r THE STATE PORT PILOT 1
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR.. Editor
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Bote". J u second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
1 the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under
the act o< March 3, 1879.
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Wednesday, April 1-1,"1937
"After mailing several premature stalls
that were cut short by cold weather,
! spring seems to be coming: around now
! - in all of her glory.
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p* Don't feel too sorry for the man who
is willing to sacrifice his time and talent
|j? fo^ the good of his government in con-j
f si deration for a big salary.
Adjectives lose their lustre when used
too freely.
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ill One trip aboard a yacht will explain
II tliq exact meaning of the term "shiph
sliipe." j
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I The joy goes out of a "truth meeting"
when you realize that the others in the
group probably were holding back just
as much as you were.
The Waterfront
While it is hardly likely that the
Southport waterfront will be converted
_ overnight into a thing of beauty, there
H - are improvements that can tie made with
very little effort.
| - Reference is made to a number of
L wrecks of old boats \ving just above the
high tide mark, right where they have
laid for years. They a e absolutely worthless,
and their former owners should be
required to remove them at once. If the
I owners cannot be found, or if they refuse
to co-operate in a clean-up campaign
the city should attend to this matter.
Many north-bound yachts are now passing
through Southport. Several of them
I stop each day to take on fuel or supplies.
. - It will be far easier to interest their owners
in stopping over for a visit if our
waterfront is made more attractive .
I|i Sober Thought
Responsible citizens of Brunswick
i I county will give thoughtful consideration
ji, \ to two paragraphs contained in the reI
1 port submitted by members of the grand
1 jury to Judge G. V. Cowper here in Sup'
erior Court last week. They are re-printed
below:
"Our deliberations have covered three
murder cases, several robberies and other
crimes, all charged against white boys or
II young men who are not yet in their
prime. We would remind the white people
that but one colored person was nam
Ied in any indictment, that being a minor
offense and no true bill found.
"We state very soberly that unless the
homes of this county meet this challenge
fof crime and correct this condition, the
County of Brunswick cannot go forwaijk"
Tfieir report indicates a thorough investigation
of the various county offices
and institutions by member's of the grand
jury. Foreman J. B. Church and his colleagues
are to be congratulated upon the
fine manner in which they disposed of
their duties.
Judge Turns Teacher
A group of Southport high school students
who attended court Thursday morning
probably learned more about the
funcations of that body in the course of a
very few minutes than they would have
been able to learn in days of study from
a written text.
When the boys and girls came in with
their teacher, Judge G. V. Cowper, whc
was presiding, was charging the jury before
the members retired to decide on a
criminal case. As soon as the body ol
twelve had withdrawn to the jury room
Judge' Cowper had the sheriff clear three
of the front seats in the couhtroom
so the students could sit down for a few
minutes.
The jurist then proceeded to explain ir
|H detail every duty of ea 'h person or group
N of persons who participate in a court
trial, taking a hypothetical criminal case
from the moment of arrest up to the
point of sentence.
While most of the high school students
? have some hazy idea of the, duties anc
THE STATE
functions of the various court officers, J
few have had the opportunity to learn j
the actual facts from a trial judge of
wide experience.
Judge Cowper is to be congratulated
upon his courtesy and patience. If this
(teaching could be widespread throughout
the state, perhaps our young people
might have a greater respect and a better
understanding of the law.
fucindiary Fires
More than half the forest fires reported
to County Forest Warden Dawson
Jones during the fall and winter months
I were of incendiary origin, according to
the report which he submitted this week
for publication in The State Port Pilot.
I In plain, every-day English, twenty|
nine of the forty-three fires were deliberately
set by destructive, irresponsible
j persons.
[ There is little to be said for a man who
I will wilfully destroy the property of his
neighbor by setting fire to it. Under the
j laws which cover the crime of arson,
j drastic punishment is provided for persons
who set fire to buildings,
j There are also laws which provide for
la lesser punishment for incendiary forest
jfires. If the forest wardens can catch just
one person red-handed, he can be used as
I an example to show citizens of this county
that this malignant practice will not
he tolerated.
No Better Proof
If any local citizen has any doubts
[ regarding the desirability of securing a
yacht basin for Southport, let him consider
the following facts:
One north-bound yacht sailed from
here Friday morning after an eight-day
visit. During the time the boat was anj
chored at the R. L. Thompson dock more
than five hundred dollars was paid out
for food, fuel and supplies. The grocery
bill at one store alone amounted to more
than one hundred and thirty dollars.
These figures do not include the individual
purchases made by members of the
crew of nine men.
It is unnecessary to add that business
of this kind is a boon to Southport merchants.
The ability to play gracious host
to more yachts will further increase the
business which comes from these water
travelers.
It is only fair to mention a statement
made to us by the mate who furnished
these figures. "We like to trade with
people of the type you have here in
Southport," he said. "In some places a
yachting uniform is a cue for merchants
to raise their prices. They seem to figure
that we have unlimited funds, and thai
they just as well have some of them. We
have been given excellent service in
i Southport, and every price quoted us has
! been reasonable."
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Make Schools Safe
The appalling disaster in the school at
New London, Texas, in which hundreds
of students perished when an explosion,
followed by fire, destroyed a new $1,000,000
building, should bring to public
attention an old and grave problem?
protection for school children.
Regardless of the cause of this cataclysm,
it emphasizes the fact that thousands
of schools throughout the nation, including
some which are supposedly model
plants, contain hazards that may?an>
day, any minute?result in disasters equally
great.
It may seem unbelievable, but schools
still exist in which the doors open inward.
If fire broke out, panic-stricken
children would pack against these doors,
making it impossible to open them. And
when the flames were extinguished,
blackened, unrecognizable bodies would
be found.
In other schools fire escapes are inadequate,
or are difficult to reach. In others
! heating plants are of poor construction
or age in bad repair. In others, starways
. are narrow and are so designed and situi
ated that a fire breaking out on a lowei
story would immediately roar up the staii
i wells, fed by draft, making it impossible
i for children on upper stories to escape
. They wouldn't even have a fighting
t chance for life.
f Yes, literally thousands of schools con,
tain hazards such as these. Experts frorr
; fire preventative organizations have ofi
ten inspected relatively new school buildr
ings?and found, to the astonishment ol
the proud board of trustees, that thej
t teemed with hazards, any one of which
> could cause disaster and wholesale death
i Whatever the cause of the New Lon:
don disaster, it should make the people
! think?and their thinking should force
expert inspection of every school in Amerrica,
and the elimination of any hazards
I jfound.
PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT,
Tust Among j
The Fishi
(BY W. B. KEZIAH) |
Returned
Following the publication
of a broad hint by this department
in last weeks paper,
Postmaster L. T. Yaskell
reports that County
Forest Warden Dawson Jones
has returned the borrowed
official minnow bucket in
good order and that there is
now a feeling of contentment
and safety.
Good Sign
It is a good sign to find the
yachtsmen from the North, now
on their way home after wintering
in Florida, making inquiries
about the summer and winter
fishing at Southport. They are
being told that Southport is the
midway point between the north
and south, and that fishing is
good here the year round, especially
in the fall and summer.
Promise
President Julian Price of
the Jefferson Standard Insurance
Company at Greensboro,
has written the Civic
Club that just as soon as he
gets back from Texas, where
he is attending a convention
of agents of his company,
he is coming to Southport
for some of that fishing that
he has heard so much about.
Argument
A point of argument is whether
or not the wreck of the Mount
Dirfys, which went down on Frying
Pan Shoals on the 26th of
December, will be good trout
fishing ground this summer. The
ayes have it. They say that when
the Greek freighter went down
it had been a long time since her
bottom and sides had been scraped
and divested of marine growth
that had accumulated thereon.
She is already a source of
attraction to the fish and her
hulk will steadily increase in value
to the sport fishermen as the
years go by.
Boats
Despite the great number
of small boats at Southport
there were times last year
when the influx of sport
fishermen was so heavy that
parties often had difficulty
in obtaining a suitable boat.
Prospects are for this trouble
to be greatly lessened
this summer. Two different
parties have advised the Civic
Club that they would put
out boats for hire and thereby
increase the number that
\yas already available.
Hopeful
Folks who can remember as
far back as a year, two years
or three years, can take a look
at the busy scenes, on the Southi
port waterfront any of these
fair days and feel assured that
1 our fishermen are coming along
, alright. They are busy at their
, boats and nets or out on the
deep in quest of shrimp, crabs
! or fish. The fishing season is not
I here yet, but the men are all at
work much sooner than at any
ume witnin uiu poav acvcuw
years. They are making fair
wages now and are looking forward
to a good year.
Inquiries
i Up-state folks are begin.
ning to write in and make
inquiry about the fishing
and the prospects for getting
boats, rooms and meals
when they come to Southport.
For the fishing parties,
things are looking the best
that they have looked in
many years. The local fishermen
all think there will
be plenty of fish, plenty of
good boats to carry out the
parties and extra efforts will
be put forward to provide
r accommodations. It is thought
that the Civic Clubs
booklet, which should be
ready for distribution in ten
' days from now, will contribute
much to bringing people
to Southport this year.
Weather
i March loaned to April some
[ very changeable, not to say bad,
weather. A result is that there
' has been little in the line of
I fishing for the past several days,
but nobody is discouraged over
that. It is just a little while now
until blues and Spanish Mack,
erel will be striking. Out at the
I numerous wrecks the trout will
be affording joyal sport and
5 surf fishing for drum will be in
" its glory on the beach at Bald
' Head Island. The little bit of
, bad weather has not discouraged
any one. On the contrary, every:
body is looking forward to a
. great fishing season during the
p next eight or nine months.
A distinguished visitor to an
. insane asylum went to the telephone
and found difficulty in
getting his connection. Exaspera
ted, he shouted to the operator:
"Look here, girl, do you know
. who I am?"
"No," was the calm reply, "but
' I know where you are."
1
A very old man was accosted
in the village street by a str&n
ger who said, "I beg your par,
don, but you must be very old."
t "Yep," said the old man, "I'm
: getting on for ninety-six."
"And you have lived all your
j life here!" marveled the stranger.
"Not yet."
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Farm Questions |
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Q. How ran I get rid of worm
infestation in my flock of pullets?
A. Where the flock is infested \
with round worms all pullets
should be dewormed with nicotine
sulphate, carbon tetrachloride,
or tetrachloroethylene.
These remedies may be secured
at any reliable feed store. For
1 tapeworms you should use kamala.
If the flock is infested with
both tapeworms and round ;
worms, a combination capsule
may be used, or the flock may |
be dewormed for round worms :
I first and followed in about ten
days with the tapeworm treati
ment provided the birds are not
in lay. It is best not to administer
any treatment while the
birds are in lay.
Q. What treatment is neces- j
sary for sweet potato plants
when set on soils infected with ;
stem rot ?
A. The stem and roots of all !
plants should be dipped in a!
20-20-50 Bordeaux mixture or [
dusted with a mixture composed !
of 25 per cent monohydrated
f copper sulphate and 75 per cent
lime just before planting. This
I treatment also applies to soils
' infected with the wilt organism, j
| Where roots an(\ stems are in- 1
! feeted with scurf, they should be
j treated with ground sulphur im- j
! mediately before transplanting. !
j Treated plants may be set in
i moist but not water-logged soil.
Q. What is the formula re|
commended for home-mixed ferI
tilizer to be used under corn in i
j the piedmont section?
i a Tho hoof- mivf-uro iff made
I by using 243 pounds of 16 per
! cent superphosphate, 43 pounds
of cotton seed meal, 66 pounds
of sulphate of ammonia, and 31
pounds of muriate of potash.
This gives a mixture containing j
4 per cent nitrogen, 10 per cent
phosphoric acid, and 4 per cent |
potash. The fertilizer should be .
applied in the drill at planting
i time. A nitrate of soda mixture ir
| may be prepared by using 85 o
I pounds of nitrate of soda instead , s<
| of the sulphate of ammonia. j S]
jLespedeza As ;S
A Basic Crop
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This Legume Has Come To w
Be Recognized As Crop a
About Which Entire Con- u
servation Program Revolves
Lespedeza can be made to ser- fi
ve as the hub for a good crop- t
ping system for conserving soil jj
and water on the farm, accord- j :
ing to H. M. Stott, agronomist j;
of the Soil Conservation Service j
in the High Point demonstration [
area. " t'W [
Although seed bed preparation [
is not necessary where lespedeza E
is seeded in small grain, Stott jj
said, best results will be secur- :
ed if the seed is run over lightly jj
with a draw harrow. If seeding J
is done on land not in small [
grain, the seed bed should be dis- i [
ked well before the lespedeza is (
sown. | j
On badly eroded areas too !
poor to produce crops but which j
j the farmer hopes to build up and, (
return to cultivation, lespedeza is |
the ideal crop. Where this le- [
gume can be grown continuously I
for five or six years, Stott advis- I
ed that lespedeza sericea, a per- J
ennial, be mixed with the annual J
variety.
Upon the advice of the State |
College Extension Service and |
the Soil conservation Service |
many farmers are planning to I
retire tneir severally eroueu iaim
to pasture. Since much of this
land is too poor to produce j
grasses and clovers necessary j |
.for a good sod, Stott recommen- |
ded the planting of lespedeza, |
which will build up the fertility I
: of the soil to a point where it I
j will support a pasture sod and |
at the same time provide a limi- [
: ted amount of grazing.
Seeding lespedeza is also one I
of the first important steps in I
the preparation of land for strip
cropping, alternate strips being
seeded to lespedeza between j
[strips or row crops.
Blue Mold Now j
In All Sections j
Reports From Raleigh Indi-' J
cate That Tobacco Farm- j
ers Are Suffering Plant |
Losses From Disease
Blue mold is spreading over, I
eastern North Carolina and I
J creeping up into the piedmont' j
1 counties, according to extension I j
specialists at State College.
In Robeson and Columbus co- j |
unties the infection has been j |
found in approximately 90 per 1 |
cent of the tobacco beds, said I
I Will Rogers, assistant in tobacco I
' extension work.
| Some farmers are setting out
diseased plants. Rogers said in
warning against this practice. |
All diseased plants should be left [
[ in the seed beds.
On sunny days, the canvas 1
covers on the beds should be rol- {
led back to give the sunshine a
chance to |dry the beds and kill
the fungi causing the disease,
Rogers stated.
"Sunshine will do more than
anything else to control this disease,"
he declared.
Even after beds have become
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lfected, he added, applieations Ella Edwari
f nitrate of soda should be dis-1 Saturday af
jived in 50 gallons of water and Sam Mint
prinkled over the plants. | writing. He
Too strong a solution is liable . ,
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) injure the seedlings, he cau-;.,
oned. ,,, .
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Mill nranch JNews home.
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Friends of Mrs. Layton Mintz and Evelyn
ill regret to learn that she is of last we<
patient in the Brunswick co- Milliken.
nty hospital. Miss Dais
Mesdames J. H. Phelps and | this section
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me People would hove the decency
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la were in Southport f Miss Iva Lee Gore, daughter
ternoon on business, of Mr. and Mrs. Harle.v dorr,
:z is very ill at this of Laurinburg, formerly of this
has been declining section, was killed in ait auto>r
the past few mon- mobile accident Saturday
Mts. Kate Mintz has been very
Mrs. Fred Allen and sick for the past week with flu.
moved to their new F. G. Watts has opened up a
j new filling station.
y Mintz, Lena Mae ]
Mintz spent Tuesday i "So you've forsaken the world
;k with Mrs. Ernest,and become a disciple of Gandhi?"
y Smith visited in' "Yes, I'm starting off with a
Sunday afternoon. J clean sheet."
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