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fPAGE 2 THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. G. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor ntered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE YEAR 51-50 BIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .75 ? ! HBSM Wednesday, March 3, 1937 One of Southport's most apparent needs is a small, modern hotel. When was the last time you did anything to try to help make this a better newspaper? | Don't let your last impression of church keep you from going again? especially if that impression is two years( old. I Our idea of a first-class basketball game would lie a contest between Camp I Sapona and the Southport all-stars on a night when both teams were in top form., I I Thinning Projects One of the most convincing demonstrations we have ever seen is that beingconducted by the forestry sen-ice in this county in thinning out several timber tracts. The five timber thinning projects located on U, S. Highway 17 from Winnabow to Hickman's Crossroads is sure to increase the interest of Brunswick county farmers in the proper care of woodland tracts. Even though we do not personally own an acre of timberland, we find ourselves riding along the highways of the county locating the timber tracts that need thinning, and silently calculating the improvement that would result from this work. The clean, efficient manner in which these projects have been conducted has given the farmers a greater respect for the work of the CCC boys. Over-Production When the law-making bodies of South Carolina and Georgia refused to enact compact tobacco crop they left the door wide open for the ruination of farmers dependent upon tobacco for their cash . crop. With the problem of their own salvation left in their individual hands, farmers are going?to follow their usual custom of cutting their own throat by over production. The two-million-pound surplus that is in prospect will be just about enough to drive the price below the point where it is profitable to produce tobacco. There are two things left for the farmer to do to help himself in this emIergency. First, it will be a good idea to place emphasis upon quality instead of quantity. Even on a flooded market, there always is a premium on quality. Good tobacco always has commanded a good price. Secondly, it will be a good idea this year to place greater stress upon a live- j at-home program. Land and labor that j formerly has been devoted exclusively to the production ot cash crops should this year be used toward diversified farming. You cannot starve a farmer who raises his own food; and surplus comoditjes usually may be disposed of at a profit. The unfortunate situation that has arisen in the tobacco business may prove a lasting influence for better farming. Sign-Boards I Within the next few weeks thousands of people who have spent the winter months in Florida will begin to return to their northern homes for the summer. They will travel by water, rail and highway. There isn't much that Brunswick county people can do about the railway travelers, but many who pass through this section via the other two routes could be induced to stop for a time to see some of our principal points of interest. So far as we have been able to learn, there is only one sign-board along the route of the inland waterway calling attention to yachtsmen that they are approaching Southport. That is the sign of the Wells Brothers, located on the waterway north of Southport. The city of Southport, and certainly the operators of the marine service and supply station) on the waterfront, wuold profit if attractive signs advertising their location were placed on the banks of the canal south of here. There are hundreds of people making a leisurely automobile trip back north " who would make the tri-angular detour ( from U. S. Highway at Supply via South-, port if the attractions of this place were! displayed on a sign-board at the junction.1 The erection of a sign of this kind couldjc be arranged at a nominal expense, and ^ it surely woul ddraw enough outside tour- a ist traffic to more than pay the cost. i< jt A mother Warning 1 p At the risk of becoming tiresome be-,lf cause of repetition, we again remind citi- ip zens of Southport that the only way to ti keep their Sunday mail service is to use n .. P it. g The post office department does not do things because of sentiment. Officials1 put on the Sunday mail sendee because p they were assured that there was suffi- t< ent volume to justify it. When figures'" show that this is not true, the sendee c will be discontinued. K Tricky Weather !? Hark back to high noon on February 2, 1937. 'Twas a bright, sunshiny day; oi and there was nothing to prevent nature's | weather prophet, the Groundhog, from ^ seeing his shadow. Accordingly to tradi-jti tion, six more weeks of winter weather, were in store. 0( Cynics scoffed, and doubters doubt- fc ed as the days slipped by bringing Spring R weather in mid-winter. But the Ground- u ni hop believers had their inning during the past week-end. Friday was the coldest day of the winter; Saturday was some warmer, hut not much. Nearby counties j awoke Sunday morning to find a blanket of snow over the countryside, and icy p blasts blew all day long in this county, th Beautiful flowers that had amazed th older residents with their unseasonable h, appearance were killed; undetermined 0i damage was done the fruit crop; and j some fear was expressed concerning larg-l er tobacco plants. jw The Groundhog must have enjoyed a h; chuckle of satisfaction in his warm, un- tr derground retreat. j n. | Cl Planting Time {? This is the first week in March, and it is time to give thought to the planting of a family garden. In many sections of Brunswick county gardening activities have been continued through the year by entrants in the annual winter garden contest, sponsored by the Home Demonstration Clubs. These people have been enjoying the results of a thrifty live-at-home program throughout d the winter months. Early Spring gardens present no prob- t lems to match those of the hardy gar- Si dener. The chief requisites are fertile soil, an early start and a willingness to 01 1 Sf work. sl Nothing which requires such a small le cash outlay pays a larger dividend to the ftvevao-o fumilv Plonfv nf -froeh voorofah les are important in a well-balanced diet, b and the cheapest and surest way to have b them is to grow them at home. g: Do not make the mistake of waiting un- sl til it is time to harvest before you plant your garden. Basketball Games si t( The interest of every normal Brunswick p county high school student will be cen-j?' tered this week upon the Waccamaw n gymnasium, where the annual county bas- b ketball tournament will be in progress. ^ Almost a hundred fine, healthy boys and girls will play in tournament games. A Each will have his heart set on winning. ^ On the sidelines will be hundreds of other ci students pulling just as hard for their | favorite team. Under such conditions, it a is hard for their favorite team. Under s such conditions, it is hard for everyone ^ to remain within the prescribed boundar- t ies of good sportsmanship. t< But the importance of doing just that h should not be overlooked. To win is a ti normal objective, but victory won at the expense of fair play is robbed of its glory. a The fan has just as great responsibility a as the player. Cheering should be for the purpose of boosting the confidence of t] your team, not for the purpose of des- P troying the moral of the opponents. And a final word for the referee: Re- a member that whoever that official is, his c, is a hard and responsible assignment. His ? decision may not coincide with yours in v every instance, but the chances are that | his percentage will be better than yours. 1 Don't help to make his job harder for ! him by doing a lot of unnecessary loud- J mouthed second-guessing. . c THE STATE PORT PILO fouthport School News ) By Mildred Aldrldge, Mary Hood And Dolphin Lennon) Finale Athletics has about reached its rowning point. We played our ist game with Waccamaw last "hursday evening. Our girls lost nd our boys won. We are now inking forward to the county ournament, to be played this reek-end. Good Program The two division of Physical Iducation had a joint meeting ist Friday. The subject of the rogram was "Music Appreciaion." The glee Club rendered two umbers which were given much raise. The entire program was ood. Puppet Show A Puppet show, sponsored by le State Board of Health, was resented in the Southport audiirium on Monday morning. We 'ere taught some of the vital lings in connection with the ire of the teeth. .Innior-Senior The juniors and seniors are >oking forward to the banquet n March 18. We are all glad to have Prof. . L. Dawkins and his two ball rams from Dixon to play us in jr gymnasium. Graduation, diplomas, caps and owns, senior programs are all le talk among the seniors at lis time of the year. Half .Mast The school is very much griev1 to learn of the death of a irmer school friend, Mrs. A. O. T"CM Qpnnta Inu/PTWl UUJilOUII. 1IIV MVB> wwwvw ie flag: to half-mast in her honPlan Play The dramatics class is selectg a play to be given near the id of school. P.-T. A. Program The glee club has been asked! i give a girls' chorus at the ,-T. A. meeting Thursday of lis week. Prof. Sholtz will be ie speaker. The high school was glad to ive Prof. Sholtz to speak to us ie day last week. New Trophy Our Principal, C. A. Ledford, ho is chairman of the Brunsick County Athletic Association, J is just announced that a new [ ophy has arrived to be offered: i the winner in the county touriment. It is a very beautiful j ip. Any school will be proud have their name engrraved on . I OPEN FORUM 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. Contributions to this column must not exceed three hundred words. ISGUST Shallotte, N. C., March 3. 1937. he Editor State Port Pilot, outhport, N. C.: I wish to make a statement r a few statements, I should ty, regarding the feelings of tame and disgust that have faln upon our small town of Shalitte due to the publicity of the ogging cases. I feel that I can say truthfuiand confidentially that the lajority of Shallotte citizens are itterly opposed to, and thorouhly disgusted at the rotten, lameful, unnecessary publicity lat rests upon their home town igarding the floggers. No person here knows anything f anyone ever being flogged in r near Shallotte. Yet it is :range and very much uncanny > the people why all statements ertaining to the floggers, apearing in the papers have been eaded (Shallotte, N. C.) This is ot only injurious to the town ut to the county at large, and e feel the results of it mighty Such statements as ? "I'm shamed to tell anyone I'm from hallotte," have fallen from the ps of more than one Shallotte itizen. A local lady was visiting in a outh Carolina city a few days go where she saw Shallotte flogers appearing in all papers, fpon her return home she stated r was so mad I couldn't eat." Tnless you are a citizen of this )wn you cannot imagine just ow terribly embarrassing it is. We feel greatly perplexed at le unpleasant greetings received rom visitors, traveling salesmen, tc., and wish all persons, both ir and near, to know that we re not as tough and ungrateful s they seem to think. We are lad to welcome all people into ur town and will assure them lie highest respect and gratitude ossible. Were the floggers (if such ever xisted) all we had to worry bout in our community and ounty, each person abiding in his oounty could become a Sleeping Beauty" within a couile of hours. VERA LONG. Shallotte, N. C. The Bootblack: "Light or dark, lir?" Absent Minded Professor: I'tn not- particular, but please lon't give me the neck." r.jB T, SOUTHPORT, N. C ????????????? flhallottel School News i (By Delia fine Robinson) Chapel Program A chapel program was given Wednesday by Miss Brightie Hoi- j I den's third grade. The program i was as follows: Bible reading, by Ruby Love! Brown; prayer, Mr. Hendron; song, "America," by school; "Lit, tie Tommie's First Smoke," by I jjack Chadwick; special music, | by Ida Mae McCumbee, Myrtie Lewis and Lawrence Lewis. Health play by the class. Illness j The member of the senior class regret the sudden illness of Susie Clemmons, who is now recovering from an appendicitis operation in the James Walker hospital, Wilmington. The Shallotte basketball girls went to Waccamaw Monday night to practice in the gymnasium in preparation for the tournament. The Shallotte teams played their last official game of the season with Southport at WacI camaw Thursday night. The boys ' score was 27 to 10 in favor of ; Southport. The Shallotte girls defeated the Southport team by a score of 37 to 3. The dramatics class is working i on the play, "Neighbors," by 1 Zona Gale, which will be given ' in Chapel in the near future. Puppet Show A modern application of the j ancient art of puppetry was efjfectively utilized for health proj paganda purposes at Shallotte | high school auditorium Tuesday ' morning by Miss Anna B. Towse j of the good teeth council of Am erica and Dr. Earnest A. Branch. I director of .the division of oral ' Hygiene of the North Carolina State Board of Health. The puppet play was produced by the Carolina Playmakers during the past season for more than 500 enthusiastic audiences, for ap- < proximately 250.000 school chil- j dren throughout North Carolina. , The Carolina puppet men are | Wallace Bourne, Jr., and Fred t Koch, Jr. f Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stone, Misses Annie Russ, Ester Riddle and Catherine Chadwick spent j Sunday at Albemarle. < The Monroe Brothers will ap- J pear in person at Shallotte high ; school auditorium Saturday night i March 6, at eight o'clock. They broadcast at 10:15 every day ex- ' cept Sunday at Station WPTF, i Raleigh. I * Shallotte News Mrs. H. L. Stanley and mother. Mrs. Lennie Hewett, were Wilmington visitors Wednesday. Mrs. Haywood Goley, of Durham, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hewette, here. Miss Louise Swain, of New Bern, spent the week-end with I Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Swain and family. She left here Monday for Gainesville, Fla., where she will visit relatives for some time. M. H. Gatlin, of the local school faculty, spent the week-end at his home in Raeford. Misses Louise Swain and Mary Winstead, A. L. Hendren and G. ; T. Rourk were visitors to Wilmington Saturday. , Mrs. H. C. Stone visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, at their home in Newberry, S. C? durine the week-end. Wm. R. Teachey, of Beulahville, visited friends here during the week-end. Rev. P. V. Spence spent Saturday in Wilmington. Miss Carrine Greene spent the week-end at her home near Newberry, S. C. The many friends of Mrs. Peter Rourk will be glad to learn that she is improving following a recent illness. Mrs. Lennie Hewett was a Southport visitor Saturday. Misses Gladys Frye. Carrine Greene, Mesdames R. D. White. H. C. Stone and Lillian Oliver spent Saturday in Charleston, S. la I Cecil Trippe, of Savannah, Ga.. spent the week-end at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stone, Misses Catherine Chadwick, Carrine Greens and Annie Russ visi ited Harry Mintz, Jr., who is (seriously ill in an Albemarlehos- I 'pital, Sunday. D. T. Long and Mr. and Mrs. J. Williams were called to Rocky Mount Saturday on account of (the death of a nephew. Upon | their return home Monday mor- | ning they were struck by a large j truck loaded with mules in Mount 1 Olive. The car, a V-8 Ford, driv- j en by Mrs. Williams, was slightly damaged. None of the occupants was seriously injured. Miss Louise Trippe, who un- | derwert an operation in a Wil- | mington hospital Saturday, is I progressing nicely, her many I friends will be glad to learn. Miss Mary Winstead was a Wilmington visitor Saturday. Miss Elizabeth Taylor spent the | week-end at her home in South- | port. Mrs. E. Holden, Jr., has re- I I turned to her home here after j [spending two weeks with her J I daughter, Mrs. Guye Womble, in\ Kannapolis. Leroy Collins, of Barnesville, S. C., spent the week-end with D. T. Long and family. Subscribe to The State Port Pilot. . Three Rooms and Bath, -1 IM 6QIN6 POTTO [WEU DON'T LET iOOK At THAT ) THEM TALK Y?V INTd PROPERTY, JESS-IF IT I < BUYlNC-WAIT TOj LOOKS AS 6000 A* S^ "?-r THEY SAY W MAT 7 J Tlci^ 5CW?f?AC,(;' " (ENTERTAINMENTS, M0VIN6 PICTURES, TOWN HALL AND peoPie? weuwe OON'T think ANY Jp folks J Then acain uje have lots of city people WHO JUST eou6HTOUT HERC FOR AN INVESTMENT THIS PROPERTY IS IN 6RGAT_j ? PfMANO - HOW ^ . VOVJ cooLON'r J y0BS*^) Bald Head News |Steanudp. promised _ 7? j Leaves Ci Inspectors I L R. Munn le Last Friday the Cape Fear County Hospital t 7oast guard station was visited ago to recuperate >y inspectors from headquarters of his parents in i vho visit all stations and cut- He was accompai .ers. They put the boys through Munn and Norton, he drills and they came off with lose the latter fron lying colors. illness ana Visitors | Mrs. Dan Sadler Saturday the school was vi3i- Friday after being :ed by representatives of the former home on a State Board of Health. School death of her gran vas in session and they asked Colin Wilson w? f we have school every day. liberty about a v rhey seemed favorably impres- has not returned I | "Reasons for j paper Ack I A newspaper advertis I seen by the reader. 1 The newspaper advei I the complete paper, go* 1 welcome guest. ? T1 1 Iine newspaper aaver much news value and r news item. The amount of text ui vertisements is depende of the space. | Newspaper advertisim I Newspaper advertisim Jed. I Newspaper aclvertisin: I different conditions. 1 Nearly all of a newsp 1 concentrated in its own 1 Newspaper circulatio I comparatively unaffecte 1 The State I I | SOUTHPORT, NOR ^gJgJaJHJarajBiaraKiBjaBagiajajajajaiagmHiHr^iare 1 < WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 , J By PERCY CROSBY I CoityrisM. vjfl p^MR- P0TT5,I WILL SAY I I UK? HONCYPA'L .YOU < family tc Live any pl ythmi H IS JO HANOY-fZZT FOR IM SrA -^ ^ ^ I JtT^Rc I Too I IUANT TO TgLL YOL - 500 p^RTiesi^Z n?r run OFF/ & 6RC wqcoAj# rj / , I cpy^ ^ JPapaTTeu'iM ^ ABOOTTHf MALARIAj I. /vi /^Vue AU HAS5 LASrVj-1: K/A L ^ f Jj fejf 'sVr' us a good ing ill with flu. ! Roland Stvron was call 1 hone aunty I about ton days ago on acrour.t ft Erunswick of illness in lit family. We are ibout a week sorry to lear that ho lost a dauat the home ghtcr with pneumou'a I that South Carolina, other members of h; i.m.iiy art nied by Mrs. ill. jj We regret to Myth Kxploded t our school. We have heard often that this Death island has a semi-tropical climate returned home and no frost. \V> had frost, l'ezcalled to her en ground, and ice several times ceount of the during February and last Thjrsdfather. day night the cold north wind >nt home on swept down on us freezing ponds, reek ago and ground and pumps pumps tor because of be- the first time this winter. S i Using News- | rertisina" 1 0; ? jjj ement can alwavs be t s l| < I rhsement, m pari; c ? js into the borne as a ?j j-: ilsemerat can have as 1 eader interest as the it M sed in newspaper ad- I ?1 ? rtcrrA Ui nt oniy upon me m M j is flexible. m g is quickly control- m r\ I g may be adjusted io \ ? l aper's circulation is I u market. ? 3 n is known and is I d by daily change. | Port Pilot j IK TH CAROLINA 11 igiaraiaMpBiagiaiaiaiOTJaiaEgfHJ^'^^
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