Frying Pan Shoals Lightship. On the way out Wilbur caught a bonita. f0 "As soon as we reached the lightship Harry hooked a 4-foot barracuda and just as we were H about to boat it a big shark gobbled up the prize, taking everything. In 1-hour we caught 1 36-pounJ, 42inch amber-jack, 1 barracuda, 4 tuna, 9 to 11 . pounds, 5 albacore, 8 to 12 " pounds, and lost a tuna to another shark. My amber-jack was caught on a six-ounce tip and gave me fits for almost half an hour. "We think the following reasons make Southport a gold mine for D' anglers. It's the northermost wl point the barracuda go. The w; waters are loaded with large fo shrimp, mullet, flying fish and F< inumerable other varities of food fish that attract game fish. Close ol by there are ponds and rivers full be of big black bass. Fox hunts are held weekly. Quail and deer be abound with lots of waterfowl of gi all kinds to attract the gunner. ? To top off everything, they catch fish 12 months of the year, as Southport is almost frost-free. "Accommodations are good and reasonable. Captain Bussell's tourist cabins are clean and modern. Meals at the Miller Hotel are perfect and cheap. We visited Fort Caswell nearby, where cab ins, hotels and trailer cartips have been erected on the site of a Former great military post, where many of the government buildings still remain. Here are hot salt and mineral water baths free for guests, with good surf casting 3nly a few steps away. "Our perfect host during our stay in North Carolina was William B. Keziah. Bill is a perambulating chamber of commerce. He exudes enthusiasm for his unsxploited fishing hole, and rightFully so, as the possibilities are unlimited. Without Bill Keziah, Southport would be unknown." Old Fashioned Quilting Party Mrs. T. F. Johnson entertained at her home on Tuesday of this week a number of the . ladies of this community at a quilting party, which everyone enjoyed very much. A delicious dinner was served to the following: T. H. Wolfe, A. J. Young, Ioda Miles, D. N. Mintz, J. P. Padgett, Isaac Gore, Henry Rogers, R. L. Rabon, D. E. Mitchell, R. L. Sullivan, Elwood Sullivan, E. R. Hufham, G. L. Skippr, J. P. Mills, Ebert Lanier, B. J. Mills, Jr., E. D. and Ken Milligan. The visiting babies were: Barbara Ann Sullivan, Joyce Miles, Danny Ray Mitchell, Roy D. Milligan, Edna Faye Skipper, Kenny Rogers Milligan, and Patricia Ann ~ Mills. Very earl thanksgiving days The first recorded Thanksgiving was the Hebrew feast of the tabernacules. The first English Thanksgiving was on September 8, 1588, for, the defeat of the Spanish Armada. There have been two English Thanksgivings in the past century. One was on February 27, 1872. For the recovery of the Prince of Wales from illness, the other, June 21, 1887, for the Queen's Jubilee. * - not em We saw a program for the Junior Horse Show l Wilmington, but it was not until Monday mornlg that we learned what a "musical chair" event eally is. Dr. Roy Daniel was a spectator, and ame back with tales of a game that sounds like fruit basket" played on horseback. IPs a lot of un, he says, and wants to stage one for local Iders one afternoon soon out on the ball diamond . . . Dr. J. V. Davis, Concord dentist who has een here for ten days with his fox-hounds, says hat he didn't take any chances of missing his 'hanksgiving dinner with his folks. He had his urkey before he left. PIGSKIN REVUE:?You can write Carolina's early season losses off the books, for they lean nothing now. Saturday's 6-3 upset victory ver Duke forgives all. It was a sweet victory for im Lalane and Paul Severin, and the latter went long way toward sewing up his last year's berth s All-American end. Wake Forest travelled afar or a beating, this one from Texas Tech, 12-7; tate was lucky to win over Citadel 20-14, after utplaying their lighter opponents all afternoon, lavidson's mighty midgets were too good for lampton Sidney, and won 26-0. Saturday's headner for this section is N. S. State vs. Duke at lurham. If you like Bob Hope and if you likp mystery, ou 11 find a delightful blend as the week-end atraction at the Amuzu. Its "The Ghost Breakers." AT PRESBYTERIAN Registration tak There will be two services at offices, le Presbyterian church Sunday, t 11 o'clock and at 7:30 o'clock. There 18 n.? cha' reaching will be by the pastor, connected with all ev. J. R. Potts. The Departmer warns aliens to b SURGICAL PATIENT et!5S' ? Mrs. Alfred H. Rogers of The Post Office mithfield entered Dosher Memor- ? . Department i .1 Hospital Monday for minor ass irgical attention. possible way. Earl G. , Hams* TONSILECTOMY Alien Registration Herbert Brown of Supply en- ment' suK?osts 01 red Dosher Memorial Hospital who have not ye uesday for a tonsilar operation. 80 as soon as Poa the Christmas rui FOR TREATMENT Charles McCall of Supply en- A." aIlens are al red Dosher Memorial Hospital avln^ regi e ' r treatment Monday. 9ulred to reP?rt _ their permanent re . . , rp within five days ti 'egistration To nr\ OPi 1 [Washington. Form: I Inn /hth VlUdC LUU1 | JWOC Ut? WVVMM<<A<W offices. ~~ ; No alien need liens Over 14 Years Of for the questions h Age Must Have Register- Sample registratio ed Before That Time Or show him exactly Be Prosecuted For Fail- tion he will need lire are available in al Alien registration will end on IV MEM) ecember 26 and all non-citizens A TBIB ho have not yet registered are! IN" MEMORY OF irned that severe penalties will GILBERT KEN'Dr How failure to comply with this Realizing the fi ideral law. pathy at a time Oi All aliens, 14 years of age and row, I am move der, must register in person and to express what i fingerprinted. heart. Alien cilildren, under 14, must The constant ar i registered by their parents or minders which one lardians. the weary days fc ? ^WEDNESDAY, NOV, rLY NEWS - f Paulette Goddard Ls the pretty miss whoT^H love scenes ... We never saw as many yachts at Southport during a given there were here last week. Most of them over a day or two for the lifting of the 15th hurricane insurance deadline. Don't forget to add in a dollar .luck <r. p your bill of cost for the duck season, fot caught without one may increase your considerably. They're available at the varion3V^B da offices . . . When Carolina played Cniv^y^K Richmond two weeks ago Rufus Dosher ?-j, ^Bo*> man who was bound to be plea d, win. draw. He's an ardent Carolina supp > ter. but to school at Richmond. Jack Taylor. of is another Carolinian who must have receij^RJ kick from that game. He's a junior at Rickg^^C J. W. Lancaster, when he learned Friday how much had been raised that day for the^^K' Cross, said: "Gosh, I didn't know there much cash money in Southport . . . ." Mr. \v^R* Cooker and son, Maxie, caught .W-lbs. mullets at one set the other nieht ^ ??W.VV -grg i . .. Rev. R. S. Harrison, pastor of Trinity odist church, is a comparatively new pap,. A. L. Brown, pastor of Southport BaptLst d,!^Br is a grandfather of a few months standing^R the palm goes to Rev. J. R. Potts, who is a great grandfather. ^^By es place at the time pull all the hearnS^P but the transcending ir.fiuence^^H ge of any kind his goodness will one day fet ^B.. ien registration, counting these so precious py^B, it of Justice in my rosary of memories.^^K eware of rack- The fact that so manyofc^B* bert's acquaintances, his aaj^Ej Department and ates> and his friends are of Justice will "* too have lost a friend," j^B. alien in every count his passing as a deft^Bj loss, in itself is a tribute of^E in, Director of highest order. W of the Depart- Though he has walked his t^B at those aliens earthly mile, his footprints j^B[ t registered do recorded in the sands of time ^Bp isible and avoid | there, as he walked along sh at the post' wa>'^ are recorded also, in^^B minds of his loved ones i^B* so warned that, J friends, cherished memories .: they are re-1 truly good man. a peace-lori^^H any change in kind-hearted, charitable man. Ilk sidence address His great love of flowers j the Immigra- lature in their all-embracing ation Service of luence, his meticulous can if Justice in every detail in a well ordei^B s for this pur- home and life, his absolute a^B le at all post unwavering honesty in his r^B. tionships with mankind hare be unprepared a lofty standard worthy of e e will be asked, tion. B n forms which Yes, I have lost a friend what informs- passing auti nvciiiy-nyc at registration of association leaves me si^Ki 1 post offices, these profound memories. rne^B . ories of experiences which ^^B 3RICM, , shall relive again and again utk retrospect, experiences which hs^H MY FRIEND given me a fuller, richer life, tLL MESSICK Saying this. I acknowledge utlity of sym- debt to him. the payment f pain and sor- which with this tribute. unfortu^K d nevertheless, ately. could not have been nu^^B X feel in my toi balance the book of his until the last page had been tui^H id repeated re- ed and the cover reverently cto^Hj encounters in Sincerely. |R 'Howing such a JOHN D. ERIKSE&BK' ^ I ^ c<' \ I i
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