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 j
Act of March 3, 1879.
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THREE MONTHS .75
Wednesday, May 4th, 1949
New Fire Truck
The new fire truck for the Southport
Volunteer Fire Department arrived Sun
day and great enthusiasm greeted this
long-wanted and greatly-needed piece of
equipment. The firemen themselves ap
peared to be especially happy.
We are not one to dampen spirits, but
we do think it timely to point out that
efforts thus far to raise money with
which to pay for the fire truck have re
sulted in raising only enough for a down
payment. Several thousand dollars still
must be paid before Southport will own
this machine.
We think the town needs the protec
tion afforded by this piece of modern
fire-fighting equipment; but we believe
that the citizens may as well know right
now that if it is retained, money for its
purchase must be raised. There must be
a continuation of interest, and it may be
that before the question is finally settled
it may be necessary to raise city taxes to
pay for the truck.
Hospital Benefit
It is not often that we write up a bene
fit ahead of time in our editorial col
umns, but when Mi's. H. B. Smith told us
Monday of the whole hearted coopera
tion she is getting on the supper to be
served-Thursday night at the Commun
ity Building, we could not resist the
temptation to say something nice about
our Brunswick county people.
Mrs. Smith, who is a tireless worker in
the interest of the hospital, says that she
wanted to put on one benefit supper for
which nothing would be asked of South
port residents. "You never saw such a re
sponse in your life as we are getting from
residents from all sections of the coun
ty," she said to us this week. "We have
chickens and hams and green stuff?just
even-thing. And everyone is just as
cheerful as they are generous. These
people in Brunswick county really are
back of our hospital."
And we join with Mrs. Smith in her
final observation: "If the citizens in the
county donate the food with which to put
on this supper, I think we should have no
trouble finding two hundred Southport
people willing to pay a dollar for their
plate."
Worth Supporting
Baseball fans of Brunswick county
will have an opportunity tomorrow
(Thursday) to see a game which may
have an important bearing upon the out
come of the State Championship race for
Class B teams.
Atlantic high school will play South
port on the local diamond for the right
to play Wallace for the District 2 cham
pionship. The next step from there will
be the Eastern North Carolina finals and
the next will be the State Championship
game.
We do not know how far along this
road the Brunswick county boys can trav
el, but they have played good ball thus
far and there are a lot of local supporters
who believe they may go all the way.
They were impressed with the manner in
which they defeated the strong Camp
Lejeune nine for the Group 3 title.
We are very enthusiastic over good,
clean sports; especially athletics on the
school boy level. Win, lose or draw in
Thursday's game, we think the South
port baseball team has already had a
good influence upon athletic interest in
Brunswick county.
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Home Demonstration Week
During National Home Demonstration
Week, club work is being evaluated in
each county in the Nation. Behind any
great movement there mast be great i
leaders. So today we would like to join
M. L. Wilson, Director of Extension
Work, United States Department of Ag
riculture, in a tribute to farm and home
demonstration agents as they direct the
Extension Work in the one hundred
counties in North Carolina. Director Wil
! son says:
"County agricultural and home agents
enjoy a unique position in our American
agricultural system. First of all, they live
among the people whom they are called
upon to serve professionally. No one
stays very long as a county agent in resi
dence unless he or she is able to see what
the most important everyday problems;
of farm people are, and unless he or she
can give practical help to solve them.
Secondly, county agents are located
where they are likely to have more prac
tical subject matter information in agri
.culture or home economics than any
other professional training, and in the
face of the speed with which science is
moving forward, county agents today
must keep up with the latest develop
ments. They are able to do so by virtue
of being staff members of their State
land grant college or university. That in
stitution maintains an agricultural exper
iment station and a State Extension Ser
vice which cooperate with the United
States Department of Agriculture. Mod
ern know-how in agriculture, home econ
omics, and related scientific fields is
steadily flowing from the research main
tained by them cooperatively. Keeping
in constant touch with the State Director
through established channels provides
county agents with the best know how
on the technical ends.
"County agents, however, have anoth
er and very important source of informa
tion. It is the practical experience Exten
sion farm cooperators get through prac
tical farm trials of newly recommended
methods. Last year, 774,241 adult men
and women volunteer leaders took an
active part in Extension projects. In ad
dition there were 203,211 leaders in 4-H
Club work. By far the most important
link in the agricultural progress we have
experienced is the close working relation
ship between operating farmers and
their farm organizations on the one hand
and their county Extension agents on the
other, thereby creating a mutual coope
rative relationship between individual
farmers, their land-grant college, and
the Department of Agriculture. Together
they constitute a democratic educational i
partnership under which American agri-]
culture has gone forward to do many
things formerly believed impossible."
And this helps to make up the sum to
tal of home demonstration. The whole
plan is to help us to help ourselves and
each other, in the common interest of
better homes and better communities for
us all, and we look forward to future
progress. Mrs. P. P. Gregory, third vice
President of the State Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs says;
"I would ask all to believe in the atom
ic force of home demonstration clubwo
men in North Carolina iB bringing about
a more abundant farm life, happier
homes, a greater appreciation of aesthe
tic values around us, and the power to
accomplish as much as can be done any
where on earth by any organization of
people."
The true philosophical view of life
not only enables us to live, but prepares
us to die.
RALEIGH ROUNDUP
THE WAT UP . . . Way to quick promotion:
bet on the right political horse and ?tick with
him over the hurdles. Of the six men chosen
for important State jobs here last week, five?
Paul Oliver of Bobeson County, Dr. H. L! Trigg
(Negro) of Raleigh, Josh James of Wilmington,
Ed McMahan of Brevard, and Claude Ferrell
of Elkin?were newcomers to big-time State
polities and their names meant nothing to old
line North Carolina political leaders. This may
well be regarded as a compliment to them, but
It also indicates that their spheres of political
influence have heretofore been on a local plane.
EDUCATORS . . . Claude FarrelL, new mem
ber of tike State Board of Education, lives only
36 miles from old-member Santford Martin of
Winston-Salem, who was reappointed. Claude, a
former teacher, knows his education on the
local level and will enjoy his frequent Thurs
day trtps to Raleigh. He can meet with the
boys and then do as they always do: saunter
across Capitol Square for lunch at a long table
at California Restaurant. Dr. Trigg will have
to e?t elsewhere.
Farmar Paul Oliver will maintain the rural
touch on the Board. Akmzo Edwards of Greene
County, who is going off, is president of the
Farm Bureau.
DID YOU SEE? ... Dr. TeJmftdge C. John
son, pastor of the First Baptist Church in New
ton, was appointed State paroles commissioner
last Saturday.
ASSEMBLY LINE
Continued From .Page One
est knowledge of the work, the
12 men and women at the line
were keeping close on the heels
of 32 pickers in the fields. A
Ford tractor, with a platform body
?only a few inches from the gound,
shuttles between the pickers in
the fields and the packing line, j
bringing in filled baskets of un
packed plants and taking out
empty ones for more. The count
ing is done by the pickers, who
place a rubber band around each
bunch of 25 and drop the bunch
to be picked up and put in the
basket by other workers.
The trucking to the tomato
farms in New Jersey is done by
huge 10-wheeler trucking vans.
One such van is now leaving each
afternoon with its load. They
arrive at distribution points in
New Jersey early in the morn
ings after a 16-hour run.
Mr. Sheppard is producing an
j extraordinary crop of the plants,
ithe number running into several
millions. For this week and well
into next week he will be hard
pressed getting his plants in,
packed and shipped. They are
growing so fast that if the plants
are not gathered within the next
ten days they will be about too
large for shipment.
TRIO CONVICTED
(Continued from page one)
tors license, fined $25.00 and i
costs. '
Charlie Blue, larceny, 18 months
on roads, suspended on payment
of costs and good behavior for
two years.
John Moore Gore, assault, pray
er for judgment continued.
D. C. Register, drunk driving,
no operators license, continued.
Talmadge Fowler, transporting
whiskey, continued.
Roosevelt Whaley, improper
auto equipment, ordered to pay
costs.
H. W. Formyduval, drunken
driving, pleads guilty, $100.00 fine
and costs.
Charlie Blue, larceny, six
months on roads, suspended on
payment of a fine of $25.00 and
costs and to be of good behavior.
Paul Ellis, assault, nol prossed
with leave.
Lanier Peterson, ? larceny, 18
months on roads, suspended on
payment ol a fine of $25.00 and
costs and to be of good behavior.
B. M. Cox, assault with dead
ly weapon, amended to include
carrying concealed weapons while
off his premises. Found of simple
assault and fined $10.00 and costs.
Horace Earl Ivey, drunken dri
ving, motion for jury trial.
David Hooper, Jr., possession,
transporting, prayer for judgment
continued. i
Forney Boston Mintz, drunken
driving, possession, guilty of reck
less operation, fined $50.00 and
costs.
SCOUT CAMP BUILDING
Continued From Page One I
fine responses came from Acme
in Columbus county.
Here in Brunswick Felton Gar
I ner of the Bolivia Lumber Com
pany has been especially helpful.1
i To give the building extra durabi- j
I lty he gave and delivered all of
j the cypress sills necessary in the
construction of the building. A
little later he learned that the
folks who had furnished the sid
ing for the building had no plan
ing mill and that it was planned
to have things in the rough on the
outside, this for want of having
anything better. Mr. Garner pro
mptly sent his trucks to the camp
site, picked up the lumber, took
it to his mill, dressed it and re
delivered it to the camp. This
helpful act at Mr. Garner's ex
pense will result in the building
being much tighter.
Another free donation to the
camp construction from Bruns
wick folks came when Grimes
Willetts went the two miles from!
his home to the camp and offer-J
ed his service as a carpenter. It
was right in tobacco planting i
time for him and his offer reol-j
ly meant a personal sacrifice.
From a Brunswick man asked
that his name be left out comes
the suggestion that public spirit
ed Brunswick folks cannot afford
to leave all of the work to be
done at the camp free by Wil
mington citizens. The camp is to
serve the girls of New Hanover,
Pender, Columbus and Brunswick.
This citizen suggests that any
menfolk in the county who want
to have a part in the camp build
ing, go to Pretty Pond on Sat- J
urdays with tools and report
themselves in readiness to do any-,
thing they can from carpentering |
on down the line to cleaning off
the grounds.
It is understood that a good i
use can be found for the services |
of all who volunteer to help out
on Saturdays during the month I
of May and perhaps longer.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO
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inson, Mrs. Sam Bennett, Miss
Annie M. Woodside.
Placement?Mrs. R. C. Daniel,
Miss Corine Green, Mrs. Lewis
Hardee, Mrs. R. B. Thompson
Shadow Boxes?Mrs. Davis
Herring.
Table (Entered)?Mrs. Fred
Burdette.
Silver Offering?Mrs. E. H.
Cranmer, Mrs. C. Ed. Taylor,
Mrs. Annie K. Vitou, Miss Mar
garet Parkhill.
Mantle?Mrs. L. D. Hayman.
Decoration?Mrs. Dallas Pigott,
Mrs. R. B. Thompson, Mrs. Bry
an* Potter, Mrs. Fred Willing,
Mrs. H. T. St. George, Mrs. Lewis
Hardee, Mrs. Jame's Carr, Mrs.
CATHOLIC INFORMATION
How Much Must A Man Worship ?
Suppose a man paid taxes ac
tording to his individual con
tcience and nothing else? What
then? A minute few would j-.ay
more than their share. A very
few would give what they pay ?
now; but the vast majority would
pay so little (if any) that the
government could not function.
Now God demands worship, and
it would seem to the Catholic that
subjective private judgment is
just as unreliable and self-favor
ing in determining the amount of
worship God requires as in deter
mining the amount of taxes a
man should pay to his govern
ment.
Yes, God demands worship, but
who's to determine how much
worship a man must give to God j
in order to save his soul?
The Catholic claims to have
the answer?simple, logical, auth
oritative. And this it it:
God knows the uncertainity and
elasticity of the human conscience,
so when He gave man His re
vealed truths, He founded a
church, not only to safeguard
and interpret those , truths, but
to guide His children in the use
of those truths. To accomplish
this He gave His Church the
power and duty to make its
own laws in conformity with His
divine plan.
It seems to us logical that God
would do this. It seems to us cer
tain that He did do it, in view
of His own words in the Scrip
tures. To take a few samples from
the King James Bible: Christ said
to His Apostles: "Whatsoever ye
shall bind on earth shall be bound
in heaven; and whatsoever ye
shall loose on earth shall be lossed
in heven" (Matt. 18:18). And
again: "He that hereth you hear
eth me" (Luke 10:16); And also
He said:" "If he neglect to hear
the church, let him be unto thee
as an heathen man and a publi
can" (Matt. 18:17). And then to
make it all permanent our Divine
Lord promised: . . . and "lo, I am
with you always, even unto the
end of the world" (Matt. 28:20.
To have to assist at Mass 58
times a year may seem a hard
ship to him who enters a church
i seldom if at all; but to the prac
tical Catholic this minimum is so
[low that his love for God takes
i him to Mass and other devotions
j on many occasions when there is
no obligation at all. In fact many
Catholics assist at Mass every
morning in the year.
The Church gives no guarantee
of salvation to him who merely
keeps within its laws. On the
other hand it constantly warns
the faithful that only by frequent)
I attendance at Mass and frequent
reception of' the Sacraments can
the soul be safeguarded against
j the snares of a God-neglecting
j world.
I If it's anything Catholic, ask a
Catholic!
For further information write
P. O. Box 351, Whiteville, N. C.
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Not Exactly News
G. C. Kilpatrick is one of the most versatile
men we know. His latest successful venture is
the managership of the Southport baseball
team, which has scored two straight victories
under his guidance. Incidentally, we hear that
the local undertaker was quite a ball player
in his day and once had a chance for a major
leage tryout . . . Having Atlantic come here
Thursday to engage in the group play-offs of
the championship race is a break for Bruns
wick county sports fans who want to have a
chance to see some good high school baseball.
Lee Kye, Jr., combined business with plea
sure Sunday afternoon when he flew down to
Long Beach for a brief conference with Tom
my Garner about some lumber deal. Hie plane
landed on the strand . . . Red Skelton fans get
a treat Monday and Tuesday when they have
a chance to see him in "Fuller Brush Man."
Feature at Shallotte Theatre on these dates
will be "Words & Music", another of these
biographical musicals 'that make good listening.
Sign of summer: Bun Frink and Sam Ben
nett getting ready to do some fishing in Davis
creek . . . And speaking of fishing, we wonder
of any of the blues that have been runninjT^
shore have run in close enough to h,- '
by anglers casting from the beach . . . pj
Williamson and his automobile van attract?
as much of a crowd Saturday as used to Ka,;
er when a horse trader came to town due
court week with a load of horses.
All this talk about baseball has the Sjm
fiddlers anxious to get to practicing. They J
afraid they will fall too far behind the
lotte boys, who already have played a <
of games . . . William Robbins out at the g-.
Dust Trail has a pretty horse that we nev?
see anyone riding. And speaking of horses, *,
hear that Monroe Barnhill has Rebel hack t,0-,
from training school in Wilmington.
Mack's Cafe should be open about the mid,ft
of the month, according to the best advice ,
As usual, there was little interest in voting j.
the city election in Southport yesterday,
as usual, there was plenty of interest in ;vj
same thing at Shallotte . . . The ban abti
keeping horses inside the city limits just
bout makes It impossible for Southport young,
sters to experience the joy of owning a ponev
Paid Moore.
Junior Flower Show?Mrs. Dan
Harrelson, Mrs. J. T. Denning,
Mrs. Warren Hood, Mrs. Ed.
Weeks, Mrs. M. R. Sanders, Mrs.
H- B. Smith.
Tea?Mrs. Pearce Cranmer,
Mrs. S. B. Frink, Mrs. Felton
Garner, Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, Mrs.
G. E. Hubbard, Mrs. Jessie Har
per, Mrs. P. O. Leggett, Sr., Mrs.
P. O. Leggett, Jr., Mrs. A. L.
Lewis, Mrs. Charles Aldridge,
Mrs. W. S. Wells, Mrs. E. H. Ar
rington, Mrs. D. E. Arthur, Mrs.
G. W. Butler, Mrs. Helen Bra
gaw, Mrs. Annie Brown, Mrs.
Landis Brown, Mrs. I. B. Bussells,
Mrs. H. C. Oorlette, Mrs. And
rew Downing, Mrs. Ed. Hanson,
Miss Ruth Patterson, Mrs. Tom
my Garner, Mrs. Joel Moore,
Miss Annie M. Newton, Miss
Susie Newton, Mrs. Olive New
ton, Mrs. Prank Niernsee, Mrs.
C. G. Ruark, Mrs. J. W. Ruark,
Mrs. R. L. Thompson, Mrs. Ruth
Walker, Mrs. Ida P. Watson, Mrs.
Arthur Weeks.
Junior Flower Show Tea?Mrs.
Joe Young, Mrs. G. C. Kilpatrick,
Mrs. J. J. Loughlin, Mrs. Herbert
Baker, Mrs. J. M. Waggett, Mrs.
Worth Ward.
, BENEFIT PROGRAM
(Continued from page one)
I sing- "I Dream Of Jeanie" and
(Patricia Adams will sing "A
Dream".
Outstanding feature of the pro
gram promises to be several
groups or organ selections played
by Ben C. Stephenson, band direc
tor. These will "Hymnology" and
will conclude with a medely of
the organist's own selection.
A silver offering will be taken
for the benefit of the band in
the purchase of new instruments
with which to expand their forces.
GOVERNOR SCOTT
Continued From Page One
the schools and roads in good,
I condition and will make possible
certain additions which are badly j
needed for school buildings. The'
I Governor pointed out that this is1
the best opportunity the people of
this county have ever had to help
get themselves entirely out of the
mud by throwing- their influence
behind the special bond election.
FIRE TRUCK ARRIVES
Continued From Page One
reach of hydrants, as is the case
at nearby beacVies and in neigh
boring communities.
The 1932 Model T Ford 4
truck is not being retired or
This machine, despite its ,,
passed the State Motor \vrj.
Inspection with flying color!
summer. This old machine
cording to Ormond Leggett, t
be kept in condition ami 2^
able for any needs. When dist*
calls are made for the new t?
the old one will be kept ho
standing by for any possible 3
On a specially built Fi
Truck chasis. the new mactj
has plenty of get and go uri
its hood. In addition to its pm
and tank for water It will cm
a 42 foot ladder, chemical fi
extinguishers, axes and all cw
ed regulation fire hose.
Joe Spencer, Jack Hicka
and John Hewett formed t
class of three volunteer fir* i
partment men who were gin
instructions in the use of (
truck. Other members of the j
partment are expectcd to be tn
ined through them.
Mr. and Mrs. Loins Lea
Mrs. L. Leiner and Mrs. H1
Strickland, of Wilmington sw
Sunday here with Mis. M. 1
Butler and Capt. Fred Burrit
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