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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. G.
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Wednesday, April 29, 1936
The fellow who said that using- a toothpick
was bad manners perhaps never ate
chicken sandwiches.
Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years, but,
of course, his neighbors didn't have a
radio.
It takes a spendthrift only a short time
to make a sinking fund out of any kind
of bankroll.
The only way some fellows can tell a
-j- ?:xi. - ;f ;0 fn ahout
sxory Willi a piiim vu ?v, *? v
spears and swords.
A rose by any other name would smell
as sweet, but wonder would a polecat by
any other name smell as bad.
There's one thing about it. Women
^ smoking does increase consumption of
Columbus' biggest crop.
A quintuplet stamp is being urged for
- -w. Canada. We're interested to note the size
it will have to be.
Next year we'll have another session
of the Legislature, as if we didn't have
enough laws to break already.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, all
right perhaps, but after allt why should
it want to gather any.
A black shirt in Italy is a sign of distinction.
In America, it's a sign it needs
to go to the laundry.
Garden Days
Don't wait until along in June to begin
to wish that you had started a garden.
Don't depend upon the surplus supply
of your neighbor for your vegetables
this summer.
Because of the cold, dry weather of the
past few days little time has been lost for
the gardener who will begin now and
work fast.
Remember, no other investment of money,
time and labor pays a greater dividend
than a good garden.
Pre-School Clinics
A complete report of the annual preschool
clinics is to be found elsewhere in
today's Pilot.
As a result of the efforts of Mrs. Lou
H. Smith, county nurse, in co-operation
with members of the local Parent-Teacher
Associations of the county, more than
a hundred Brunswick county boys and
girls will enter the primary departments
of our consolidated schools next fall in
better condition for the long grind ahead.
Parents with children who will start to
school next fall should see that they are
given a physical examination before time
for school to start. Your family physician
or the county nurse will be glad to cooperate.
Hand Of Death
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Within the past week three Southpori
homes have felt the touch of the heavj
hand of Death.
Last Thursday morning Captain W. M
Wells, prominent Southport citizen anc
well-known along the Atlantic coast o)
North Carolina, succumbed to a linger
ing illness.
Adding to the pall of gloom which
hovered over the town Thursday was
news of the death of Charles Watson,
popular Southport boy and student at the
local high school. Particularly were the
young people of the town affected by his
passing.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Edith
Gause Daniels died following an extended
illness. She was a woman of prominent
family connections and was a life|
long resident of Southport.
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THE STATE
These three deaths have left then
mark upon this community, but Southport
citizens have been bound together ir
. a closer feeling of sympathy and understanding
for those bereaved.
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Odious Contrast
N. C. State Alumni News.
) There are 1,699 freshmen in five o:
North Carolina's principal colleges. 0
; those from North Carolina preparatorj
schools, only 44 per cent passed all theii
work for the Fall term, while 61 per cenl
of those from outside this State passec
everything.
Only 7 per cent of the North Carolina
students made the honor roll, while 2(
per cent of the "foreigners" attained thai
enviable record. Failing one or more subjects:
56 per cent of the natives, and 3?
per cent of the outsiders.
Reason: Eleven years of eight months
school in North Carolina cannot possibly
prepare students for college as well as
can 11 or 12 years of nine or ten months
I each, as given in other states.
Moral: Learn in advance what youi
candidates for the coming Legislature
think of this situation and if they have
a remedy.
A Fair Hearing
During the next few months many political
speeches will be made in Brunswick
county. Since political campaigns
are conducted largely along partisan
lines, it is inevitable that some members
of each audience will differ with the
sneakers in some of their statements.
When this occurs the dissenters should
remember that the speaker has the floor,
and that he is the person who has attracted
the audience. You are showing little
consideration for the person sitting next
to you when you do anything to detract
his attention from the speaker.
On the other hand, whispered conversation
and undertone remarks directed at
the speaker are a mark of discourtesy. If
a speaker says something which you believe
to be unfair to you or to your convictions
and you feel impelled to make
some reply, the dignified and polite thing
[to do is to wait until the end of his
speech and ask permission to make a
statement.
Political campaigns in Brunswick county
have a reputation for becoming heated,
and the one forthcoming promises to
be no exception. But political emnity does
not demand social discourtesy. Remember
that every time you are in a political
meeting during the coming months.
Fire Waste
The national fire loss, after several
years in which it showed a slow but encouragingly
steady decline, is rising. The
upward trend has been maintained during
a number of recent months.
The blame for this can be laid to one
thing: Human carelessness?a term which
includes a multitude of sins.
Few of us think about fire. Few of us
take the trouble to learn the simple lessons
that would enable us to eliminate
fire hazards on our property?hazards
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mat, in nine tascs uut ui ten, tuuiu uc
done away with at little or no expense.
Few of us realize that the entire comimunity
must help pay for every fire thai
occurs?in higher taxes and insurance
rates, in lost business, in destroyed opportunities
for industries and individuals, ir
business stagnation.
1 Some of the greatest fires have startec
1 from seemingly harmless origins. On<
greasy rag in the corner of your garage
could become the focal point for a blaze
that would destroy a hundred homes. Se
could old, amateurishly repaired electrii
wiring. So could the cigarette you threv
t away without looking to see where i
r fell. So could the leaky flue which yoi
are going to have repaired on some dis
. ,tant tomorrow that may never come.
1 The overwhelming majority of fires re
f suit from such obvious hazards as these
- They cost us hundreds of millions of dol
lars a year, and cause an indirect los;
i several times as great. Infinitely more im
; portant, they destroy thousands of lives
,|You and your neighbors can take th<
. 3teps that will make your community saf<
. ?that will lower fire loss 75 per cent. Is
;' it worth the small effort required ?
Same Result
The Beehive.
"Are you a college man?"
"No; a horse stepped on my hat."
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Good Shows At |
' The Carolina
Janet Gaynor and Robert Tay- J
! lor form the striking new screen J
: team opening Thursday at the j
I Carolina Theatre, in "Small Town |
Girl."
f The story of "Small Town Girl"
f revolves about Kay Brannan who j
lives with her family in Carvel,
7 Massachusetts, and detests the j
C humdrum of small-town life,
j. Everybody expects her to marry |
. Elmer, the telephone man; but
', one night she meets Bob Dakin,
I from Boston, who is going home j
l from a football game. They go (
. to a night club where students j
' are celebrating-, and before morn- j
t ing they are married at a local j
. Gretna Green. Ten minutes later
. Bob wrecks their car and goes
to sleep; next morning he has no
recollection of the marriage, in
;' fact, he barely remembers meet- j
p! ing Kay.
Bob is a gentleman and decides ;
> to make the best of it. He takes
. Kay to his aristocratic parents,
but turns against her when she,
confesses she knew what was go
| ing on but didn't stop the wed,
ding. So Kay finds herself in an
unhappy plight; her husband will
have nothing to do with her and
J keeps up his romance with Pris-1
: cilia, a society beauty to whom j
he has been engaged. To keep up j
appearances Kay and Bob have J
| a kissless honeymoon aboard the J
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uaKin yacni, uut dou aiiu rimcilla
agree they'll be married j
when Bob gets a divorce after
a decent interval.
Kay moves through a series of
trying experiences, but through
'her gentle influence Bob quits
drinking and devotes himself |
more to his really brilliant car- j
eer as a surgeon. One night Kay
finds Bob in Priscilla's apart'
ment, forces him to go to the
! hospital for an important operation,
and that same night decides >
she can bear no more; she goes ,
back to her family in Carvel and J i
resigns herself to forgetting Bob. j1
Through losing her, Bob learns
just how much he has learned <
to care for her. And one night, ,
while the papers are printing rumors
of his impending divorce,']
he drives into Carvey just as he did
on that other night. He hunts j
up Kay and begs her forgiveness. !,
Once more they ride away from I
the small town, this time to hap- j
piness. j
Next Week !
The outstanding comedy hit of I
the new film season comes to I
town Monday when "Strike Me
Pink," Eddie Cantor's sixth an|
nual screen musical opens at the
Carolina Theatre. ,
BOLIVIA NEWS
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BY JESSE LEWIS
Mrs. J. D. Johnson entertained
jher Sunday School Class last
[Tuesday night with a candy par!
ty at her home here. Those attending
the party were hostess,
Mrs. J. D. Johnson, Jessie Lesh,
Ethel Gore, Homer and John Holden,
Dan Johnson and Thomas
Knight.
4-H CLUB CONTEST
The Senia 4-H Club had a
biscuit making contest Friday. |
Guildroy Henry won first prize, i
The junior 4-H Club also had a
doll making contest. Elsie Rabon
was first prize winner. Miss Ethel
Gore and Miss Awonda Patter I
l were judges for both contests.
Kennith McKeithan and Mr.
Charlie Trott gave a weiner roast
1 at Holden's Beach last Friday
l night in honor of the boys and
, girls basket-ball teams.
SENIORS VISIT CAROLINA
Miss Julia Oats took her sen.
ior class to Wilmington last
. Thursday to see the picture:
Shirley Temple in "Captain i
! j January." The picture was very
. interesting.
Mrs. Lendon Arnold, of Philadelphia,
Pa., is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Howl
ell.
^ Victor Thompson was in Wil'
mington Saturday on business.
' Bob Mercer, of Wilmington,
? spent Saturday night here with
j his uncle, Van Mercer.
Mrs. J. I. Stone, Jr., and chil*
dren, who have been spending
; sometime here with Mrs. Stone's
i. parents, returned to their home
at Shallotte Saturday.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Martin Robbins,
r of Winnabow, were callers in Bolivia
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Russ, of
- Benson, were visiting relatives in
!. Bolivia Sunday.
Miss Julia Oates spent the past
week-end in Wilmington.
Shallotte News
i Mr. Marion Gatlin, of the local
; high school faculty spent the
, week-end at his home in Rae'
ford.
S. T. Bennett, of Wampee, S.
C., was a Shallotte visitor Wednesday.
D. T. Long and son, Ennis, I
made a business trip to White- ]
ville Thursday.
Members of the high school |
junior class enjoyed a weiner j
roast Wednesday afternoon.
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N. C
By PERCY CROSBY
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rhey were accompanied by Miss i
Elizabeth Taylor.
Mrs. Lillian Oliver and Miss
Gladys Frye spent the week-end
vith relatives in Durham.
Mesdames Sadie Sellers and
Edith Womble, and Misses Rexie j
Tripp, Eula Mae and Vera Belle!
L>ong attended the show in Wilmington
Friday night.
Miss Elizabeth Taylor spent
the week-end in Greensboro.
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