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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, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under
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There is nothing a grown person
can buy that tastes as good as an ice
cream cone does to a kid.
Backsliders soon must find some ex1
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cuse other than not weamw iw x?w
ing to church.
There may be a modern trend away
from having school children prepare
their lessons at home, but there will always
be a group of parents who cling to
the after-supper-session theory. ,
A fine example of enthusiastic cooperation
was seen last week when several
of the CCC boys joined members of
the Southport volunteer fire company in
putting out the blaze at the colored pressing
club. Some of their clothes were in
side the burning building.
Harvest Season
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' In many ways this is the best season
of the year for life on the farm.
Grapes are ripe; apples are mellow
and falling off the trees; late fall vegetables
are coming in and all about is
fruitful reward for a summer of hard
labor.
If the farm home is not the most
attractive place on earth it is purely the
fault of its owners.
Resume Work
Materials are on hand and a crew
of experienced carpenters "have begun
work this week to complete their job of
renovating the old school building in
Franklin Square.
When work is through, Southport
will have city offices unexcelled by a
town this size in North Carolina; an
American Legion hall that will be a credit
to that organization; and a recreational
center that will be a source of
great pleasure to both young and old
residents of this community.
Yacht Races
Several local sportsmen are interested
in the prospect of holding yacht races
at Southport sometime during the next
few months.
During a visit here several weeks
ago, Irving Corbett, of Wilmington, was
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vci,y muv^ii mipicoiacu witn mc pussiuxu*ties
for a race course from the quaran-'
tine station to Bald Head island. It would
be impossible to find a better place for
yacht races, he said.
In three South Carolina towns an-i
nual races are being held, attracting
dozens of yachts of various classes and
thousands of sports fans. The owners
usually accompany their yachts in power
boats, and make a gala week of these
racing events.
It requires no keen imagination to
picture the attractions of three days racing
festivities in Southport, and every
citizen should be glad to cooperate in
. trying to secure these races as an annual
attraction.
Better Livestock
Farmers who have made money from
this year's crops can do nothing better
than invest some of their surplus cash in
pure bred livestock.
Brunswick county should be one of
the principal hog and cattle raising
counties in the state. Little real headway
can be gained until an attempt is made
to improve the breeding stock to be found
on farms in this section.
Within the next few weeks county
and district fairs will be held in several
eastern North Carolina towns and cities.
It will pay several progressive farmers
of this county to visit these places for
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the purpose of getting new ideas about
the purchase and breeding of registered
livestock.
Forewarned
It is probable that many lives were
saved and much property loss averted last
| week by the effective work of the Weather
Bureau and the ever-watchful and
fearless Coast Guard. Working together
they spread news of the impending storm,
and the Coast Guard followed up this
warning by going into the thick of the
danger of the north and east bound hurricane
to perform daring deeds of rescue.
The storm, which completely missed
ISouthport, struck heavily and repeatedly
i along the Atlantic coast north of us.
Southern Coast Guard forces were called
into the stricken area. Planes flew up
north from points south, of us, and the
cutter Modoc put out to sea Thursday to
the aid of a freighter in distress.
It is a tribute to the two branches
of government service that last week's
hurricane toll was not greater.
Different Work
We hardly expect that the citizens
of Waccamaw township will rejoice when
[they learn that a portion of the Caswell
Beach road is being hardsurfaced this
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week, iney ieei mai me pavmg ui oiovt
highway number 130 from an intersection
with highway number 30 toward the
Columbus county line is the road project
in Brunswick county which will be of
the greatest benefit to the greatest number
of people.
We do not blame the citizens of
Waccamaw township for their attitude,
for it looks again like they aren't getting
a square deal from the State Highway
Commission. However, there are facts in
the case that help explain the situation.
The hardsurfacing project for the
beach road is being carried on by a maintenance
crew; the surface will be sandasphalt.
The work has been pending for
more than two years.
The paving project in the lower end
of the county is one which will call for
a more durable surface, one that will
stand up under the strain of heavy hauling.
The construction of this road is work
for a regular road building crew.
While nothing definite has been
heard recently from the Southport-Whiteville
road project, we do know that local
citizens are bringing every possible pressure
to bear in an effort to have work
on that road begin within the next few
1 weeks.
Welcome To Southport
This week, on the part of Southport
citizens, we are extending a cordial invitation
to our readers to visit our city during
the next two months while the hunting
and fishing season is at its best.
Most people who go on a vacation
are seeking a change and Southport offers
unlimited attractions for the inland
visitor.
Overlooking the majestic Cape Fear
river where this body joins the Atlantic
ocean, the river channel is a water highway
whose traffic is of ever changing
interest. Huge freighters and tankers1
plow their way up the river to the port
of Wilmington; in the spring and in the
fall hundreds of the finest yachts in the
world stop here on their way to Florida
from the north, and back again; fishing
boats, shrimp boats and pleasure crafts
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The finest deep-sea and river fishing
to be found anywhere along the Atlantic
coast is always available for the Southport
resident, and the visitor here. Be-;
ginning the first of September, marsh
hunting is added to the list of attractions;
for sportsmen; On October first comes
the opening of the deer season.
There are many places of historic
interest. Fort Johnson, still in good repair,
was the first colonial fort in North
Carolina, and from her the first armed
resistance to the Stamp Act was made.
A short distance away lies Fort Caswell,
deserted village that is awe inspiring to
the average visitor. Legends about this
section abound.
The hospitality of Southport citizens
is a matter of record. They all have a
pride in their community, and miss no
trick in seeing that the visitor enjoys
his stay here. If you never have visited
here, you will never find a better time
than now; if you have visited here, you,
like the others, will want to come back.
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SKETCHES
Again we are building Mount
Misery. In other words, if you
have something that tends to
' I make your life miserable, you
i may place it on Mount Misery
and select any one of the other
' "miseries" in exchange.
For instance: Douglas Potter
may wish to exchange his blue
( bandanna neck kerchief for a
cross-cut saw . . . Dave Smith
will swap his ability to smile for
a pair of seven league boots . .
, .Dillon Gainey might exchange nis
power as a peace officer for anj
other chance in the pitchers box
j. . . And George Dutton will
, I trade a good joke for a climbing
! monkey.
Walker W. Skipper will sing
1 j "Down By The Old Mill Stream"
'for anyone who will respond with
i "Good Night, Ladies." . . . Ruby
Williams will tune up on "I Will
See You When The Roses Bloom
Again," for any pretty dark-eyed
girl who might have an itching
ear for high tenor.
Clim Benton might swap his
desire for deer shooting for a
fat raccoon . . Frank Williams
! would swap his ability to run
and jump and kick up his heels
just for a few days of married
life and an Indian canoe . . Charlie
Harvell might swap one of
his river swamp pigs for an overgrown
opossum. And Monroe
Bordeaux would give all his
j worldly goods, Including two jumjbo
bull frogs, to discover Black
| beard's treasure.
Rodney Carroll's joy for CCC
'life might be exchanged for a
contracted period of nuptial bliss
. . . Lawrence Childs would
swap, perhaps, almost anything
for a bottle of ice cold beer and
a nice, juicy slice of Tom Thumb
pudding . . Daniel Cooke, Jr.,
wouldn't swap, but would lay
aside his ability to collect telephone
poles for an opportunity to
kill a mess of squirrels. And Oscar
Peterson wouldn't trade his
i duck pond for Jack's beanstalk
nor the goose that laid the golden
egg.
So there you are!
Shallotte News
I J. Jordan, of Tabor City, was
a business visitor here Tuesday.
! Galloway Hewette, of Jacksonjville,
is visiting his parents, Mr.
| and Mrs. Henry Hewette.
Friends will regret to learn of
i the illness of Mrs. Henry Hewette
at her home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Mathews,
'and H. O. Goley returned to their
home in Durham Saturday after'
visiting Mrs. Lillian Oliver and
Miss Gladys Frye for a few days.
Miss Louise Tripp spent several
days last week with relatives
in Wilmington.
Mrs. W. L. Swain visited relatives
at Nakina during the week'end.
Mr. and Mrs. John White and
Mrs. George Danford were Wilj
mington visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Haywood Goley, of Durham,
was called home Saturday
because of the illness of her
j mother, Mrs. Henry Hewette.
Miss Elizabeth Taylor spent
'the week-end at her home in
Southport.
George T. Rourk was a South'port
visitor Saturday.
Mrs. R. D.. White and mother,
j Mrs. Olivia Russ, were Wilming!ton
visitors Monday.
Thomasboro News
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Stone and
daughter visited here Monday of
this week while spending a few
days with relatives of Sanford.
Mrs. B. K. Gore and three sons
spent the week-end with her
daughter, Mrs. Linnie Piner, in
Wilmington.
Cornelius Thomas made a business
trip to Wilmington Saturday
of this week.
Mrs. Emeline Thomas, her daughter
and son, June and Bobbie,
have returned to their home in
Charlotte after spending the summer
months here.
Miss Elneta Stanland spent the
week-end here with Miss Emma
Neil Lewis.
Mrs. R. O. Lewis has returned
to her home after visiting her
brother, L. N. Benton, at the
James Walker Hospital in Wilmington.
Miss Virthu Stanland was a
visitor of Miss Louise Lewis this
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Benton,
from Laurinburg, are visiting relatives
here this week-end.
The Wesly Methodist protracted
meeting began at Calabash
Sunday, September 20. Everyone
is welcome to attend.
Six farms where soil erosion
work has been demonstrated
were visited by 150 Orange coun-'
ty farmers on a recent tour. Orange
farmers made a co-opera-,
tive order of 210 tons of limestone
last week.
The Surry county sub-soiler
used by the local conservation
committee will subsoil an acre an
hour to a depth of 22 inches. j
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ground dolomitic limestone mixed
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with pastures and legume crops.
R. Flake Shaw, a farm management
demonstrator in Guilford
county, made 1,872 more
pounds of lespedeza hay where
he used the triple superphosphate
as compared with where he did
not. The demonstration plot
yielded 2,976 pounds against
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