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PAGE TWO - THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor stared u second-claw matter April 20, 1928, at Ife* Post OfiIce at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates DNE TEAR J 1.50 IX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .76 NATIONALCDITORIAL. fMLW ASSOCIATION lu IT ^/yU*nC'tA^ I Wednesday, February 18, 1912 lie doesn't have to be a contortionist1 or magician to get himself into a pickle, j ~ ? A,,-: IVmnrl Lp It's ft iunny inuig. v/jic icuuv ? was cleaned and then was all washed up too. i Some people think it's sharp-witted of them to make cutting remarks. - ? 1 It Is Your Paper Recently we had a friend give us the benefit of some constructive criticism, j "The Pilot," said he, "is too much a Southport paper and does not have enough news from the county." That's the truth. But we honestly do not know what to do about it. The reason j that news from Southport is more plentiI ful is due to two or three things. One, of j course, is that this is the county seat, and I there are many things that take place in connection with the county government that are of just as much interest to the people in Waccamaw township as to the folks here. Another reason that Southport news predominates in The Pilot is that we live; here and are therefore able to investigate) and to write up the things that we see and hear about. But you'll have to remember that Brunswick county is a big place, and it is impossible for us to cover! all parts of it during any one week. This means that what we need most is for our readers to cooperate with the persons in their local community who send in news to the paper and try to see to it; that -there is some news sent in every i week. This is no place for false modesty, because there is unsuspected news value in many things that go unreported. We have always prided ourselves that we were running a newspaper for the county, not merely for the town of Southport, and we have made many similar appeals to our readers to help us make this ; hope a reality. Now there is better reason that ever before why they should do this. We believe that one-half the papers we mail to persons in the county each week! are read, then mailed to someone away j from home. It is increasingly true that these mailed papers are being sent to! boys in the armed service, and from what I 1 they tell us when they are at home on a j furlough, these papers are mighty welcome. This gives us all an opportunity to help cheer up the boys in the army, the navy j j and the marine corps. If you readers and 1 correspondents will do what you can to get the news to us, we'll do all in our power to help make The Pilot a real letter from home, no matter what commun ity in Brunswick county the boy may hail from. Wake Up America The complacency with which the American people, after the first shock of Pearl Harbor, are viewing the U. S. participation in the war, is not the sort of thing that is designed to bear the fruits of victory. Quite apart from what happens at the I battlefront, the civilian is going to have 1 an important part in the winning of this 1 conflict. We are not, here on the home i front, supposed to run around like chickens which have been recently decapitated, but on the other hand, are supposed to be fully awake to the fact that America has a job to do, and a job in which all of us must of necessity participate. There's going to be serious dislocation of many phases of our every-day life. We cannot expect to continue to go along in i our merry, easy going way, despite the war. "Business as usual" is just a phrase today. But America and our American way of life are worth all the sacrifices which we are called upon to make in this struggle .for preservation of the freedom which our forefathers so dearly earned. America must wake up, and realize the magnitude of its stupendous task. It Is Reverses That Put Our Courage To Test The gravity of the Allied position witl the fall of Singapore cannot be underes timated. This bastion of the United Na tions in the Far East has been regavdec as the key to all Allied operations in tha [ whole area of the South Pacific. I Nevertheless, it is such reverses as thi: that put civilian morale to the greates' [test?reveals to us whether or not w< can take reverses thumbs up. Jt is easy to keep civilian morale at i high pitch when everything is goinj smoothly on the battlefront. The Germ ans, who up until the Russian encountei had known nothing but victory in this war, are now for the first time being pui to the test as to whether they "can take it." Reports leaking out of the third reich indicate that the Nazis are nol taking defeat very gracefully. There is a difference between blinding ourselves to the true situation, and recognizing conditions as they exist and still keeping spirits high. It is the difference between folly and courage. ll would be foolish if the American people did not use the fall of Singapore as a signal for greater endeavor. As one man has put it very aptly, there are toe many people on the sidelines in this war, and too few on the playing field. We shall all have to be in there pushing and shoving before the end is in sight. *1fr 1 i j} a. .r^ii _i \\ e can learn a lesson truui ine ian vi Singapore, but it is not the lesson of defeatism. It can and must be the stern lesson that whatever factors contributed to this grave reverse in the Far East will not be allowed to do a repeat performance if it lies within the province of a united America to prevent it. Eliminate The WPA Entirely Now Now, we think the time has arrived fox calling a halt to the \VPA work, not only in this county but all over the country. As long as there was actual need for this form of dole in the country, we could put up with it. But now, as we see it, there's no further use of continuing the WPA work in this county or anywhere else. There's plenty of employment to be had by those who have the "get up and get" to go out and secure it. The nation is crying for help in the defense program, and anybody with an ounce of energy or ambition can get a job. Every able-bodied person who is available will be needed for the farrns this spring, summer and fall, for the care, cultivation and harvesting of the all-important crops which are now definitely considered one of America's first lines of defense. Refusal of work on farms because better wages can be secured on WPA, projects can, in this extreme emergency, no longer be tolerated or endured. This has long been one of the chief banes of the farmer's existence. In short, the time has now arrived when the farmers, confronted with the most stupendous task in their history, should no longer be hacked and harassed by such an impudent and annoying situation. We must, therefore, see to it that the farmer is given every consideration in getting farm labor during these critical times, and no better start can be made than by first eliminating one of the chief of his worries?the WPA projects which have prevented him more than once from getting the hands he so vitally needed on his farm. AHEAD OF ENGLAND IN TAJfES (Charlotte Observer.) 1>U JtuiigCY v?iu uic iaA apmugwt9 w England as being more heavily harassed in this respect than the United States. Under the new tax bill, th,e per capita tax in this country is $180 a year. It is $173 in. Great Britain. Our taxes will amount to about 25 per cent of our national income, as against 22 per cent in England. It is true, of course, that English income taxes are greater than ours. But the English are not burdened with the vast numbers of sales taxes, excise taxes and "nuisance" taxes on which our. government depends for much of its revenue. Lastly, the English are not burdened so heavily with taxes levied by local government. In Great Britain, the national government collects 90 per cent of all taxes; here the Federal government collects only about 60 per cent. We cannot blame the cost of defense for the staggering tax load we are now carrying. In Great Britain approximately 80 per cent of all government expenditures are for military purposes. Here only about 50 pet. is used at present for those purposes. Half the cost og government, in other words, is for non-defense activity, and Congress and our local governments have shown absolutely no wish to make reductions in any important direction. THE STATE PORT P s? - r ; The ! FISHERMEN jl BY BII.L KEZIAH ! 1 ? l J Seventy-three Carteret county J i boat owners signed the petition asking for the survey and re- J moval of obstructions from South- . f port shrimp trawling grounds . some years ago. j Only forty Brunswick boat1J owners signed the same request. Congressman J. Bayard Clark . obtained an appropriation of ' { twenty thousand dollars with:' which the work was executed. A petition now being circul- . ' ated spates that ten thousand doli lars was obtained. A Carteret county man, Ben' ( Gray, contributed nine-tenths of ( 1 all the funds that were contrib -i * - 1---1 [ UIVU IU iuu lUtui mwvciiiciifc ioi the move to get the appropriation., Carteret county fishermen operating here with sink nets have been using equipment for the tak- J . ing of fish that was in everyway i within the law. ' Shrimp trawl nets with their | ' small mesh are unlawful for the taking of fish as many thousands! Of pounds of very small fish are j destroyed. There are such things as the pot calling the kettle black and! we are positively not a party to any ^movement inspired by selfishness and which may bring down on the heads of local boat-1 . men restrictions and enforcement that will put them out of busi-; ness. j * * * The gist of all the above is that, so far as wc are concerned, j the Carteret and other fishermen j are perfectly welcome to fish [ here. So long as they do not fish I illegally or in a manner that is ' J destructive to seafoods. We ap! j preciate the fact that the Fish! eries Commission is not enforcing certain laws against our own boats. Laws, which if enforced, would stop all fishing w ith shrimp ' trawls at this season of the year. * t * Some say one thing, some another. At this time it is not per' fectly clear whether sportsmen going out from Southport will , have identification cards. The . boatmen will, of course, have to , have such papers. We rather think the identification of the boat crews will be sufficient, unless conditions become vastly different from what they are now. We are trying to obtain definite ' information on the subject and it is a rather slow undertaking. The most that can be said is that the status of things should be well cleared up by the time the sport fishing season is ready to get underway. * * * If identification Is required of all passengers on a fishing trip it sort of follows that some proVisions for providing these identifications should be available here. A sort of sub-identification station for papers good for only sportsmen should serve the purpose. With hundreds of sportsmen coming here each month of the 1 summer and fall it would work a great hardship and result in lpss of business to the boatmen if : there tyag too much red tape attached to their getting identifi cation papers. 1 * * * t Several inquiries regarding the I fishing have been received this 3 this week. Our own direct con- jc tacts force us to the conclusion ] that sport fishing will be just as popular as it has been in prev- ' ious years. In addition to these 1 personal contacts. Dr. Hyatti Cap- < tain H. T. Watts, Captain Bow mer and various other boatmen ' say that they are getting a lot of ' inquiries. We think the business s will be here alright if we have the < boats and good boatmen for 1 them. s * * ? I Local and semi-local week end i j business is bound to make it rather hard to get boats on Sat- 1 urdays and Sundays. Hundreds of ' men engaged in defense work in ' this area can only get off on one of the week end days for a bit of ' fishing. The same, thing applies to ' many men in the army. The pre- 1 pondence of week end parties has ' always been a source of trouble on account of the limited number of boats. The condition will 1 be very much worse this year. .. * * i We suggest that ladies and those people who can get off to ' go fishing on week days should always make it a point to try 1 gnd arrange for their trips on ; such days. Leaving the boatmen free to cater to the workers on Saturdays and Sundays. >e needed this year as skillec vorkers in arms and munition.' >lants. They will take such job: is machine operators, welders iveters, and other work not to( leavy. In smal arms manufactur ng, a study showed that womer xiuld do all but 9 out of 2i >rincipal operations, and that ii .4 operations women could tak< >ver entirely. Our lawmakers are indignant rhey claim the public has takei .he wrong slant on the retire nent pension for members o: Congress. It is their contentioi hat considerable misinformatiot las been given the people unin :entionally or otherwise. Tht solons are asking study of thi 2Jivil Service Commission's an ilysis of the bill. The repor states, "instead of costing frop :wenty-one to thirty million dol ars to retire Congressmen, as ha; jeen loosely alleged, the cost o etiring all those affected, con iidering the very small numbe Df members of Congress whi vould be able to meet the re juired age and service condition; it the end of this Congress, wouli not now be more than ?80,001 per annum". Furthermore, th Commission insists, "If applied ti the full membership, which wil never at any time be the case the cost per annum would b ipproximately half a million dol lars and not the thirty millioi iollars alledged". Government empoyees are no exempt from the -"blues" prevail ing throughout the country a the hard shocks of war are fel by the public. The President ha indicated that he will hearken t _____ r ? noi Breman Furpless believes tha thing to this business of Friday, c unlucky. On Friday of last weea 1 - of the feature picture was the fii j had received in months?hence s> C! the reel. Half-way through the i 31 machine broke down, then one pie 31 fire. Otherwise, everything was i " j still hold nightly sessions down ^ j determine the set back and chec 11 There must be nervous times i, cently one boat ran aground off portedly while using the pavilion | The^> was a report of an ocear s had similar trouble at Lockwoods ', Secret of the sucess of the farmii C ; , I Jim Hickman is that he has never g I cash crop. He just plans for gn< t i feed his. stock, and depends upon his surplus commodities to take c 3 needs. j the pressure of Congressional senf) timent for stream-ilning Federal agencies. The Senate has applied the heat to hasten the transfer , of government workers in nont ssential jobs to more useful actj.! ivity. The forced removal of i r^iirioinno nrtt rlirorHv mn ^ ' nianj vA?*oiv/no iwi> v"vv?v ?? ? 11 nected with war or defense stimu_ | lated veteran government work? I ers to seek other brths to stay ^ | in Washington. With about 200,[ 000 on Uncle Sam's payroll here if ie vnoncmivGr] that milfh nf thP ILOT, SQUTHPORT, N. C WASHINGTON LETTER WASHINGTON, Feb. 18?Reg stration for military service un ler the draft act this weel nought the question of the na ;ion's safety in times of war di ectly to millions of families. I s expected that this cnrollmen >f potential soldiers and sailor.1 joupjed with depressing account: >f allied military and naval re verses on the battle fronts wil levelop a public awareness of thi jravity of the times. Despite al fie pep talk about speeding thi production of war materials flings arc not going so well a: predicted. Experienced morale builder: >ay that the American peopli lave been entirely too optimistii is to our ability to defeat th( \xis powers within a few week: )r months. They also assert tha t is beyond reason to anticipati niracles overnight by the re-or ionization of the Federal agencie: landling war production plans It is reported that one bottlc-necl s the traditional antipathy o irofessional naval and military ifficials toward civilians and th> eud between the two servici nanches as to which ranks firs n the war effort. The hopes o :he public for quick relief fron .he rubber shortage have beei rlasted by official surveys indi :ating the output of synthetii ubber 011 a small scale will no ie a fact until late next year itany proposed plants for mak ng this material have onli eached the blueprint stage anc nonths are required to install cs iential equipment. Government experts are striv ng desperately against inflation rhey are taking a strong positioi n opposition to escalator clause: n union labor contracts calling 'or automatic wage increases a: he cost of living advances. Then s pronounced sentiment for 1 vage stabilization plan. The firs eal skirmish of the state: igainst the encrouchment of thi federal government into stati locial security systems has beer itagcd before the House Commit :ee on Ways and Means. The gov :rnors and state unemploymen lompensation officials have beer ictively blocking proposals t< federalize the social security pro ects in the $300,000,000 emerg :ncy fund sought by the Presi lent to soften the transition fron 1 peace to war basis in plants he proposal of the unions t( rave the government pay a S2>er week wage to workers unem >loyed by reason of a plant': aansition to war production i: :onsidered too high in Congres lional quarters. The enormous :ost to the taxpayers would b( :everal hundred millions. The A f. of L. and the C. I. O. an :ontending that unemploymeni lenefits under existing social se :urity laws are too low. Con fress may compromise on an $1< >er week bounty. Estimates an hat in 1942, 9 to 10,000,000 perions will shift from civilian ti ear work. The trade unions wanl federal legislation to increase lenefits, and shorten the waiting seriod. According to A. F. of L >redictions an increase of sever nillion workers will be requirec >y 1943 which is expected to absorb all the unemployed and brine everal million women to work it ndustry. The movement to open indusrial jobs to women is gaining nomentum. It will be feature: nore prominently as labor short ige.i are noted by the call of mer nto the armed services. It is aid at least a million women wil ,r activity of the old-line groups 1 could be conducted with fewer . people and away from the turmoil of the war Capital. There are . many delicate political problems involved so taht the transformai tion will be only gradual. : SHALIOTTE SCHOOL NEWS 3 , i A scnool newspaper, initiated 3 by an industrious ninth grade, , has met with success . . . James . Sellers, able and efficient editor, . has managed to incorporate into t his paper a broad view of studl! ent life. He puts important school ) news, jokes, gossip of all kinds, quizzes, poems, and feature stories in this paper and gener ally covers school happenings. 1. Due to lack of proper equipment '1 and finances the paper thus far ' has been run on a mimeograph ' i machine. Nevertheless the students ' j anticipate its arrival with joy and s! are delighted with it. 5 HOME XUB&IN'G 3 iSmmmmmmammmmmm tj Look t > r 1 1 : I i1 ? t t * ! Economy, h > subscriptions arrears must i KEE ; You'll Want' 1 Political de r? With your < ; With Natio 3 With the w With trave o automobiles, yoi j The - "YQUi n t ' s t s 0 mmmmmm?mmmmmmm WEDNES "exactly 1 t there's some- We heard the < the 13th, being Courtney (Bill wi he said the print tive here for seve; :'st bad one they CAA pilot trainin everal breaks in a litter of Dalma first show one liams is leading tl ce of film caught old days. Last Si x k. . They Sunday School, at Shallotte to There are a lot ker champs. their biggest mm for seamen. Re- j pictures. They'll t Long Beach, rc- 1 and Smiley Burnel lights ag ranges, next Wednesday i i-going tug that Way." . . . Tha fi Folly inlet . . . tunity to see the lg efforts of Mr. action in \Vilmi: raised a strictly Sweedish Angel nigh to eat and managed to mal? selling some of appearance last w are of his other ter, the latter a j semi-final bout. j Mrs. Emma Saunders of Ber-1 muda, a trained nurse and spe-' S ' cialist in home nursing, conduct-1 it | ed a successful course in such j O j training during the last few days j n i at Shallotte school. Ma,ny teach- is crs and community folks attend-}'V ed and were well satisfied with i d the course and with the instructor a: [ who has taught at Duke Univers- j ity. SPORTS !n! In keeping with Shallotte tra-| dition both teams have come out j ^ i of the kinks recently, as shown tl j by the recent defeat of the WacI camaw team by both Shallotte j j squads. The Waccamaw girls were | s< j a special handicap to overcome, j y They are a hard fighting team and all Shallotte was jubilent be- h: ' cause they were defeated. ir | Authorized Bottler: J. W. J/ *1 V...? T fti xour i l$e, in the interest < i fairness to the res are paid up, subscri < be cut off immediati P IT COMI To Keep Up With.*-" velopments before electic county government, nal Defense developmen ar news as it affects the 1 restricted by automol nr best mediurp of ipforp State Port R COUNTY NEW SPA SOUTHPORT, N. C. iDAY, FEBRUARY is ? I WS- 1 other day from Bill ; r is the Standard Oi H ral months t. He is ( . . . H g course and Cwyn . tion pups . . . Mr. Beanie w I he local trend back t.. iiiulay he rode H of folks in the county H H ill be glad to know thai o'( I r.t and Co. will be at the ind Thursday in "Down , H ght faithful will i. H world's second ugliest nan . H ftgton Friday night When tussles with Dick Lev ; a lot of H eek. Abe Youiist and. NVr. H newcomer, wilt appest in About this time of the mm H hallotte begins to come ott 4 H s drowsy spell and to tight >nc great loss causes every lourn but disco i tbe loss of Edwin Gtav, Au ill probably be out the restH te year because 01 an av.-.. H "Out rather late .aunt y H sited the guard. H "Perhaps it is a little H nffft the man. "but it's H ic only chance H lese days." H Fond Mother (writing to iktH tidier soni: "Well 3u have been punctual , ,,prv more in" "" ? aven't kept the regiment v,;.. ig for you." W iCKSON BEVERAGE CO. ,abel l >f Wartime iders whose ibers now in ely... NG in. ts. county, biile tires and lation is Pilot PER" D
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