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The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
Published Every Wednesday
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JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor
(On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.)
JSntired as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
tie 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, February 21, 1945
When The P ar Ends
Unless there is a great deal of real
and sober planning, the folks tvho are
now on the home front will find the
war being brought home to them for
-.jfcthe first time when the shooting stops
S over there.
In thousands of American homes
there is already a sense of the meaning
of war, coming in the shape of reports
of relatives being killed, wounded or
! taken prisoner. For the most part, however,
the war has never been felt in
America. We have been riding on a
very high tide of prosperity and many
of us have been reckless in our riding.
The threats of war and the actual
war when it came both brought great
changes. These changes were easily
taken in stride, even the harsh ones.
We took them easily because of the
accompanying prosperity. The end of
the war will likewise bring changes
!and some of them may not be so easy
to fall in with, especially in those
places where no foresight prevails, and
nr r-nrofnl nlnnnine- is made for the
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future.
When the war ends will our boys
come home and find that we have carried
on conscientiously while they were
Way? Will we have plans and programs
that will enable them to take
up and carry on at the point where
they left off when they went to defend
their country and ours? Will they find
their homes all they thought they
were ?
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j Should Do Job Early
For the past several years there has
been no dredge attached to the office
- of .the U. S. Army Engineers in WilImington,
equipped for work on the
Cape Fear Bar. That situation has now
been remedied with the assignment of
the San Pablo to the District.
In an much as the command of the
Wilmington office undergoes a change
every few years, due to rotation, it may
be timely now to mention one disturbing
local factor in connection with
_dredging operations on the Cape Fear
i bar. The matter is mentioned purely in
a spirit of cooperation with the Engin!
eers Office and the Southport fishing
in iustry.
Shrimping is well underway here by
the middle of the summer. This seafood
product congregates densely on the bar
ar d at the dumping grounds at about
j that time. When dredging is carried on
I during the shrimping season it is very
reasonable to suppose, as fishermen
have often claimed, that thousands of
bushels of shrimp are destroyed by the
dredge daily.
.< At times in the past there has been
y ; ir.-itation between local fishermen and
t Wilmington Engineers because of dred{
ging operations usually being arranged
j for the Cape Fear Bar during seasons
j when the heaviest destruction of
i shrimp is entailed. It appears that with
< the resuming of dredging operations
J representatives of the fishermen should
J ccnfer with the Engineers and endeavJ
01 to have the local work done at a
4 ti ne when the least damage will be
4 done to a valuable seafood product.
I
\ A Needed Service
i
4 The W.B.&S. Bus Lines, Inc., has
jbsen giving splendid service between
J Wilmington and Southport, serving
*S apply, Bolivia and all other intermejdiate
points in a manner that should
tbs pleasing to the public.
The company, in addition to the Wiljmington-Southport
service, has a onejway
each day service between White^ville
and Southport. It is hoped to add
jto the service between these points
"when conditions will pennit.
For the future, the company has in
!'an application for a line to Whiteville,
via Grissettown and Longwood. Another
contemplated route for which an apllication
is on file is for the River
I'.oad, between Southport and Wilmington.
It appears to this paper that a River
THE SI
Road service has potentialities for the
future, as well as immediate possibilities.
If service were in effect over the
River Road between Southport and
Wilmington at the present time a great
many visitors would be using it right
now for stops at Orton Plantation,
Pleasant Oaks Plantation and Clarendon
Plantation. =
With an application for a franchise
for this road now on file it is hoped "
that the bus company will make an ef- f
fort to begin some sort of service over b
the River Road as soon as possible. a
t
The Great Hope Gone h
A lot of people wonder why the Ger- ?
man people continue fighting and i;
dying when, as an educated nation, p
they must realize that they have lost ?
the war. ' v
The answer is not so hard. The war
was started and has been carried on
by the Nazi party and defeat means a
hard and sure punishment for their p
leaders. When rats are cornered they 0
will usually fight to the death. The 0
Nazis have been cornered and in car- is
lying on to the finish they have elected ?
to take the great mass of German peo- s
pie down with them. It matters little to it
them now if he destruction of Germany 11
is included.
To arrive at this stage of conditions a
the Nazi have long hoped that some- ><
thing would intervene, something that if
might enable them to win, or at lease ^
obtain favorable peace terms.
Their Greatest hone is that there "
x ?
would be disagreement among the tl
three great powers that are arrayed d
against them. They counted on a break y
up and disagreement between the United
States and Great Britian on one ti
side and Russia on the other. If not h
that, they still had the hope that the jj
United States and Great Britain would f,
disagree in some manner. n
That hope ended with the close of ?
the meeting between Churchill, Stalin h
and Roosevelt last week. The meeting tl
left the three great powers more unit- e
ed, more determined than they have a
ever been to put an end to the Nazi in a
Germany. The meeting of the heads of c
the three great powers was one of the e
most complete accord and cooperation.
Germany's last great hope concerning h
the war is gone. *
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Based In Citizenship ?
Let this basic fact be kept constantly" r
in mind, that the community rises or t
falls upon the quality of its citizens. In f
community business, politics, civic in- *
terests, educational leadership, social ?
conditions, quality citizens make a a
quality community. A community with
adequate cultural opportunities is made J
1 - IX 1 -!A-T i_; .1 . 1
so uecause si cultural ciuzensmp cie- |
mands it. A community with clean politics
is made so because the moral con- *
victions of its citizens demand it. A t
community with strong, intelligent ad- t
ministrative leadership is made so because
its citizens are righteously indig- J
nant with ^anything short of it. A city
with adequate law enforcement is made j
so because its citizens require it. A e
community with broad, progressive industrial
and commercial opportunities f
is made so because of the constructive i
vision of its citizens. s
The citizens, yes the CITIZENS, if ?t
they be of the quality type, then a
quality community results. Back of 1
strong government, a strong citizen. 1
Back of cultural opportunities, a r
cultured citizen. Back of civic pride, t
a civic-minded citizen. Back of fair j
business practices, an honest citizen, v
Back of a quality city, a quality citizen. j:
Don't be discouraged. Spring always ?
has come. 3
e
The girl who runs after a boy will
lose him in the long run. I
s
Women are always going in for new ?
wrinkles, hoping they'll get rid of the t
old ones. I
0
Laws are always more popular before 0
they are enforced. *
The most difficult thing to remern- <
ber is what NOT to say. c
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You never know what you can Ta
amount to until you make the most of yourself.
The coordination of airplanes with 1
existing methods of transportation, including
trucks, express, railroads,
steamships, and storage warehouses, is
essential to give our nation the last
word in transport service. The people
of the United States are such great
travelers and shippers that it will take
the combined facilities of every agency
to meet their needs.
TATE PORT PILOT, SOUTF
WISE
AND
Oilier wise
_ , . i'
Ed. and Robert Marlowe were
i the office on Tuesday after- i
loon and we had a most interest-1
ig conversation. They are just.
ack after eleven months aboard!
minesweeper in European wat-'
ers. During those months they1
ad many a chance to think about
ome and wish they were here. j;
Ed said that being away has1
lade one important change in j
is attitude. Whereas he former/
resented people calling 'Southort
a little dead old town he
,ow doesn't mind a bit because
e realizes that it is jus" the
.'ay he wants it.
"You don't know how much you <
Dve the place till you have to
e away from it," said Ed.
"People can say what they
lease and I'm not going to say
word," put in Robert. "I love
he place and the war can't get,
ver soon enough to suit me. This
i the place I'm heading for as
oon as they tell me I can come
ome for good. I hope Sou .hpoit
tays just the way it is because
t's home to me and I like it
his way."
* * * I
On Valentine night there came
great pounding on my door and :
: was so sudden and so late that
: was frightening. After I gave
lyself, a mental jerk of the :
houlder and said to myself, Come
now, this isn't Germany j i
rhere a nocturnal pounding on j
lie door might mean something .
o be afraid of" I went to the i
oor and realized that it was the .
oung people around throwing I
ralentines just like I used to do. ;
Naturally they wanted some- j
tling to eat, but unfortuna tely II
ad forgotten this phase of Vale- 1
le fun and had failed tc "put i
1" anything special. I finally 1
Dund some crackers and doughuts,
but knowing young people 1
s I do, I know that only whetted
heir appetities. Fortunately they
acl been to other houses where
hey had received something 1
lse.
Next time, boys and girls, how I
bout telling us you're coming
round? You'll have a lot better i
hance of having something to I
at.
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With the arrival on Thursday of
cr ninth grand-daughter Mrs. :
ielen Bragaw has completed her :
iaseball team made up of girls,
loth she and the other grandaother,
Mrs. Frank Niernsee, are
nighty proud of the little girl,
ind I have it from reliable sources
hat the mother is right well
leased too. I'll have to let you
mow what Billy thinks of his
laughter later, because he is
verseas and not immediately
ivailable for making a statement.
PLANS ANNOUNCED
7OR REA POSTWAR
:0-0P EXPANSION
(Continued From. Page One)
caving cue iciiramucr avanaoie
or immediate use when linemilding
is resumed on a peaceime
scale.
The Cooperative's first lines
vent into operation December 18,
.939 with 233 consumers. It now
iperates 477 miles of line servng
1,705 farms and other rural
ionsumers.
The Cooperative has fulfi led all
ts obligation in making regular
layments on its RE A loars and,!
n addition, has also invested a
lubstanibal amount in War Bonds
is a reserve for emergency and
or later maintenance.
Forest Products Committee
Plans War Effort Drive
(Continued From Page One)
equirements for paper and paper
loard for the first quarter of
.945 are 4,400,000 tons. It is ob'ious
that increased production'
n lumber and pulpwood is essenial
to the war effort. Tie only
lossible way to get this increase
s not only to maintain the pre-,
ent labor supply, but to use ev-!
ry available means of increasing!
t."
The conference chairman. Dr.
. O. Schaub, Director of Extenion
at State College, appointed i
l committee of industry repre- J
entatives and representatives of j
he public agencies to plan and;
iromote a campaign among farmrs,
timber owners, and timber
iperators to increase the output
if forest products, especially lumber
and pulpwood.
The demand is urgent. Some-;
me said, "Don't let our boys
iverseas down." Yet numerous
lases were reported showing the
hortage of shells and supplies
eaching the front due to a shortige
of lumber and pulp for makWE
HAVE GASOLINEREGULARLY
General line of Feeds and j
: Merchandise.
DUN ROVIN'
FARMS
STORE & SERVICE
STATION
U. S. 17 Between
Winn a bow and Bolivia
J. O. Mintz, Operator |
[PORT, N. C.
ing packaging material. It's the S/
patriotic duty of every farmer, J(
timber operator, woods laborer,
and others to give every day pos- fee
sible to aid in meeting these timber
needs. The boys at the fight'- ma
ing front have no waste or idle? wii
let's have no absenteeism in the of
woods. | ,ne
Goals for the first six months seI
of 1945 call for North Carolina .
to produce 450,000 cords of pulp- j.c(
wood and 850,000,000 board feet
of lumber by July 1. We can do
it if everybody helps. i p(
This call for help and coopera- oi
tion is going all the way down
to the man in the field and the of
forest. The county agricultural fro
agent will call a county confer-! tio
ence of the vocational teachers,'er
farm forester, TPWP forester, 1
chairman of the county war 0VI
board, Soil Conservation and del
Farm Security representatives,
county forest warden, local pulp- j ba'
wood contractors or buyers, J
lumbermen, farmers and timber B1
owners, the local editors and oth- F<
er key people, and organize a' '
County Forest Products Commit-, ~
tee to carry on the campaign for
"More Wood Products For Our
Fighting Men Now."
MA NY~STUDE NTS
MADE HONOR ROLL
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titative, leadership, maturity,
persona] appearance and self con-!
trol. With the first and second <
* 4-U~ ^All/Mifinn
gittues nuu juugcu mc luiivwuig
students won places on this roll: i
Third grade: Joe Cochran, Joan |
Ramsauer, John Johnson and Bob-1
bie Swain.
Fourth grade: Virginia Mae,
Hazelton, George Robert Galloway,
Nodine Clemmons and Na- j
dine Kincaide.
Fifth grade: Patricia A. Adams,
Joy Lynn Bell, Harriette Corlette,
Latitia Hickman, Mary Ann
Loughlin, Mary E. Lupton, Kay
Moore, Bernice Phelps, Ada M.
Simmons.
Sixth grade: Rudy Bell, Danny;
Harrelson, Ronald Hood, Edward |
MacEachern, Santa Charles Cole- j
man, Janice Swan, and Nancy!
Swan.
Seventh grade: Edwin Nichols,!
Lena Ward, and Billie McDowell.
Eighth grade: Barbara Ann
Price.
Ninth grade: Zelda Evans, Sue
Fredere, Betsy Galloway, Joyce
Lancaster, Lottie Jane Sellers,
Myrtle Singletary, Barbara Weeks.
Tenth grade: Franto Mollycheck,
Billy Wells, Agnes Evans,
Evelyn Muncy, Dorothy Ward,
Eunice Lewis, Lewis Newton, Ann
McRacken, and Monroe Smith.
Eleventh grade: Sally Ann McNeil,
Douglas Jones, Eleanor Lee
Reese, Olive Dean Smith. j
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VN PABLO SENT at the same time
3 THIS DISTRICT and have felt 01611
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it in length. 1 ship. They are tl
rhe Comstock wase usually J. R. Marlowe oi
mned by Southport and Bruns- married the form
ck county officers, with most Norment and Ret
her crew also being Brunswick former Miss Marj
in. Some of these men are still UP ving
aboard her while she is
the war service. It has not The Rovin'
;n announced who is in com- (Continued fro
ind of the San Pablo. is nothing we an
able to see wher
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N SHORE DUTY |
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Japanese souvenirs, mostly 1
im Saipan. These included por- JL
ns of Japanese rifles and othguns,
etc. G
SVith more than four years of t ^
srseas duty to his credit he un-' VULCANI2
stood that when he reported J _ p ? f
rk to his station he would pro-j 3Hr.ll I KU;
t>ly be assigned to shore duty.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY ->] ^
! two years ago [going all the w!TTT,!9S!?
oselves fortunate! just to sit in on a c f y,'H
|ned to the same some fellows whom n(* i
ie sons of Mrs.'by their reputations*1U
f Southport. Ed them. nr'n we H H
ter Miss Marion ? '
iert married the During the next thre 9fl
Catheine Noth- the State Coll, P " mort^B
?c?
?- clinics in ail sect in-,.
Reporter Carolina. Ask the county0!, *>ft V
m page one! agent about the schedule "
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