The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. G.
Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER, JR ... Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
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Wednesday, July 21, 1948
Quail Story
A fellow we know who loves hunt-,
ing was driving along the highway
the other afternoon when he saw a
mother quail trying to herd her brood
across the road in front of his car. In
deference to the quail mother's anxi
ety, he stopped his automobile and ob
served the proceedings with consider
able interest.
Another auto loomed up from the
other direction, and a signal from our
friend brought this traveler to a stand-,
still and soon the driver was a second
interested spectator.
Then came a third car, bound some
where in a hurry. A signal failed to
stop it, and the driver pulled out on
the shoulder of the road to plow past
one of the parked machines and right
through the grass into which the moth
er bird had hustled her youngsters. No
doubt, a good part of her brood was
killed.
There's no particular moral to the
story, unless it is to point out that the
hazards which beset our quail popula
tion are many and far reaching.
No Cause For Envy
Occasionally we have heard some
one say, "Boy, you should see what
those fishboat men made this week";
or we have overheard a remark "Those
shrimpers are getting rich." Well,
things like the weather last week
quickly mess up the seasonal occupa
tion of these men, and leaves little
cause for envy on the part of their fel
low citizens, most of whom make their
living easier.
From last Tuesday through Sunday
there was a strong breeze which whip
ped up the waters off-shore to a point
that fishing and shrimping operations
were practically useless. Coming at a
time when men engaged in these occu
pations have been having very good
luck, this was cause for discourage
ment.
This week the weather is better, and
these men who wrest their living from
the sea are back at it. There will be
more good catches, and more words of
envy; but the men who make their
money from fishing and shrimping earn
their livelihood the hard way.
Each In His Own Turn
We venture the guess that there are
more projects for road improvement in
progress in Brunswick county now than
at any time in the past. While this does
not mean that every road for which
improvements are needed or wanted is
receiving attention, it is a very hopeful
sign that eventually all of these needs
will be met.
Not only is there a lot of road work
in progress at this time, but there is
prospect for more within the predict
able future. When it comes, there
should be a general feeling of appre
ciation that we have received these
benefits, and there should be no spirit
of spite and envy, which are attitudes
that have cost us recognition of worthy
projects in the past.
It is the old attitude of "live and let
live." It is alright for all of us to pre
pare our requests and to present them
as favorably and as strongly as we can
before the proper governing bodies. But
when decisions are made and contracts
are let, even though they fail to include
work on the projects we believe to be
most important to us, the right thing
to do is to be glad that some place in
our county will have the benefit of im
provement, and wait for our own turn.
O'J ' *
John J. Pershing
A long and brilliant career came to
an end Thursday when General of the
Armies John J. Pershing' was called to
his reward. A man who might have
been President had he chose, Pershing
stood on his record as a soldier and re
sponded to the calls for civic duty bril
liantly. Further than that he would not
go. lie preferred to leave politics to
those trained in governmental affairs.
No finer tribute could have been paid
the General of the Armies than that
which a First World War sergeant
suggested at last week's meeting of the
Whiteville Rotary Club. Joe S. Mann,
now president of the local civic organi
zation, asked that all Rotarians stand
for a moment in silent tribute to the
memory of his former commander. The
Joe Manns all over the nation respec
ted John J. Pershing.
Juvenile Crime Breeders
An increase of violence in juvenile
delinquency has gone hand in hand
with the increased distribution of comic
books featuring murder, torture and
other violent crimes, declares Dr. Fred
eric Wertham in The Reader's Digest
for August. Dr. Wertham is director of
the Psychiatric Service of Queens Gen
eral Hospital and of the Lafargue Clin
ic, New York. His article is condensed
from The Saturday Review of Litera
ture.
From his own clinical studies and
those of his associates, Dr. Wertham
cites the case histories of several crimes
of violence recently committed by
'teen-age youths. Ranging from the
beating and hand-cuffing of a four
year-old girl to the stabbing of a boy,
each of these acts is traced by Wert
ham directly to the child criminals ad
diction to comic books.
Many other juvenile crimes point to
the comic-book influence, Wertham in
sists. A 17-year-old killer left a note
signed "The Devil"; three 16-year-old
boys killed a 14-vear-old "for reven
ge"; a 13-year-old Chicago boy who
murdered a playmate told his lawyer
he read all the comic books he could
get. Typical was the recent killing of a
policeman by a New York youth. "Is
that crime so astonishing," Wertham
asks, "in view of the comic-book cover
showing a man and woman shooting
it out with the police, to the accompani
ment of 'We'll give those flatfeet a
bellyful of lead?"
Refuting the arguments in behalf of
the comics, Wertham contends that
they do not represent the natural choice
of children, as their defenders say, for
no other books are on sale at 10 cents
in candy stores and at newsstands.
That they are not educational is evi
dent by their distortion of the classics.
Yet many school children have con
fided to Wertham that the book reports
they write as homework are based on
the comic-book version of a classic, "so
they won't have to read the original."
The author sees the mass production
of comics seriously threatening the pub
lication of good, inexpensive children's
books. He estimates that 75 percent of
parents are opposed to comic books,
and charges that the "experts" who ap
prove them are in the employ of the
comic-book business.
Three U. S. cities?Indianapolis, De
troit and Hillsdale, Mich.?have acted
against the sale of comic books deemed
harmful to youth, according to the
American Municipal Association. In
Chicago, school children recently burn
ed all the comic books they could col
lect and persuaded neighborhood deal
ers to discontinue their sale.
Production of milk per cow in North
Carolina averaged 330 pounds during
March compared with 286 pounds dur
ing February.
Small grains in the State are doing
nicely and stands are betterv than ave
rage.
Sign on a newly seeded lawn at
Wellesley College: "Don't ruin the gay
young blades."
Some city people think most traffic
accidents occur in the country. Some
rural folk think city-dwellers cause
most mishaps. Actually, 674 persons
were killed on rural roads in North
Carolina last year, while 162 met their
death within city or village limits. So,
around four out of every five deaths
occurred in rural areas. Six out of every
eight drivers involved in fatal accidents
were rural residents, the motor vehicle
department reports?
melon all by ourself. So we
sent it over to Long Beach to
Ted Robinson, associate editor of j
TIME magazine, who has a wife
and five children.
For a long time our good friend |
I Jesse Atkinson of Winnabow has
j been sort of peeved because we
f would not publish his pickling re-i
i ceipt. He claims it is the best in
j the World and we are willing to!
publish anything once?just once.
Here is Mr. Jesse's superlative
j pickle mixture receipt: "One
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! Ion jar, one-third teaspoonful sac
charine, one tablespoonfull pickle j
| spice, fill jar half full with vine-!
I gar, add water, seal and Jet'
1 stand four weeks." I
When Dr. R. H. Holden finds1
us down at Holden Beach on a '
Saturday afternoon or night he
takes us to Supply and puts us
on a bus to Southport. If he |
misses the bus he brings us all
of the 25-miles aroundabout way
from the beach to Southport
himself. Rose Marie Holden is
Dr. Holden's daughter. She was
the Captain of the Shallotte high
school girls basket ball team last
spring, and most Brunswick folks'
know ITer. She is not hard to
look at. Frances Bird is the
daughter of Prof, and Mrs. H. C.
Bird of Durham and Duke Uni
versity, excepting during the'
summer tlTTie when they reside at i
Holden Beach. She graduated
from Duke this spring. She is
no harder to look at than Hose
Marie. Well, Saturday afternoon
Dr. Holden said to us: '"You
won't mind, will you. if Rose |
Marie and Frances take you to J
the bus, instead of me ?" What
amazes us is that Dr. Holden"
should have ever thought we
would mind anything like that, j
As soon as both can get a day
off at the same time Soil Con
servationist C. D. Potter is to
take us on a tour of several
farms in Brunswick county, places
where they have permanent pas
tures and are starting such
things. Mr. Potter says that a
number of farmers are working
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on the well established permanent
pasture ideas. He believes it a
good thing for this county.
! Livestock raising is one of thei
things we have been neglecting
and the permanent pastures are
a great aid In raising either milk
or beef cows.
! Clarence Griffin, editor of the j
Forest City Courier, visited us
thib week. We decided at once
that an airplane view of him and
Carl Goerch would reveal them
as being identical in looks. (
We noticed this week that
Time still goes on despite the
fact that Ted Robinson, one of
its editors, is vacationing at
Long Beach. About the time Time
gets this Ted will be regaining
his dignity.
Sgt. Alex Yates of Ashland,
Ky., at Fort Caswell for three
years during the first world war,
writes us that he greatly enjoy- .
ed the trip he made back here [
in 1947 and the meeting withj
many old friends on that visit, j
He is in the real estate business j
at Ashland. Last year and also J
this year he says he was lucky [
enough to pick the winner in the,
Kentucky Derby. Sgt. Yates is a'
regular subscriber to this paper!
and enjoys reading of old friends
Gus Travis Tangles
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he would ever forget her, what
ever she might be wearing.
At this period Gus led a per
sonally conducted tour to visit
his 1937 model Chevrott in which
the Travis' with some aid from
a trailer, journeyed down from
Charlotte.
"I tell you," he said, "we will
be back here at Holden Beach
next year." The interviewer was
not sure whether Gus was speak-'
ing of just himself and the 1937;
model Chrevolet, or of the whole'
family. So he let it go.
"I hope I will see more of all j
of you," said the interviewer as
he shook hands, preparatory to
departing.
"No sir," said Gus, "when Mrs.
Travis was modeling that bathing
suit for you, you saw all of her!
you are going to see."
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