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I THE STATE PORT PILOTT
_ Southport, N. C. 5
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 5
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
n tared aa second-class matter April 20, 1928, at .
| the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under
the act of March 3, 1879.
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Wednesday, April 7, 1937 1
I"" It takes a smart shad to lay her eggs. j
Teachers and students are beginning to s
make plans for commencement. ^
We hope it will be a long time before ,
the new cemetery will be very thickly J
populated, but citizens can help along the
project of beautification by purchasing p
I lots right away. c
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Write a couple of cards this week to p
out-of-town friends and invite them to >
come to see the flowers in bloom in
Franklin Square. It is the show place of ],
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Another Step 0
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Just another step toward permanent o
discontinuation of the U. S. Quarantine li
station at Southport is the announced "experiment"
to have officials board foreign c
ships in Wilmington, after they are in s
port.
Maybe we have had the wrong slant t!
011 this quarantine question all the time, o
but we had the idea that the service was n
being maintained by the government for p
the purpose of keeping out all disease j
and infestation. Maybe it is all right to v
wait until a boat is in the Wilmington g
harbor to learn whether or not there is |
disease aboard. Some how, though, we f'
are still of the persuasion that the time 0
f- to find out about this matter is before the v
ship reaches port; and that the place to ti
have this done for the city of Wilmington c
is right here at the quarantine station at a
v Southport. a
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Good Farming 11
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There are a few noteworthy exceptions s
to the general belief that no farming of ^
any importance is conducted in this section
of Brunswick county.
Thursday morning we rode with Mayor tl
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Iuuiiu iZiiiui\?tUii <uiu niuci man n? vv . nuuu "
out the river road to the old Lehew farm, ^
which is now owned by ex-Sheriff and 11
Mrs. London Lewis. Battery Lamb, pro- e
tector during the Civil War of the salt o
works opposite New Inlet, is located on
this property. /
The sheriff is erecting a feed and stock
barn that is almost as large as an airI
plane hanger, so the topic of conversa- h
tion was immediately switched over to
matters of farming. It didn't take long to d
discover that this was the thing the for- e
mer county official is most interested in. A
"We own around a thousand acres in C
this place," he told us, "and around a a
hundred and fifty acres of that is under [ ii
cultivation. All my land is broke, and ii
most of it is planted." ' ti
Included in this planting was a twenty- ii
I eight acre field of snap beans, several ii
acres of early corn and other truck crops.
"Come on over here," he said, leading c
the way behind his barn, "I want to show o
you some pigs 1 have in a pen." He had li
them, all right. One hundred and eight, si
Most of them were round fat and ready tl
for market. "That's the way to sell your c
corn," he said, "through hogs." t f
The ex-sheriff has a good farm, and 1
has planned a good farming program.
And the secret of his success lies in the s
fact that he loves the work he is doing. a
Old-Timers 11
Recently while on a trip to the central t
part of the state we stopped for a few s
minutes in Smithfield. In a group nearby c
H were some men talking about the shad I o
n season, and we asked if shad are caught t
up there. a
jL "A few," one of them told us; "but not F
like they do down on the coast. 0
"We are from Southport," we told the ?
man. "The shad season is just about o
over down there." c
I "Southport. Southport, did you say?
Do you ever go over to Fort Caswell ?" J
"Every few days," we told him. , . . c
"Why?" ** li
j* "When 1 came to North Carolina twen- il
ty-three years ago I landed at Fort Cas- t
H well," he said. "I had been enlisted in the h
irmy and was transferred there from th<
Samoa Islands. I was there for abou
tix months before my time was up. M;
lome was in Nebraska, but when I go
nit of the army I moved to Smithfieh
md have been here ever since."
"No." He said in answer to our ques
ion if he ever visited Southport or For
Caswell. "I never did get back; but I'n
I'oing. Will they let a fellow go over t<
he Fort and look around ?"
We told him of the development tha
s going on, and assured him that In
vould be given permission to visit tin
iroperty.
"I'll se you this summer," he said,
lie was not the first stranger we havi
^countered who has fond memories o
ife at the Fort. In fact, when the build
ngs and grounds are in shape to enter
ain visitors, one of the most promising
ources of tourist traffic will be old sol
liers and their families who come bad
o Caswell.
The Right If ay
An interesting side light on the state o
mblic opinion in its relation to the judi
ial reorganization proposal, is providec
iy John T. Flynn, the well-known ecomo
list, writing in the March 10 issue of th<
lew Republic.
By coincidence, Mr. Flynn was on :
ecture tour at the time the proposal wai
lade. As a result, he was literally bom
iarded with questions and comments ai
very forum he addressed. Most of his lis
eners, he says, were liberals; almost at
f them had voted for Mr. Roosevelt. Yei
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e is convuiceu;
"1. That the very great majority I en
ountered were against the court propo
al.
"2. That while they are against it
heir attitude is one of tolerance for the
bjective of the plan. They feel something
lust be done, but shy away from this
roposal.
"3. That each week since the plar
ras proposed sentiment against it has
rown very perceptibly."
Perhaps millions of people honestlj
eel, for logical reasons, that the powers
f the Federal government in certain pro
inces must be enlarged. But the consti
ution itself provides orderly, truly demoratic
means for doing this, by the
mendmeut process. The argument thai
mendments take years to pass is groundess?any
amendment that has had genu
le public sentiment behind it has passec
l reasonable time. Some amendments
uch as the Federal income tax and pro
ibition repeal, have gone through in s
ew months.
To "pack" a court, without consulting
le wishes of the people, is a technique
ot for democracy but of dictatorship
Ldmitting that the objective is good, the
lethod establishes a dangerous preced
nt, as so many real liberals are pointing
ut now.
1 Fire A Minute
Don't leave small children alone al
ome!
Tvo(ro^v nffpv trrurpflv Vias hppn YPCOY
X MXVV1 v. ??f, -
ed where an untended child has beer
ither killed or disfigured for life by fire
l recent case is cited by the Industrial
ommission of Wisconsin. A boy of foui
nd his brother of six months were left
r the house when the parents went visitlg.
The boy pushed the baby buggy conlining
his brother too close to the heatig
stove. A blanket caught fire, and the
lfant was fatally burned.
Other accounts tell of fires started b>
hildren playing with matches. In still
ther incidents a stove door is opened 01
ds lifted off by the child and fires are
tarted. Fatal results have often followed
he pouring of kerosene on a fire by a
hild. All small children love to play with
ire, and no precaution should be over
ooked in restraining them.
Parents should immediately take twc
tens. First, never leave vour childrer
lone at home. Second, do the simple and
aexpensive things necessary to the elimilation
of common fire hazards. All fireilaces
should be screened. Clothes should
ie hung at a safe distance from pipes and
toves. All heating equipment and adjunts
should be periodically inspected and
verhauled. Continuous care should be
aken in handling and storing inflammble
liquids. Waste of all kinds, such as
lapers and rags, should be disposed ol
r stored in metal containers. The wiring
f electric appliances should be checked
ccasionally?a frayed or twisted cord
an cause short circuits followed by fire
Every minute a fire breaks out ir
America. Two-thirds of all those fires ocur
in homes. Will your home be on thai
ist this year?and will you and your famly
be subjected to a menace that maj
ake life, due primarily to your own careessness
?
THE STATE PORT PILC
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t JUNIOR-SENIOR
j The Junior-Senior reception of
1 ! Waccamaw school, directed by
' j Miss Louise Kimzey, was held in
the gymnasium here Thursday
t evening, March 25th. The gym
a ] was very beautifully decorated.
" | Two drills were given by the
2 j waitresses and some of the Juj
nior girls, after which the two
classes, school faculty and visitors
took part in the Virginia
2 reel, led by Miss Kimzey and Adf
dison Jenrette. Music was furnished
by Miss Biggers at the
"jpiano. After the Virginia Peel, re
freshments were served,
r BASEBALL
The boys' basketball coach. Mr.
Morgan, and the girls' coach,
CI Mis3 Lennon, have organized a
baseball team for the boys and
girls of this school.
CHAPEL PROGRAM
Z. G. Ray gave a radio program
in chapel Wednesday morning
which included songs, string
f music and recitations. A number
. | of the juniors, seniors and fresh,
j men took part in the program,
i Mrs. Emily Smith, the music
-'teacher from Whiteville. filled her
i j regular appointment here Thurs'
'layDKBATE
I A debate was given in Society
5j Friday. The query for discussion
[was, resolved: "That the closed
" | shops are more beneficial to the
t United States as a whole." Mr.
.' Ray and Muriel Ward were on
. ; the negative side of this debate
1 and Miss Lennon and Ray Walt'
ton were on the affirmative side.
jThe negative won.
ATTEND MEET
"I School was dismissed at 12:30
- o'clock Thursday in order for the
i school faculty to attend a Health
conference in Wilmington.
' Mr. and Mis. B. M. Crawford
! j and little son, Gilbert, spent the
r week-end in Gates county with
' | relatives.
>i JOKES
Since Thursday was April
( Fools' Day, the pupils of this
I school had much fun and excite5
ment pulling April fools on each
other and the teachers.
r Many of the teachers of this
school spent the Easter holidays
' at their homes.
OPEN FORUM
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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. ContrlbuI
tlons to this column must not
exceed three hundred words.
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l AGAINST LIQUOR STORES
Editor of State Port Pilot,
Dear Mr. Editor:
J. Please allow us space in your
.! paper. We, the Mill Creek Sunj
day School, do declare ourselves
! against legalized liquor in Bruns:
wick county.
-1 We have a host of young penr
| pie in our community that we
' are proud of, and we value them
| above revenue or lands.
We glory in the fact that our
I commissioners are apparently
'dry.
Should the election be called,
^' before we go to the ballot box,
[may we read these words in our
j Bible, "Cursed is he that turn
j eth the bottle to his neighbor's
L | mouth."
Supt of Sunday School,
R. H. SELLERS.
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INTERESTED IN TREES
Chapel Road School Route 1,
Leland, N. C.. Mar. 30, 1937.
The State Port Pilot,
Southport, N. C.
Dear Sirs:
We read the news article and
! the editorial concerning our efforts
in fighting fire. We appreciate
this fine comment. We
' shall always try to be useful in
| such cases.
We have noticed that the government
spends a lot of money to
; protect the forest. Some of the
| j things being done are building
rire towers, roaas ana Driages
1 through the woods, cutting ditchi
es and planting trees. All of
. this is done to protect the forest.
We believe that all good citizens
should help to protect the
i forest.
i We have learned that trees are
, useful in many ways. They fur'
nish food and shelter for birds
and many animals. They furnish
. lumber to make our homes and
, furniture and for many other
' uses. We also depend upon the
I trees for much of our food, .medi.
cine and other products. Trees
. help to control floods by absorb'
ing the water through their
i roots and by allowing the water
to run slowly from the forest into
the streams. Besides, the trees
5 give the earth fragrance and are
: very beautiful to look at in the
r spring and autumn. We have
| learned several poems about
' trees.
1 We have taken several trips
through the nearby foreBts. Once
we sent some pitcher plants and
1 venus fly traps to a high school
. in Atlanta, Ga. We have also
.' planted some wild flowers and
trees on the schoolyard.
Sincerely yours,
5th, 6th and 7th Grades, Chapel
Road School,
E. A. GANBY, Principal.
>T, SOUTHPORT, N. C.
just Among I
The Fishermen1
(BV \V. B. KEZIAH) |
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| Postmaster Yaskell, the Civic
. Club secretary, and various oth'
ers ar looking forward to May j
10th when the law will again be
j open for fresh water fishing.
Forest fire warden Dawson Jones j
has promised to bring the Yas-!
' kell minnow bucket home before |
| the 10th.
The law will permit the taking j
of oysters until the 15th of this
! month. Then the oyster diggers
i will have to wait over 4 months j
I until September rolls around with
j an "r" in it.
I Captain Church with the John!
L. Morehead inaugurated the 1937 j
i menhaden fishing season by go-!
ing out one day last week and i
| returning in an hour with D. G.
j Robinson, his boat keeper, suf- j
j fering from a severe stomach |
(ache. They did not bring any
j fish.
I That 53-pound drum which j
Ralph Sellers brough to land on
I the beach at Bald Head Island
last week was just about as difficult
to control as it is for a
ten-year-old boy to handle a bull
; calf by the tail.
j According to Captain Hulan!
Watts and his crew, consisting of'
Homer and Leon McKeithan, the.
i ocean is plumb full of drum,
swimming: in great schools in the
vicinity of Bald Head Island, j
They can be plainly seen down |
in the clear water as the fisher- j
men cruise about in search of I
I blue fish. These worthies aver
' that some of the fish look as if
j they will weigh a full 200 pounds.
The Sea King, Captain Merritt j
Moore: and the Sea Prince, "Cap-1
, tain VV. F. Scott, are both back
from Florida and are trawling
for shrimp. The craft are mem- j
bers of the Lewis J. Hardee royal
family. The Sea Duke and the ,
Sea Queen are still in Florida !
but will be coming up shortly.
Skipper G. K. Messick is also
back from Florida, trawling for
Hardee. j (
Arnold Brothers will shorty be
j moving south to Myrtle Beach
and Murrells Inlet where they ,
'carry out fishing parties during ,
j the summer and tell their pa- j
j trons that there are plenty of
fish at Southport. They say they ,
will keep a log of their fishing
parties this summer and that'
next year they are going to stay
here and invite their patrons to
come and go out where they can
.catch plenty of fish.
A passing yachtsman reports
.that he understands that Tom
Gifford, fishing guide extraordinary
of Miami, Fla., and Bayonnc,
N. J., will shortly be returning
north through Southport
on his Lady Grace. It is hoped
to sort of persuade him to make
a stop over and go out 30 or 35
miles to find out if Southport
hasn't got some big game l'ish.
One preat dancer in naming a 1
fish boat after a girl is that another
fellow may be running her
next year.
Baxter Durham, erstwhile'
North Carolina state auditor, was;
down over the week-end prospecting
around and cleaning up his
fishing tackle. He aims to catch
some drum this year and thinks
there is no place like Southport;
for doing the catching.
Julian Price of Greensboro,
boss man of the Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance company, has
been invited to come down and j
try some surf fishing for drum j
over on Bald Head Island. The1
idea is that he will be coming!
along right soon.
It is wondered if anyone has
served notice of the fact that the
drum are biting upon Bill Beery,
of Armour and Company, at Wilmington.
Bill and his tackle box
I have not yet been seen here, an
unusual occurrence for as late as
the middle of April.
Just before the fresh water i
trout season closed the writer1
walked two miles looking for the !
most suitable spot to put out a1
minnow trap. Twenty minutes j
{after the trap had been placed
a couple of barefooted small
skimptions fetched it home saying
they had found it and were
afraid somebody would steal it. |
; If that 'aint aggravating, what
lis?
Farm Questions
Question: How much whole!
milk should be fed a young calf?
Answer: The amount to feed;
for the first week will vary from
six to ten pounds daily, depending
upon the size and vigor of
the calf. A safe rule to follow is
to feed one pound of whole milk
for each ten pounds of live
weight of the calf. During the \
[Second week, the daily allowance
J can be increased from one to
two pounds if the calf's appetite
is good and if the animal shows
no sign of indigestion. After this
the whole milk should be gradually
changed to skim milk at
the rate of about one pound a
day until all the whole milk has
been substituted with skim milk.
Question: Is it safe to put fertilizer
in rows when planting
garden crops?
Answer: Recent experiments J
with fertilizer placement for row 1 I
crops indicate that it is best to j I
put the fertilizer in narrow bands. ]
jon each side of the seed. Thisj j
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True Love Tests.
iliill til? ' I
Ahfotmgb y<ou (to<a<dI tlto<r? <d<t
D5 sfltall <?joji4 wo-lffi)<otH
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helps to avoid too great a con- tion of the hen
centration of fertilizer salts near Answer: Ther
the roots of the plants, especi- poultry manage
ally during the seedling stage, guarantee again
The same results, however, may \ of mites in the
be obtained by placing the fer- j method is to ol
tilizer in the rows, if the appli- j tation and chec
cation is made a week or ten: week for the n
clays before planting and the fer-' found, remove
tilizer is mixed thoroughly with1 material from t
the soil. Broadcast applications the perch poles
are desirable when the rows are1 all dried droppi
spaced close enough to require' of the house an
hand cultivation. should then
Question: Is there any sure some extermina
way of preventing mite infesta- as a combinatic
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