The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. G.
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Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor
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Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the
Act of March 3, 1878.
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Wednesday, July 21, 1948
Let's Fight For Health
?
Parents throughout the State can
take heart from the news that all the
resources of modern medicine are be
ing marshalled against infantile para
lysis. Trained nurses, responding to the
American Red Cross emergency call,
have been volunteering for service in
the hospitals at Durham, Greensboro
and Gastonia. Over-worked though our
doctors, nurses and hospital staffs are,
we know that with the help of the en
tire community they will conquer this
dread scourage.
But it should not take an epidemic to
bring united community action to fight
disease. Parents who have been forced
to stand by helplessly while their chil
dren have been stricken by polio can
demand: "Why weren't we prepared
for this? Why don't we have enough
doctors, nurses and medical facilities
to meet any emergency?"
We have no glib solution to offer. It
is apparent to all that the present hap
hazard system of medical care cannot
cope with the demand. And it ig equal
ly obvious that no real solution will be
reached except through the combined
efforts of doctors and laymen, of state
and local government. That is the only
way to avoid the dangers of federal in
terference or socialized medicine.
Our doctors and scientists are doing
everything they can to end epidemics
like infantile paralysis. Now it is up to
us to find the way to bring the mirac
les of their research within the reach of
all.
Should Prove Charges
From the headquarters of the Pro
gressive Party in North Carolina comes
a lengthy indictment of the condition
of registeration and election books in
the State. It is much too long for pub
lication but there are some allegations
which the State Board of Elections
should not ignore.
In the search for qualified petition
ers for the Henry Wallace party, work
ers claim they have found conditions
that "make a mockery of the right of
petition" and insinuate that these same
conditions could make a mockery out
of elections.
"In practically every county, we
have found many dead people still
listed on the books as qualified voters
and many others listed at addresses
from which they have long since mov
ed," the indictment charges. "This
situation has been astounding to us as
it indicates the ease with which any
corrupt faction in the county could
thwart the majority by voting dead
people and absentees."
But the allegations do not stop there.
Let's read on: "In a number of cases
we have found clear evidence on the
Democratic Party books that the same
man has voted in two separate pre
cincts this year."
Mary Price and her Progressive
Party should be invited to prove these
charges. If they are true, then there's
some cleaning up to do.
We have the feeling that it might be
well to be as much concerned with
violations of the election laws as with
checking up on petitions presented by
the minority groups. As little as we
think of the Progressive Party, we see
no objections to having its nominees
before the voters in November.
Neglected Males
By way of Dorothy Dix, whose daily
column appears in hundreds of news
papers of the nation, we learn the whys
and wherefores of man's indifference
to the home. "One of the chief gripes
of women," Miss Dix says, "is that
their husbands take so little interest
f in their homes. Yet the explanation is J
simple enough. The average man is do
mestic-minded. He, too, marries to get
a home."
Miss Dix then goes on to say that {
r his dream of actively participating in
the affairs of his home is seldom realiz
ed. She goes on:
"Practically all women are monopol
ists who believe that their homes be
long exclusively to them. It is the bride
or the bride's mother who decide on
the house and furniture, and it is rare
that a husband has any say-so about
building or adorning his home. Maybe
men would take more interest in their
homes if they could make a few sug
gestions about them.
"Then consider how little men get
out of the homes they pay so much for.
Three hooks in a closet and a couple of
drawers in a chiffonier are about all a
husband rates, and if there are girls
in the family Papa doesn't even get
that much.
"I once heard a man say that the un
gratified desire of his life was to have
a comb and brush that belonged ex
clusively to him and that didn't have
women's hair in it. But he never got it,
poor soul."
Thanks, Miss Dix. Before this we
hadn't known why we were so indif
ferent about washing the dishes, car
rying out garbage and like chores. We
are saving this editorial to show the
lady at our house and giving other men
the same opportunity.
False Doctrine
Recently some 300 Protestant minis
ters proposed that the youth of this
nation refuse to register for the draft.
Fortunately such an attitude is limited
to the few, but it can do no harm to
cite the fallacy of their argument.
This has been done admirably by
"The Living Church," an Episcopal
magazine, and we hereby quote its edi
torial in full:
The anti-draft statement of 300 Pro
testant ministers is a document that
cannot be left unchallenged, for it calls
upon America's young men to defy the
law of the land in the name of Christi
anity. Such a call, which misrepresents
the leadership of the Church and ver
ges on treason to the State, should be
promptly repudiated by responsible and
representative Churchmen.
We have always had respect for the
genuine conscientious objector, who re
fuses to bear arms because of the dic
tates of his conscience and who is wil
ling to suffer the consequences of devo
tion to his ideals. Moreover it is the tra
dition of this country to respect that
idealism, and to provide non-combat
duty in time of war for conscientious
objectors, so long as they are willing to
abide by the law. But when they defy
the law, and refuse to obey it, they for
feit the right to its protection. And
those who incite them to such disobedi
ence have no right to claim the bene
fits of the same law.
The statement of the ministers sets
up a false analogy. "As the early Chris
tians refused to offer a pinch, of in
cense to Caesar's image," says the
statement, "so we believe that Christian
youth in the United States today should
refuse to grant even the token of re
cognition of registration to this contem
porary evil which means disaster for
their country and their Church." The
analogy is false because it equates re
cognition of the duty of national de
fense with worship of the State; an
equation that was rejected by our Lord
Himself when He called upon His fol
lowers to "render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesar's, and unto God
the things that are God's." And He did
not demand that the centurion renoun
ce his military service to Caesar as a
pre-requisite to the healing of his child.
We do not deny the right of the
pacifist ministers to object to the draft
law, or to any other federal, state, or
municipal law. It is their democratic
right to do so, and to work for its re
peal through legal channels. They may
even, through the same channels, seek
the abolition of our army, navy, and
air force, the scuttling of our naval
vessels, tbe junking of our military
planes, and the destruction of our atom
bombs. Indeed, if they could persuade
Russia and the other nations to take
simultaneous and equally far-reaching
action, we should be all for them.
But when this group, or any group,
publicly advocates individual defiance
of a law duly enacted by constitutional
process, it is repudiating the whole
basis of our representative form of
government. And when it does that in
the name of Christianity, it is time to
say quite plainly that they are misrep
resenting Christianity, as well as sub
verting the democratic basis of the civil
government. ?
Rovin' Reporter
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Whiteville, found John Barefoot,
Clyde Moore and Stacy Black
burn, of Whiteville, guilty of kil
ling a doe out of season. They
were fined $150.00 each and $13.10
court costs. Two shotguns were
confiscated. All in all their Il
legal hunting cost them $652.40
and two shot guns. The doe they
killed was urned over to the Co
lumbus County Home. Blackburn
is the man who was shot by the
wardens while the arrests were
being made. Hie officers allege
he made a threatning movement
with the shotgun he was carry
ing.
We were not even enough in-!
terested in the matter to know j
they were having a convention,
or where they were having it.
So the message that came to us
Satrday via a post card from
Philadelphia leaves us mildly!
wondering where we fit in. The
message read: "Just before at-;
tending the Third Party Conven-,1
tion, we thought of you". This
was signed: "4 Southern Deleg
ates, G. J.-L. H.-E. C. and L. S".
From Goldsboro and big Henry
Belk, editor of the News Argus,
came the following note Friday:!
"Dear Bill:?My family and I
plan to be at the San-Bar cot
tage at Long Beach the first of
next week and be there for two
weeks. Hope you will come to see
us while we are there." In ac
cordance with this invitation from
Henry we plan to tuck a big
watermelon under our arm and
go over to the beach some after
noon this week.
Before we knew what was com
ing off we found ourself tak
ing dinner with Bill Grady at
the Holden Beach ferry Saturday
evening. Fov the benefit of folks
who go down the wateway, he
has a mighty nice little lunch
room right there on the water
way. Sunday morning at 5 o'clock
when we got up from the break
fast table at Mack's we made
the discovery that Attorney G.
Butler Thompson of Lumberton
had already paid for it. Sunday
at noon aftA a nice lunch at
Mack's we were waved out with
the information that it was on
the house.
"The more you write about fish
Ing the better we like It," said
Dr. W. C. Hedgpeth of Lumber
ton and Long Beach. This young
doctor who is keen on fishing
has built one 'of the nicest homes
that has been built on Long
Beach this year.
Writing us this week, Mr. and
Mrs. George R. Daniels of Dan
ville, Va., say that they have
come to love Southport and they
are planning to purchase proper-;
ty and make their future home J
here. A visitor to Southport for
the fishing for many years, Mr.
Daniels brought Mrs. Daniels
down last week to prospect
around. They will probably be
back soon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. St. George
of Annapolis, Md., were here for
a short while one day the past
week. They were returning to An
napolis from a trip further south.
Leaving Southport fifteen or more
years ago, Mr. St. George has
done well with the Ford Motor
Company. Their son, Billy, grad
Company. Their son, Billy is a
graduate of the Naval Academy
and is now an ensign on one of|
the big cruisers. The daughter,
Jean, is'married to a Naval of
ficer.
We knew no better than to ac
cept rides, first with Kemp Hold
en and then with Edgar Holden
at Holden Beach Saturday after
noon. Edgar was owner of the
car, which consisted of a chasit
and an engine built mostly of
racing engine parts. It is sup
posed to easily do 120 miles per
hour. The boys who took turns at
chauffeuring the thing said they
did not go much over 100 miles
per hour and we have no way of
knowing whether they were lying
or that'we were just plain scared.
That night when we went to
shave there was so much sand
stuck in our skin it dulled our
razor.
JANUARY DATE
.oontinued from paee One)
prior to the opening of the reg
istration books for the same, and
such election shall be held under
the same laws and regulations as
are provld'ed for election of mem
bers of tfie General Assembly,
except that no absentee ballote
shall be voted in said election.
"I trust that with these quo
tations from the statues, you will
be able to determine the earliest!
GREASING CARS
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.... is what we know how to do best. And there's j
nothing more important to the life and service of ^our
automobile than good grease jobs.
WILSON ARNOLD
U. S. No. 17 Supply, N. G.
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EFFECTIVE TUES., JAN. 20,1948
WEEK-DAY SCHEDULE
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LEAVES SOUTHPORT LEAVES WILMINGTON
*? 7:00 A.M.
7:00 A.M. *9:30 A.M.
9:30 A. M. 1:35 P. M.
*1:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M. 6:10 P.M.
6:00 P.M. 10:20 P.M.
*?These Trips on Saturday Only.
**?1This Bus Leaves Winnabow at 6:10 Daily.
- SUNDAY ONLY -
LEAVES SOUTHPORT LEAVES WILMINGTON
7:30 A. M. 9:00 A. M.
10:50 A.M. 1:35 P.M.
4:00 P.M. 6:10 P.M.
6:00 P. M. ? 10:20 P. M.
date on which the election can!
be held in your county. If' if
can be of any further assist
ance to you, please let me know.
"Yours very truly
"HARRY MCMULLAN
"Attorney General".
LIONS CLUB WILL
| ?nunued from Pitge One I
D. White, Jr., has been the Com
mander and James D. Bellamy, j
Jr., has served as adjutant. Dtir-1
ing this period some real pro-1
gress has been made towards the!
I building of the hut. Out of the J
'accumulated funds a beautiful lo-j
I cation has been purchased and j
paid for. Some material has also
been purchased and is now on
this building site.
"With a little more cooperation
and financial contributions to
help them out our boys of Shal
lotte Legion Post will soon be
able to start and finish the home
they deserve to have," said Mr.
Bishop.
FIVE-HOUR SALES .
Continued From Page One
munching from a paper bag.
All of the county's 21 ware
houses have completed the an
nual job of assembling their sea
son personnel.
Bales are scheduled to start on
all markets at 9 a. m. and will
run for rive hours this year in
stead of four allotted in 1947.
Hie selling rate will be 400 piles
per hour as in recent years.
The one major change in ware
house rules will be the 50-pound J
(tolerance granted growers on the
i size of baskets. They will be
I allowed to put up to 300 pounds
on a basket, thus eliminating
many of the 10, 20 and 30 pound
j baskets on which many growers
I have lost money in past years.
J "A high quality crop somewhat,
[lighter In pounds per acre" was j
the general belief of market ob
servers. There were differences of
opinion even on this score. A few
growers believed their crop was
on a par with the beat on re-1
cord.
I Growers say their crop was
I expensive this season and look
(for the increase in price to offset
the extra cost, of production.
There was no thought that the
acreage reduction could be made
up by higher prices.
The carnival spirit Is increas
ing as the date nears and the I
prediction stood that several I
times as many people will be on'
the warehouse floors Tuesday
moming as there were last year
when the opening came too early
for farmers to take time off and
attend first sales. This year cur
ling is well advanced, providing
. considerably more time for grow
|ers to market the crop, whereas
last year they were busy in the
harvesting processes.
The tobacco theme is on every
body's lips and the music of
the auctioneers' sing-song chant
is just ahead?next Tuesday.
Read The Want Ads
ANY SUGGESTION
(Continued Frum Page One)
sible location for a polio hospital,
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the City of Southport
hereby protest such action and
request a hearing in the matter
before such action is taken, if
it is contemplated.
"It Is desired to point out the
fact that Brunswick county has
only one authentic case of polio
on record at the present time.
It is further contended that Fort
Caswell is In the midst of a
popular and rapidly developing
beach area.
"In the opinion of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Southport, the operation
of a polio clinic or hospital in
this beach area will be extremely
Injurious to property valuation,
and the' general health. It is the
opinion that no beach area should
be used.
"A hearing is therefore re
quested before any action is tak
en if action for the use of Fort
Caswell for the above purpose is
contemplated.
"I, J. A. Gilbert, Clerk of the
City of Southport, hereby certify
that the above resolution was
unanimously passed at a special
meeting, this day, July 26, 1948
by the Mayor and members of
tho Board of Aldermen of the
Gty of Southport.
"J. A. GILBERT,
City Clerk".
SHALsLOTTE INLET
(Continued from page one)
partment of Conservation and De
velopment at their meeting ? at
Morehead City on the 26th
through the 2Sth f)f J5
gram for the imprJ^U
of the inlets on the ? * \
lina Coast. In this p
for the improvement^*?
woods Folly i,,let " %
"cognized the need '
will be glad to help ,N
cessary authority for'
work." y Ior ??t{,
Pulpwood Corner
(Continued lrom "?k
much of it has to b? ft**
all points in th.s ^
from around and h^'"' *
and Shallotte. The
the dock at Shallott? ^
towing the empty
barges a distance 0f V *
miles and at the same , ^
inate much of the
hauling. ^ U
It is understood that m..
tag from the Brunswig
| dock opposite Wnmin^,
| continue to operate after VI 1
(loading facilities are > 1
: Shallotte.
, NEW JRINCIPAL~" .
I (Continued from Pl? ? I
at Stokesdale High &L "*]
home county. "
In electing Mr. Stephen,
Waccamaw school boanj
' cured a teacher to fill J*'.
several vacancies that euf
Waccamaw. Mrs. StephZ
a 3rd grade teacher.
VARIED CASES *
(Continued from pi|f a
tinued to August 11.
Charles L. Prevatte. dnmta
ling, resisting arrest. riU
reckless operation, fw |
'and costs.
We are now in a position to take carei
your orders for lumber, building supplier
paints.
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