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Vol Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Edjfrr I a/ Bntered as second-claw matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C, under the act of March S, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE YEAR $1.60 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS - .76 -i-' t!?ct 'w B'f. Wednesday, November 10, 19117 i .m One thing that mo^t politicians have 1 right on the tip of their tongue is dirt. ' I ! JiliiO # I; The driver's seat of a west-bound autoI mobile is a poor place from which to ad )' mire the beauties of a sunset. iri isqu ???-?? b'Aifllt Being loud mouth and profane aren't the only evidences of a bad disposition. ?. A cat doesn't bark. I H' I It is well enough to be prepared for I . ., the worst, but there is a lot of comfort I >" in the fact that it seldom happens. Active Parent-Teachers Associations in this county are laying the foundation 8. for better school work this year. I-. Public opinion can not be entirely igI nored, but it is a poor idea to waste too htu * much time worrying about what others II are saying. It is well enough to be a jack-of-alltrades until you find something you like better than all others; then it is a good idea to steady down to a singleness of j.f purpose. I Red (d oss Drive 'i This is the season for beginning the annual Red Cross membership drive and I during the next few days citizens of I Brunswick county will be given the opI portunity to join this organization whose nation-wide scope is ever apparent in time of need. When major disaster occurs we all sympathize with the victims. Were we IIin position to do so, each of us would gladly render assistance. Although this I is impossible, our membership dollars ,can help send doctftrs, t nurses and supplies into stricken areas. When disaster is mentioned to us, we give the word a momentary, dispassionI ate thought. Disasters, we are inclined I ! to believe, are events that affect persons J who live in other sections. Unfortunate ly, though, no section nor any group is H immune, and misfortune may pick us for I , i its victims. It is up to us who have been dealt generously by fortune to help with I our membership dollars to provide against the emergencies of the future. I;.' I Fire Hazard Almost every smoker is guilty of throwI ing burning cigarettes and cigars from his automobile as he speeds along the I-<" The majority of these discarded smokes -i- burn out harmlessly on the road, or on the nearby shoulder. It is the occasional exception, however, that helps make the life of forest fire protection officers misi / Most of the new cars are equipped with built-in ash trays. It is easier to dispose of cigarette and cigar butts in them than it is to roll down a window i'.'i; and throw them out. For motorists whose automobiles aren't equipped with ash trays it is only a matter of moments to see that there is no fire hazard ini volved when the remains of cigarettes and cigars are tossed away. _______?_____ Basketball Schedule V - iiol I There appears today in this newspapei a composite schedule of basketball games to be played by Brunswick county high school teams in their elimination series -?this year. This list of games should be of interesl to every spdrts lover in the county, foi it is a program that will afford health ful entertainment during many a wintei if> evening. We are strongly in favor of encourag ing athletic competition between girls and boys of high school age. Nothinj provides a more wholesome outlet foi Vouthful energy, and if the principles ol ""'good sportsmanship are learned alonj with proficiency in playing, no other typ< of development can be more valuable. If basketball competition is to be ai ."' Its best, it must have the endorsement and support of parents. We are firmb convinced that the grownups of the county can do nothing more likely; tc support to their school basketball team. Through the cooperation of players, teachers and parents this five-school basketball league can go a long way to1 ward making this winter a season long | to be remembered in Brunswick county. Fishing Rodeo An article outlining preliminary plans for a fishing rodeo to be held at Southport sometime next spring or summer appears in today's State Port Pilot and | should be of . unusual interest to fisher[men throughout this state. So far as we know, this event will be j the only event of its kind in North Caroj lina, and it will serve the purpose of ! providing a sort of tournament competijtion for fishermen. If early plans for the i event are followed the rodeo will be thoroughly democratic, and will give the kid with a cane pole just as good chance (to win as the businessman who decides to try his luck with the big game fish of the Gulf Stream. I With practically all of the details yet | to be worked out, we recognize in this latest project of the Southport Civic Club | material for bringing boundless delight to a large group of fishermen, and priceless advertising to this section of the North Carolina coast. Influence I No other person who comes into contact with an adolescent boy or girl has a greater opportunity to leave' a lasting influence for good than does an understanding school teacher, j The best teachers aren't always the college graduates with the best records. This quality tied in with a good personaI lity forms an unbeatable combination, but personality is the more essential quality. j We know of two boys who had pro' * ji - 1 gressed more or less aimiessiy inrougn the first five grades in school to a rather tardy entrance to the sixth grade. Each | was looking forward with longing to the near goal of being old enough to quit school. These boys were in schools widely separated by their geographical location. Their cases, though, are identical in that the patience and understanding of a school teacher straightened out the snarled maze of their intellectual development and headed them on the right road to higher learning. One of the boys is a senior in high school?captain of his high school football team and all-round student leader. The other is making good progress in the seventh grade, and is working now with a high school diploma as his goal. What Is Drunk Driver How much whisky makes an unsafe driver? Two jiggers! Dr. Rollo N. Harger, professor of biochemistry and toxicology at Indiana University, gave that estimate to highway traffic experts at the National Safety Congress. Based on studies made with a new type "chemical breath smeller" with which he seeks to replace the "policeman's nose test, " Dr. Harger said that three ounces of whisky was sufficient to fog the brain and render an automobile driver unsafe. This moderate amount of liquor increases an individual's reaction time?the time required before muscles obey the orders of the brain. Thus it appears that we need a new definition of intoxication in its relation to the operation of an automnhiia Tn a nerson accustomed to | alcohol, two or three drinks may produce no visible effect. The driver may seem sober in speech, actions and appearance. That same driver, turned loose on the highway with a car, is a menace to life and property. I Police reports from various representa tive states indicate that liquor is a de; finitely proven factor in ten to twenty per cent of automobile accidents involving fatalities and serious injuries. It is certain that liquor is an unseen factor in a much higher proportion of cases?cases where it is impossible to obtain legal ; | proof of drinking. i One basic rule of safe driving must be, ; "Never operate your car after you have taken any liquor whatever, even though t it be but a glass or two of beer." Alcohol and gasoline must be kept far apart. .The citizen who drives his car after a .'few cocktails, in the belief that he is perfectly sober, is basically as serious a public menace as the roaring drunk who goes careening down the streets and highways, r | Dr. Harger describes successful experir ments that have been made in developing f chemical tests for intoxication. Every por | lice department should keep up with the ; | march of the times and take advantage | of the new tests and machines that elimiII nate the human elements and make the t determination of intoxication a scientific r fact. Eliminate the drinking driver as we ! will have taken a long step toward high> way safety. i The Fishermen (BY W. B. KEZIAH) LADY GRACE ^ Lady Grace stopped at ' Southport last week. A very brief stop, but her owner always contrives for at least a few minutes here during the many passages up and down the coast. He seems to have an idea that we have big game fish off Southport and he has been promising that sometime or another he was going to make a longer stop and see just what the prospects are. Last week when the Lady Grace was here the prospects of an expert doing some prospecting took much more definite shape. When she passes through in the spring the Lady Grace will make Southport her base of operations for a day, and Captain Tom Gifford, outstanding hig game fishing guide on the Atlantic Coast, will make a try for South) port's big game fish, to see j if they are out there on the Cape Fear shoals near the Gulf Stream. IF THEY COULD HOWL If puppy drum could howl; ; there would have been and would be much wailing at Southport. ' This year, as never before, sports- ] ; men have been getting onto these shiny two and three pounders | land have been hauling them out , by the dozens at the end of a cane fishing pole. "Nigger fish- j ing", Congressman J. Bayard | Clark calls it, and he is one of | its strongest devotees. Your rod' | and reel fishermen may be all j in style, but he will never get j the kick that comes to the man I? ,. ?, | I Willi |Joit: anu iinc, sn uggung J with a two or three pound puppy drum. BIG BOY INTERESTED Big game fishing boats by the dozen went through last i week bound for Florida waters, many of them Florida boats that have been fishing in the north. One 60 footer, the most luxuriantly appointed eraft of its kind that we have seen, made tentative inquiries regarding basing itself here all summer and catering to big game fishing parties out from Southport. With her outboard trolling poles and four deck swivel chairs, she seats six men at fishing and has sleeping aecommondations for seven passengers. .$40.00 per day and three trips per week Is all that the owner and operator will ask .. t to insure his staying here next summer. It may be re- 1 marked here that the unequipped boats that went out on these big game fishing trips last summer were paid the same sum per day. The prospective addition to the fleet is a seagoing craft that can j spend the night out on the deep if the parties wish to make two days of it. A REMINDER There are several highly esteemed sportsmen in Rowan county, more of the same in Iredell. Gaston, Mecklenburg and about 76 other North Carolina counties , wnom mis department would like to remind that the fish are biting exceptionally well every time a good spell of weather comes j along. Likewise, the weather ap-1 pears more dependable than it j has been at any time since the j 1th of July. Tt is not time to put the tackle into winter quarters yet. * Rorkfish Biting Rockfish are beginning to bite good. Colonel L. T. Yas- I kell, Sergeant Lelner and Private Myers are aiming to I make a killing with these beauties out on Walden's Creek, or some other stragetic point, j in the near future. They go prospecting about every-otherday and have already taken some beautiful samples... In anticipation of the big catch j they intend making, they always take this department along with them. This is I done in order that there may be at least one truthful man on hand when the catch is made. The Colonel's reputation got badly damaged this past summer in matters pertaining to fishing, and he now feels it necessary to have reputable witnesses along when any epochial event takes place. Our private opinion of fishing for rock is that if you get one of these big 20 pounders on the end of a heavy cane fishing pole , you are apt to get excited and fall in the river. Sergej ant Leiner is credited with the distinguished achievement of having brought 7 of the big boys to land in one morning. This ^should afford' the average man a lifetime I of satisfaction, but the Sergeant still thinks he can do better and insists on having us present as a witness when it happens. Fisherman Catches Goose A Canadian goose, which probably raised a numerous bunch of off-spring this summer, came down on the shrimp trawling grounds at Southport Thursday, and it was obvious she was In no physical condition to contin4 Southport School N ews |j ( BULLITIN BOARD With the help of the School Board and others, the school has succeeded in acquiring bulletin boards. These bulletin boards are a help in visiual education because newspaper clippings are tacked on it so all can see. In this way they help enlighten 1 those who do not have access to the different news papers. Al- ' so in actual class work the bul- [ letin board is used in the study of the different courses through pictures. CHAPEL PROGRAM The chapel program on Wed- ' nesday dedicated to our flag. The exercises opened with the. student body singing the "Star Spangled Banner". Following the scripture reading, the Southport band played several selections. A flag was presented to the shcool j on behalf of the Junior Order by R. W. Davis. Toasts were given to the flag by the presidents of the four high school classes. Edward Taylor, Sr., class president led the student body in the pledge to the flag. Anna K. Garratt gave a history of "Old j Glory". Mrs. J. Marshall acted as the faculty sponsor for this program. FACULTY PLAY "The Absent Minded Bridegroom will be presented by the faculty of Southport school Tues- i day, November 23. It provides1 plenty of fun and laughter and is the funniest play of the year. I Don't miss a chance to straighten |, out the frowns. The bridegroom. Tim, is very, sorry that he has proposed to the widow bride. Pat Rooney helps Tim out by giving him o.o,ae;o TW bride received a ' message telling of the death of ' her uncle who leaves her a mil- ' lionaire. Tim forgets that he has J aphasia?hence matters end peaceably. j OT'R SCHOOL BUS PROBLEM |" Do you ride a school bus ? Do 1 you know how t otake care of I ( one ? The majority of our boys ] f and girls do appreciate the school, bus, and help the driver. A few , do not show the proper conduct. ( All of us should take better care t of the buses we use. So let's all work together and make our f school one of the best in the j state. SAS PAX NEWS i1 Miss Esther Mae Milligan spent > Saturday afternoon with Miss Jewel Hewett. ] i Miss Ilia Gore, of Wilmington, | spent the past week here with j relatives an friends. Mrs. H. G. Williamson spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gore. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gore were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Williamson Sunday afternoon. Warren Hewett was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Pigott Sunday afternoon. PAGEANT The dramatic club sponsored an educational pageant on Tuesday in asesmbly. The pageant depicted the: "Spirit of Education of North Carolina", and was well acted byi the Students. JI i o^ii^Luie xeauuig anu songs completed this special program. Miss Peifly, dramatic club sponsor, directed the pageant. PLAN DEBATES Mr. Lingle and Mrs. Josephine Marshall of the Southport high school faculty attended the meeting of all principals and English teachers of Brunswick county held in Supply several days ago. This county-wide meeting was arranged for the purpose of organizing debating teams and de-' clamation contests in the schools, j For debate, the nation-wide 1 topic, "Unicameral Legislatures",1 was accepted. This subject has been approved by thirty-eight states to date, including- North Carolina. Preliminary debates among Brunswick county schools will take place the latter part of; February, and the finals arc scheduled for the first week in April. Great interest is being shown; in this activity. It is hoped that Southport will make a creditable showing in these very worthy contests. i Halifax farmers in the vicinity of Scotland Neck are showing a revival of interest in beef cattle production and several are buying pure bred beef sires. Hardwood ashes promote the growth of lespedeza finds Roy Tritt, of East LaPorte, Jackson County, who scattered the ashes on four acres and left them off of one. A 50 per cent better growth was secured where the I ashes were applied, he said. ue the southward treek with the rest of the flock. Her dilemma was noticed by Richmond Fulwood, who is credited with a penchant for getting hold of unusual things. Finding Mrs. Goose unable to make extensive flight. Richmond maneuvered his craft until he finally got near enough to throw a landing net over her. She is still a captive, and has been partaking of food with gusto. Richmond aims to have ^ rat roast goose for Thanksgiving. 4^^. ''V? A RAT KILLED A *yv =MF u WHALE/ _/N THE WATERS /P^P off Nantucket, lj MASSACHUSETTS, AUO.6, l9'i . WE REPUBLIC HAD SEVEN f l: <d AT ONE Tim i Z&X i v/T A' I e-ECoONU. yt?OU *[A V pIFFEREN OF ROME, ITALY, FOUNDED THE "WORLD PEACE SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATION " /W /?02. SU&SEQUCNTLi SERVED IN THE ARMIES OF SIX DIFFERENT NATIONS, KEPT HIS ORGANIZATION GOING AT THE JAMB TIME ... While he was health commissi! nese quarter of New York city, and Revolutionary bodies caused (li The whale was stranded on tt caught by a receding wave, was wa mat to death. Ferdinando served in the six were those of Italy, Rumania, Fra activities, and he died in prison. BOLIVIA NEWS Mrs. O. L. Gray and family )f Shallotte visited Mr. and Mrs. i. I. Stone Sunday. Mrs. Stone llso had as dinner guests Sunday j Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cumbee ar.d j 'amily also of Shallotte. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Lewis visted their sons. O. T., E. At. and j f. R. Lewis, of Wilmington, Sun-! lay. Mrs. J. I. Stone, is spending he week here with her son, J. I. ind family. The Reverend Mr. Sellers, of Vilmington preached at the Bapist church Sunday afternoon and light in the absence of the past>r, the Reverend Jordan, of Wilnington. The children, O. T. Lewis, Mrs. r. I. Stone, Edgar Lewis, Jessie' jewis and their families; eighteen IPJjaHiBjafHiafHiefH/arafgj-rdJanir; I Com I | j i | ! Wide si G j ! jg i j I he rig | | ! ! Moderi | I i Experit | j j in j ! Your S > ^>C | The! SOUTH] aBJatBiaraiBiBiaiaiHiafaiBiHiaiaign True : of Bourn . .1v:;v ) /3P? presidents i "y traction /< irw* ' ?WNU Ssrvico 1 V' an or, Dr. Wynne became personally made tbonsands of friends, le curious situation in Bolivia, ic beach off the village of Siasconse shed into its mouth. It became lodge armies for the purpose of getting rc nee Germany, England and Brazil. in all.. gave their, father, R. F. T.e-.vis a surmise birthday dinner October 31st. In expression of love to him they decorated the house throughout with roses. Many valuable gifts from each to their father, who was retiring from twenty-two years of rural free delivery service. Aftef the bountiful dinner, the family gathered around the fireside and engaged in singing spiritual songs, which all enjoyed. Those who attended chapel last week were inspired as well as entertained. The Reverend J. R. Potts, of the Presbyterian church, spoke Wednesday morning on the "Measure of Life". We were made to see that in no trivial way, such as wealth, fame, prominence etc. can life be measured. He stated that some of the poorest are multi millionaires when it comes to real life. mercial Minting.. 1 j e . c jieeuon oi type laces ;ht paper for every jofc i presses for quality [ Miced printers who tak their work . . . Printing Require Get mpt Attention H State Port 3ORT, NORTH GAI t ft I" h J I J| P/I \ y?? CHILDREN in I A wew YORK'S Ow;,.B ; 7 \ HME BEEN Mm I \ after OR. I i SH/auywwy?jB; j SSS) I | I w interested in welfare uorkig^^H v lit' t. As it was try ing to free itself a d in its throat, choked the great J lie; cruits for his organization. Thtu^H ,v Last-named country jailed ,, I e Friday morning ^hTfifti^^B gave tin interesting <%?,'; gram. ei Tliree years \y p j, i) b buiiii some i- : - It iitg fields, s u has follow.',1 and during the P ' damage d terraced. | I H planning in > 1 30 act $> I cover craps for ttv aci>? to seeded to corn. a Although often railed a .-oH the 1 bronze. ? UHrEf?JHf?.r-.o/rir-' ''-apB. 1 ? jfe." m ' I E. rHintifid 68 ;?*"??* j p :e pride I i H I: K ments \ M ' ' H Piloi I IOLINA jjfl
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