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j Southport, N. C.
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I Wednesday, February 3, 1937 v
I When you step over political boundariesj
you usually find yourself in the back e
I yard of prejudice.
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If gossip were based upon our virtues 0
instead of our weaknesses it would be a p
blessing instead of a curse.
f Some of us might do well to try to live j ^
up to what our dog thinks of us.
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Yesterday the groundhog saw his
shadow; today we had the first ice in jj
six weeks.
The conceited fellow usually loves him- ^
| self enough to make up for those friend- S(
ships he loses through conceit. j ^
Opportunity knocks but once. Well, he jj
j certainly hasn't ever been disguised as ()
the magazine salesman then.
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Ptrrvnunl Interest it
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"See that little piece of land," a Bruns-| n
wick county farmer asked us the other a
day. "Well, I sold more than two hun- Ci
dred dollars worth of truck crops off that jj
last year. 1 have it planted now with a j
special mixture of winter cover crop? e
the best I could buy. If that two acres u
would put out for me like that, I'm surely
going to pay it back." |
Now that is what Ave call good farming.
This man has seen e\'idence of the ^
\ralue of good land, and he is keeping its
fertility built up. He made his obligation j
to that strip of ground sound like a personal
obligation to a friend. ^
Noble Response , K
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We are mighty proud of the spontaneous,
splendid response of Brunswick countv
citizens last week to the call for aid q
for flood victims. The willing co-opera- c
tion of Red Cross workers under the lea- ^
dership of Chairman J. Berg, made the c
task of collecting money and clothing T
comparati\-ely easy. tl
Without the help from citizens throughout
the United States it is hard to im- j
agine just how bad the flood situation
might have been, or the suffering which Aymight
have resulted. As it was, things |
Avere bad enough; but once more it was n
clearly demonstrated that American citi- g
zens can and Avill rise to meet an emer- y
gency. 0
Our civilization has made rapid strides,
and occasionally Ave are want to wonder i
if there reallv are anv new fields for us
to conquer. Then along conies nature
with a show of power that dwarfs the p
combined efforts of man. No, we still e
i have not been able to devise a scheme p
for controlling natural calamites. That s
being true, we can be thankful for our n
nation-wide feeling of neighborliness j,
which calls us to the aid of fellow citi- a
zens in time of trouble. a
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Road Hearing 1
Brunswick county citizens will welcome 1q
the news that three members of the North a
Carolina State Highway Commission will a
| be in Southport Friday for the purpose of N
conducting a hearing in the Southport- -v
Whiteville highway matter. . ! t
I A disagreement over the proposed
route of the highway through Shallotte (
has necessitated the hearing. A map pos- c
ted several months ago in the Brunswick j
county courthouse showed the road mak- t
ing a new intersection with U. S. high- r
way Number 17 at Clemmon's filling sta- < t
tion, about a quarter of a mile on the j
Wilmington side of the main business dis- i
trict of Shallotte. Many citizens of that i
Kf community felt that a junction at that i
point will leave Shallotte off the main t
thoroughfare, and asked that the inter- i
section be made in the business district, j
or across the bridge near the school. t
Citizens will be here Friday to argue i
their case. Members of the highway com- 1
mission will give their reasons for the i
proposed change. We hope that there will c
be no drawn-out discussion, and that the v
path for an early beginning on the pro- c
ject may be cleared once and for all. I
Celebration Plans
During the past three weeks there has
een much talk of a proposed state-wide
istorical celebration. Governor Clyde R.
loey has been one of the leading proonents
of the cause.
There has been a suggestion that the I
cene of the celebration be split?that |
iere be one-half in Western North Caro-'1
na and the other half in Eastern North jj
Carolina. We should like to put in our!1
id right now to have the Eastern loca- '<
on in Brunswick county. There could be: '
o more suitable place to commemorate |
ie history of our state than the first seat!.
f colonial government. That is in Brunswick
county, on the banks of the Cape j
'ear River. In addition, this section has .
ountless other places of historical inter- i
st. i
Those in charge of selecting a suitable j
lace for the celebration can ill afford to j
verlook the attraction of the lower Cape w
'ear area.
lood Stock !
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Sometime ago we were asking a county )
gent in one of the Western North Caro- j
11a counties about the prospect of buy- f
lg registered cattle in his section. <
"I don't know where there are any J
ure breds for sale here," he said, "but i
lere is a community where you can buy
sme of the best grades to be found any- j
here in the state. There was a man i
own here about fifteen years ago that '
ad one of the finest registered Jersey j
ulls I ever heard of. All of his heifers f
ere fine cows, and there are still strong <
races of his breeding in that communi
In a nearby county we know of a com- i
lunity where every family cow is far .
bove the average. Tracing back to the i
ause, we found that one of the farmers
1 that section purchased a pure bred ,
ersey sire from the state test farm sev- i
ral years ago, and most of the cows in j
se around there now are from his stock. f
We need no stronger evidence to show <
s that it pays to keep pure bred live 1
;ock, and it is a firm conviction with us
lat Brunswick county farmers can imrove
their profits wonderfully by using
etter cattle and hogs.
Safety For The Child
[inston Daily Free Press.
We approve the bill in the Legislature
rescribing that only persons 25 years of ,
ge or older drive school buses in North
arolina. The argument has been advan- i
ed that older drivers cannot be obtained
ecause salaries are so low. If that is the
ase, the salary scale should be raised,
he safety of the child is the important
ling.
teal News, If? ,
lOrfolk Ledger-Dispatch.
A Virginia child is reported in the
ewspapers as boasting of four greatrandmothers.
It would be real news,
hough, if it was a man bragging about
ne mother-m-law.
lon't Be A Sucker
Now as never before, with boom times
iredicted "just around the corner," it is
ssential that the small investor and the
iublic fully appreciate dangers of blind
peculation. Lessons of the late twenties
lust not be forgotten. An orgy of specuation
and artificial prosperity is inevit,bly
followed by a period of deflation
nd severe depression. Everyone suffers,
larticularly the average individual with
imited resources.
It js easy to blame Wall Street and big
msiness for depressions, yet Wall Street
md the stock exchanges simply serve as
i market place for the people's securities.
Without them the wheels of industry
vould soon be motionless for lack of
rading places for securities.
Depressions cannot be legislated out of
ixistence. The public as a whole and inlividually
must heed the lessons of the
>ast if severe future depressions are to
>e avoided. True, certain fact-finding and
egulatory legislation has been of great
>enefit to the investing public. But as
'resident Gay, of the New York Stock
Exchange, recently pointed out, there are
10 laws to prevent buyers from speculatng
on a hit or miss basis, if they wish
o, in the face of expert marnings against
t.
During a period when nearly all
hought has been turned toward attainng
complete economic security through
Washington, it must not be forgotten that
n the last analysis it is the initiative and
ommon sense of the individual upon
rtiich the welfare of the nation finally
lepends. This is as it should be in a true
)emocracy.
ghallotte
School News
(By Nicholas Mintz)
Help Flood Victims
Due to the floods of the Ohio
Galley, the school has contributed
to the Red Cross for the flood
sufferers. The contributions made
vcre as follows: Primary grades.
56.1.1; grammar grades, ?4.18;
eighth grade $4.70; ninth grade.
55.30; tenth grade $4.70; and the
eleventh grade $3.70, making a
total of $28.71 for the whole
school.
With two of our busses out of
jrder, the bad weather has come
.o us at an inconvenient time.
The two loads get home late in
the evenings and to school in
the morning, -which causes a
jreat hardship on the part of
the students. Many are failing
the years work on account of
lot being able to attend 1st and
2nd period classes.
Postponed
The basketball game which was
scheduled for Thursday night,
Tanuary 28, between Shallotte
ind Waccamaw high school was
postponed until a later date on
account of the bad roads, due
to rainy weather, but it is hoped
the game will be played sometime
in the near future. The bad
veather has also stopped the
joys and girls from practicing
lasketball.
Hog Meeting
The hog meeting which was
leld at the Shallotte school auditorium
Thursday night by Bob
Taylor, from Raleigh, was of
nuch interest to the people. He
told how to prevent hogs from
jetting worms and other diseases.
He also told how to seed,
louse and take care of hogs in
l sanitary and sate way. Aiier
lis speech he showed a moving
picture of how hogs wete cor-ectly
and incorrectly kept and
ilso six different kinds of worms
ind how the hogs got them.
Glee Club
The high school glee club was
)rganized Thursday by Mrs. Kate
White, Miss Susie Kate Swain,
Miss Esther Riddle and Marion
cJ. Gatlin. There were thirty-five
prls and sixteen boys who joinid.
They are beginning work on
he commencement music.
flouthport
School News
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For Showers
The materials for the new
showers have been ordered, at
least the city has taken the order
and has agreed to get it for
the school.
Schoolmasters
The schoolmasters were the
guests of H. D. Epting of Bolivia,
Monday evening at 6:30.
They were entertained at the
Robinson home in Southport.
Paint Lines
Mr. Winget, Mr. Wonsavage,
together with a band of ball
boys met last Saturday morning
and repainted the lines in the
gym.
Play Here
The game scheduled at Waccamaw,
Bolivia vs. Shallotte, will
be played in our gym. February
9th. We are always glad to welcome
our neighbors to our town.
Rpnlfippmpiit
Miss Sarah Creech has been
assigned to the NYA work in
the principal's office, succeeding
Miss Elease Autrey, who has accepted
work in Wilmington.
Teachers Meet
Some of our teachers attended
the meeting at Wilmington Saturday.
P.-T. A. Meet
The rain was so heavy last
Thursday evening that the meeting
of the P.-T. A. was postponed
until Thursday, February
4. Mr. Roland, superintendent of
schools, Wilmington, agreed to
come back and speak to us. The
program is mentioned elsewhere
in this issue.
Plan Visit
We were glad to have Mr. Sentelle
with us over the past weekend.
Mr. Sentelle has invited us
to visit him in Raleigh. The senior
class is planning to accept
the invitation at a later date.
Uninterrupted
We are happy to know that so
far we have not had any cause
to close school as some other
schools of the State.
Repeat Play
The dramatics class has been
asked to repeat their play for
the benefit of the Methodist
church. The circle ladies of the
church will be responsible for all
advertising and outside work.
The class is glad to do this.
Church people and school folks
cannot help each other too much.
So be sure to see "A Bird In A
Cage" sometime soon.
He returned from the city and
rather ashamedly confessed to
his wife that he feared he was
becoming absent-minded.
"Why do you think that?" she
inquired sympathetically.
"Well, my dear, I bought a
delightful bunch of grapes for
you.
"And you left them in the
train?"
"No, my love; on the way I
ate them."
T, SOUTHPORT, N. C.
1 Waccamav
School News
(By Edna Mintz>
Shrubbery
Mrs. J. E. Dodson, Mrs. Tra
i Browning. Evelyn Bennette, M
Walter Jenrette and Mrs. A.
Walton met here Monday for I
purpose of trimming and setti
.out shrubbery. Some of the hi
[school students assisted them.
Red Cross C'aU
This being the first call fr<
the Bed Cross, the teachers a
grades have contributed the f
1 lowing:
Mr. Ray. 10th and 11th grs
teacher. S4.30.
Mr. Leeka, Sth ar.d 9th gra
teacher. SI.15.
Mr. Morgan, 7th grade tea<
er, $2.60.
i Miss Allison, 6th grade teach
44c and 7 quarts.
Miss Lennon, 6th grade tea<
[er, 65c and 1 quart.
Miss Jackson, 5th grade ti
'cher, $6.20.
Miss Kimsey, 5th grade tea<
er, 80c.
Miss Fields, 4 th grade teach
51.25 and 1 quart.
Miss Biggers, 4th grade ti
cher, $1.20.
Miss Rawls, 3rd grade teach
>$1.45.
Miss Taylor, 3rd grade teach
$1.20.
Mrs. Wagstaff, 2nd grade ti
cher, $1.00.
j Mrs. Morgan, 2nd grade tea<
er, $1.45 and 3 pints.
Miss Norment, 1st grade ti
cher, S3.28 and 1 quart.
Mrs. Ray, 1st grade teach
$3.60 and 5 quarts.
Mrs. Formy Duval, 1st grs
teacher, $1.15.
The total was $32.02 and
quarts and 1 pint of canned fo
Makes Talk
Mr. Taylor, a swine special
from State College, known
: several club members as "Pa
made a very interesting U
here yesterday to the 4-H cl
members. His topic was "1
Swine Sanitation System."
Postponed
Due to bad weather, the scl
duled game between Shalio
and Waccamaw wasn't plaj
Thursday night. The game v
be played next week.
The high school students hi
ing finished the first semest
work in English, have beg
jwork in literature and life.
Z. G. Ray reported a very
teresting trip to Shelby.
j Bald Head News
Questions
Since the information wc a
ed about the name of Bald H<
Island was given so promptly a
in such an interesting way
the Pilot, we make bold to i
that someone tell us about
remains of an old fort here,
jwas located at the mouth of
Cape Fear on the bank oppos
Fort Caswell. Cedars eighteen
twenty inches in diameter i
found growing on the old brea
works. Many blocks of grar
and old bricks may be se
These and other indications ol
fort arouse our interest and c
iosity.
Homekeepers
You were promised someth
about the kind of housekeep:
men do. Let us visit the Cl
Fear Coast Guard Station. 1
house is cleaned thoroughly tw
every week. It is swept, dust
and polished every day. The br
nmplf itiH InrkR n rp alwftvs rh
ing. Everything is rootless at
times. They have "a place
everything and everything in
place." Believe it or not, all t
lis done solely by men. VVc <
but wonder if they would be,
'are, such good housekeepers
their own homes, ask friend w
Returns
Mrs. Wesley Varnum has
turned from the Brunswick Co>
ty Hospital and is recover
nicely.
Mrs. Dan Sadler and Pa
have gone to be with Mrs. S
lei's parents at Harkers Isla
while Mr. Sadler is absent in
flood area.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Moore ?
little son returned Monday fr
a visit to relatives at Pink Ji
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Munn i
Morton left Friday for a visit
relatives at Charleston, S. C. 1
Munn expects to spend a f
days undergoing treatment
i Brunswick County Hospital
fore returning to the island.
Move Here
Mrs. J. Quidley and little i
arrived last Monday to mi
their home on the island. T1
!seem to like their new home s
1 we are delighted to have th
;for neighbors. Mr. Quidley v
transferred to this station fr
a New Jersey station some wei
ago.
Back On Job
Capt. Dan Willis returned 1
Monday from at leave of si:
days. He spent the past week-*
.with his family in Southport.
Shallotte News
Mrs. Mabel Andrew's and str
j daughter, Janet, of Pennsylvar
.are visiting her parents, Mr. i
Mrs. Peter Rourk.
Mrs. Lillian Oliver and M
Gladys Frye were Wilming
visitors Saturday.
Cecil Tripp, of Savannah, C
spent the week-end at his ho
here.
G. T. Rourk and D. T. Ix
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