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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
Bntered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, a
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under
the act of March 3, 1879.
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Wednesday, June 17, 1936
A fellow says taxes are worse than
death?you can only die once.
And there seems to be reason to won
der how secure is social security?
People go to war to decide which is
right, but the only thing they find out
is who is left.
?
A lot of people wouldn't believe their
own eyes even if they could see themselves
as others see them.
A contemporary claims that the average
span of human life has lengthened.
It looked that way for a while, but we
Think the automobile, has taken up all
the slack.
In a campaign, it often happens that
those who come out in favor of a candidate
are the candidate's biggest liability
and sometimes the very thing that defeats
him.
Slot Machines
Last week in New Hanover county authorities
launched a drive to put out ol
business all gaming tables and slot machines
in Wilmington and elsewhere ir
the county. Charges of gambling wen
lodged against several operators. Not lonp
ago Judge Barnhill, presiding over i
term of Wake County Superior Court, in
stituted a similar clean-up in and arounc
Raleigh.
If these machines are illegal in Wak<
county and in New Hanover county, the}
are no less illegal in Brunswick. More
over, it is significant that Judge Barnhil
is scheduled to preside over courts in thi:
district from July 1 to December 31. !
is more than likely that he will give hi:
personal attention to the legal dispositior
of these so-called games of skill when h<
comes to Southport?unless that mattei
has been attended to before he gets here
Fish Boats Whistle
"?hold on a minute, there's one o:
the fish boats blowing."
"Wheeeuh, wheeeuh, wheeeuh?wheee
uh, wheeeuh, wheeeuh."
"Wll, sir. There's the Anderson in al
ready with 300,000 fish. Captain Johi
and his men surely have been bringing ii
the fish t*his week."
If you are a stranger it may be neces
sary to explain that that deduction wa;
made following the whistled signal at th<
mouth of the inland waterway. The threi
long blasts signal the men at the factor;
that one of the fish boats are coming up
the short blasts denote the number o
hundred thousand fish aboard.
Makes no difference what they are do
ing, when Southport people hear one o
the boats come in, they stop what the;
are doing to hear the signal of the day'
luck. Whether it is Captain John Erickso
and the Anderson, Captain J. B. Churc
and the Morehead, Captain Thomas S
Georcre and the Captain or Captain Rubi
Guthrie and the Storm King, their whi:
tied report always causes a momentar
pause in the day's business here.
Bonus Payments
Salesmen and promoters have literal
been "licking their chops" in anticipatk
of the orgy of wild spending that th(
expect following the release on June ]
of the bonus bonds to veterans of tl
World War.
We may be wrong, but we believe thi
many of them are doomed to disappoin
ment. In the first place, they are wrori
in considering these payments as "eas
money." This money was earned by me
in a business that demanded that the
ki:! or be killed. Moreover, as has bee
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pointed out by another observer, the irresponsible
youth who marched off to
- war in 1917, now is a man of forty, with
a wife and kids.
We do not mean that we expect the
~t bonus bonds to be tucked away in the
cedar chest and hoarded for the future.
Much of the money will be spent imme"
diately, some of it unwisely, but most of
j it, we believe, will go for sensible home
j and business improvements and objectives
5 that have been planned through the years
" of waiting.
Tennis Spectators
In addition to the players who gather
each afternoon on the two tennis courts
back of the Community Center Building
there is a growing number of spectators
who watch the games. Instead of there
being any threat of dying interest in tennis,
enthusiasm apparently is on the increase.
Tennis is a game for ladies and gentlemen?a
fast, clean sport that allows no
!time for arguments and profanity. Few
j sports offer more excitement than a close
duel between two well matched players.
Plans already are being made for a
; series of tournaments to be staged during
July and August to decide the women's
j singles and doubles championship, the
i men's singles and doubles championship
and the mixed doubles. These tournaments
should climax interest for players
and spectators alike.
Rain And Smiles
With every shower that fell in this
county during the past week prospects
for good farm crops improved. The cares
and worries of farmers decreased accordingly.
The chief trouble with the tobacco crop
now appears to lie in the fact that there
is a poor stand ,and that is is uneven.
This latter fact will be a source of trouble
to the growers through cultivation,
' curing and grading. Nevertheless, there is
! i reason to hoDe for a fair croD.
> I Corn and hay crops have received a
t setback that may or may not be made up
- for by the rains. There is serious danger
1 of a feed shortage next year, and Brunswick
farmers will do well to look after
- this emergency now before it is too late.
Not the least of the damage of the
- drawn out dry spell was the effect upon
1 garden and truck crops. Many farm fami5
lies who depend upon getting a large
t part of their summer food supply from
s their gardens have been virtually without
i vegetables. This, too, may be partially
J compensated for by planting vegetables
r now for use during the latter part of
July, and early in August.
Scenes Of Carnage
f A writer in a recent issue of American
Mercury presented a new and interesting
view of the automobile accident problem.
He observed that, in the light of presentday
conditions it is not remarkable that
1 36,000 persons are being killed in traffic
1 accidents annually?but that it is remarkable
that the number is not several times
as great.
sj In the average state, almost anyone not
s completely crippled can obtain a license
e to drive a car, irrespective of his ability,
responsibility, intelligence or judgment.
' If he chooses, he can operate a car that
belongs by rights in the junk heap?a car
with an inaudible horn, feeble or glaring
lights, uncertain brakes, and a steering
gear affected with St. Vitus dance. If he
y drives that car in a dangerous manner,
s cutting curves, weaving in and out of
n traffic, and "giving her the gun" whenh
ever possible, the chances are that he will
t- , . . .
* escape arrest?ana tnat it fte is arrested,
n he will be assessed a relatively small fine
s- and permitted to go right on driving
y When the inevitable finally occurs, anc
someone is killed or injured because ol
his recklessness or incompetence, he maj
have a harder time getting out of th(
mess?but that won't bring a dead persoi
ly to life.
>n If any progress is to be made in reduc
;y ing the horrible toll of automobile death;
L5'and injuries, stringent methods must b<
ie! adopted. Traffic codes must be modern
! ized and enforced with the utmost strict
at ness and impartiality. Much higher quali
t- fications for the issuance of drivers' licen
ig ses must be established. And the unsaf*
;y automobile, as well as the unsafe driver
n must be banished from the road. Other
y! wise, America's streets and highways wil
n continue to be scenes of carnage.
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PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT,
i Q Popular
; ^ Superstitions
j Spit on money and its lucky j
'powers will be enhanced.
A clock and a bell ringing to- i
gether indicate a parting.
Unseasonable cock-crowing is
an omen of trouble.
i
Don't take the old broom to
'the new house. It's unlucky.
To be the seventh son of a j
seventh son is extremely lucky.
If a black cat comes to you,
take it in. It means good luck.
! It's more than ordinarily lucky
I to be born on Good Friday.
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Never open an umbrella in the
[house. It's always unlucky.
To put on a garment wrong I
[ side out means anything but luck |
| ...
If your finger joints crack
! some one is doing you a kindness
A sign of death is the blossomi
ing of a tree twice in one season.
Put your left sock on wrong
side out and you'll have good
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Sneeze between 12 and 1 and
ja stranger will cross your path.
FANCIES
and
FACTS
Something New, Something
Old, Something different ,
(By Carter Burke)
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A man who says he is not ?
afraid of anything probably has- e
j not sense enough to be. Brother, | f
I have a healthy fear of the (v
devil.
. . .
If this were a scandal column t
I it would undoubtedly be read s
more. : h
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Say, there is explosive power b
iin TNT (The New Testament.)
Anybody broker than I am >
must be in debt, says Sam Slack ]
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It isn't necessary for a gentle- i
man to swear to a fact, because j
his word should be his bond.
? "
When you say: "He's no better i
than 1/ 'you lower him to your j
level, and you are reminding ,
others of your poor, but useless '
attempts to get by on excuses, i
Great oaks from little acorns i
grow. What kind of nut are you ? '
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Brains are better than brawn, J
but it doesn't look so hot in one :
of these abbreviated bathing suits '
Veil, I tank I go home now, ?
too quiet here ... .
Mostly worries are caused by "
a fantastic imagination, get rid
of it and your worries are prac- <
! tically over.
First impressions don't really ?
j matter, for an orchestra makes .
| funny noises while tuning up be- '
I fore they really begin to play. "
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"Give him enough rope and ^
he'll hang himself," and give him
a little bit more and he'll hang
you." i
"I put pepper in my ice ,
cream," said the lunatic, "be- 1
cause it makes water taste so
good."
True, a laugh is the worlds
best medicine, but that's no rea
! son for you to be such a pill.
i The preacher says, "Learn as
if you were to live forever, live '
as if you were going to die to- .
I morrow."
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' Still good: "It's not how you
! look, but how you act."
| Hurray for print?When I told
, some of my friends some of this
^ stuff they laughed at me. Now
T that it is printed they laugh with
j me.
1 FACTS
Let me remind you that good
aeeas never aie. rrea Jamison
not long ago gave a crippled begs
ger a pair of second hand crutch- I
Z es. Much was his surprise last ;
week when he received thru the
mail a money order for $1,000.
The begger was a distant rela-1
tive of an aged manufacturer
who died and left his entire forj
tune to him. While Jamison little
' expected to see the begger again,
, the man himself was not forget.!
tii.g the kind turn done him.
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Little Gloria Soniillia likes gin- '
I ger ale--yes?But whe nasked ;
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BacK & tne Fiats.
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rtiy she didn't drink a glass of p
t when given to her she replied o
hat "the sparks got into her u
yes." Well Gloria, I'll bet grape- a
ruit gives you quite a turn, s
/hat? h
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Among teachers and composers E
here is this odd fact: There are j
everal composers who never
iave played a note on any musi- c
al instrument. There are foot tl
iall coaches who have never tl
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f colleges who have never gradated
from any school, and fin- ;
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ibly the dean of modern popu- j
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1 any key but plays only in one i'
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h was built in Tuscumbia, Ala., 1
he old church bell was sold to 1
he congregation of a negro Bap- i
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:DNESDAY, JUNE 17
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tist church. The negro's d:p{^H
the bell into the baptismal
and after the baptismal
it was installed in the churciH
This is the nuts?listen! PoisH
Ivy is closely related to ca&H
and pistachio nuts, in fact it fl
longs to the same family. {H
haps I shouldn't have tol l Hi
this though, for you might
buy any of those meaty k
in the cellophane bags any dm
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