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f" The State Port Pilot Southport, N. C. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor Entered aa second-cla* matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR |1.50 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS 75 Wednesday, June 1, 1949 Tourist Story "Down in Georgia," said Highway Commissioner Wilbur Clark Thursday in a speech before the Southport Lions Club, "they have figured out that one tourist is worth as much as a bale of cotton?and is much easier picked"! Which is just another way of high lighting the importance of the tourist business for which Brunswick county of fers so many natural possibilities for de velopment. Deadline Many of our readers who know that The Pilot is printed on Wednesday have the erroneous impression that news copy turned in at any time before Wednesday morning should be published. The fact of the matter is that getting our copy set up in type ahead of time is one of our most important problems, and it is one with which many of our readers can help. A news report that comes in on Thursday, Friday or Saturday is just as welcome as one that arrives Monday, and in many instances it has a much bet ter chance of getting into the next issue of this newspaper. For anything except last minute news, Monday is our deadline for news copy, for it is only material which we receive on or before this day that we have an opportunity to get set before press day. Many times we have interesting news items which already are several days old turned in too late for use in the current issue of The Pilot. When we are forced to leave them out for another week, our friends who have helped us by turning in the copy think that we are not appre ciative. We always welcome contributions which will help make this a better coun ty newspaper, but above all things else we are slave to the deadline. The Saturday Vote Reports from all sections of Brunswick' county indicate that never before have our citizens been so perfectly in accord as they are on the Better Schools and Roads issue upon which they will vote Saturday. They are convinced that here is a proposition from which we have everything to gain and nothing to lose, and our citizens have no intention of per mitting an opportunity for permanent improvements to our schools and roads to escape if by their vote they can help it. We freely admit that Brunswick is one of the counties which will be the most greatly benefitted by the Better Schools and Roads program, and it is only reasonable to expect that some of the other counties will not be as enthus iastic in their support. For this reason it is not enough that we are in favor of the bond issue and hope that it will carry; but we must see to it that our opinion is registered upon a ballot, and we must see to it that as many ballots as possible favoring this issue are cast on Saturday. A vote here counts just as much as a vote in Mecklenburg or any other of our rich counties. We not only want to have a majority vote in Brunswick, but we want an overwhelming vote in favor of the issues at stake, to help take up slack which may develop where there is stron ger opposition. Every man and woman?yes, and child?has an interest at stake Saturday if he or she is interested in the future of North Carolina. Let us make the voice o*f Brunswick ring out loud and clear in fsvor of progress. "Robinson Crusoe" sold through eight editions in a year. It has been translated into virtually every known tongue. Commencement Season It is always appropriate to say some thing and give a little advice to gradu ates at commencement time. In the ex citement and thrill of the occasion, it is doubtful whether much of it is retained in the minds of the boys and girls. Still, it may be that just one or two or a half dozen remember. If we had any simple thought to pass along to the Brunswick county graduates, it would be this: Just keep in mind that you have acquired only a little knowl edge and the true test of your accom plisment to date is whether you have built a foundation for future study. Whether you go to college or go out into the business world, keep learning and keep growing. The English you have studied is important to the extent that you use it. The new words you've added to your vocabulary aren't the only words you should know. Keep a dictionary be side you as you read and look up the un familiar words you find, then put them to use. Keep writing the themes you struggled to write in high school. Keep enlarging your knowledge of geography, of history, and science. Keep growing. Grow in knowledge of love and truth and beauty and yours will be a richer life. Grow in tolerance and you will help to rid the world of bigotry and prejudice. Go forth, young men and young women, to make a better life for all peoples. July 23 Mr. Farmer, mark July 23rd down on your calendar as the most important date in the history of tobacco growing! Put a circle in red pencil and take a look in that direction every day. Governments will keep operating with 40 or 50 per cent of the people casting ballots, but acreage quotas, stabilization ? assistance, and export efforts will not continue with such percentages. You came through, Mr. Farmer, in support of the Farm Bureau last year. You needed to do just that, because the Farm Bureau laid the foundation for the vote you will have on July 23. Support ing the Farm Bureau was the purchase of the cow. But it does no good to buy a cow unless you provide the feed from which she produces milk. The continu ance of the farm program is contingent upon an overwhelming "yes" vote two months hence. RALEIGH ROUNDUP THIS FELLOW MARSHALL ... A guy you should, and probably will, know more about is John Marshall, currently the wheelhorse of Better Roads and Schools, Inc., one of the of ficials of FCX, editor of their paper, a sports enthusiast and leading Legjonnaire. Marshall got his start in Elizabeth City, where he worked with the late W. O. Saunders and his son, Keith, with their short-lived morn ing daily. Later, he was sports editor of the Raleigh Times here. After a tour with two other papers and the Navy he came back to Raleigh and has been doing a bang-up job for M. G. Mann and his co-ops. Naturally, you might say, he was a Scott man from the be ginning, helping with the publicity, advertising, and general campaign work. Around 40 years old, he has a fine family? married to a sweet little Elizabeth City girl? and loves his West Raleigh cottage to the ex tent Of keeping his yard spic-and-span even if it does frequently require Sunday afternoons to condition it like a golf green. Skinny, affable, a former athlete at Wake Forest, he has done quite a bit of wandering about, but is now on the high road. Keep an eye on him. Meantime, if you need any publicity or any thing else pertaining to this $225,000,000 bond vote coming up on June 4, just get in touch with him at the Hotel Sir Walter. THE BACK COUNTRY . . . Governor Kerr Scott,' in his casual, homespun way, can turn a neat phrase without half trying. Speaking in Charlotte the other day in behalf of his road and-school bonds he said the cities are depend ent upon the "back country" for their strength. This Is something everybody understands. He uttered a great truth. Here is another statement made by him re cently: "The people in the towns and cities should help us folks in the country pass these bond issues. In the development of our primary road system, we went along with you even though many of us were left in the dust and mud. Now it is your turn to cooperate with us." JUDGE HORTON . . . Banks Horton of Cas well County split his shirt for Kerr Scott when he was running for Governor last year, and he wanted one of his county friends to be put on the State Highway Commission. When this could not be done, he was asked if something else would be as satisfactory. Yes, he said, af ter thinking a moment, just make my brother, Wilkins P. Horton, special Superior Court Judge. Although Wilkins is a State figure and has been prominent in politics for many years, lit tle-known Banks is one of the reasons he is now Judge Horton. OPEN FORUM A Mtlnmn dedicated to opinions ft a* public, A mouthpiece for Ue rlews and obserrauons o t our friends and readers, tor whleh w? accept a? responsibility. Contribu tions to thU column mast aol exceed three bnndred word?. Presbyterian College Clinton, South Carolina May 18, 1949 Editor, State Port Pilot Southport, North Carolina Editor: No words ever printed in any press publication could have been a greater shock than those which I have just read in the Charlotte Observer reporting the disgrace ful action of a supposed group of educated and respectable men. The dismissal of Principal Henry Stone is the blackest mark on education Brunsfick county could achieve had she done less than outlaw public education. The action of the studnets who knew him best and with whom he worked and whom he served is indicative of the sham. Mr. Stone has been a loyal, well-liked, progressive, and interested indivi dual. He has been a ray of hope in the progression of progress for our county. I have never seen such a display of utter igfr orance on the part of a Board of Education. I finished school under his gul< danoe, and I am now in prepara tion to become a member of the profession which he exeplifies so well. I can only set as my goal in life to mean as much to the teaching profession as he has. He has received his reward in the action and support of his stud ents and not in the blunder of the Board of Education. In two decades of service he has built up the school to one of which the citizens, parents and students, can rightfully be proud. Would we dare to ask the Board where the school would be today had Mr. Stone not untire ingly worked to give Shallotte a high school that would be a just credit to the community. Very truly yours, Robert H. Sellers. Southport, N. C. May 24, 1949 Editor State Port Pilot, Southport, N. C. Dear Sir: No greater tribute could be paid to the ignorance of Mr. Av erage Brunswick Citizen in mat ters pertaining to conservestion of game than the rendering today of a "Not Guilty" verdict rela tive to the clear-cut charge a gainst three Supply men of jack lighting deer on the River Road near Southport. Caught in the act by hard working game pro tectors, they had flashlights, guns, etc., all the violators' possession at night and out of season. The jury said "Not Guilty". Maybe they arn't in your estimation, Mr. Juryman, but to a lot of us they are guilty, and that's partly our game they were hunting as well as yours. As long as Mr. Average is so complacent there will continue to be less game, year to year. Next time you get a chance to do justice, give your kids a break. Maybe they will like to hunt when they grow up. Tour truly W. T. Full wood, Jr. rhe Rovin' Reporter (Continued from page on?) 40 pieces. With the players all decked out in proper uniforms for next session of school. While we were out in a row boat on a pond Thursday, a couple of Standard Oil company men being our companions, it hailed down on us like hail Col umbia. Our companions were fine fellows. Nevertheless, we hope that the whole Standard Oil Com pany will catch hail Columbia Saturday in their efforts to pre vent the school and road bond election from carrying. We slept during most of the meeting at Shallotte Saturday night. However, we woke up dur ing each change of speakers, long enough to get their names for the papers. Being the only person in the building who was not wide-awake, we explained our early to bed habits to State Highway Commissioner Wilbur Clark after the meeting was over. "I noticed it", he said, "and I was talking directly to you to try and wake you up." Each time we head down that way, and that is not as often as we should be, we note the num ber of new homes that have been built or are under construction on the Shallotte Village Point road. Riding down that way Saturday with Attorney S. B. Frink, we counted five completed and now occupied since our last trip. At the Point where the road ends Mr. and Mrs. John W. Garner with their Anchor Hotel have done a lot towards attracting at tention the Point and building up the place. Last week something was said in this column about Harvey Mil ligan of Ash claiming he had a better crop of tobacco than eith er John B. Ward or Rice Gwynn. We kind of expected a refutation of this claim Just as soon as we saw John or Rice. We were not disappointed. Mr. Ward approach ed us Saturday and told us that the fellow Milligan was crazy, that he, Ward, had better tobacco than either Milligan or Gwynn. We sort of expect to hear the same thing relative to the Gwynn crop, soon as we see that gentle man. Although he did not personally stick to farming, Tax Collector Edward Redwine is enthuaslstic about the crops that Brunswick farmers are growing this year. Corn, tobacco and everything, he says, is Just shooting up. Some of the corn is about ready to lay by. Hie prospects are excellent in all place?. Our friend J. H. Tinga of the Bolivia school agricultural depart ment has sent us an urgent in-1 vitation to go with his class to the Border Belt Tobacco Research Farm at Whltevllle on June 10.! We are very much sold on going and seeing how those fellows do. In future Farmers of America and other agricultural work the Bolivia boys have been making great headway during recent years. With this being distinctly !a farming county, the agricultur al work in the schools will mean itis easy to own a1 Mafiq \ Thrts mod?li??$124.95 to 1179.95 Ea?y termi?lib?r*r tS<l*In. Lit 0* ?how thus to you today. ? KINGS ELECTRICAL SALES CO. I Shallotte, N. C. SCHEDULE W B &B.BUS LINE , Southport, N. C. EFFECTIVE TUES., JAN. 20,1948 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. ? 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. Not Exactly Nem When Halate&d Holden won the 8?0-yard championship of the Southern Conference in Chapel Hill ten days ago he ran one-half mile at the rate of a little better than 15-miles per hour. If you think that la easy, ? try it your self 'some time . . . Add another chapter to the versatility of G. O. Kilpatrick: The man is an accomplished musician, can play either a cor net or a violin. Remember the rustic bridge which formerly made a connecting link between the garrison and .the sidewalk in front of the Pullen House and the Grimes House? Last year they remov ed the structure and filled in the sidewalk with dirt. Now they are dumping trash and will use other dirt to bring the resulting ravinee up to the level of the lots on either side . . . Sam Bennett is the perfect host. Last week when he carried Judge Henry L. Stevens and Solicitor Clifton Moore fishing he docked his bost at an obscure point upon return, hurred ashore and purchased a beautiful string of blue fish, then brought his craft back to a public dock for a triumphal landing. "Sun Comes Up" sounds like a good show to see Monday or Tuesday at Shallotte theatre. At the Amuzu In 8outhport on thoj, will be "A Southern Yankee,'' lat??"? ton flicker ... We think that flour^T* could be popularized as a night spon J beaches this year . . . Pearlie Ru? ? heir to the Shallotte juniors who ( Keithan handled for the past two > Guy has turned his attention to the i older age group. Beach bookings which were slow f, are picking up at an encouraging ? A party of 40 collegians will be Usirif ( ford Apartments for a house party Beach next week . . . Southport the men on the dredge Savannah, glad to have the steady throbbing 0f ^ inery of that vessel out of ear-shot, that Rice Gwyn sold 36 hailstorm , polices the day after last week's storm Although it is a little out of tell us that Henry Hickman is a ml* man at training bird dogs . . . Aboliti? Motor Vericle Inspection program hu. 1927 model vehicle back into local cirs* Which reminds us that Southport its full share of new cars much In future year? for modern farming In Brunswick. Seven Per ?on* Lose Live? (Continued from page 1) lotte Poat American Legion had charge of the burial service?. Pallbearers were James Stone, Harold MilUken, R. D. White, Jr., Hubert Holmes, Charles Hewett and Carl Andrews. Composing the color guard were Ashburn Cox and Ed Redwine, white the color, bearers were Charley Arnold, James Bellamy, and members of American Legion Post No. 247 of! ShaUotte. Also participating in the services was Co. 1, 119th In fantry, National Guard. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lou Ellen Hewett, of Shallotte; two daughters, Jan Enna and Sandra Margaret; hi? parent?, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Gray of Shal lotte; three brothers, Oscar Le roy of MooresviUe, Bertram of Washington, and Thomas Gray of Shallotte; and two sisters, Mrs. Magnus Hewett and Carolyn Gray both of Shallotte. Joint funeral service? for Mra. j Bertram Gray and her eight month-old daughter, Gloria, were held at the graveside at Silent Grove cemetery, Monday after noon at 4 o'clock. The rites were conducted by the Rev. Russell Cordell. ? Mrs. Gray is survived by her widower, Bertram; her parent?,! Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hewett of Supply; one sister, Mrs. Tunny Hewett, of Washington, D. C., j and one brother, Tom Hewett, Jr., of Supply. The bodies of all seven victims were brought to the Kilpatrick Funeral Home At Southport. Lat er three were removed to Wil mington. SOUTHPORT MAN (Continued from pate one) visiting him at that Ume, and when the ice man left, Mrs. Rob erts went with him to her own home. Soon after their departure Mr. Crapon walked from the dining room there was the sound of a pistol shot, and Mrs. Vitou heard the body ?lump to the floor. She ran back through the kitchen to see what had happended, and Im mediately spread the alarm. Apparently death was instan taneous, and Coroner John G. Caison deemed an inquest un necessary, calling: it a clear case of suicide. The deceased was a former re sident of New Bern and Black Mountain. He has made his home in Southport for many years and formerly was in business here. A short prayer servce wa^ con ducted Sunday morning' at Kil patrick's Funeral Home by the Rev. H. M. Baker the body was taken to s, for graveside service , terment beside his wife. Mr. Crapon is survived | sisters, Mrs. Agusta Ro, Southport, and Mrs. J. f of New Bern. CONSTRUCTION OF (Continued from tin ply and Bolivia communit; coming to Brunswick months ago he has t* active in planning the q tion of th$ new church i ply. CATHOLIC INFORMATION Paging Mr. John Dillinger ! John Dilllnger la dead! Public Enemy No. 1 in an era when 'gangsterism was at its height? ! murdered, robber, perpetrator of I , many hell-deserving sins?was \ shot down in the act of drawing his gun and died without regain ing consciousness! I 1 Hell-deserving sins, surely, yet no Catholic would dare to state that the soul of this arch-crimln-; al is now in hell. No mortal can i Ull whether or not Dilllnger was mentally responsible, nor whether in his dying gasp he did not plead with God for mercy and forgive ness. "But," it has been asked, "John DiUinger was not a Catholic, and sinful or sinless, does not your Church state that outside its fold there is no salvation?" ! But these words are only a I part of the story and, thus isolat ed, they give an entirely false meaning to our doctrlhe. 'Let us explain. . | Christ founded one true Church ?a visible body to preserve and teach His Word infallibly to all men of all centuries. For Mrfl who, recognizing this Church 'as Christ's one true Church, yet re mains with out its fold, there is not?and in all justice should not be salvation. But for those who lived before the time Christ?for those today who have never heard of the Catnolic Church?for countless others who is conscience cannot embrace Catholicism-?* finish with the wordj ( Pius IX (184678). He m "It is known to u? ui that those who are in i ignorance of our motf I glon (which merely met who do not, through no their own, know the Church as the true O Jesus Christ), but ito carefully the natural Uti ? recepta graven by God \ earts of all men, aadil disposed to obey God, I honest and upright life, i ed by the light of dir? attain to eternal life: 1 who sees clearly, text knows the heart, the cq the thoughts and icM each, in His supreme i goodness by no mew that anyone suffer ten lshment wtio has free will fallen into a" However, it must be a that this doctrine Dwi guiltless any man wbibi vinced'that he wassjti truth, refuses to seek t that the finding thereof i to his worldly dai That's why the "W which means, in this cut culpable?is put in H "ignorance." If It's anything Catholic! For further inforoa P. O. Box 351, White* BUILDING MATERIAL LUMBER We Have Plenty Of Good Sea soned Lumber For All Purposes. Bring Us Your Bill Of Material And We Will Save You Money. 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