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The State Port Pilot Southport, N. G. Published Every Wednesday FAMES M. HARPER. JR Editor Catered m eecond-claaa matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., tinder the Act of March 3, 1870. SUBSCRIPTION RATES DNE YEAR $1.50 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS 75 Wednesday, December 29,1948 The New Year As we stand on the threshold of a new year we find ourselves wondering what the next twelve months will bring, par ticularly as it affects our own commun ity and our own interests. And even as we wonder, we find ourselves convinced that if much is to happen, we must aban don our position of waiting and wishing and take some positive action of our own. For instance, if we are to have a mod ern hotel in Southport this time next year, some of us should start now to make arrangements to build it. If we really are concerned with what happens to Ft. Ca^vell, then the thing to do is to replace our local curiosity with genuine local interest and see what can be done about acquiring the property and putting it to its best possible use. And this goes for whatever else we have been complaining about or dream ing of. There are three-hundred-sixty five days of opportunity ahead for those who will use them. Happy Holiday Perhaps it is a mistake for one to start out to enumerate the things which made this Christmas one of the happiest occas ions ever celebrated in this community, because to overlook one event or one pro gram is to fail to give credit where it is due. We will just settle by passing along two remarks heard by two new citizens of our community. One said, "I have spent my first Christmas in Southport, and I do not be lieve that there is any town of compar able size in North Carolina where every thing was done as completely and with as much good taste as it was right here." Another said, "I see in some of the newspapers where a list of the outstand ing this and the tops of that are being compiled. Well, when we make up our list for Southport I don't want anybody to overlook our churches. This was a fine Christmas and we had many things to enjoy, but none of these was more enjoy able than the programs and special events that were staged by our various church organizations." Verily, it was a fine Christmas in which everyone seemed to cooperate ex cept the weather man?and even he conspired to make it a quiet day at home. A Lot Depends We were at one of the seafood houses the other day and were surprised to see that much of the day's operation had to do with making new nets. "These will be used for trawling for fish offshore after Christmas," someone explained. "You will be surprised at the difference it will make in business in Southport throughout the remainder of the winter if these operations are suc cessful. It is going to mean the difference between a weekly payroll in which everyone will share and just another cold, hard period during which there is little or no work." That is one reason why we have writ ten so much about the prospects for this fishing; that is one reason why we shall be anxiously awaiting news from these first fishing trips. No doubt you have heard of thp girl who dated the soldier and found he was A. W. O. L. F. Pray every night for help to keep your nose out of other people's business. The man who thinks he knows it all rarely has a big idea. Don't feei sorry for yourself. F?el sor ry for the people who have to live with you. Warn Russia "In wisdom, as well as in humanity, the United States should warn the Rus sian rulers: "That we now have enough im proved atomic weapons to immobi lize Russia; "That we can deliver those weap ons in sufficient quantity to kill or maim, in the first raids, a staggering proportion of the people of Russia's key cities; "That the targest have been se lected, our planes readied, our crews alerted; "And that this terrible retaliation will come if Russia attacks us or an other free nation." So declares William Bradford, Huie, student of air power and confidant of U. S. Air Force generals, in an exclusive article in The Reader's Digest for Janu ary. "These facts are published," Huie states, "in the hope of averting aggres sion based on misunderstanding. The aggressors in World Wars I and II were misinformed as to American capabilities and intentions. The Russian rulers must be convinced that, if they grab for Wes tern Europe, the American retaliation will be immediate, atomic and decisive." Huie sees danger of war in the "cur tained minds" of a handful of Soviet of ficals, who may rely too strongly on their enormous ground armies while measuring the extent of American retali ation by the small number of Allied troops in 'Europe. Danger lies, too, in widespread propaganda that the atom bomb is "overrated", that its advocates are "visionaries," and that wars will still be decided by old-fashioned armies and navies. While some of this propaganda stems from Communist sources and some from uninformed U. S. citizens, most of it comes, Huie charges, from "battleship admirals and the Maginot minds in the Army.' Denying the validity of arguments be littling American atomic power, the au thor declares that our bombers could de liver atomic loads upon any city in Rus sia within a few hours of the issuance of orders. The amount of explosive force we could pour upon Russian cities in one raid would be comparable, he states, to that released by all the powder and TNT exploded by the combined armies, navies and air forces in the last war. Since Hiroshima, the world's greatest nuclear scientists have been working night and day, with the world's finest equipment, to improve America's atom ic weapons. "Does anyone imagine that all these mountains have labored to pro duce mice?" Huie asks. "Anyone fami liar with American zeal and ingenuity cannot doubt that the 1949-model bomb is several times as destructive as the 1945 model." The 50,000 Americans and 360 first line bombers of the Strategic Air Com mand compose the most destructive fighting force in history, Huie states. It is the first organization ever possessed by any nation which, within hours after the outbreak of war, can assault the heart of any enemy on earth. The men of this force talk as easily of Moscow and Magnitogorsk and Sverdlovsk as they do of Pittsburgh and Detroit and Seattle; they know exactly the route to their own assigned target if they are suddenly or dered to attack. And despite Russia's possession of ra dar, our bomber planes and crews are so efficient that our losses in men should be light. Air Force generals believe that 95 per cent of our bomber personnel over Russia would return safely from atomic raids. The people of the United States and of Europe should take heart in American atomic power, Huie states, provided America does not dissipate her resources on massive armies and navies which Rus sia need not fear. "We must enter and win the fratricidal war between the arm ed service in Washington," he urges. "For the threat to our air-atomic super iority comes not from Russia but from our old entrenched bureaucracies, the Army and the Navy, whose spokesmen dispute the air-atomic claims .... The American people must choose the one arm most certain to keep the peace?or win a war. We play into Russia's hands if we pursue the futile and economically disastrous policy of providing more war ships for the Navy and more divisions for the Army." The boss was sore. "You've already had leave," he shouted, "to see your wife off on a trip, for your mother-in laVsf uneral, for your daughter's mea sles and your son's christening. What is the excuse for time off this time?" He replied, "I want to get married, sir." The Rovin' Reporter (Continued From Pag? One) tougher." A visitor with us this week was interested in the shrimping and fishing industry and will likely return soon. Pending some busi ness matters, he prefers that his name and business connections be not revealed until he returns here shortly. Among other things this visitor told us that his father was one of the very first men to engage in shrimping at South port. This was in 1913 and 1914. In those days very small boats were used, most of them sail powered. The average length of the craft was about 20 feet. As this visitor put it, "They used wooden boats and iron men in those days." A bright spot or being in the hospital for two weeks last Aug ust were the nightly visits of Dr. Thor Johnson, conductor of the Cincinatti Symphony Orches tra. A note from Dr. Johnson this week said he had been thinking over the many pleasant memories of last summer at Southport. He takes the State Port Pilot. Among our personal Christmas things Mr. and Mrs. Alex Fox wrote from Lexington, sending in a year's subscription for The Pilot to be sent to Mrs. Fox's uncle, M. W. Brinkman in New York. She said for us to tell him the paper was from her and Alex. She also said that Christmas this year was not like it has always been. It was the first Christmas in 21 years she had spent away from Southport. Mrs. Fox is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Loughlin of Southport and the family moved back here from Wil mington 21 years ago. We hope that from this Mr. Brinkman will know how come he is gett ing the home town paper. New Year's day will bring one regret to us. On that day County Agent J. E. Dodson will step out after being in the service of the farmers of Brunswick county since 1921. He tells us that when he quits the agents office he tims to just up and be a farmer in his own right. He coupled up this information with an invitation for us to visit him after the New Year starts. Mr. Dodson has per formed a distinctive service to the farmers of Brunswick county, a greater service than anyone can realize. He has been our farm ing people step right up into bet ter homes, better living and bet ter farming. Dredging operations on the Cape Fear bar at this season of the j year is welcomed a great deal more than, it would be in the ( spring, summer and fall. At such times millions of shrimp are j dragged up with the hundreds of j cubic yards of mud. The mud \ taken out on 'the flats and dnmp- j ed kills millions more shrimp. At! this time of the year only a com- ] paratively few shrimp are killed by the operations. It would be ] a nice thing towards preserving] the local fishing industry if the; Army Engineers would make it [ a practice to carry on local dredg ing only during winter months. Going through a lot of pre Christmas mail this week we found a mid-December letter from Memory Ward of Freeland. The letter had somehow got buried under a lot of other stuff. This late it may not be exactly news, but Mr. Ward told of how he had taken his faithful dogs, Bill and Rock, out hunting. In a very few minutes they treed a coon, which he shot. Immediately fol lowing this the dogs jumped a fine 4-snag buck, which Mr. Ward' also shot. Between the coon and i the buck and his gun, he had quite a load to carry out of the woods and to his home. However, when he was at the Makotoka Lake bridge two of his good Neighbors, -J. B. Gray and Melton Little, came along in Mr. Gray's car and hauled him and his game home. Talking with Glenn Tucker, Carolina Beach real estate man, one night this past week, he thinks that the year now ap proaching will be an unusually good one. "The year 1946 was good for beach development," he said, "1947 was not so good and 1948 started out with indications of being good, but the polio scare came along and knocked out ex pectations." We are not a beach property developer like Mr. Tuck er, but our observation has been that 1947 was the best year we have had locally. We are inclined to agree with him that 1949 should be good. The polio epede mic hurt things everywhere this past summer. At the same time a lot of people found out that our beaches were the safest places to stay during polio epedemics. So far we have been able to learn there was not a single case of polio within 20 miles of any of tHe Brunswick beaches during the past year. DREDGE LYMAN (Continued from pare one) these employees came directly to their homes when the Lyman ar rived at Jacksonville. They will return to work this week. Now working on the Southport bar and with a three months job ahead of her is the Hyde, sister ship to the Lyman. The Hyde is commander by Captain Fred Tar bor. The ship had been working at Morehead City before coming here. Pumping Station May Solve (Continued from page one) is as complete and modern as that to be found in any small town. The tank for the water is at the Fort and water is pump ed in it from the wells Jwo miles away. The water mains, fire hy drants and everything about the Fort and in the buildings provide as good or better service than that of the average town of a thousand or more people. Located only a few hundred yards from the Long Beach pro perty and with its mains already traversing Caswell Beach, the Fort Caswell wells and water sygtem offer possibilities for un limited expansion. Long Beach wants water. The place will like ly be incorporated during the coming year with a modern water system one of the main ideas back of the move. Far less expensive than drilling wells, buying pumping machinery, tanks and constructing buildings would be for Long Beach to make arrangements for getting water from the Port Caswell system. The construction of a few hund red yards of water mains would bring the water to the Long Beach property. Filling these mains could be done with a turn of a value as soon as they are lain. It would appear to be advant ageous for both the Long Beach and Caswell Beach people to in terest themselves in the pending disposal of Fort Caswell, this With a view of seeing if they can come in for securing water from a modern water system that is al ready at their doors. At the very last it appears that both of these growing beach resorts should be able to get an abundance of pure water for all purposes at little if any more expense than that of building mains and seeing that pumping is done for themselves and for the Fort Caswell property. SOUTHPORT SEAFOOD Continued From Page One tentative arrangements to procure a large housing section for other members of the group and mem bers of their families. He says that not only will he provide jobs and housing, but that he is ready to guarantee a living to each of these men who accept employment with him. "I understand that President Truman has become interested in the case of these people," Wells said, "and that special Congres sional action will be introduced to legalize their entry to the United States. If the President feels that he oan vouch for them, I certain ly do not hesitate to do what I 'can to make it possible for them to make a living in the town which they chose as the termina tion of their dangerous voyage." VERNON WESCOTT (Continued from page, one) that he wanted his wife let out of jail, that "the shooting was just an accident". A telephone call to Solicitor Clifton L. Moore resulted in directions to Deputy Robinson to release ^Mrs. Wescott under $1,000.00 bond, with the provision that she be locked up again in the event that her hus band's injuries prove fatal. Mrs. Wescott was freed Mon day morning, and visited her hus band in his hospital room several times during the day and until the end of visiting hours Monday evening. The warrant sworn out against her charges assault with a dead ly weapon with intent to kill, and a preliminary hearing has been set for Wednesday, January 5, before Judge W. J. McLamb in Brunswick county Recorder's court. BALD EAGLES ALREADY Continued From Page One rush of air as an angry bird sweeps by him, or as it hovers directly over him, beating the air and screaming. The nest on Beaver Dam is about ten feet tall and six feet or more in thickness. It is sup-! posed to be about 10 or 12 years old and to have been in constant] use all that time. Eagles rear their young- in the same nest: year after year. They may start out with a comparatively small nest and this is added to each; year. The nest becomes taller, i thicker and stronger, before each nesting season. A very old nest may be a tremendous affa'ir. Many of the sticks that go into the building may be two or three inches thick and as many feet in length. This heavy construction is chiefly on the outside. The inside is lined, with moss and other soft mat-! erials, all woven into the heavier; substantial outside and holding! everything firmly together. It is illegal to kill an eagle | in any manner at any season of the year. The penalty is a $500.00 fine. Contrary to some popular impressions the birds are not vicious, except when their nests are being molested. They are not destructive in their feeding or damaging to the interests qf man kind. BAPTISTS ENJOY (Continued From Pace One) Carson led the Christmas games. The prizes for the game "Christ mas Wrappings" was won by Mrs. W. G. Butler. After the games the guests drew gifts from a large basket in the center of the room, followed by the serving of the refreshments of ambrosia and pound cake. Those attending the party were: Mrs. M. T. McRackan, Mrs. Ivan Ludulm, Mrs. v G. D. Robinson, Mrs. Vera McKeithan, Mrs. J. W. Hewett, Mrs. D. p. Garrish, Mrs. E. C. Blake, Mrs. Mrs. James ? "cMie r Mrs. W. F. Jones, Mt? rv ? Arnold, Mrs. Homer McK^ Mrs. Lee Hewett, \(rs Danford, Mrs. Alia \v r r Mrs. J. S. Oliver, Mrs. r* Beker, Mrs. Lewis J. Hard* v Dolores Hewett, Mrs. h. a i ingston, Miss Lucy Sellers u" Minnie F. Smith, Mrs. Ma\iw 1 I Fulcher, Miss Louise p,Pe5 .. George Gregory, Mrs. Janies a i old, Mrs. Lizzie Southerly ] Laney Southerland, Mrs. l/j; I S. Williamson, Miss <w7 Loughlin, Mrs. Ruth P.. Car y I Brady Lewis. Mrs. W. g. b.> Miss Annie May W'oodside uJ I G. C. Kilpatrick, Mrs. p. j ' Daniel, Mrs. Robert Carson. WACCAMAW BANlT (Continued PTom Pajt ont) Trust Company was organize! it Whitevllle in the spring o( isjj with capital funds of $25,000. TV i bank now has a capital strutti? I I In excess of S 1.000.000.00 aat] total resources of around $23,000 1000.00. It operates commercial banking offices in Whitev.ii, I Chadbourn, Tabor City, CUrta^l Southport, Shallotte, Fiirmws I Kenansville and Rose H01. SEEKING REPORT (Continued from page one) funds derived from from this source play a major role in u* fight against tuberculosis, a large part of the money remaiM here at home, and is used it health work in Brunswick county, particularly to help in x-ray and other efforts at early diagnosis. The swastika. used by tt* Nazis, was an ancient Jewish re ligious symbol. OCEAN VIEW TAVERN OPEN THE YEAR ROUND REGULAR MEALS . . . SPECIAL DINNERS Really Cooked By An Expert Dining Rooms, Bed Rooms, Furnished throughout In The Best Obtainable. Open Every Day In The Year ! ! OCEAN VIEW TAVERN HOLDEN BEACH PLANNING TO BUILD? LET ME STIMATE ON EITHER RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS BUILDING. W. BRUCE MOODY Carpenter - Contractor P. O. ? SHALLOTTE ? Residence GRISSETTOWN Mr. Farmer TO BETTER SERVE Brunswick County & Vicinity WITH Roysters Field Tested Fertilizer We Have A Fertilizer Warehouse In Shal lotte. ? COME TO SEE US ? . Columbus Trading Co. AGENTS SCHEDULE W. B. 8C B. BUS LINE Southport, N. C. EFFECTIVE TUES., JAN. 20,1918 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. ???This Bus Leaves Winnabow at 6:10 Daily. - SUNDAY5 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. 1949 Tax Listing NOTICE LIST YOUR REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY All property owners and tax payers are required by law to return to the List Tak ers for Taxation for the year 1949, all the Real Estate, Personal Property, Etc., ?hie they own on the first day of January. All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years must list for Poll Tax dur ing the same time, except those exempt by law for physical disability. All persons to whom the foregoing applies who fail to list their Real and Personal Property, and/or Poll Tax will be guilty of a Misdemeanor and subject to a line or prisonment upon conviction. LOCAL LIST TAKERS WILL POST NOTICE Of APPOINT MENTS IN PUBLIC PLACES-WATCH FOR SAME ! ! The Board of Equalization and Review will meet at the I a* ^ fice at Southport on March 14,1949. Any complaint about \a'ua tion should be taken before the Board at that time. PLEASE LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH The LIST TAKER IN YOUR HOME PRECINCT W. P. Jorgensen i TAX SUPERVISOR