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Page 2 The State Port Pilot Southport, N. G. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor (On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.) Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR $1.50 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS 75 Wednesday, January 10, 1945 Committee Meeting The meeting to be held at Supply nex: Wednesday is as near a general meeting of farmers as one could hope for in a case where it is desired to achieve real results. The county has 51 communities. Recently these communities elected one of their number to be their representative. This representative is to attend next week's meeting, hear and join in the mak ng of plans for the farm goals in 1945. He will then return to his own community and acquaint his neighbors with the plans that were made and what each is expected to do. There is good system in that way of going about things. If a general call were made for farmers to gather and make plans, a lot of confusion would inevitably result. Some commun ties would fail to have a representative present to learn what was planned. The farmers who did attend would feel that what they learned was sufficient for themselves, and very few of them would recognize any need of carrying the information to their neighbors. No real county-wide purpose could could be achieved by just calling a meeting. There is a prospect of much good resulting from calling in the committeemen, forming plans and sending each man home to his community to spread the word. In A Sensible Way . ? Farmers we have seen recently seem to be approaching the planting of their 1945 crops with a decided disposition to make the best of things. This seems to us to be a sensible thing to do. Labor conditions will be bad this year. That much is certain. The weather this year may be good and it may be bad, but there is no use in worrying ft L Aitk if L ft 4- 14- n l-v/\ auLfui wiiat 1 c majr uc, Farm labor conditions cannot be improved by worrying over them in advance. The farmers must plan for what they know they can do with what they have and with little dependency being placed on being able to get additional help. Hardwork and planning saved the day for the farmers last year, despite the labor shortage. Last spring found the farmers decidedly worried. Now they seem to have plenty of confidence and it is gratifying to find them feeling that way. A Thank Offering Brunswick county people have much to be grateful for in the fact that not a single case of polio developed here during the past summer and fall. Very Jew ounties escaped the epidemic ^ which swept the state at that time. Now that the 1945 appeal for funds with which to combat infantile paralysis is about to begin, wre suggest that contributions in this county take the form of thank offerings. If we had had polio in this county we would be more aware of the great need for providing treatment for those unfortunate children who have been stricken. Because of this very fact, let us all realize that _ filir f sPanP 1*5 Q n a lion -Paw ... v?u? iv/i biiaiiivagiviiig and lei us determine that we will do all w ithin our means to see that those who are less fortunate are provided for in the proper manner. The opportunity will be given to all citizens in the county to contribute to the fund. If you, by some chance, are not reached, send your thank offering to W . K. Lingle, Southport. Remember, the need is great, and we I have much to be grateful for. Be On Guard, America ! D' anyone still thinks, after what has ' happened in Belgium, that the war with Germany is about over, the landing and capture of two Nazi spies on the East Coast, and the possible landing of others in Japian-ese balloons in the West, should disillusion him. The fact that trained enemy saboteurs are still entering the United Tj States not only proves that Germany is fighting with every ounce of her strength, but that active collaborators are at large in American territory. The FBI has done a good job. It is important, warns FBI Director Hoover, to report immediately suspicious activities of any Character. It is important, as well, to keep a close mouth on matters ' the enemy shouldn't know about. Submarines still are operating in the Atlantic; the two captured spies were landed in Maine by U-Boat. Ships can still be sunk and troop trains wrecked. But each citizen can help to thwart the enemy.?The Christian Science Monitor. ] ' Fight All The Harder? When the Germans started their big drive on the Western Front, many people immediately began to take a decidedly pes- j simistic view of the turn of events. As we see it, however, there is no need for pessimism. If we dish it out, we must expect to take it occasionally. We certain- 1 ly cannot expect to have everything go out way. So far as we know, there never has been a major war where one side has won all the victories. We may have some reverses in the Paclf ic. Also in other theatres of war. But any ] such happening should make us determined to fight all the harder. The enemy may make gains from time ( to time, but these gains will be only of a 1 temporary nature. There is absolutely no possibility of any permanent triumph. He ( doesn't have the supplies and he doesn't have the manpower?and he knows it. There is only one thing that Germany and , Japan are hoping for, and that is a nego- 1 tiated peace. Which, incidentally, is one thing that they are not going to get. The United Na- ] tions announced at the outset of the present conflict that the only end of this war . would be unconditional surrender. Out at- < titude in that respect has not changed. We still are working forward with that same j goal in mind. i Over-optimism is bad. Over-pessimism is equally bad. We have a determined enemy to deal, with and the only way to deal with him is to give him all we've got, and give } it to him without any let-up.?Carl Goerch in the "State" Magazine." < Good News For Farmers I No one appreciates the telephone s more than farmers. Therefore, the re- J ? port that thousands of independent telephone companies have joined the ; Bell system in the creation of a joint j committee of telephone men to work on extending and improving farm tele- f phone service, comes as good news in- v deed to rural sections. Spokesmen for 8 ?* ?i i i tne committee saici: le "As soon as war demands are reduc- i ed, we propose to resume and expand * our research effort and, along with it, j the intensive program for extending c farm sendee which was being carried 0 on before the outbreak of hostilities. "Over one-half million miles of tele- f phone pole lines serving rural areas p have already been built so that more F than two-thirds of all rural families in f the United States can be served from s existing lines. Since 1935, more than c 500,000 additional families in rural * areas have become telephone subscrib- f ers?an increase of 35 per cent. One *' of the major objectives is to continue F this upward trend by making the ser- t vice over existing lines increasingly f valuable and attractive. This the industry intends to do to the limit of its ^ ability. . i "A second major objective is to ex- v tend service at reasonable cost to fami- ^ lies not no reached by existing lines. \ Telephone industry research in the last several years has successfully developed new construction materials and c methods which substantially lower the r cost of building wire lines to areas not j previously reached. In addition, work ^ was started by the industry in 1938 to develop a practical system of transmit- 1 ting telephone convercations oves elec- ' trie power lines . . . Before this work r was interrupted by the war, it was i clear that a suitable system of this f kind could be produced. "The telephone companies also plan t to study the possible application of ] miirowave radio systems to rural telephone service ann to make use of this ] and any other new methods which will be helpful in giving service to the , farmer." It has been said that good speech is like a well-dressed woman's skirt: long enough to cover important points, short enough to be interesting. One tree will make a million matches. One match can destroy a million trees. flhhmrai he state port pilot, so The Rovin' Reporter (Continued from page one) of drags and got 116 pounds of large roe shrimp. They sold at 30 cents per pound. He expects to continue his looking for shrimp when the weather permits. Speaking of Holden's Beach, we are reminded that we are expected to walk or hitch hike from Supply down there today. Some of the fishermen at the beach having promised us an oyster roast, with all the trimmings, free grattis for nothing i!.' we showed up. It is desired to remind readers of the Pilot that any time andj anywhere when this part of the | paper is out in the country his object is to get news items and anything that a paper uses. Little items about men in service, visitors, and things happening anywhere in the county, will always be appreciated. There are a lot of little things that makes good stories. Sometimes this is the case even when the person knowing ofl it does not realize the news value. We appreciate it when our friends tell us anything, wen if it is just something for the personal column. carts. ward gets commission (Continued Frrm Page One) there and sent on to Coleman Flying Field, Coleman, Texas, for preliminary flight training. From Coleman Field he was sent for basic training to San A-ngelo, "exas, a point to which the pick of men are sent and known as "Good Fellow Field." FTiniehincr thprp hp was movprl on I to Lubbock, Texas, where he graduated less than a month ago. The young officer is 19 years of ige and will be 20 on the 26th of this month. During his first year after finishing school here re worked in the office of the mgineers in charge of the N.*C. Shipbuilding work at Wilmington. While he was in training at Marshall College he met Miss Doraine Hall, of Huntington, Vest Virginia. They were married n the First Presbyterian church, Coleman, Texas, on the 6th of last May. Mrs, Ward will remain with aim at Fort Worth until he finishes there and is sent for over- j seas service. BRUNSWICK MAN ADDRESSES COLLEGE (Continued from page One) le quoted from Hebrews 10. Colonel Bennett told the stulents that their contemporaries ire giving their all, following careers "not of their own choosng, but those that were thrust ipon them. They are running the ace that was set before them, rame wandering, as prisoners, in ;oat skins in the caves of the :arth." 1944 History-Making Year American Merchant Fleet (Continued From Page One) hore in tie erection of the now amous portable harbors through vhich streamed Allied troops and upplies. Admial Chester W. Nimitz statd t hat American merchant ships n the Pacific have been a great actor in recent naval victories. Secretary of Navy James V. ^orrestal characterized the Merhant Marine as our "Fourth Arm f Secuity," rating it with the irmy, Navy and Air Forces. Genrals Eisenhower and Marshall ftllnrl nonocintl flllriniv tVin ctAAia 4? funu uUllllg LI1C )CdI IU oint out t.he decisive part being ilayed by (be Merchant Marine. The past year has been a signiicant one for the American teamship industry. Charged with he management and operation of he largest fleet of merchant hips ever to fly the American lag, approximately 130 shipping ines, as agents of the War Ship>ing Administration, performed .11 the complex and intricate deails t hat contribute toward eficient transportation. In recognition of the American hipping industry's accomplishnents in the war effort, Victory fleet Day, September 27, 1944, iras dedicated to America's private hipping companies who were lonored by the award of War Serdce citations and pennants. The great achievements of American shipping in 1944 were jossible only through the haminious cooperation of government nanagement and labor. A bigger ob is still to be done in 1945 and he American Merchant Marine vill not fail in its t ask. FILING DEADLINE APPROACHES FAST (Continued from page One) Taxpayers availing themselves of his special provision will be savid the double duty of filing and mying "estimated tax" on Janjary 15 and filing and paying on he annual return March 15. Vtarch 15 remains the regular leadline for filing 1944 annual "eturns and 1945 Declarations of Estimated Tax. FINAL DATE FOR TOBACCO ACREAGE (Continued From Page One) .hat five percent of the national narketing quota would be made ivailable for establishing new illotments. "To the eligible for such an illomtnet either the farm operator or the person growing the tobacco, shad be living on the farm md largely dependent on the farm for his livelihood," Mr. Bennett slated. V UTHPORT, N. C, g = FEWER F?r Jt New tire quotas released by tl for January reveal that fewer tires ger cars and trucks. For the next s expected, as the military demands itself, is putting back into service 1 repairing and recapping. We, on i Icare of our tires if we wish to coi EVERYONE! HERE IS THE PI For Passenger Cars? I In this District there are 3 Only 217 Tires Avai For Truck Owners? In this District there are 1 Large Size Tires Are i ?Here Is What Col. J. Monroe Defence Transportation Sc "Present indications are that al tors will receive only about one-ha ments during the first quarter of 19truck, bus and taxi operators to nu 1 ?j - ?x? ? ^ continue ana to step up men me e tire supply situation is the most crit: dispatch quoted General Eisenhowei ceeded all pre-combat estimates' am ing along the German border face i ens to tie up ten per cent of all A. Conserve every ounce of usable ru recap every usable carcass and elimi wherever possible. If tires aren't sai tion will be seriously affected, if i the hot weather with its heavy toll COL. J. MONRC Off! a Take Care 0 REPAIR Even those eligible for new t them under the reduced que structions. Drive carefully, ed. Have tires inspected re? es, holes or breaks repaire worn smooth, RECAP PRO Do Your Part?We'll Do Ours Black's Sen PHONE 110-J w. c. B1 === i * WEDNESDAY, JANUapv TIRES | m inuary 1 he Office of Price Administration I will be available for both passen- H: everal months, no improvement is B are greater than ever. The Army B lundreds of thousands of tires by B :he home front, must take better B itinue driving. And that goes for I I CTURE? ,689 Passenger Cars?But lable in January. ,597 Trucks?But Only 7 \lIotted for January. 5 Johnson, Director Office Of j| lys:? 1 commercial motor vehicle operalf of their estimated tire require15. This presents a challenge to all ike the greatest effort possible to onservation activities. The present ical since the war started. A Paris r as saying that 'tire wear has exi J 1 i 111 A _ A? i. a tnat me Araencan armies iignii tire shortage so serious it threatirmy vehicles by early February.' bber you now have. Retread and inate wear and tear and tire abuse /ed now, rubber borne transportalot impaired months hence when on tires begins." )E JOHNSON, Director ce of Defense Transportation. f Your Tires * RECAP % ires may not be able to get tas. Heed these simple inKeen tires nronerlv inflat & sr jt ^ i jularly and have all bruis- I d quickly. When tread is MPTLY. I To Keep You Rolling! I /ice Station j| LACK WHITEVILLE | I
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