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The State Port Pilot Southport, N. C. Published Every Wednesday ? JAMES M. HARPER, JR. Editor ,i if. * 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 SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS Wednesday, September 8, 1948 ....$1.50 1.00 .75 Dangerous Condition On Monday, the day school original ly was scheduled to start, we received a report that the bridge at Walden Creek was in an unsafe condition. One of the school buses must cross this span, and had it not been for an earlier postponement, the lives of school child ren would have been placed in grave danger. On Monday we heard one of the State Highway Patrolmen say that un less immediate repairs were made he would close the road .This has been done, but it strikes us that there was negligence somewhere when a condition this serious was permitted to develop. Maintain Schedule Last month considerable confusion created for motorists who showed up in Southport on Monday of three consecu tive weeks to take their drivers exami nation only to discover that no examin er was here. It is our understanding that Driving License Examiner N. S. Hudson was in no way to blame for these broken ap pointments, but that on two occasions he was assigned to other stations to fill in for examiners who were on vacation, and that on the third Monday he was on vacation himself. The trouble would seem to be farther up the line, and the blame for much trouble and expense caused Brunswick county motorists rests upon the person who makes the assignments. Whoever this person is, he apparently is under the impression that the service and con venience of our citizens count for very little, and that the needs of Brunswick comes after that of all other stations. A new schedule has been set up now and the driving license examiner will be at Southport on Monday and Tues day of each week instead of just on Monday as has been the custom in the past. We hope that in the future Bruns wick county's time will be strictly ob served and that we will not be requir ed to take a back seat for another ap pointment which may be considered more important. Catastrophe Coming One of these days you are going to pick up a newspaper and read about a $100,000.00 fire in Southport, and when it is over there will not be a building missing. The scene probably will be the yacht basin, and the loss will be sustained in the shrimping fleet, the backbone of our one and only in dustry. The fire Monday morning underlined this danger. The narrow escape last winter when one of the Wells boats caught fire first brought it to onr at tention. It becomes increasingly apparent that we need more adequate fire protection, and the first step in this direction is a modern fire truck. Another and immediate need is for a deeper, wider channel into the basin. Monday morning's danger was increas ed by the confusion of the larger boats being unable to get out of the basin and away from the blazing boat at low tide. Unless this anchorage is to be a death trap instead of a haven some thing must be done to make it possi ble for these deep-draft boats to enter and leave it will, regardless of the tide stage. Other Deadlines Ahead There was considerable unpleasant ness up at Winston-Salem, where some 500 motor vehicle owners found a tire some wait ahead of them when they rushed to the inspection lane and met head on with the deadline rush. The Raleigh News and Observer appropria tely suggests that the self-kicking in strument that has become famous might serve a useful purpose. The News and Observer editorial may serve a useful purpose if it warns that there are other deadlines ahead: "Automobile owners were mighty mad at Winston-Salem when 500 mo torists who had waited until the last minute for inspection could not all be quickly served. They were impatient, weary and irritable. In Saturday's heat it is easy to understand their discom fort. It needs to be remembered, how ever, that all these angry and impatient men had waited until the last minute to create exactly the jam which exas perated them. That may be human. It also suggests that some such humans when they get mad about the results of their own delays may need exami nation as much as their cars. "If there ever was a place where that Craven County machine with which a man can kick himself was needed this examination line would seem to have been it. In North Carolina in these dog days that machine certainly should be kept in good repair." Moral Wisdom Must Rule "It should now be branded on our consciousness that, unless science is controlled by a greater moral force, it will become the Antichrist prophesied by early Christians." In that statement Charles A. Lindbergh crystallizes the message of his new book, "On Flight and Life." The book, Lindbergh's first since the publication of "We" in 1927, is condensed as the leading article of The Readers Digest for September. The American people's sense of val ues has been dangerously distorted, Lindbergh believes, by the very scien tific marvels which have made this country the most powerful on earth. Holding that man's survival depends, in the last analysis, "fully as much on the quality of life as on the power of arms," the author urges a re-evaluation of our standards, based on spiritual truths. "We must measure education less by the amount of knowledge it in stills than by the wisdom of living it creates. The amassing of knowledge is of negative value when it places busi ness above, family, and makes women consider careers ahead of children; when it teaches us how to turn loose modern weapons without teaching us the human values to control them." Three times in his life, the flyer says, he has felt an overwhelming compul sion to communicate a brief to his fel low men. "The first was as a young pil ot, when I became convinced that man had a great destiny in the air." The second was just prior to World War II, "When I believed it best for America to keep out of Europe's internal wars. The third time is at this moment of 1948. I believe that, if we do not control our science by a higher moral force, it will destroy us with its materialistic values, its rocket aircraft and atom bombs." Envisioning this country poised for a future war, Lindbergh sees the "intol erable concept" ? of our civilization ex isting from hour to hour, at the mercy of an enemy whose atomic rockets and other weapons wait only for some fana tic's fingers to close an electric switch. "It is a picture of the future toward which we are now heading," the author warns, "technically possible with bombs already tested, with known methods of biological warfare and with rockets soon to be designed." To turn this trend we must resort to more than material power, he declares. "We must strive to achieve a civiliza tion so satisfactory to to men that its force can remain unused in the back ground ... If we succeed it will be less by forcing our democracy on others than by setting an example others will wish to follow; less by pointing out the mote in another's eye than by removing the beam !n our own; less by using arms than by avoiding them." What's The Goal ? A noted lecturer addressing a large audience recently, said there were one of five things we all live for. He nam ed those things in this order: 1 ? Money 2 ? Knowledge 3 ? Fame 4 ? Pleasure 5? Christ It is pretty easy to look the list over and put a finger on the one item to which we are devoting most of our time and talents. WANT ADS FOR SALE: White enamel wood or coal range with warming closet, $20.00; wood or coal heatrola, $15.00; also five gait ed saddle horse, with saddle and bridle, complete, $175.00. See Mrs. Lee Hewett, South port, N. C. LOST: Chrome hub-cap from Buick automobile. Reward if returned to State Port Pilot Office, Southport, N. C. Auto UPHOLSTERING ? Convertible Top* ? Head Linings ? Side Panels ? Seat Covers ? Body Repair ? Auto Painting ? Welding SEE CLYDE SPRADLETS GARAGE & BODY SHOP FOR SALE: 110- Volt Briggs and Stratton portable light plant. May be inspected at our lum ber yard. Shallotte Lumber Co., Shallotte, N. C. FURNITURE COMPLETE FURNISHINGS FOR Bed-Room, Living-Room, Dining-Room and Kitchen. YOUNG Washing Machines^ LEWIS 8C McLAMB LOCATED AT THOMASBORO SHALLOTTE, N. G. In God's Acre Wrapped in the peaceful charm of a beautiful cemetery setting, the memorial becomes an eloquent tribute to the memory of departed loved ones and it gives to the land scape an essentially beautifying touch. We can supply cemetery memorials of distinction, wrought in the best of monumental stones by the leading craftsmen of America. KING MARBLE & GRANITE CO. 802 S. 17th Street Wilmington, N. C. i .... | Authorized Deale* HOME FURNISHINGS Fall Is The Time To Buy Furniture ! The special things that bring comfort and satisfaction to every member of the family should come out of the money for crops which all of the family helped to produce. FURNITURE BED-ROOM SUITES . . . DINING-ROOM SUITES LIVING-ROOM FURNITURE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT APPLIANCES Washing Machines . . . Hot Water Heaters Radios ? Vacuum Cleaners Electric Toasters OUTBOARD MOTORS See Our SCOTT-ATWATER Outboard MOTORS. . . . Just right for business Or Pleasure. KING'S ELECTRICAL SALES COMPANY , SHALLOTTE, N. C. FOR SALE: 3-Room cottage, | completely furnished. Hot and cold running water, with bath. Brown St. & Atlantic Ave. See or call Skeet Gore, Phone 3217, Southport, N. C. FOR SALE: Large air compress or; electric water pump with 42-gal. tank; concrete air-op erated block machine; good metal covered building, 24x40 ft. Building has good lumber and metal. Priced for quick sale. See W. L. Aldridge or J. L. Oliver, Southport, N. C. TYPEWRITER REPAIR ING ? Any make. Also do repairing and cleaning on Adding Machines. Prices reasonable. See Mr. Harper at State Port Pilot Office, or contact me at 310 East Walter Street, Whiteville, N. C.. Phcne 3088. Farmers Day Queen Contest Rules Set Up Candidates Must Be Over 16, Unmarried And Dau ghter Of Farmer In Tri County Area Some rural girl from Columbus, Brunswick or Bladen counties will reign as queen of Farmers Day on Friday, Sept. 17, when the Whiteville Civitan Club stages the annual event which always draws from ten to fifteen thous and people to this city. Martin Schulken, chairman of committee handling the queen contest, today announced the rules for the contest. 1. Candidates must be at least 16 years of age by October 1, 1948. 2. She must be a resident of Columbus, Brunswick or Bladen counties. 3. She must be a farmer's daughter. (She may be working in town provided her parents live on a farm.) 4. Official ballots which appear in the local newspapers must be used for voting. (Only these of ficial ballots will be counted.) 5. Each ballot will be valued as one point or one vote. I 6- The contestant ughest r.umfcc, 0f v , ^ township will be , J*? in ?ete for the flnal "f <? < ?948 Queen. If Uo 0f didates in the same Jj! ceive more than 100 ' ^ will be invited to com*? finals at Whitevilie. 1,1 7. Deadlii.e for w.. lesday, Sept. 2:< iqji "g u 1 8- Mail all ballots fort' "1 to Box 509, Whitevilie 9. Contestants mu* i* J ned. w "o SCHEDULE W- B- & B- BUS LINE Southport, N. C. EFFECTIVE TUES., JAN. 20, 1% WEEK-DAY SCHEDULE LEAVES SOUTHPORT LEAVES \Vinn\CTON ?* 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. ** ? This 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. SAFE-STURDY PENNSYLVA P-100 TIRES Save money, time and trouble on your motor trips this summer. Drive in now . . . make your old, winter -worn tires pay up to 25% the cost o? new, safe Pennsylvania P-100 tires. You'll be set for trou? ble-free driving. Don't delay . . . come in today. You're welcome to save on Pennsylvania P- 100's. BLACK'S SERVICE STATION . TIRES . . . WHEELS . . . RIMS . . . RECAPPING Phone 110-J W. G. BLACK Whiteville
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