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The State Port Pilot Southport, N. C. 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR ? 11.50 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS 75 Wednesday, September 22, 1948 Courtesy Pays Through the bounty of the State Highway Commission the Town of Shallotte recently has fallen heir to a network of improved paved streets. A lot of folks would have taken this good ' fortune for granted and would have de cided that what they got was no* more , than they deserved. But not the Mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen for our neigh boring community. They sat down and drew up a resolution of appreciation, which they forwarded to State High way Commission Chairman A. H. Gra ham, who said that an expression of this kind was entirely "unique" in his <> experience. Those folks down at Shallotte have the right idea; if somebody does some thing nice for you, thank them. Not only does this make them glad they were able to help you, but it leaves you in a good position in the event it is necessary to ask for future favors. Land Sale Suits Only a little over three more months remain during which collections may be made of taxes on property due for 1936 and prior years, and the major work in four of our six townships remains to be done. Once more we want to praise the fearless manner in which members of the board of county commissioners fac ed this issue, because with anything less than forthright action thousands of dol lars in delinquent taxes would have M been written off the books on January 1, 1949. If all plans are carried through to completion, nothing will remain to be written off except some uncollectable items, and i^obody will have been forc ed to do anything more than pay an honest debt. County officials say that the results of these actions have been reflected in tax collections generally and that as a result of this activity there may come some measure of relief for the overbur dened general fund of the county. The Good With The Bad When people write in to tell us how /much they enjoy The Pilot it gives us 7 a great satisfaction to know that our efforts are in some measure apprecia ted. We know very well that we have _ our shortcomings, but week in and week out we try to give a full, fair and honest report of what goes on in Bruns wick county. But about the time we begin to feel that all is well and that everybody loves The Pilot, somebody sticks a pin in our balloon, and our ego is deflated. Like recently when we had a letter from a former resident in response to n our reminder that her subscription was about to expire. "Let it expire," she wrote. "I took it because I wanted to see something about my old friends, ? and there never is anything in the pa per about them." Or like last week, when we were taken to task for one of our editorial outbursts. But as we started out to say, there are many roses between these thorns, and these we do enjoy. And, confiden tially, maybe the thorns are good for us. It wakes us up when we get stuck occasionally, and it keeps us from fall ing completely into an attitude of com placency?the worst enemy of any ? business. ' ? Club Women Coming Next Wednesday the Southport Woman's Club will be hostess to rep resentatives of the sixteen clubs com prising the 11th District of the North Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs. This occasion is more important than it may at first appear. It will bring into our community as our guests for a day leading women of many of our Southeastern North Caro lina towns. It will give us an opportun ity to show these visitors why we think Southport is such a fine place to live, and it gives us an opportunity to sflSid more people out to tell the world about this delightful section of the State. The Negro, North And South (BY DAVIS LEE) (Publisher Hie Newark Telegram, Newark, N. J, A Weekly Negro Newspaper) I have just returned from an extensive tour of the South. In addition to meeting and talking with our agents and distribut ors who get our newspaper out to the more than 500,000 readers in the South, I have met both Negroes and whites in the urban and rural centers. Because of these personal observations, studies and contacts, I feel that I can speak with some degree of authority. I am certainly in a better "position to voice an opinion than the Negro leader who occupies a suite in downtown New York and bases his opinions on the South from the distort ed stories he reads in the Negro Press and Daily Worker. The racial lines in the South are so clear ly drawn and defined there can be no con fusion. When I am in Virginia or South Carolina I don't wonder if I will be served if I walk into a white restaurant. I know the score. However, I have walked into sev eral right here in New Jersey where we have a civil rights law, and have been re fused service. The whites in the South stay with their own and the Negroes do likewise. This one fact has been the economic salvation of the Negro in the South. Atlanta, Georgia, com pares favorably with Newark in size and population. Negroes there own and control millions of dollars worth of business. All the Negro business in New Jersey will not amount to as much as our race has in one city in Georgia. This is also true in South Carolina and Virginia. New Jersey today boasts of more civil rights legislation than any other state in the Union, and state government itself practices more discrimination than Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia. New Jersey employs one Negro in the Mo tor Vehicle Department. All of the states above mentioned employ plenty. No matter what a negro wants to do, he can do i tin the South. In Spartanburg, South Carolina, Ernest Collins, a young Negro, operates a large funeral home, a taxicab business, a filling station, grocery store, has several buses, runs a large farm and a night club. Collins couldn't do all that in New Jersey or New York. The only bus lines operated by Negroes are in the South. The Safe Bus Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, owns and operates over a hundred. If a Negro in New Jersey or New York had the money and attempted to obtain a franchise to operate a line he would not only be turned down, but he would be lucky if he didn't ge ta bullet in the back. Negroes and whites get along much bet ter together in the South than northern agitators wuld have yu believe. Of course, I know that there are some sore spots down there, and we have them up here also. But it is not as bad as it is painted. The trouble in the South stems from dumb, ignorant whites and Negroes not from the * intelligent, better class element of the two races. The attitude of the Southerners toward our race is a natural psychological reaction and aftermath of the War Between the States. Negroes were the properties of these people. They were not the peers, and were not even considered human in the true sense. The whole economy of the South was built around slavery. The South was forced by bloodshed and much harm to its pride to give up slavery. Over night these slaves became full fledged American citizens en joyinga the same rights as their former owners. Certainly you culdn't expect the .South- to forget this in 75 or even 150 years. That feeling has passed from one generation to another, but it is not one of hatred for the Negro. The South just doesn't believe that the Negro has grown up. No section of the country has made more progress in finding a workable solution to the Negro problem than the South. Naturally southerners are resentful when the North attempts to ram a civil rights program down their throats. I have pointed out in dozens of editorials that the white people of this country are not only our friends, but they want to see us get ahead as a race. Aa a matter of fact, we are more prejudiced than those whom we accuse of being prejudiced. Rovin' Reporter (Continued from page one) View Tavern at Holden Beach, lr. a week or two and keep it open the year-round comes as. good news to a lot of people in terested in the development of our beaches. It provides a real ser vice for yachtsmen, winter touri sts and many sportsmen who want tc come for winter fishing in Lockwoods Folly river. This fish ing bids fair to become widely known, and nearby accammoda t;ons will speed up its popularity. The more carried on at our beach es during the winter time the more widely known they will be come and the quicker and greater i will be their development in sum mer. EM. Baucom of the Seashore Grill at Long Beach tells us that he also plans to keep open all winter. He is Just now starting up with an oyster roast as an ad ded winter attraction. His lunch i room and snack bar will operate! ad usual, and dancing with music from a record player can be car ried on at any time with orches tra or string band dances at re gular intervals. Unfortunately the grill has no rooms for the accom modation of overnight visitors to Long Beach during the winter. It is thought that this deficiency in accommodations will be made up for by some other place an nouncing that it will have rooms available. With their new building well In | the rear of their present structure i to allow plenty of room for driv ing in and parking J. M. Parker pnd his sons are building a large and attractive new store and fil ling station on the corner at the junction of Routes 130 and 17 in Supply. This practice of having filling stations and stores well back from the highways to pro vide plenty of room for motorists was apparently started by Ennis Long, near Supply, several years ago. It is said that Mr. Long has found out that it pays. Most tour ists seem to perfer stopping at places where their cars will be in no danger of being rammed by other cars passing on the high way. In some manner for which we have no explanation we had gain ed the impression that John Fer r.slde, who has the reputation of being one of the bear huntingest fellows in Waccamaw township, was quite old. Meeting up with him and his bear dogs the other day, we have to admit that he is hardly middle aged yet. His speci alty is hunting bear and deer, but he is not above going for any kind of game. His hounds, Betty Beaver, Pup, Lady and Lou, are versatile. They will hunt any kind of game they know their master is after and thtey usually know what is on the program for the| day. . Provided their dogs are right and they personally know someth ing about hunting, deer hunters should find the going good in Brunswick county this year when the season opens. Farmers and hunters seem to be unanimous in the opinion that deer are plenti ful. They are not just here and there, they are found at all places in Brunswick where there is some cover and bushes and shrub bery for them to forge on. Some farmers say that they often be come pests. Sometimes they are found in pastures grazing with cows, apparently perfectly at home and enjoying the companion ship and society'of other cloven hoofed animals. It is very likely that we recent ly got more out of our friend, Irksene Vereen of the Exum com munity than he had counted on. He had only wanted to renew his subscription to the paper, to sub scribe for his brother in Florida and for his son in Aladka with the Air Forces. On top of that we pulled his leg for the material for a lot of good bear stories. It was largely something that we got out of Irksene that induced John Hemmer of the State News Bur eau to come rushing off down here last week with his camera and make more that 200 pictures for publicity purpose. Some of those picture will go far and be a source of valuable advertising to Brunswick county. We can say this because we stuck by Hem mer and his cameras for two days and know what we both got. Speaking about intuition, Jim Thompson of Raleigh is at South port pretty often, but no instance is recalled when his trips were not accompanied by east winds. | Late Friday afternoon the wind swung around to the east and things turned chilly for a time. That night we were at a table in Mack's with Miss Shirley (Rusty) Brooks, a University of North Carolina girl from Gastonia. There was enough about her to think about but, our mind had just turn ed to Jim Thompson and that it was ideal weather for him to show up. Two minutes after the thought he'came marching in and passed our table. The hay crop In Brunswick county was probably much larger last year than this. Saving it was another matter. It appeared that or.ly about half of the 1947 crop was saved and much of that was ir a damaged condition as It in variably rained before it could be raked and hauled to the barns after being cut. This year with nearly ideal conditions for cut ting and storing a lot of first 'class stuff has been cut and put REPAIR SERVICE... on OUTBOARD MOTORS and WASHING MACHINES When you have trouble with your Washing Ma chine, bring it to us for repairs. We carry a large line of parts for all makes of machines. We can also give you prompt and economical repair service. If it is a new machine which we sold you on which Repairs are necessary we will loan you one to use while repairs are being made! SCOTT - ATWATER OUTBOARD MOTORS Not only do we carry these fine motors in stock, but we are able to give you expert repair service on these motors, or those of any other standard make. Bring your motor troubles to us. APPLIANCES... EQUIPMENT Promise yourself that you will not make the purch ase of any important household appliance or electrical equipment until you have had a chance to see what we have in stock and have made a comparison of our prices and quality. KING'S ELECTRICAL SALES COMPANY SHALLOTTE, N. C. 1 In the banu, with more BtUl go in gin. Should good fall weather! continue a very large crop win d? | made and saved before frost which comes about the middle of Nov ember. Although there are numerous streams and canals dug with steam shovels carrying water, J B. Lattay, superintendent of the Reigel lands likes to see to it that the 150 head of Brahma cattle on the ranch always have plenty of fresh water. Salt sheds and trou ghs are at numerous vantage points. At each of these sheds wells have been sunk and large concrete watering troughs built. As often as Is necessary a pick-up truck carrying salt and equiped with a pump makes its rounds of the salt sheds and wells. The pumps are adjusted to the well piping and the troughs quickly filled with water. Speaking of building and plant-1 ing, Orton Plantation on the Riv-i er Road has done more of both during the past two years than was done under any preceeding five years. With their son, Ken nith Sprunt, as manager, the own ers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt, have apparently been able and willing to put over many new ideas. Many additional acres have been converted into the growth of flowers and plants. Greenhous es, salesrooms and offices have been built, as well as some new homes for employees. TTie place presents a distinctly progressive apperaance. Loafing about town the past week we had an opportunity to see most of the young men who have been coming In to register for the draft. Without exception, those we have seen were fine looking young fellows, physically and otherwise. They are boys that parents and Brunswick county people generally should be proud of. It may be tough for some people to see these young fellows go into military training, but It should be remembered that the training they got now may save their own lives and the lives of millions of other people if trouble ever comes.. Too many poorly trained men had to go overseas in World War II. STATE NEWS CAMER < continued from page one? The company has 140,000 acres j of land in Brunswick and Colum bus counties and 480 miles of fire lanes in Its woods. 75 miles of these lanes are in pasture grass. Finally, finding fresh tracks Lattay left the car and going on foot found the herd in the woods. He told us to get out of the car and come quietly, as some timid j young cow might stampede the herd. Lattay's fears were well found ed. Before we could get close a young cow took alarm and was off through the woods, all the rest hightailing It after her. There would be no pictures made of that herd that day. We went back to near the ranch building and found three huge purebred Brhama bulls, hump backed like camels and with great wattles on their throats. They partly cooperative and consent ed to be photographed at a dis tance, which suited Hemmer. He got in about 25 shots of them with his news camera and a still bigger machine, which we had to lug around with us, One of the bulls decided to of fer for a close-up for the camera. Sc, he walked towards Hemmer with his head and tail high. Hem mer quickly backed off. That bull could put his head dowm at any minute. We wanted pictures of cows. Lattay suggested trying Bolton where there was a small herd of mixed steers in a small pasture. They were ther* but were wild. Hemmer followed them around and around 20 acres of high grass and weeds without being able to get a single picture. He however, exuded plenty ot persplratin In the'effort. It was decided to return from Bolton to Southport via the way we had come, still hoping to find some cows. Mr. Lattay remained at Bolton, Mr. Dodson and the forestry man had disappeared. Hemmer watched his side of the road and looked down every fire lone we passed. We did the same j on our side, both hoping we would | spot a herd of cows. ftiere, almost at the ranch | building half mile down a fire lane and at a salt shed was a herd of beautiful one and two >-ear old heifers, all colors from pure white to a darker cream color. One of the ranch bosses was routed out. He advised that the herd of heifers were gentle. As i they were at the salt shed we | could drive right up to them.; With great courtsey he was ask ed to go along. He had not de. The heifers were used to having cars or trucks at the salt shed with salt, or to pump water. We drove up to within 50 feet of the herd and Hemmer worked around and around them, giving them everything he had in the way of cameras and film. He was in his element and smiled and laughed as he literally littered the ground with black strips of paper torn from his camera after ? each exposure. We have been with of times before but vit ^ him so pleased nor saw hi* half so many pictures o( u, Ject. 7 The heifers were very ^ alive and made ideal modd^ and then they would bunch,, ly, heads up facing the ^ Again they would scatter, p<. ting individual shots, o^, broke and scrampered off t, hundred feet, stopped and t ed to march bac< with he*jj It was a great day for H? and the real story is yet to ( when his pictures are devetq building starts ?ivjntinvjfd Krom P*ji o* urday that the two new | art totally inadequate (? needs at this tfmc. and thj, prospects of still greater soon. Six new class rooma ? present time would hardly care of the overflow situate cording to Mr. McKeithan. Several other school? a county are in the same crowded condition as Shal which takes cars of muehof] tewnships. SPORT FISHING Capt. VICTOR P. LANCE -"MOTA" Phone Southport ? 2747 COMFORTABLE TWIN MOTORS MATHEWS CRUI Bluefish . . Mackeral . . Sailfish . . Barracuda, Etc ? Excellent Catches Recently - ROOM ACCOMMODATIONS - RADIO PHONE Ki RUBBER BOOTS... We have just received a large shipm of Rubber Boots. These are important Fishermen and Farmers. . . . Knee, Sto and Hip .... All sizes. R.GALLOWAY General Merchandise SUPPLY, N. C. SCHEDULE W- B- & B- BUS LINE Southport, N. C. EFFECTIVE TUES., JAN. 20,194S WEEK-DAY SCHEDULE 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. **?Thi? Bus Leaves Winnabow at 6:10 Daily. - SUNDAY ONLY - LEAVES SOUTHPOKT 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. FALL and WINTER SEED! !i Insure now against high grocery costs during the winter months. Buy some seed and plant a win ter garden .... We can supply your needs ! ATTENTION!... FARMERS! We have Austrian Winter Peas, Ryegrass an J ^Jts available for Fall Planting. MINTZ & CO Harry L. Mintz, Jr., Mgr. ' SUPPLY, N. C.
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