The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER. JR Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 192S, at
the Post 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, Decembers,1948
Outstanding A ttraction
The Christmas parade featuring the
pneumatic giants in Wilmington Mon
day night was an event long to be re
membered by those who saw it, and
once more the spotlight was leveled
upon the City of Wilmington as at no
other time during the year save during
the Azalea Festival last spring.
Both the festival and the parade gave
Wilmington an opportunity to fully live
up to her role as the big city of the
Southeastern North Carolina area?able
and willing to stage events too great for
the smaller towns. It adds greatly to the
prestige of the Port City and it makes
us proud to be included in her sphere
of influence.
A Small Beginning
There is good reason to believe that in
their modest beginning with a public
museum, members of the Southport Wo
man's Club have started a movement
which may eventually develop into one
of the outstanding local attractions for
tourists.
Although other sections of North Car
olina have received more publicity for
their historical background, the fact re-'
mains that there is no sectiop of the
North Carolina coast which played a
more important part in our early colon
ial government than the area from
Smithville to Old Brunswick.
Few things have a more magic appeal
to the average tourist than authentic
history; and nothing will attract their
"interest more quickly than a collection
of interesting articles which serve as a
bridge between the present and the past.
That is what the museum will do, fur
nish a place of exhibition for relics and
keepsakes which have been handed
down from one generation to another
and which have an interesting and im
portant place in the early life of this
community.
The day ma ynot be far distant when
no trip to Southport will be considered
complete without a visit to the Public
Museum. This is a project which has
our friendly interest and best wishes.
T ar Heel Train
Separated from the continent of
Europe not only by the Atlantic, but
also by a lack of first hand experience
of the destruction of modern warfare,
Americans have difficulty understand
ing the conditions in that war-ravaged
area. Not continuously faced with the
struggle for the morning's dish of oat
meal, they can pull close the cloak of
indifference and become entirely en
grossed in Robert Mitchum's marijuana
case and the Sugar Bowl game on New
Year's Day.
Yet "Too little to live on and too
much to die on" is the description ap
plied to the present 1500 calorie daily
diet of more than half the world's pop
ulation. Such a ration leaves a person
not only physically, but also mentally
hungry. Existence begins to revolve
around food. The less a man has, the
more he thinks it until it becomes an
obsession, completely blotting out all all
other thoughts.
According to experts, few people
actually die of starvation. Long before
that the weakened body falls prey to
disease. That is why, according to the
report of the President's Food Com
mission, 50 per cent of the children
born in Europe since the war have al
ready succumbed to pneumonia, tuber
culosis, typhoid and other diseases.
America's private relief efforts have
helped in Europe. All out of proportion
to their size, they have kept men from
despair and suicide. They have kept
many from selling themselves for social
and economic promises which find
ready believers among the underfed.
But thus far, the efforts of America
have been the gifts from a blood bank
to a sick continent. The period of con
valescence has just begun.
Ever}' American finds many channels
for his aid. In Brunswick County and in
North Carolina one of them this month
is the CROP Friendship Train. Corn,
peanuts, cotton and other farm products
are sought to fill freight cars for the
Tar Heel Train.
With the help of farm agents, min
isters and farmers, the majority of farm
counties, including Brunswick, have or
ganized and are conducting a drive for
contributions .
The North Carolina CROP campaign
is being carried out in cooperation with
the national Christian Overseas Relief
Program which has already collected
and shipped abroad nearly 100 million
pounds of food during the current year.
Since the Brunswick County cam
paign is now getting underway, we feel
that these facts should be placed before
the public. They answer the "why" of
the Friendship Train. To this should be
added that all the food given in this
manner is distributed through chureh
channels and entirely on the basis of
need.
OUR CONGRATULATIONS, TOO
"Congratulations to the Wilmington,
N. C. Chamber of Commerce for bring
ing the victims of the Donora, Pa. smog
to North Carolina sunshine. When the
Civil Aeronautics Board refused to let
Capitol Airlines carry the victims free, the
North Carolina folks even paid their
transportation. (This is what's called
"Good-Will-mington.")
We join Mr. Pearson and his Washing
ton Merry-Go-Round in congratulating
our neighboring city on their good deed.
Raleigh Roundup
(By Eula Nixon Greenwood)
AMBASSADOR?He will probably deny hav
ing any knowledge of it whatever, but the word
was out last week that Capus Waynick, who di
rected Kerr Scott's successful campaign for Gov
ernor, might become ambassador to "some South
American Country."
It is known that Waynick and President Har
ry S. Truman are fast friends, and it is under
stood that Waynick would like very much to be
appointed emissary to a foreign nation. Since last
spring he has steadfastly maintained that he
would not accept any position in the Scott ad
ministration.
SPECIAL TRAINS?With both Wake Forest
and the University of North Carolina playing in
bowl games on January 1, rumors spread like
wildfire in Raleigh on Saturday night that spec
ial trains would run from Raleigh to Birmingham
(Dixie Bowl) and New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) on
Friday, December 30. Since New Year's Day
comes on Saturday, it seems likely that literally
thousands of Tar Heels will spend the last few
hours of this year and the first day of the next
down in the Deep South.
JUST A REMINDER?This column reported a
week ago that Henry Hilton of Lexington would
become personnel director?a new position ?of
State employees.
IRON MAN?Ray Reeve, sportscaster for the"
Tobacco Sports Network, was stricken with ap
pendicitis on November 12, a few minutes before
he was to take off for Washington to broadcast
the Carolina-Maryland game the next day. His
white corpuscle count was 19,000 (the average
for appendectomy cases is around 8,000), which
indicates his state of infection. However, on
Monday night?two days later?he broadcast
from his bed at Rex Hospital here, and the fol
lowing Saturday was over at Chapel Hill an
nouncing the Duke-Carolina game to the 40
stations on the network. Not only does North
Carolina have about the best football played in
the Nation, it has its share of the top-flight
sports announcers, too. Jim Reed of WPTF Is
as good as they come. This also goes for Phil
Ellis, special events man for WPTF. Then, of
course, there is Lee Kirby of Charlotte, Atlantic
(gasoline) broadcaster.
BOWLS?The Orange Bowl and the Rose
Bowl will be broadcast over the Columbia -
Broadcasting System this time, with the Cotton
Bowl going out over the Mutual Broadcasting
System. Harry Wismer, American Broadcasting
Company sportscaster, ivill do the Sugar Bowl
again.
Two years ago right along now Comptroller
Lindsay Warren got in touch with Wismer, who
was to do the Georgia-Carolina battle, and told
him if he slurred the word "Carolina" into
"Ca'lina", he would shoot him, or words to that
effect. So as to be sure that no ill would befall
him at the hands of Loyal Carolina Alumnus
Warren, Wismer hit those first two syllables in
Carolina like a ton of bricks, and it was CARO
lina, CAROlina all afternoon. Watch for
it again on January 1.
DODSON RESIGNS
(Continued Frum Page One)
feels that now it is time for him
to settle down on his farm at
Exum and devote his interest
and energies to that activity.
The retiring county agent had
served as county agent in Pitt
County before coming to Bruns
wick. For eleven years after as
I suming the work in this county i
he made his home at Supply, but I
after that time he purchased the 1
Asa Edwards home at Exum, and
there he and his boys have deve-1
loped a nice farm whose principal
operations consist of bee-keeping,
cattle and poultry.
In announcing his retirement
from his job as county agent Mr. J
Dodson declared that he wished J
to express his appreciation for!
the cooperation that he has had I
from citizens in every section of
the county throughout his years
in office. He is hopeful of the
farm future of Brunswick, and
desires to see the forward pro
gress of the county continue. J
ADVERTISE YOUR
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use this land to grow bicolor
lespedeza plants for distribution
among farmers and land owners
all through the state.Heretofore
these plants have been bought
in Georgia and the Wildfire Cim-J
mission believes that owing to
late frosts the plants can easily
be grown here in Brunswick. J
An agent of the Wildfire Com-'
mission is expected here this week
or next to go over several areas i
that are believed to be suitable
for the bicolor plant growing.
ATTRACTIVE NEW
; Continued From Paee One!
grocery and meat market. Every
thing about the building repre
sents new and modern ideas. The I
store has rest rooms for both
men and women.
The store will be known as J.
M. Parker and Sons. The sons)
j are John F. Parker and Alberti
H. Parker. John F. Parker is a I
| young ex-service man and the j
1 business will be under his active
management with his brother as- j
sisting him.
TWO FROGRAMS OF
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Creek church.
| With the help of two chaplains
j under his supervision Dr. McGee
carries out a program designed
i to minister to the spiritual' needs
of the patients and the students
enrolled in the different medical,
nursing, technological and die
tetic schools of the medical cen
ter at Winston-Salem.
GAME VIOLATORS
(Continued from page one)
of costs.
Frank Watson, illegal killing of
doe deer, $50.00 fine and costs,
appeal taken to Superior court.
Joe Reaves, hunting without
license and acting as guide with
out license, nol rossed with leave.
Harry Hill, assault with dead
ly weapon, 90 days on roads,
suspended on good behavior and
payment of costs.
New Commissioners Get
(Continued fmm page one)
if he desires. The terms and
conditions of the Price contract
were assumed by Watts.
It was ordered that the Tax
Collector and the County Attorney
continue with forclosure proceed
ings in delinquent tax matters
where necessary.
It was ordered that the Henry
A. Williams property in North
west which recently was fore
closed for taxes, be returned to
him upon payment of taxes and
costs in the amount of $352.48.
The sum of $12.00 was added
temporarily to the inability list
fund.
CAPTURE STILL
Continued From Page One
of 150 gallons capcify.
Twenty-four hundred gallons
of beer and about a gallon of
here and the offio.* J
he admitted ?
tion of the plant. H1 '*1
ed to be given a l ?
corded court today. S ?'
The term ??mav^T"* ?
was first used for any l
had supervision of .jt'hers *
TURKEYS
Place your order now for your Christmas turkey. We
have plenty of nice, fat birds ready for delivery for your
Holiday needs. Delivery to Southport Wednesday before
Christmas. Write?
HENRY GILBERT
BOLIVIA, N. C.
SCHEDULE
WB&BBUS LINE
Southport, N. C.
EFFECTIVE TUES., JAN. 20,194S
WEEK-DAY SCHEDULE
LEAVES SOUTHPORT LEAVES WILMINGTON
?? : 7:00 A.M.
7:00 A.M. ji *9:30 A. M.
9:30 A. M. 1:35 P. M.
?1:30 P.M. v 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 Wirinabow at 6:10 Daily.
-SUNDAY QNLY
LEAVES SOUTHPORT U|AVfeS WILMINGTON
7:30 A.M. 9:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. 1:35 P.M.
4:00 P.M. A 6:10 P.M.
6:00 P. M. V 10:20 P. M.
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