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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., tinder
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Wednesday, October 30, 1935
Simile of the season: As futile as a
cheer leader whose team is behind 40 to
0 in the fourth quarter.
Remember, you have no more right in
the middle of the road than the man you
meet there, head-on.
If you know what you want, a salesman
is less likely to sell you something
you don't want.
Poets who have immortalized the smell
of new mown hay evidently were sitting
in the shade while someone else loaded
it on a wagon.
A nickel is a small coin issued by the
United States Treasury for use as drug ;
store money all during the week and
church money on Sunday. i
Crazy Driving
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It is a strange thing, but citizens of
every community believe that the craziest
drivers to be found anywhere live
there, and they seem to take a sort of
CIVIC pnuu in taaw xuvw.
We know of at least a half-dozen
towns in which we have commented on
some act of poor driving only to have a
native who heard us say "Well, you'll see
more crazy drivers in Blankville than
you'll find in any other town in North
Carolina."
The pity of the thing is that every one
of them was true when he admitted that
his community was distinguished for its
foolish drivers. And there are far too
many communities in this state that share
that doubtful distinction.
A Good Job
Several weeks ago through our editorial
columns we urged the employees of
the State Highway and Public Works
Commission to do all in their power to
speedily repair the rural roads in this
county that had been ruined by washing
rains. This was just before schools open-'
ed for the fall term and our chief thought!
was of the hundreds of school children |
who were to be transported to school in
busses.
Monday we traveled over about a hun-1
dred miles of these dirt roads and were
surprised that the highway force has
been able to get most of them in such
good shape. About the only thing that is
lacking now to make their job complete!
is a wetting rain which will make the
work of the road scraping machine more
effective.
The force in charge of highway maintenance
in Brunswick county is to be
commended for its fine work, and if the
roads are kept up as well throughout the
winter there will be no basis for complaint.
Southport By The Sea
it is gooa to slip away tor a lew days
to rest, reflect and study North Carolina.
I joined three other Shelby business men
a few days ago and spent three days at
Southport, by the sea, down in Brunswick
county on the extreme southeast
corner of North Carolina.
Southport is rich in history as the
mouths of all North Carolina rivers are,
for at these inlets the first settlers landed
in crude boats and established our civilization.
The old residence in which we
slept was built 142 years ago. It faces
the sea and from our bedroom window
the eye can see the incoming and outgoing
ships, the quarantine station, the
light house, the two coast guard stations,
old Fort Caswell, and hundreds of small
fishing boats that constitute the real industry
of the little city. Around this
? house still stands a low wall that was
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once high enough to form an enclosure |j?
in which the slaves were kept until they j
were sold to Southern plantation owners.;
Beautiful antique furniture is used in i
every room.
The streets of Southport are wide andj*"
lined with huge pin oaks, gnarled with,1
the age of the centuries. Along these co,
(streets are some beautiful homes and here inj
I lives some of the most hospitable people do
in North Carolina. The visitors is never a (cat
stranger for long. Southport people live ha
the rich, abundant life. They live easy)??
and well. Seldom does a case of angina !pu
develop in that section for they do not \ mi
*race through life. Shelby, which boasts ^'
iof its hospitality, could learn a lesson irir
from Southport people. Sportsmen gather ca
here all during the year to fish, hunt for(le^
deer, marsh hens, squirrels, coons, and ^
ducks. ! th(
The town's host is W. "Booster" Kezi- (301
ah. Once a newspaper man, now a news|gu,
feature writer for the newspapers and the
magazines, Mr. Keziah is a native of jitie
Union county. He meets all the visitors i?n
and makes their stay pleasant. Although Icti
handicapped with deafness, he is perhaps'vai
the best informed man on Brunswick a^j
county affairs. He should be on the city's wii
payroll, for he is a wonderful asset. He a?(
never lets an opportunity pass to emphasize
the need of a port terminal at South- (icie
port, where there is a natural land-locked (esti
waterway. The channel at that point is'J^
deep enough to accommodate most any (in
ship that floats. Southport appears to Ith'5
have the natural advantages which
should be given favorable consideration ;not
by the government. Other ports are be-,une
ing developed at tremendous cost while
the Southport terminal could be develop-(bee
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ed at a minimum cosu n wuuju save um-i^
lions of dollars annually to the farmers
and manufacturers of the two Carolinas'Hei
and some day Mr. Keziah will convince w11
the authorities of this fact. He has con- ^
tacts with the highest and humblest peo- wo
pie of the state and nation. S1*
There has been no improvement in the wh
method of fishing from the days when bac
Peter and John cast their nets into the ove
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Sea of Gallilee, except that gasoline mo- cer
tors are used today instead of sails. In ed
the harbor at Southport are over 100 to
motor boats engaged in fishing and ^
shrimping. Each morning at 4 you can ia
hear the purr of these motor boats, set- !for
ting out to sea to try their luck in the,??
briny deep. Sometimes they come back n.
empty, sometimes full to capacity. A ele
small catch of sea food will glut the j?
local market, so, in order to develop the g0\
fishing industry along the coast and im- me
prove the status of fishermen, who per-^
haps suffered more than any other class Sib:
of workmen during the depression, the!pl0
North Carolina Fisheries, Incorporated,
has been organized with plants at Bel- wo
haven, Manteo, Southport and Morehead are
City. These plants have new buildings^?
with cold storage facilities, canning and out
packing equipment to prepare and pack the
the sea foods that are taken each day by !gie
the fishermen. This constitutes one of the as
most worthwhile ERA projects undertak- out
en in North Carolina. With beef and pork ^
beyond the reach of the average man in em
price, seafoods afford the cheapest meat hei
diet available. Many small town markets
have not been able to carry stocks of me
fresh sea foods because they are so per- Fe<
ishable, so, to meet this situation, the ^c
government has put up $129,000 for ope- the
rating expenses of these four Seafood fin;
houses. These houses, operating on a co- wa
operative basis with the fishermen, re- poi
/?o4-/?Ua? 4-yv 1A smlr r?4- {a
VC1VC LUC cattuco up tu IV V UVCA <X C *0
night, prepare and pack the seafoods in J
convenient packages for the retail mer- o?
chants upstate and deliver the seafood fai
in six refrigerator trucks as far back as ^
the mountains of Western North Carolina. ce?
Mr. Charles E. Gause is in charge of the pre
plant at Southport and is a princely gentleman
who sees great possibilities in aid- o?
ing commercial fishermen and at the the
same time afford housewives with the ha
very freshest of sea foods within 12 to ^
24 hours after the catch. Thus the fish- cui
ing industry of North Carolina is seeing no'
a new day. The fishermen are prospering orj
as never before and the housewives are ag
afforded delicious meats at a price well en
under that of pork and beef. Southport ?pl
leads in shrimp along the South Atlantic cia
coast and the meat is so delicious that the th<
New York market prefers Southport
shrimp to any other. ;tiu
Southport, therefore, has a great fu-,011
ture, and in my next article I hope to tell
you about the 10,000 acre island off th
shore, the only place in North Carolina 111
where tropical vegetation grows.?Lee B. ^
Weathers?The Cleveland Star. ai<
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WASHINGTON
LETTER
Washington, October1 30.?Sage
msellors believe they are makf
progress in weaning Presiit
Roosevelt away from advotes
of radical experiments who
ve heretofore held his ear.
mptoms of new tactical poll's
are noted in his two recent
blic addresses. The liberal elesnt
among the New Dealers
e not at all pleased with the
nd while the conservatives
lg rejoices at the prospect of
lling a halt to experimental
pslation and anti-business comxes.
Republican critics are
inkly skeptical at the idea of
5 Administration giving up
me cherished ideals as a ges e
for business and industry
jport. Both parties recognize
i tremendous political possibil;s
of having billions of dollars
private capital turned loose
the eve of a Presidential eleon.
People forget petty grieices
when good times are here
ain.
[he facts are that industry was
ling to keep money in stor;
gathering mildew rather than
2rest in perference to an unrted
sea of governmental polls.
As an illustration, it is
mated that nineteen billion j
needed for replacement for j
chinery and other equipment i
American industry. To supply .
i maarket and others would |
uire plenty of money for ma- .
al and labor. But industry is
opening its hidden hoards for 1
mployment until it is con- <
ced that oppressive taxation
I ham-stringing legislation has
n definitely discarded.
'olitical opponents conceded
t threats will not dynamite
} log-jam of capital resources,
ice, the overtures from the
lite House are staged in the
>es of initiating a great reery
within private enterprise.
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ilU 10 ogc|/nig uavn Aivtii wii
issional districts that the lawkers
would prefer a program
ich will not place them in
1 with voters now disgruntled
:r the heavy cost of governnt
relief efforts by which a
tain class of citizens are helpat
the expense of those able!
pay taxes.
rhe principaal topic in converion
in Washington these days
the possible outgrowth of the
thcoming conference between
' government, management and
or under the auspices of the
R. A. Both capital and labor
ments share the suspicion that
conference will involve noth- j
more than the extension of |
rernment control over business}
n and workers. Industrialists j
1 that the Administration will;
leavor to transfer the respon-1
ility for absorbing the unem- j
yed because of admitted fail-:
is of the Federal authorities i
put 3,500,000 men back to j
rk by November 1. Charges
: also made that the phrase j
n million unemployed" is being]
id as a political football with-j
; regard to the accuracy of j
figures. Government authors
concede privately that there |
a wide difference of opinion j
to the exact number of people
: of work. It is argued in ofil
quarters that from one to
ee million people are without
ployment even during the
ght of boom periods due largeto
their unwillingness or in-j
lity to find gainful employ-1
nt. It is predicted that the
ieral government cannot exit
private industry to reabsorb
: unemployed while they face
i competition of government
anced projects paying high
ge rates for shorter hours. A
rked change in government
icies dealing with relief work
expected shortly.
Nationwide distribution of a
tnphlet containing an analysis
benefit payments and the
mers under the Agricultural
justment Act with the corol-1
y esumaie 01 me cost 01 proving
taxes to the consumer is!
>voking considerable discussion
long politicians. The net ef- j
:t of the statistical breakdown
benefit payments is to show
it the farmers of certain states
ve corralled an unusually high
rcentage of the checks flowing
im A.A.A. gift bag. T^he Agri[tural
Department officials are1
w engaged in a counter move
offset the implications of fav-1
ng farmers in one section
ainst those engaged in similar!
terprises in other states. The
idy, apparently sponsored by
ponents of processing taxes,
tims that the present cost of
;se taxes actually amounts to
00 per capita.
The statistical picture shows
at the farmers of Iowa and
e merchants with whom they
ide have a good reason to
eer the processing taxes, as
is state received more than1
Lrteen times the receipts of all
e farmers in the nine Northstern
states, while Kansas
jne received 25 percent of the
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p-rowl at the claim that the con-1'
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28 percent of all processing taxes!]
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