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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. G.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
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the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under
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10 3 6- -MEVCEBWednesday,
September 30, 1936
"""When a man goes deer hunting, h
does the shooting; when he goes deai
hunting, he sometimes is shot at.
The visit here last week of the Foil
Bragg battery recalled for Southport residents
the good old days when Fort Cas
well was occupied.
That press dispatch last week froir
Morehead City saying that the Modoc
was the largest vessel to enter the porl
since dredging of the channel was complete
surely damned that project with
faint praise.
If Fire Strikes
When fire strikes, be calm, if yoi
value your life!
Should your clothing become ignited
drop to the floor and roll into a rug 01
blanket. That will cut off the supply o:
oxygen and smother the flames. Thou
sands of people, insane with panic, have
run, thus fanning the blaze?at the cos
of their lives.
If you are in a public building wher
the fire alarm sounds, remember the ole
adage: "Walk, don't run, to the neares
exit." A legion of lives has been un
necessarily sacrificed to panic-stricker
mobs in theatres, hotels and similar build
ings.
If you awaken at night and smel
smoke, Dont Open The Door! That ii
vital?to open the door may permit super
heated air and fumes to enter and smo
ther you. First place your hand on th<
door to see if it feels hot. If it is cool
open it very slightly, with your face av
erted. If you feel "fire-pressure" agains
it, close it at once and seek anothe
means of exit.
Even as 90 per cent of fires can b
prevented through the exercise of simpl
precautions, so can ninety per cent of th
lives now lost in fires be saved?if wi
don't get excited. Knowledge of a fev
rudimentary facts, such as those give
above, plus presence of mind, make th
best life saver of all.
Fire may break out in your home
your place of business, in a building o
11 "^ """ Qmr fi'mn WllPn 1
meaue 4vuu aic ??/ c*i*,y w?*v. does,
keep calm, think, and then act!
World Series
Weather, crops and politics will bi
crowded into the background of conver
sation topics during the next week as th<
annual baseball classic, the World Series
is played in New York City.
Football may be the first love of th
college boy, and of the recent graduate
but for the vast majority of America!
sports fans baseball still reigns suprem
as the national past time.
Already speculation is rife as to wheth
er Carl Hubbel, ace left hander of th
Giants, will be able to throttle the mux
derous attack of the Yankees; or whethe
the "hot" streak of the national leagu
entry, which has swept them from th
second division to top place since th
middle of July, will extend through th
series.
There is no need to feel sorry for eithe
team, for each will have its loyal suppon
ers. If you don't think so, join any crow
you see standing around a radio louc
speaker any afternoon this week.
Be Careful
With the opening of the hunting sea
son Thursday for deer, bear and squii
rels, there are two things that we wan
to remind hunters to be careful to avoic
All the pleasure you have ever derive
from hunting will be immediately wipe
out for you the first time you are respon
sible for the death of a hunting compan
ion. Too, there is always the possibility o
being killed by your own gun. Sensibl
THE STATE 1
precautions against hunting accidents will
help make the season happier for every"
^ one.
"| Each year hunters receive credit foi
-(starting many forest fires. There is nc
fraternity which should be more interestec
than the hunter in preserving the home
of wild life. Be careful this fall and win
o ter to see to it that no carelessness or
0 your part results in a conflagration tha
1 may burn over several hundred acres o:
land.
Keep A Cow
Every farm family in Brunswick coun
ty should own a milk cow, particularly i
e there are children in the family.
In the first place, milk is an importan
part in the diet of a growing child. In th<
second place, where the major part of th<
cow feed is raised on the farm, milk be
comes an inexpensive addition to the fam
' ily food supply.
| This fall there are many Brunswicl
county farmers who have a cash surplu:
i after paying all of their year's expenses
i There is no finer use for this money,. n<
: investment which will pay as rich divi
11 dends, as the purchase of a good mill
. cow for family use.
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American Foreign Policy
It speaks volumes for the sincerity anc
integrity of the American press that, or
i the occasion of President Roosevelt's re
cent statement on our foreign policy, lit
? mavrorl pH i tori a
t j 116 or i1u pari/iod-iioiup ~
.*; comment.
f The President said that the policy oi
- the American government would continilue
to be that of the "good neighbor;'
t that we would maintain rigid neutrality
toward any and all belligerent powers
1 that we would keep free of foreign en'
tanglements and that we would build up
t our national defense services sufficientlj
- to make us a dangerous enemy for anj
1 country eyeing our possessions and terri
" tories with covetous eyes.
I That declaration of policy was applau
' ded by Republican as well as Democrats
5 newspapers and spokesmen, and it is ap
" parent that it is suppoi*ted by reasonabh
* and foresighted men of all political par
e ties.
The President's attitude in this vita
" matter is typically American. Fortunate
ly, we are remote from Europe. Our peo
1 pie are anything but belligerent and env:
e no empire or nation. The American publii
e wishes to maintain friendly relations witl
all powers and to carry on lawful worl<
e commerce without restraint. That is th<
v way toward permanent peace.
I The Spanish revolution has agaii
e brought fear of war to the world. But
as the President said, the American peo
i, pie will fight no other nation's battle;
r and will insist that its rights be respec
t ted, and that its government remain neu
Itral in spirit and deed.
Fire Prevention Week
e From October 4th to 10th Fire Preven
- tion Week is to be observed again. Th(
s week was first declared an official nat
i, ional event by President Wilson, and sue
iceeding presidents have followed sui
e'each year.
!, I During the week, businesses and indi
n viduals will have a splendid opportunit;
e to really achieve something in the matte
of fire prevention. Fire marshals and de
- partments, insurance companies, an<
e other public and private groups, wil
- work to the utmost to make the week j
r success. But it cannot be a success with
e out public cooperation.
e Simple programs have been outline*
e for observing the week.
e In the matter of home fire prevention
every person can easily do worthwhil
r work. Go over your house from cellar ti
t- roof. Has the heating plant, which wil
J * - . . . . ,
u soon ne canea on to operate at nign ca
1- pacity, been expertly inspected and, i
necessary, repaired? Is electric wiring ii
A-l condition? Are inflammable liquid
properly stored ? Have you permitted rub
bish, old clothes, old magazines, etc., t<
l- accumulate in closest and out of the wa;
- corners?
it Charts which are of great usefulnes,
I. in inspecting either homes or businesse:
d have been prepared and are being distri
d buted free on request. Your fire depart
i- ment will be glad to give you any advic?
i- you wish.
f Do your part during Fire Preventior
e Week.
PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, I
|| OPEN FORUM I
A column dedicated to opinions of
the public. A mouthpiece for the
views and observations of our
) \ friends and readers, for which we
accept no responsibility. Contribu1
tions to this column must not
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,| Freeland, N. C., Sept. 24, 1936.
Editor State Port Pilot,
1! Southport, N. C.,
t My dear sir:?
p Please allow me space in your,
paper for a few remarks in re1
gard to an article appearing in j
| your regular issue of September
j 23rd, entitled, "Road To Caswell
j Beach Gets Sand-Asphalt Sur-;
Iface," also to your editorial on
_ I page 2, same section entitled, j
| "Different Work."
11 If my memory serves me right
about the year 1921, Reverend
j. Dempsey L. Hewett, of Shallotte,
represented Brunswick county in
' the General Assembly. At that
3 term there was a bill passed for
the permanent construction of a
highway from Whiteville to |
" j Southport via New Britton Brid- j
ge and the Huston ridge.
! This, for all the bally-hoo of i
various county officials, is the
S [ only constructive effort that has
. i ever been made toward the perJ
manent construction of a road
between the two points named
-1 above. j
[' Some years later Mr. W. B.
| Keziah took up a lone fight for I
j the project using every fact and
j figure that could be found to (!
j back his pleas and arguments and
I was invariablv answered "When
Funds Are Available.' '
1 Later a group of business men
from Whiteville took up the fight
and succeeded in getting a few
miles of hardsurface road from
. Whiteville out this way and one
I of the gentlemen who contributed
to the expense of and went with
the committee to meet the High
way Commission, told me personally
that when they went before
the Commission that Mr. Way- 1
' nick told the committee that
r when the people who would be
benefitted by the road along with
' the Brunswick county officials
-1 asked for some work that the
) Commission would be glad to
grant them a letting.
It is very true that the folks!
' [ along the road have not gone be- j
.! fore the Commission in a body, j
neither have they burdened that
:body with lengthy petitions, but:
- instead have relied upon various
. boards of commissioners to push
matters through for them.
" j Recently a committee composed (
II of several of the county officials j
. and other prominent citizens met
the Commission in Morehead City
Following this meeting a report
1 came out that they had a very
. definite promise of an early letting
of five miles or more of
hardsurface beginning at Route
{ No. 30 and extending toward the
, county line. This was immediately
followed by a group of engin1
eers who did several days surveyi
ing on the road from Shallotte
3 to the Waccamaw river, establishing
as we thought, the fact
that something was really about
1 to be done.
Now we see as the fruits of;
' our high hopes that there is to
be two miles of sand-asphalt surS
face laid on the route leading
_ from Number 130 to the Gause
Beach near Southport and we
notice in your editorial an explanation
that this project has
the proriety in that it is two
whole years old. This we judge
is correct as we feel now that
the road from Shallotte has never
been a project except in the
" j fruitness dreams of Mr. Keziah,
i the blasted hopes of the farmers
. needing the roads and the ready
promise of various politicians
seeking office and scheming to
t get votes by promising to "use
every possible effort' 'to have
something done for our road.
If my memory serves me corV
rectly various interested parties
r have inquired as to when we
might expect to have something j
done on our road and have been
i told that our quota had been ex- j
] haused,
' Now with regard to your edi1
torial in which you state that
- "However There Are Facts in the
i HflfiP That T-Tolr* Fvnlaln TV./* CJif
I ? W - JLiAJ/iaill x tic kj 1 C" I
, uation." You very frankly and
11 candidly state in the first paragraph
that you do not blame the
people of Waccamaw for feeling
' that the paving on route Nume
ber 130 would be of the greatest
0 advantage to the greatest num]
ber of people and then in the
last sentence of the second para"
graph you try (and believe honf
estly) to appease the situation
^1 by the assertion that the Caswell
project is the older, when
S the fact is that there are men
- and women by the hundreds who
are now old enough to vote who
were not born when the first eff
forts were being made to obtain
a road from Whiteville to Southport,
not with the State Highway
Commission of course, but with
S first the various county adminis.
trations and then with the High-i
; way Commission as soon as it
" came into existance.
5 History will repeat there is no
doubt, and it is a fact undeniable
by anyone that on each and
I every occasion when there was
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