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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
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NATIONAL DITORIAL_
|Q41 W ASSOCIATION
Wednesday, May 14, 1941
A lot of times a bookworm hatches out
to be a bookkeeper.
We hope that during this war it will
be possible for people to learn to be patriotic
without being intolerant.
Local Talent
We readily agree with what Principal
W. R. Lingle, of Southport high school
had to say before the baccalaureate sermon
Sunday morning about the choice of
local ministers by the seniors during the
past two years to fill this place in their
commencement program.
We believe that this practice was more
than justified by the straight-from-theciimilrier.
commonsense sermon that Rev.)
A. L. Brown preached.
Also in this connection we wish to commend
the choice of the Shallotte high
school seniors in asking Rev. R. $. Herrison,
pastor of Trinity Methodist church,
to deliver their baccalaureate address.
Reports indicate that he made a mighty
fine impression out there.
With men of this calibre available at
home, we fail to see the wisdom or the
necessity of going far afield for preaching
talent.
What We Need
We talked for a while Sunday night
with Don Carpenter and Bob Wilson, two
Washington, D. C., sports writers, about
Southport and the things this section
needs most to bring about the full development
of its possibilities for tourists
and sportsmen.
Their uncompared verdict tallied in
two respects. Each said we needed more
and better boats; each said we need
more and better hotel facilities.
Until these improvements are made,
our full development is definitely circumscribed.
Overheard
We were in one of the public eating
places of the county. So were a number
of people whom we didn't know.
"Do you see what I see," one of them
seated behind me asked somebody at his
table.
"What" ?
X licit VIKlUt V VOlt OI^ll Vll HIV
wall."
"Yeah. Wonder what's it doing up
there?"
"This must be a grade C cafe," his
companion very wisely concluded.
"The food looks o.k.," one diner admitted.
"Tastes good, too."
"I looked in the kitchen, Looks pretty
good out there. But I don't like it, though.
Why, at home a place with grade C rating
couldn't stay in business."
Right you are, brother. And they won't
be able to stay in business here if you
and others like you will just insist upon
the guarantee of a "Grade A Cafe" sign
that your food and your surroundings are
strictly sanitary.
.
Well Deserved Honor
Columbus people will rejoice at the
news that J. N. Coburn, executive vicepresident
of the Waccamaw Bank &
Trust Company here, has been named
third vice-president of the North Carolina
Bankers Association which means
that he will become president in 1944.
In conferring this honor upon the
Whiteville man, the bankers of North
Carolina have selected a man who is
well-deserving of it, and one who will
fulfill the duties of office creditably and
with dignity.
Mr. Coburn is a forward-looking, progressive
citizen who has done much for
the up-building of Whiteville and Columbus
county, and this new honor merely
affords him a wider field for his energetic
endeavors.
By his selection a section of the state
which has not often shared in the honors
conferred by the State Association, has
?
been given the proper recognition.
We join the people of Columbus county
in congratulating Mr. Coburn on this
new honor, and further congratulate the
Association for being able to have a man
of Mr. Cobum's caliber and ability at the
helm in such trying times as these.
Doing A Fine Job
We feel sure that no person who attended
the "Know Your CCC" Banquet
at Camp N. C. P-73 near Bolton Friday
night .left without a clearer conception
of the undertakings and accomplishments
of this organization, which is doing so
much for American youth today.
There cannot be any doubt left but
that the Civilian Conservation Corps is
doing more than conserving the forests,
wild life and other natural resources of
[this country?it is building men at the
same time.
President Roosevelt conceived the idea
for the CCC in 1939, when young men
who rightfully should have been engaged
in gainful employment were pounding the
pavements of the large cities, and bumming
about from town to town, unable
to find work.
The original purpose of the CCC was
two-fold: First, to give these young men
something to do, and at the same time
put them under discipline and training
for the building of fine, strong bodies,
and the moulding of sturdy, stalwart
characters; and secondly, to protect .the
forests and Wild life, and the other natural
resources of the nation.
In these objectives the Civilian Conservation
Corps seems to have achieved
its original purposes well. Today young
men between the ages of 17 and 23 years
of age are being afforded the opportunity
of earning a livelihood in the CCC
Camps, and at the same time build up
strong bodies and sturdy characters.
This age?17 to 23 years of age?is
the danger period for most young men?
a time when they might be most subject
to get into mischief. Court records bear
that out.
The CCC has done much to reduce the
ranks of the criminal element by affording
thousands upon thousands of boys
and young men the chance to earn a livelihood
at a time when the fire of youth
in them makes idleness a dangerous
thing.
Right now there is an opportunity for
an unlimited number of enlistments in
the CCC. It seems that there are hundreds
of youths in Columbus county who
could profit by enrolling in the corps.
Shears And Paste
EAST OF SUEZ
New York Times
Two votes of confidence were cast yesterday
in London. The House of Lords, after the
recent sharp questions and hot criticisms of
the conduct of the war in the Near East, gave
a unanimous expression of confidence in the
prime minister. In the House of Commons
debate Foreiern Secretary Eden, against whom
most of the opposition fire was directed, placed
much emphasis in his address on the attitude
of Turkey, in which he professed complete
confidence. "I am sure," he said, "that
loyalty to their alliance to this country will
be the basis of the Turkish government's policy."
Since Mr. Eden's long and close contact
with Turkish leaders should enable him to
speak with authority, it may be hoped that
this assurance is justified. His effort to range
Turkey into a military bloc with Yugoslavia
and Greece came within an inch of success,
and failed because Britain was unable to deliver
the military equipment the Turks demanded.
Therefore he knows better than any
one the vital implications of "the immense
step forward by the United States in deciding
t* send ships to the Red Sea."
Whether Turkey can be swung back now,
when the Nazis have occupied Thrace and the
islands at the entrance to the Dardanelles, is
the key question in the Mediterranean campaign.
It is not answered; and as the great
temblor begins to shake the Middle East, stirring
the uneasy ground not only in Iraq and
the neighboring Arab states, but in Iran and
Afghanistan?Turkey's allies and Russia's
hinterland?new elements enter into the wavering
equation. This is clear in Ankara's attempt
to stop the fighting in Iraq before it
spreads. It may have something to do with
Stalin's lightning action in displacing his
faithful henchman, Molotoff. Turkish caution
is the reflection of caution in Moscow; if
they act, they will act together. The primary
interests of both powers are Asiatic rather
than European, and therefore their policy is
more likely to be affected by thunder east of
Suez than by the forked lightnings in the
west. This gives special interest to Mr. Eden's
vote of confidence in Turkey as the war
moves into a zone so different from the last
that it is almost a new dimension.
THE STATE PORT PIU
F1SHERM I
' BY Bli.i KEJilAH 1
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So far as we cohld see the 1
j ratio in the parties of sportsmen '
(from Wilmington and elsewhere '
going to Bald Head Island for <
the surf casting, has been made I
up of two parts tackle and dun- 1
nage and -one part sportsmen. |1
We base this conclusion on the, J
fact that we often have to help f
I carry the tackle and dunnage to j'
and from cars to boat docks.
Bill,, Berry of Wilmington, 1
Bill Baker of Raleigh and Bill '
Keziah of Southport met on a \
Southport fishing dock at mid- f
night Saturday night. Tom,
Dick, Harry, Wilbur, Pete and J
Charley were also there. Being
an outdoor man has its compensations,
you call everybody <
by their first names or just c
any old thing you please. s
From our good friend J. E. 1
Dowd of the Charlotte News s
comes an expression of gratifica-1a
tion at the receipt of some fish- jc
ing pictures for publication; the ?
plea that we send him more of k
the same, sad supplication that we r
please wet a line for a fellow ?
who has never been able to do f
much fishing on his own account. 1
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, re- j
member him as the Maryland
sportsman who hung his days
shoot of quail in his open
bedroom window nere last win- a
ter, and was awakened early in j,
the morning by a tame crow ^
sitting on the window ledge, r
politely asking if he could have a
have some quail, showed up at j,
the camp of the Jungle Cock ^
in Matyland last week with a a
mud carp, which he claimed to ^
have caught with a fly rod.
In agreeing to a certain con- a
cession with regard to Orton Pond u
and sportsmen, J. Lawrence f
Sprunt, last week, made a real f
sporting gesture. Further details
regarding the matter will appear u
in this issue of The Pilot, or in 3
an early issue. It suffices to say n
here that Orton Plantation, a F
wonderful advertising asset to ti
Brunswick county and eastern li
North Carolina, will be still more u
valuable through certain fishing si
activities. si
Boats and more boats, for p
both the Gulf Stream and offshore
fishing. That will be the ci
need at Southport this year, ds
Captain Victor Lance with the ft
Tarobil for the Gulf Stream g
will be here from Florida very ft
soon now. The Empress from h
Morehead City is also being expected
daily. The Sea Gull, un- bi
dergoing rebuilding for the past ej
two months, will be in commis- di
sion next week. Even with qi
these additions to the already fi
active craft, there will be need c<
of more and more boats this 01
year. ir
Through his splendid service to 0|
guests Captain H. T. Bowmer 01
has built up a good and almost
exclusive passenger carrying busi- cj
nes between Southport and Bald n
Head Island. This business is jj
growing rapidly. Sometimes his g
nme trail, nas 10 snuiue DacK S(
and forth with loads of guests p
several times daily. The friendly
and accommodating spirit shown g,
by Captain Bowmer and other _
Southport boatmen towards those
who employ them is doing much v
towards making Southport known bi
afar as a friendly town. s'
Via Don N. Carpenter, a e;
passenger on the Sea Girl of a
Captain H. T. Watts, we received
Saturday the first in- "
coming mail of this season via b
fishing front for posting at the t?
local office. Among the big b
packet of letters sent in by
the officers and crew of the
Frying Pan lightship was a
letter from our good friend,
Captain Karl J. Tarstensen. He
advised us that? the first barracuda
of the year seen at the
ship was sighted on April 25th.
The Skipper and crew of the
Frying Pan are always glad to
see the Southport fishing boats
running down on them as they
keep their lonely watch.
Bill Creech and Fred Fulford
have been giving good service to
their fishing parties going out
aboard the Mary Frances. We
have interviewed several of their
parties this season and all were
pleased at the efforts Bill and
Fred made to give them good
service. The Mary Frances is a
good and comfortaBie boat for
fishing offshore. a
The E. M. Lewis, two years
ago the main thing here in
Gulf Stream fishing boats, has
been purchased recently by
Monroe Barnhill. This is a good
boat with a good engine and
is now nicely fitted out for offshore
fishing. The boat was
formerly owned by Sam Watts,
deceased. During past seasons
she was in charge of Capt.
H. T. Watts, and later owned
and operated by his brother,
Donnie Watts.
The Sea Gull, owned by Dr.
Hyatt, has been launched from
m
3lT. SOUTHFORT, w. c.
YOUR HOME
AGENT SAYS
POULTRY SUGGESTIONS i
Help the ftens Do Their Part!;
n National Defense: Secretary of!
Agriculture, Claude R. Wickard, j5
las launched a nation-wide drive 1
:o produce every possible egg!<
rom present laying flocks this
spring and summer. The effort is *
i part of the nation's determin- 1
ition to assure ample food sup- ?
dies for the United State, Great (
3ritian and other nations reslstng
aggression. It has been point- '
d out, the goal can be achieved
>artly by ample feeding?begin- j
ling immediately?and partly by
illing up the nation's poultry 1
louses to capacity with laying '
lirds this fall. Attention was fur- i
her called to the fact that feed ,
lupplies are plentiful and prices
noderate, and the Dept. of Agri- 1
:ulture has announced it will sup- I
>ort long term egg prices at an
iverage of about 22c (Chicago
lasisj until June 1943, a figure c
vhich should make egg produc- s
ion profitable. h
Every farm family in North I
Carolina should produce enough k
ggs every week in the year to
tupply eggs every day for every t
nember of the family, as well as c
lome surplus for National Defense i a
iway from home. This can be I v
lone with very little trouble and
xpense. In this May Poultry | p
Suggestion Sheet we wish to | a
nake the following seasonal sug-1 b
jestions for improving the ef-1 c
iciency of your home poultry j ii
lock in order that you may par-1 d
icipate more fully in Home and j
National Defense: : b
1. Don't sell out the flock, but I s
ull out instead. As soon as the' t'
omb and wattles of a hen shrink n
;nd turn pale indicating that she ' t
las stopped laying, remove her t
rom the flock for food, for can-11<
ling or for market. Where flocks j a
re well fed, any bird that quits
lying before ,September should j I
e removed from the laying flock |
nd a pullet grown to replace |
er.
2. Use good feed and feed just |
s regularly as when egg prices
,'ere higher. Keep the laying /
lock cool and well supplied with
resh water.
3. Treat the roost poles with
sed motor oil at least once every
weeks to control or prevent red
lite infestation in the hen house,
bcamine some birds occasionally e
0 see if they are infested with 1
ce. If they are, treat the birds i{
ith a good lice powder such as c
odium fluoride or use a nicotine t.
alphate product on the roost _
oles according to directions.
4. Plant summer green feed
rops nbw; such as soybeans, Suin
Grass, small grains or rape ''
>r both the farm flock and the o
rowing crop of pullets. Green ll
:eds cut feed bills and improve ci
ealth of the flock. d'
5. Dispose of or pen the male w
irds so as to produce infertile _
?gs, as they keep much better
uring hot weather. Cool the eggs
uickly after they are gathered
om the nest and keep them
001 while they are being held
a the farm. Such practices will
nprove the flavor and quality
r the eggs and will prevent loss
f many eggs as inedibile.
6. Keep the growing pullets on
lean land where no chickens have
inged for the past year until
ley are ready to lay, and a
reat loss of birds from such di:ases
as range paralysis may be
revented.
7. Avoid letting your pullets
pt tnn hnt- n.Q it nnnarpntlv
?? ? - -ri ? "v
ie Frazier boat shop, where she
ras rebuilt. Work on her is now
sing- rushed to completion and
ie will be ready for service
tther on the gulf or offshore in
few days. In addition to havlg
been enlarged she is having
lany improvements as a fishing
oat. A ship to shore phone syssm
is among the improvements
j be installed.
Joe Hrooks, Jr., Maryland
sportsman- and manager of the
Camp of the Jungle Cock for
the Outdoor Writers Association
of America, writes us that
the recent meeting of the camp
was a great success, about 250
of the outdoor writers being
present. As the society editors
say, a great time was had by
all. Joe is kind of hankering
for another trip to Southport
sometime this summer. He tells
us some pleasing news in that
Hammond Brown, the No. 1
Outdoor man on the Baltimore
News, is now able to return to
his home after being ill in the
hospital for several weeks:
Brown is a swell guy for
whom we entertain a genuine
effection and admiration.
We never argue with a lady
.nd perhaps that is the reason
rtiy Postmaster L,. T. Yaskell
ook his wife on a freshwater
ishing trip Saturday, He came
lome and told us that he hooked
wo bass that must have weighed
0 or 20-pounds apiece?no such
ish has ever been caught?and
rave both his wife and Captain
. B. Bussells as reference to his
:laim of the size of the fish,
["hey both broke the line and got
way. In a fish story we would
10 more believe Captain Bussell
han we would believe Yaskell.
3hooey to both of them, and to
15 or 20-pound bass.
L*.
- NOT EMC
.
There wero fourteen visitors from Washington,
3. C., present at one time in the lobby of Miller
Sotel Sunday night. Don Carpenter and Bob Willon,
who, through their fishing columns are chiefy
responsible for their presence, were among the
froup. Only boats and accommodations limit the
food they can do this community, they say . . . I
Merchants of the town have adopted Britain's I
slogan of "Business As Usual" while local stores
lave been torn up for repairs and improvements
n meat departments.
Citizens of Shallotte?and of several other secions
in that part of the county?were blanketed
lown with a dense cloud of smoke from forest
'ires over the week-end . . . That hardsurfaced
oad to Long Beach really moves thnt resort into
:he suberbs of Southport. We hear that the Buie j
mothers of Red Spr ings arc going to run the I
ravilion this year.
The Flower Show committee is in the market !
auses an itching of the skin re- [ Our doctors wh<
ulting in the feather picking serve Britain in
iabit getting started in the flock., who meet the ri
>rovide plenty of ventilation to ments, will be elij
:eep the house cool. duty with the Roj
8. If picking starts in the flock,j cal Corps or the
he addition of one or two per-, of the Emergency
ent more salt to the mash for . ice. As officers
few days only may stop it, j they may choose <
without dantage to the birds. j serve, whether it
9.Avoid overcrowding the sexed Cairo or Burma.
iullets. Give them double the be to work side
mount of room that would have British doctors in
-een provided had straight runj0f military casuall
hicks been purchased, as remov- (elect to serve ar
rrg the cockerels would have be assigned duty
oubled the room. Hospitals and first
10. Select breeding cockerels bomb-wrecked are:
efore any fryers are sold. Don't front.
ell fryers too light in weight or Great Britain's
he most profitable gain will be sion is fighting d<
Hissed. If the fryers lose appe- against insuperabli
116 vvnen on an au-inoau iauun, j nonie num. m cju?
ry feeding a little cracked yel-1 land doctors are
nv corn late each afternoon j without rest. Bon
fter they are 5 to V weeks old. lation centers li
'their task, limitir
> \T 1 I free to serve at 1
Britain Needs 1 0?
UP r\ , j Gilbralter to the
. o. iJoctors! the fast m?xemcni
created acute prol
? ain's Royal Army
American Red Cross Asks former wars r
U. S. Doctors To Volun- attached to troops
teer For Service With handle large numl
Royal Army Medical ties in base hospil
Corps British doctor at
els virtually on i
The British Red Cross has ask- up his equipment
d the American Red Cross for night and moving i
,000 young doctors. So pressing to a new theatre
i Britain's need for more medi-. the limited facilil
al men, support of this under- j units, more docto
iking has been freely given by | than in previous <
resident Roosevelt and Govern- j Aside from the 1
lent officials directly connected . of sending doctors
rith our own medical defense j coutingent of An:
rograms. From Washington has j will return to An
one out the request for Selec- J valuable experience
ve Service Boards to give spe- cal techniques of
ial consideration to volunteer i fare. Their knowle
octors subject to military duty I may be needed so:
ith our own troops. defense of our owi
PRICES DRASTICALLY
CUT FOR QUICK
ah rft _ J
WE'RE REALLY ROLLING 'EM
Our cars are right.:. our prices are right... and
will treat your pocketbook right! Come a-runnin
home bargain of the year! Every car spick and
all ready for Spring and Summer driving.
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( PRICES CUT 1 jjUt t fQ
I TO WE LIMIT! )
f . I 1D88 CHEVROL!
f '40 Deluxe FORD C one our vpry
1 Sedan .. A real I WA8 *
f Bargain. 1
/ Was $550 t
I Now $498 f Now 51
. 1988.X12.HUDS
1934 CHEVROLET Coach. A S<xxl. olean
Good car for economical ^ to ,
travel. WAS $225?
Now $200 Now $
R- D- WHIT
SHALLOTTE, N. C.
4
WEDNESDAY. MaY ^ I sB
fLY NEWS -
for a good dance band for thoii ,n ?
ing of May 30th. Something go, H <K
this . . . When he was at home i ?9
Robrt Willis, Chadboum druggn
lis know as soon as he learned | f., . H 'wj
berry Festival would be hold n: , ]jm
play. Last week he dropped u
the date is June 3rd and that R.,l> "
boys will blow. IB
This boy. Bill Baker, of the a
cf the Department of COnservati. r.
ment. is handy to have around n
visiting newspapermen present \u 1Ir.
the fact that he is a cracking g. ,j
.... County Commissioner .1 M. g ,
retail store that has about ewiytii. . : ?
ask for except candy. The re:is
sion is that his four-year-old si I
sweets, and Mr. Jesse won't nll< ! -2
to tantalize his childish appetite I j?
> are witling to'fi ] e 1
this way. and COURCl! OWGVjl i'l X
gorous require- 11
Sri " As Board Membcl I
civilian units | .
Medical Serv- Columbus Man Tokos n
of the RAMC, Of Office As
where they will The Department Of'LI 2
be Gi.bra.tar servatio|; And QJf <??
Their task will f
.... ment
by side With
the treatment ? ? K I
ties. Those who . t'ormer senator v v
s civilians will c"' VVananish. Fiii-y
with EMS in sworn in as a ? '
. aid stations in new 1{5-man Xorth - :. ^Hp
is on the home partment of Cons- vat ,
Development in Raloish a: I f
medical profcs- same time the othca r,
lath and injury , "'ere inducted into
e odds. On the Other members of th, ;; . I f
-land and Scol- are:
working days Santford Martin, < : \\ - I
tbing of popu- salem. W. Roy Hairp ra las
heightened mouth, J. L. Home ,f r'.^H'
ig the number. Mount- j. Horton ,
he front. 1 Statesville, William Cail !!. ^H'l
y front-front 0f Morganton, !> H
Middle East- ? 0f Farmville. Carroll p. n
of troops has,of -pyron Richard Tufts a !>
) m or ri " hurst, Bruce Came: on -f
Medical Corps. . . IT ,, ^^B,
,. . ?. r mington, Harry BaiK v f
nedical officers .
i were able to: F',le- W. J. Damtoft E W
aers of casual- Charles H. Jenkins ;
tals. Today the! Irvin? F- Hall of P. i' :.'i a- | *
the front trav-|0scar Brceco of Fay-ttev
vheels, picking; Following the recoi;.in
the dead of jof Governor Brought
i hundred miles j pointed them, board - I^B
of war. With elected Paul Kelly
ties of mobile1 director, appointed H'ter ;
rs are needed 0f Laurinburg as pair vars.
I sioner, and selected Sat t: 3
tumane aspects 1 Martin of. .Winstqn-F 'K HI
to Britain, this | chairman of the boa'i
terican doctors
lerica with in- Prices of lard dm
i in the medi- ing year probably wil! 1 . ^H>
modern war- thened by Government puicfc S?
dge and skills under the recently ar.noutv ^^B
me day in the | gram for support and >' ' ^H.'
i shores. | tion of hog prices.
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OUT! One look tells th9j I
our terms bargain-story! I j
and take
I span . . . 2?1936 FORD V-8 Taint | |j
Sedans. Good cars for It''' f ||
U money. WERE 8239? Hj
r you! ^ I
ET Coupe?
i??t "Specials" for
Tmfbctord j f
325 # mm
:oeC 1941 FORD Pick-Up 1
Extra Equipment. Only
4000 Miles. WAS $69?
Now $650 ;
ON Sedan. J! .
car that's K '
VAS $471? 1939 CHEV- Pick-Up. I
Excellent Mechanical I
5356 I Condition. WAS $46J I
mm Now $438 I