I I ^ACE TWO | THE STATE PORT PILOT i Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY j JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor State red ai second-clmm? imttw April 20, 1828, at 11 Uu> Post Office at Southport, N. C., under V the act of March 3, 1879. c Subscription Rates ' DNS YEAR 31.80 V I BIX MONTHS 1.00 g THREE MONTHS .76 q ~ * " a NATIONAL EDITORIALnil W ASSOCIATION F U IT */yUmStA^ c * n ,i Wednesday, August 13, 1911 p _____ Sl Well, at least the weather of the past a week has afforded a hot topic for con- n vorsation. n i p AJ lot of folks had just as soon have the hand that feeds them be used to pat j them on the back. h By believing only what they want to ^ belidve, some people try to preclude unpleasant truths. _??????? Evidence to the contrary notwithstand- ^ ing, y ou probably will -be happier carrying a chip on your shoulder than wearing your heart on your sleeve. w , A jsucker is a fish who thinks he's the only (one who sees a worm that has been 1 dangling in plain view of his fellows. ol There is an intriguing interest in the 01 other fellow's business that seems stran- Cl gelv (absent from our own. w M( by our truly rich men came as a by-product j of a business empire they were building. n< 01 Reason Enough si st l| A tfriend of ours was telling us the 'y -l 1 J.... F..,'A Iiig ivlirk UGArl IHIICl UCl \ (lUUUl thing from Japan we cannot do withit. Mrs. America may have to foregc 11 1 1 * U- - j ik siocKings in me iuture, anu use suuitutes such as nylon, but that can hardbe considered a great hardship. From the purely military point of view, ipan has quite a job on her hands. The ar in China seems as far from conclusn as ever, and involves a tremendous ain on Japanese resources?men as ell as materials. Britain is no weakling the Far East, and the Churchill governent is taking as fough a line with Japan >w as we are. In the event of actual jstilities, full naval collaboration be,'een England and the United States will idoubtedly be immediately effected, >me think that this country should base lips at the great Singapore base now, nere is little doubt that Britain would ve enthusiastic permission if the right do this were requested. There is also talk to the effect that itler may persuade Japan to attack Asiic Russia. That isn't regarded too highby the military experts. However, those ho know the Japanese character think very possible that the Nipponese war rds may have finally decided to shoot e works, even if that eventually indved national suicide, and the reduction Japan to the status of a third-class iwer. 'he Gasoline Cur jew It now appears that Petroleum Coordiitor Ickes plan to have gasoline stations 1 along the Eastern Seaboard observe curfew, closing at 7 p. m. and remaing closed until 7 a. m. failed miserably ' its purpose?that of reduction of gasine consumption. Figures showed that the first week of e gasoline curfew the sales of gasoline the affected areas were considerably gher than in the preceding week. Yet the curfew did accomplish one ling. It has showed an eager willingness \ the part of the filling station owners rid operators in this section to do theii art toward aiding in the national demse. But it appears now that rationing : gasoline is not far in the offing. Some people are asking why there is possibility of the price of gasoline being dvanced to 30 cents a gallon. From the sst advices we have been able to obtain, lis comes as a result of the prospect oi itioning?the filling station operator, ecause of decreased volume of business, ill have to claim a bigger profit in orer to keep open. That's just one guess, owever. At any rate, it now seems that Mr. :kes will have to resort to more drastic leasures than the curfew before there's ny real reduction in the gasoline conimption effected. If you have an inkling of some choice it of gossip, be sure you don't spill it ir le wrong place. THE STATE PORT P "Personal ?? ! < s Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Moore ! i t and children have returned tc ; . Morgan City, La., after visiting relatives here for several weeks. e j Mrs. Wade _ Brown, of Smith- 1 t jville, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. < ] jDosher last week-end. ; Mrs. Hazel Coker, of Kenely, \ visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Do- , sher last week end. , S Dr. L. G. Brown, of Charleston, ! ,S. C., visited here last week. I Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sellers, (' S of Georgetown, visited friends . .here last week. 11 Dr. William S. Dosher visited , his parents one day last week. -1 Sidney Vazey visited his family 3 j this week end. | Miss Dolores Hewett has as ' '' her guest her cousin, Miss Joyce ' t: Ramsey, of Wilmington. Miss Helen Howard, of Char, j leston. S. C., is spending the 1 j week here with Mr. and Mrs. F.; i 11 Mollycheck. <: j I Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leggett 1 , and J. W. Leggett, of Scotland - Neck, have been spending a few | days here with Mrs. Viena Legj! gett and Ormond Leggett. i | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nolan and 3 I children and Mr. and Mrs. War- h r | ren Thompson and children, of j j I j Charleston, S. C., spent Sunday jhere with Mr. and Mis. F. Mol- ' - lycheck. - j Mrs. R. J. Anderson and Mrs. . jS. R. Skinner, of Shelbyville, Ky., i ] j have arrived to spend the re- I ! - mainder of the summer at Mrs.!] Skinner's summer home, the for-[ ( jmer Stuart House. Mrs. Ander-1 " son and Mrs. Skinner were for-J f j merly the Misses Mary and Vivi- i Jan Pepper, of Southport. Ij II Mr. and Mrs. J. Graham Mel- I ' j ville, of Sykesville, Md., and Mr. J t ! and Mrs. J. C. Melville, of Lang? ley Field, Va., came in Monday 1 for a few days of the Southport : fishing. j c Mrs. Wm. Jenkins has return-j, ed to Wilmington, Del., after ; ( spending the past three weeks i ( i here with her parents, Mr. and ^ r1 Mrs. R. T. Woodside. Edgar Finch, of New York, , I visited his mother, Mrs. B. P. * j Finch, last week. J J. S. Oliver, of Elizabethtown, j spent the week-end here with his ' j family. Mrs. Robert Dickens, of Ashe- ' ville, was called here last week 1 on account, of the illness of her a 1 j mother, Mrs. Robert W. Davis, jj j Mrs. Sam Rees and daughter, j , Eleanor Lee, and son, Sammy, a spent last week at White Lake. p ' Mr. and Mis. George Manson p and children, of Jacksonville. , Fla., who have been visiting at j the home of Mrs. George Y. p Wooten, returned home Monday. |,. ! Mrs. Paul Messick has return- v . led to her home in Morgan City, j La., after spending the past two , weeks here with relatives. j Mrs. A. D. Ruark, of Wilming- : ^ i ton, visited her sisters, Mrs. Al- j fred Newton and Mrs. Eva Wolfe j ' this week. F Mrs. Lillie Williams is visiting j t ; relatives in Wilmington. | ci L. G. Peachick, of Baltimore, t Md? is spending a few days here j t ; with his family. I a Mrs. L. Leiner and daughter, a Miss Katherine Leiner, of Wil- a mington, spent the week-end here / with Mrs. W. G. Butler. p Mr. and Mrs. John Dale, of ^ Smithfield, spent the week-end a at the home of Rev. and Mrs. h A. L. Brown. Harvey Brown, of Wilmington, s spent the week-end with his par- Q ents, Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Brown.1 * ; Mrs. A. E. Garrett, of Danville, Va., and Mrs. J. M. Sharpe, of Reidsville, were called here 0 last week on account of the ill- 11 ness of their sister, Mrs. Robt. s W. Davis. e Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Tobiasen P . and little son, of Wilmington, P , spent the week end here with h K. Tobiasen. 11 Mrs. Melvin Lewis has return- h ed home from Norfolk, Va., v where she has been spending the a past few weeks with her hus- t band. ' a Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hancock a and daughter, Patricia Jean, and e son, Charles, returned to their e home in Baltimore, Md., Sunday ]j , after having spent the past three a weeks here with Mrs. Lanie f Southerland. { Bryant Potter returned to the ., U. S. Cruiser, St. Helena, in ? 1 California, last week after spend- b I ing his leave here with his par- Q ents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Potter. Capt. and Mrs. W. C. Manson, " . of Wilmington, spent Sunday here with Mrs. Geo. Y. Watson. S Mr. and Mrs. Delmas Fulcher ii ; and daughter, Mary Sue, of Wil- E . mington, spent the week end c 1 here with relatives. * s ' Mrs. Mabel Marran has re? ii turned home from Straits, where a . she has been visiting her dau- t ghter, Mrs. Claude Chadwick< t , Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Smith and e daughter, Doris, of Wilmington, 1 spent Sunday here and at Long .. Beach with relatives. , Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Dyer and children, of Wilmington, spent c the week end at the home of Mr. . and Mrs. J. D. Robinson. . Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Britt and s son, Donald, of Clinton, spent s ' Sunday here with Rev. and Mrs. 1 - A. L. Brown. a Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Barringer P and son, of New Orleans, La., are 11 visiting at the home of C. R. s ! Livingston. t 1 W. P. Jorgensen was a busi- e ness visitor in Whiteville Wednes- c I LOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. Jay. Dudley and Jimmie Sutton, | Tlaf Trosen and Glenn Jonea j spent the day in Whiteville. Mrs. Stuart Ramsour and! . laughter, Linda, of Conway, S. 2., is visiting her brother, Chas. j ( M. Trottt. " |t Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lehew, of t Wilmington, Del., who have been < r visiting Capt. and Mrs. I. B. Bus- | j, sells for the past month, have j oeen spending the past week j with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Shep- f ird at their home in Smithfield. j a Mrs. Pearce Cranmer an son, j0 Bill Finch, have been visiting relatives in Raleigh for the past week. t Mrs. John Fullwood visited rela- c tives in Wilmington this week. jMrs. Joseph Willetts and her a sister, -Miss Marjorie Potter, visited their uncle, Rev. J. W. Pot- 3 ter, at his home in Raleigh this r week. j t Mr. and Mrs. Page Bussellsi and children, who have been vis- ] iting Capt. and Mrs. I. B. Bus- < sells, have returned to their t lome in Florida. \U ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dixon an- c nounce the birth of a son on! s Thursday, August 8, at James I c Walker Memorial Hospital, Wil-' nington. N It rillllD CIRCLE Circle number three met ten |0 Monday night with Mrs. M. R.1 h Sanders and Miss Sophie Mc-1 Ftacken in the home of Mrs. Sanlers. After the business was dispos- d : dof a memory contest was held. Miss Newton received the atractive prize. * -EGIONNAIRES TO ENJOY FISH FRY (Continued from page one) lv The meeting will begin at 51 I'clock, in order that target pracice may be concluded before j P lark, and supper will be prepar-1 u id and served on the banks of [" ["own Creek. * t vrrn rvnnu i It WAitn uui\n/\ivi ' EXPLAINS WORK n OF NEW SYSTEM sl (Continued from page one) rt n the Retirement System die1S lefore retirement, the amount of ! v lis savings, plus interest, will be o ited as beneficiary. Furthermore, li layable to his estate, or to such g lerson as he shall have design- e; l retiring member may provide S irotection for a loved one de- o lendent upon him at the time of j u etirement, by accepting a month- li y allowance somewhat smaller1 ti han what is provided for the | vv egular allowance, with the pro- S ision that a stipulated amount i vill be paid to the dependent I l hroughout life, or until the value ! a: f his savings has become ex- "C lausted. The Retirement Law not only' t( irovides for protection against sj otal loss of income in case of 01 lisability and affords protection, j 0 some extent, against the risk I hat dependants be left penniless j s a result of death, but it also j ! ffords protection against the haz- [ rd of loss of income in old age. j 1 teacher or State employee may j lerform the duties required of 10j im without having fear of worry j _ bout a destitute old age. It has i icen truly said "Prabably the I lost devastating emotion is the 11 ensc of insecurity '. The proviions of this law go a long way oward freeing mmbers of the ystern from anxiety about econ- j imics security in old age. It j nakes every year of service ,a tep to economic security, and specially in old age. When a | ierson has no protection against ermanent loss of income, he can ut worry as the years go by ecause of a certain feeling of isecurity. Worry, far more than rork is an enemy of good health nd physical peace of mind, conentment, freedom from worry re all conducive to good health nd physical vigor, and health is ssential to efficiency of the highst attainable level in almost any ne of work. The peace of mind nd feeling of security provided or by a sound retirement sys- j em goes far to promote hapiness and continued good health, "he administration and responsiility for the proper operation f the Retirement System is vestd in a Board of Trustees consistig of seven members as follows: The State Treaurer, Ex-Office, ierving as Chairman; the Superitendent of Public Instruction: J Ix-Officio; five members appoint- j d by the Governor, one of which hall be a member of the teachng profession of the State; one . general State employee: and hree who are not members of he teaching profession or State mployee. The Board of Trustees shall apioint a secretary, whose duties dll be to exefcise general super- J ision over the operations of the lystem. The Board shall further rovide for competent actuarial j ervice in order to insure the oundness of the financial strucure of the System in accordnce with recognized actuarial radices and standard mortality ables. The Board of Trustees hall designate a Medical Board, o be composed of three competnt physicians, who shall be harged 'with the responsibility i I -NOT EM Last week there was a inn on ladies silk hose instead of a run in them) as women who had he ready cash sought to lay up a stock against he expected stocking famine. Ore Wilmington nerchant told us about a nervous lady who paid lim $33.00 Monday morning for 2 dozen pairs. Veil, don't get panicky, gals. They'll either have ilenty of silk stockings for you, or will devise . good-looking substitute. The leg-show must go m . . . One of the most faithful dog companions in own is Aunt Carrie Johnson's Black Jack. He lught to be faithful, though, because he owes ler his life. Elack Jack, who suddenly appeared as i canine citizen of this community several months igo, had the misfortune to resemble one of the neanest dogs that ever lived in town, and at one ime he was the object of a shoot-on-sight order o Chief of Police Herbert Rogers. Then Aunt larrie appealed to the mayor, who gave her full itle to the big police dog. They have lived together happily ever afterward. Continuing its uninterrupted three-weeks lun if top-notch pictures, The Amuzu Theatre will how Country Bumpkin Hank Fonda and Sophistiated Barbara Stanwyck Friday and Saturday in The Lady Eve." . . . When Lee Greer, judge of he Columbus County Recorder's Court, gets a lay off he usually heads for Southport and the ild quarantine station where he spent most of lis boyhood vacations. Charlie Dosher is his only emaining companion of other years. When U. S. Bryant, aged darkie, came in Monay to subscribe to The'Pilot we asked what the stter "U" stood for. As we expected, it was Jlysees ... If Bryant Dosher has any religion jft after he gets through working that crew he las with him over on Fort Fisher rocks, then arily he is a pious man ... As production clos) determine the eligibility of ap-, AMONG F llcants for retirement benefits! (Continued fr nder the disability provisions of to appearance lis Act. j actual big weigl In order to protect the funds of Durham brou; f the System, the Board of specimen Saturdi rustees is limited in the invest- that was a pret lent of funds to the same re- of its kind. Thi triction imposed for the invest-j one 35-pound ai lent of Sinking Funds of the, fishing were De tate of North Carolina. This pro-11- G- Harris, Ji ision insures the safe-guarding B- Clifton. They f funds in that investments are racuda's, 12 d mited to the highest type of and 'he one anil ilt edge securities, such as, gov rnment bonds of the United About every tates, the State of North Car- q?jrjes regardinjs lina and the best grades of of nlarU? and lunicipal or county bonds. These southport. This mitations ' protect the contribu- jnff y,at juls nev ons made by the member, as j,ere f0r jell as contributions made by the cllda's have proi tate or employing agency. traction that i In conclusion, the Retirement ever moved ofl aw is of benefit to the teachers locate the marl nd State employees of North getting plenty ol arolina in the following ways: here some day. , 1. It provides for them a sys- recent inquiries imatic and automatic plan of day from Georgi iving with a good interest credit tarv an