PACE 2
The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor
(On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.)
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CTtfMd aa secofid-clSss matter April 20, 1928, at
the Rost 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, September 26, 1915
Trying Conditions
The first month of school, soon end- I
ing for practically all of the schools, J
has brought the teachers, patrons and
students face to face with very trying
conditions, especially in the matter of
transportation of students over rural
roads.
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These roads nave uei-umo cnwu.,
inpassable as a result of continued excessive
rains.
The schools have started out under j
difficulties and the greatest hope for i
improvement in conditions lies in the j
chances of dry weather following the
rainy season and for improved labor
conditions that will permit the roads !
being kept in repair.
A Building ERA
October should see the beginning of |
the greatest building era that the coun- [
ty has ever known. All restrictions on
home building materials are scheduled
to be lifted on the first of the month
and this will be the signal for the assembling
of every kind of building
material for every purpose, ranging
from the erection of new homes and
other building to the repairing of old
ones.
The four years of war had practically
put an end to civilian construction.
Material was supposed td be available
only for repairs, and the building of
homes in emergency cases. Added to
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were the almost impossible labor conditions
prevailing. New construction ;
and, in most cases, repair work, had to
wait until conditions improved.
Another factor pointing to a building
era is that home owners and many
others who never owned homes are
now all well supplied with money. The
wise ones are anxious to use at least a
portion of this money wisely. Lumber
and building material producers all
seem to expect big business for at least
five years.
Still Pioneering *
Since the creation of the first railroad
the greatest single factor in pioneering
and the development of America
has been the railroad. They hewed
their way through mountains, spanned
rivers and streams, crossed barren
plains and went onward. Their development,
enormous in itself, led to millions
of other development.
A bulwark for development in peace,
they have stood out as a still greater
bulwark in war times. Despite the
parallel great development in modern 1
^}ghways, transportation by truck and
?t&r and air, the last war, as well as>
r\ preceding wars, could not have been
fought and won without the assistance
of the American railroads.
They are still pioneering, still keenly
alive to progress. This war is over
but the railroads are girding themselves
for peace time needs, just as they gird/.
A //v. i?nw D 4-1 til i.? . n i
xu iui war. duui me Aiianuc v^oasi
Xine and the Seaboard Air Line startled
out long before the war ended to
.prepare for peace. This was done even
;jvhile they exerted themselves to the
utmost to carry on with war time
-needs.
In lower and southern Brunswick
-there is neither Seaboard nor Coast
Xine, but both are keenly interested
>nd one, the Atlantic Coast Line, as we
;have reason to know, believes that the
Brunswick county coast line offers a
wonderful field for development, especially
in the matter of sport fishing.
IThis county may be asslred of the fact
'that officials of the road are willing
;and anxious to back up this belief by
'.assisting in all possible ways to pioneer
the development.
Captain John Ericsson was the inIventeor
of the Monitor, famous "cheese
|box on a raft."
Americans could take it while everybody
saw the danger. The test of our
maturity is whether we can do what is
necessary now that the fighting is over.
T
**.1 a i III H-i-1 aLearning
The Story
Eventually all the intrigue and dou- |
ble-dealing, all the greed and ambition,
which prompted axis nations to plunge
the world into war, will be brought to
light. Even now little rejnains to be
learned, of events p^-ior tc> and during ^
the recent conflict. /
Already it is known Germany and
Japan had visions of gre?at empire-Hitler
in Europe, the Japs on the Asiatic J
continent. Presumably cohorts to a j
more or less degree, there was no unity I
of action and purpose such as marked
the Allied arrangement which brought
about their defeat.
Heinrich Stahmer. who served as
Hitler's ambassador to Japan, recently
discovered living in splendor in a Jap- j
anese hotel, has told his story. He says
Hitler wanted the Japs to attack Russia -j
instead of the United States. He favor- !
ed a junction early in the war of Nazi
and Jap forces, the Germans moving :
through Africa, the Japs via India,
Stahmer says he had no instructions to I
prepare for the possibility of Hitler's !
arrival in Japan.
Neither Germany nor Japan kept
each other informed on their plans.
While there was some excnange ot
technical equipment, no military force,
either by land, sea, or air, was ever
available to the Japs from their erstwhile
friend.
An unholy union from the begining,
alliance between Germany and Japan
was destined to come to naught, largely
through mutual suspicion, a conclusion
now being verified by details obtained
since the occupation of the two
enemy nations. ,
Cancer Research / r /
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. has set up a
fund of $4,000,000 for cancer research.
This comes as a substantial addition to
the $4,000,000 the American cancer
Society has been able to scrap together
through nationwide solicitation. Futher- ]
more, it shows a disposition among
men of wealth to help in the fight a- I
gainst a disease which kills more per- J
sons than any other affliction, with the
exception of heart ailment.
It is hope of Mr. Sloan and other ;
men of vision that future research may
be conducted on an organized basis, instead
of the more or less independent
methods now in use. He would apply
big business tactics to the job. This will
call for more funds, which may become
available as other individuals, impressed
by Mr. Sloan's action, join in financing
the movement.
There has been much moralizing
over the fact the government spent
$2,000,000 on the atomic bomb, while
the nation had made a meager $4,000,
000 available for cancer research. This
is hardly a fair comparison. In addition IJ
to help win a war, atomic discoveries j
will bring peacetime blessings. i
But it is an indication the nation is '
able to pay for whatever may be necessary
to win a war. By the same token 1
it should be willing to properly finance '
a movement as vital as cancer research. <
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Air Lines Rid For Traffic !
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As one air line announces a reduct- \
ion of passenger rates to or below the
price of a railroad ticket with a Pull- ]
man lower berth, effective immediate- '
ly, the cuts are met by all its direct
competitors. A rate war is denied.Instead
the reduction was described as '
the result of operating economies learn- i
ed during the war.
Regardless of the reason for the new
rate schedule at this time, the move is
indicative of the stiff kind of competition
that the railroad must be prepared
to meet from the air lines in passenger
traffic. Take the fare from New York
to Detroit. By planes it is now $22.55,
compared to $27.89, with pullman
berth, by rail.
Recalled in a statement by the aviat- |
ion adviser of Jhe Secretary of Com
merce a year and a half ago, writing
on the air traffic of the future, he said
that passenger fate could be cut "per-1
haps as much as 30 per cent below
present Pullman." The New YorkDetroit
rate comes close to it. He also
predicted that by the end of the postwar
decade "the average moderately
well to do American will do almost all
of his long distance traveling by air."
How high and fast commercial
planes of the future may fly or how
big they may be are questions to which
no one can give definte answers. But
it is clear that there is hardly a limit
to the future passenger and freight
services of the air lines.
JTHPORT, N. C
Herbert Parker, abandoning car']
i highway', no operators license,' i
3 registration card, continued to ]
ctober 6th. - i (
Moses Charlie Moss, speeding,' j
mtinued.
Jessie Scarborough, drunk driv
ig, continued to October 6th. '
Bruce Albert Widenhouse,; '
leading, continued j
Xvey> Jbrnian,1 breaking and en- ring,
nol pros with leave,
Jerry Walker, assault, continued i
i October 6th. <
Henry Miller, larceny, nol pros. v
JRGE ATTENDANCE
lT LEGION MEET c
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izing our membership will be t
reatly helpful, so come out to
lr next meeting on the last J
hursday of this month, Septem- ]
er 28, and those of your eligible i
jddies are also invited to come j
long with you where if already j
ischarged, or are to be discharg1
from any of our armed forces. ^
1ILITARY HONORS " 1
OR ELBERT KEZIAH "
'Continued Fna Pace One) j'
ity; Sgt. Dan Walker, of South- i
ort and comrades from the i
laxton Air Base.
The honorary pall-bearers were,j
Ivde Townsend. J. A, Turner. I
I
he state port pilot, sot
MEDICAL DISCHARGE
George Gregory. Jr., Mo. M. M. j 01
2-c., has received a medical dis- m
charge from the Navy and re-' O
turned home. He served at Iwo i
Jima and Okinawa as a member c<
of a demolition squad. Mrs. Gregory
is the former Miss Joy ir
Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James'Arnold pf j, Southport. At S1
present the' couple stre visiting |
at Mr Gregory's home in Pitts- te
i burgh, Pa.
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The Ron in' Reporter
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day and become lost in the board j ,
reaches of the river above South- j
port. Ijjj
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Throughout practically all of
North and South Carolina floods 01
seriously handicapped travel all T
of the latter part of last week and 1 hi
the first of this. All along the bi
upper Cape Fear, especially in al
the Fayetteville area, the number i di
of people driven from their homes e<
j by flood waters ran into the
thousands and many home were J
completely destroyed. On many ! F
highways and railroads traffic
was completely blocked for days ^
and detours could not be made P
for days. On the Atlantic Coast &
Line main double-tracked route
from New York, Richmond and C
Washington to Florida and other b
points, all passenger trains pass- q
ing through Florence, S. C? were ^
detoured Thursday, via Fair Bluff, j(
Chadbourn, and Elrod or via Wil- '
mington until 9:00 o'clock that
night. At that time the detour R
for these trains and all others v
out of Florence was closed owing G
to the high waters of the Pee R
Dee River. During the day when V
the route from Wilmington to T
Florence was open we had oc- casion
To go by train to Fair
During this 60 mile trip about
ten stops had to be made on sidings
to let main line streamlined
trains go by. Most of these
streamliners were drawn by two
huge modern 'streamlined diesel
engines. At Fair Bluff we had
to get off a mile from the station
as two huge streamliners I
were already there on the siding, I
waiting for still another to come I
in and pass those on the siding. 5
WEEKLY RELEASE
FROM AAA OFFICE | I
(Continued from pa/e 1)
AAA office, and that payment k
urill Vwa mo/lo fra avofla/l ^.1 fin . fl
per acre for Austrian Winter
Peas, Crimson Clover, and Vetch:
and not to exceed S2.00 an acre;
for annual Ryegrass.
Mr. Bennett emphasized the j
following specifications for best;
results: (1) well-prepared seeded,
(2) full seeding of adapted j
seed, (3) application of liming j
material, (4) inoculation of le-1
gume seed and (5) early seeding.
HUNDREDS HUNTED WITH
LITTLE LUCK
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have not been learned. The tide
is said to have been getting
slightly better, aided by the great
volume of flood water that has
been pouring down the Cape Fear.
THE RED CROSS
IS STANDING BY
I Continued From pas:e One)
claims and benefits. At the meeting
it was emphasized that 'the
work of the American Red Cross P
at home will of necessity continue
and in some respects will
increase, particularly in those
services related to the serviceman,
the ex-serviceman, and his
family.
Newest developments in veterans'
claims and benefits were
discussed and a program planned
which will enable the Brunswick
bounty Chapter to provide the
greatest possible service for re;urning
servicemen. Veterans deliring
assistance are advised to A
:ontact the Brunswick County ^
Chapter, at Southport, Miss h
iVoodside said.
BIG ATTENDANCE
COURT SESSION '
Robert Strickland, speeding,
lapias and continued.
Charles M. Parker, speeding, ^
:ontinued.
PRO M P T
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SOUTHPORT
GLEANERS
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
FOR SALE
?Cottage in good condition on
Caswell Beach, located near
the Coast Guard Station.
Equipped with electric stove
and an electric refrigerator and
otherwise furnished.
?House and lot located on the
Yacht Basin at Southport.
Prices reasonable. Terms can
be arranged. Call 6323 In Wilmington,
N. C., or write?
Dr. W. S. Dosher,
Murchison Bldg.,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
H. Small, B. F. Rogers, Dr.
,, D. Elliott, Dr. L. D. Floyd,
ir. M. A. Waddell, and E W. |
enkins, of Fair Bluff; J. ^
oburn, Jno. Elbert Thompson, 1
H. Burns, Sr.. J P. Quinerly,
fhiteville; Charles Farrell, of;
reensboro; Bill Sharpe, Raleigh;
obert Thompson. High Point;
I. H. Kendall, Greensboro; Sam
Bennett, Amos J. Walton, |
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HURT IN WRECK
;d weapon and interfering with
officers alter the accident. He jras
awaiting treatment at .the >
lospital when arrested. Earl j
(ones. Theodore Babson and
leorge Kerr Andrews, all of Ash
r.d occupants of the coupe, were j
reated for various injuries
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NEW 4-H CLUBS
tobacco bringing 45 cents per
sound tliis year the increase runs i
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To illustrate, on the 4500 acres
planted in tobacco in 1932 the in- j
urease of 300 pounds would run
:o 1,350,000 pounds. This at only
10 cents per pound, would bring j
,n the nice little total of $450,#00,000.
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will have a new
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