IrAGE 4
THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. G.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
Catered aa second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under
I the act of March 3. 1879.
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Wednesday, December 15, 1937
Most of the advice that people give
you is some they never have used themselves.
Some people we know must have plenty j
of sense; they never have used any.
At this season of the year we wish that
f everybody in the world had everything
they need.
Church attendance is circumscribed by
severe weather limitations; it must not
be too hot, nor too cold, nor too rainy
nor too windy.
Happiness may be bought on the instalL
i?o lwiorhf cmilp and a
IKS Hilt* III pidli, nu ?t c* wn6..v ~ -
cherry greeting as the regular payments.
To want that which we cannot have is
a fine stimulus for ambition.
At this season it is well to remember
|| that there is a wide realm of difference;
H between Christmas spirit and Christmas
|| Jf'ar Rages j
We wish that every person in Brunswick
county who is mature enough in his
thinking to properly estimate the horrors
of war could have an opportunity to see
a news reel movie of the Chinese-Japanese
war.
1 Soldiers by the thousands are being;
I slaughtered by the ingenious devices that
1 man has designed to kill his brother, but;
it was not the soldiers front of the wari
that impressed us most.
Fleeing in all directions from a city
i being bombed by raiding airplanes are;
thousands upon thousands of women and t
children and elderly men. Their sole ob-j
ject in flight is escape from sudden death,
and they go without hope of tomorrow. |
Behind them in ruin and in flames are
their homes, their stores, their factories?
all that makes up a civilization.
, Later pictures of the refugees show
them madly scrambling for crusts of|
bread that are thrown them to ward off |
quick starvation. One look at these survi
vors and you cease to pity those who failed
to escape.
War contains all the horrors ever ascribed
it, and more.
V Good Neighbor
As Christmas Day approaches and we j
I see about us the evidences of poverty and
hunger that exist in our community of
comparative plenty it becomes our very i
earnest hope that our citizens will helpj
this year to make the Yuletide a happy
H season for the less fortunate.
Not so long ago there existed in each j
community a feeling among the more well- j
to-do citizens that it was up to them to
provide for their indigent neighbors.
BU Particularly was this generous feeling
prevalent at Christmas time.
For the past few years, though, it hasi
become the accepted custom to shift the
I burden to government relief organizations.
Those who were unable to make
the necessary contact with these agencies j
were left in a sad plight, for there hasj
been little personal sympathy.
For various reasons we cannot afford j
H to lose our sense of responsibility for the
H welfare of our fellows. It is not enough J
H that the government should look after an
individual case that may come to our
attention. The red tape ground out by
these agencies is poor substitute for food
for hungry children, nor docs it knit it
self into garments that will warm and
protect chill bodies.
We have reached a sad state when we \
can easily shift a burden from our conscience
to the conscienceless machinery of
a government organization.
K A Lesson hi Victory
Missouri's Kansas City is not unused to
celebrating achievement in traffic control.
Last year it climated its efforts in
traffic control by winning the National
Safety Council's safest city award fcr
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cities of 250,000 to 500,000 population. J
Proud as they were of that distinction, i
Kansas City's citizens recently celebrated
what to them was an even greater accomplishment:
The close of a year in
which no child of school age was killed
in a traffic accident. That is a large
order in a city of 68,000 homes?how
large can be appreciated by harking back
to 1926. In that traditionally "norm"
year, Kansas City lost 18 children in traffic
accidents. That meant the loss of a
child life every twenty days. Kansas
City saw in this toll a spectacular manifestation
of a traffic situation that greatly
needed improvement all along the
line. The city rolled up its sleeves and
; went to work.
| It was an up-hill struggle, a fight
against the odds shaped by mounting automobile
registration and mileage, and a
growing city. But Kansas City's traffic
J program, hammering on a broad front,
was too soundly executed to be denied.
Enforcement, engineering, school safety
education, and community adult education
were forged into an effective weapon
of control. Gradually, traffic conditions
improved. Child fatalities went
down to 6 a year, then lower. Finally,
eight months after the year in which
Kansas City won national distinction in
traffic control and safety, it attained the i
goal which it had pursued through eleven j
years of steady progress: A year with-j
out a single child fatality.
Two lessons are to be gained from I
Kansas City's record. The first is that'
traffic safety is not a matter of luck, but j J
rather the logical result of a long-term, j j
intelligently planned, effectively adminis- t
tered program. I
The second lesson is that any city that ,1
wants enough to do what Kansas City | t
has done, can do it. j<
Some Shop Talk
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Newspaper publishers Avill, at the beginning
of the new year, face an added
cost of production and one which cannot!
be avoided. There will be a general advance
in the cost of newsprint (the paper:
used in printing the news) and this means j
that it will cost the publisher consider-;
ably more money to send his newspaper
to each subscriber.
The Canadian paper manufacturers I
have a monopoly on newsprint, practically j
all the paper used in printing newspapers
in ithe United States coming from thatj
country. The advance in price will have to
be met by the publishers, even at a time
when conditions would warrant a de-j
crease rather than an increase.
Many newspapers are passing the additional
cost on to their readers, through an [
increase in' subscription price, which is
right and proper. When merchandise j
ocsts merchants more it is but natural that
the increase be passed on to the consu-1
mer. In fact, it has to be done if the
merchant is to remain in business. s
We do not anticipate, for the time be- j
ing at least, increasing the subscription ,
price of this newspaper?but with the <
added cost of newsprint, it will be neces- *
sary that all subscriptions be paid in ad- i
vance. Of course, we do not want to; <
lose a single member of our large family J
of readers, and we are asking that they .
renew promptly and thus help us to meet 1
the increased cost of publication.
The (Country Backbone
The Aslieville Times.
With only praise for the New Deal's
promise of more security for the underprivileged
"one-third" of America, The
New York World-Telegram nevertheless
puts in a timely word in behalf of that
voiceless tremendous middle class group!
composed of salaried workers, professional
men and women, small business men
and other of the same status.
Wage-workers have their unions, says
The World-Telegram, their social security
and other economic protection. Six million
farmers have become objects of solicitude
by Congress and the executive departments.
The citizens of the upper income
brackets can manage somehow.
But this middle class has no lobby. j
This is the class that suffers first and j
most. The World-Telegram continues,
when taxes or prices go up. Under inflation
their savings would be wiped out.'
Yet it is this vast group that pays most of
the taxes, owns most of the homes, con-!
tributes most for the support of charities,
represents most of the nation's buying
power or the lack of it.
It is difficult to imagine this long-suffering
class doing anything more for its
advancement than continuing its burdenbearing.
Yet The World-Telegram looks
at Germany and Italy, remembering that
there the middle class at last revolted under
the lash of inflation and in the fear
of communism. That newspaper warns
the nation that the pressure groups might i
squeeze the middle class .so hard that it 5
would accept fascism a^ a hope of de- J
liverance. ?
THE STATE PORT PILOT.
Tust Among
The Fishermen
(BY W. B. KEZIAH)
SUGGESTS NAME
VV. T. Combs of Leaksville,
widely known sportsman
with much big game
fishing experience in Florida
and elsewhere, writes the
Civic Club that he can be
counted on for the big game
fishing Rodeo in the spring.
"Only thing," he says, "we
should get an original name
for the event in place of
rodeo. Call it 'Southport's
Sea Fishing Frolic," says he.
The suggestion of Mr. Combs
is a good one. Mr. Combs
does much feature work pertaining
to outdoor life for
the newpapers. He did much
to make surf fishing at Oregon
Inlet and Bogue Inlet,
in this state, famous. His extensive
knowledge of the habits
of the big game fish and
also of the North Carolina
coast convinces him that
Southport has something
truly wonderful in big game
fishing to offer the sportsmen.
He says if he can he
will surely be here for the
"Southport Sea Fishing Frolic"
and will do all possible
to help put it over.
WANTS FISHING STORIES
"Send us all the fishing stories
,-ou can get hold of, they will
ill do much to help put over
he big game fishing rodeo in
he spring." So wrote J. C.
iaskerville, well known Raleigh
lewspaper man, to the Civic Club
ecently. Mr. Baskerville has comnitted
himself whole heartedly to
ioing all he possibly can in furherance
of the 'Southport Sea
"ishing Frolic', or rodeo.
SAVE HIM SOME FISH
Writing with respect to
Camp Sapona, Congressman
J. Bayard Clark deviated
from the subject of his letter
last week long enough to
politely request that Southport
filks save him some of
those drum that they have
been catching out at Sheriff
Lewis' place on Walden's
Creek. In other words, he
hopes that all of the fish will
not have been caught by the
time he can get away from
his duties at Washington and
come home for some "nigger"
fisjiing. By "nigger" fishing,
it should be known that he
means fishing with a canc
pole cork and line. On his
trips to Southport this fall
the Congressman insisted on
using the above implements.
He scorned rods and reels.
To his credit it can be said
that he always caught more
than anyone else in the party.
He coined the name
"nigger" fishing himself.
GOOD MENHADEN CATCHES
For the first time this year the
Southport menhaden boats made
splendid catches each day that
:hey were able to go out the
last week, and they were able
.0 go out five times during the
six working days. Some of the
'isheremen say that each day
:hey found such large schools
:f fish that only one set of the
lei was ample 10 loan me ooai.
Dften they had to open the net,
ifter loading1 the boat, and turn
ose about as much fish as they
;ook aboard.
GOOD AND BAD
Shrimp trawlers experienced
both good and bad luck
the past week. With the
price of the product $4:50 per
bushel, it did not take very
many bushels to pay handsomely
for the work. Some of
the boats would get around
20 bushels in a day and others
would get practically
nothing. If the weather holds
out gefad this week, the fishermen
think that all boats
should do well.
NO EELS SO EAR
Tentative experiments by T.
0. Worth and helpers have re;caled
that eels are not at all
inxious to go into the pots of
.raps. Mr. Worth attributes this
:ondition to the excessively cold
vcathcr that prevailed all of last
,veek and he expects to catch
.hen in abundance when it turns
varmer. As was stated in last
vceks paper, he plans to open an
:el smokery at Southport. He will
ihip his product to northern
ind western cities that have
argc foreign population. Among
Lhcsc people eels arc very much
n demand and Mr. Worth, who
:anie here from Long Island, N.
1*., expects to carry on a pretty
argc business the year round.
\ftcr being caught, the eels'arc
imoked over hickory-wood fires
'or about five hours before being
cady for shipment.
STILL OPERATING
Six of Southport's eight
shrimp buying houses arc
still operating, despite the
lateness of the season. Usually
all arc closed about tl)c
first of December.
Bladen cotton growers report
licreascd yields amounting to an
ivcragc of about one-half bale of
int cotton per acre a a a. result
>t treating the plar.ttr.? sssd last
*ring.
SOI;THPORT, N. C.
Southport
School News
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP
This year the Southport School
was 1007, in joining the Red
Cross. Each room received Red
Cross Seals for the door, in recognition
of its membership.
At the suggestion of our!
Principal, it has been decided
that, instead of the different
grades exchanging gifts this
Christmas, each grade will make
up a box filled with food, clothes,
or toys which will be given to
the poor families of the community.
CHAPEL PROGRAM
Monday morning the Senior
Class, under the supervision of
Mrs. Josephine Marshall, presented
a short one-act play entitled
"The Play's the King." This;
entertaining skit was given to
advertise "The Haunted Castle,"
the first senior class play to be !
presented in several years. "The [
Play's the King" depicted a
group of high school students
conversing in the school library.!
regarding the strange actions of
some of the Seniors. It was [
finally discovered that the stu-1
dents were practicing for the 1
class play.
Those in the cast of the skit
were: Ethel Bogie, Clyde Swain, j
James Hood, Dan Wells, Louise1
Niernsee, Norma Johnson, Egan; |
Hubbard and James McKeithan.
GIRL'S BASKETBALL
The girl's basketball teams of
Southport high school played the
Bolivia High School girls Tues
day night Dec. t. rney went into
the game ready to win, but 1
sorry to say, they didn't. It was j;
a good game from start to finish.
The lineup for Southport was:',
Louise Niernsee, captain-forward;
Lulu Brown-center forward; Clyde '
Swain-forward; Leatha Arnoldforward:
Annie Laurie Willisguard;
Margaret Watts-guard;
Annie Margaret Watts-guard.
Friday night, Dec. 10, they went
to Wampee, S. C., to play bas- j
ket-ball. The lineup was practi- ,
cally the same as Tuesday night. ,
During the first half of the
game they played three-division |
ball and the last half two-divi- j
sion. Although they lost the _
game, they enjoyed playing the j
Wampee girls:
BOLIVIA NEWS
Bolivia, Dec. 15 -The Bolivia |
P.-T. A. met Thursday night,
December 9th.
Mrs. D. ft. Johnson, the pres- j
idcr.t, called the meeting to order
and gave a brief talk on the pur- j i
pose of P.-T. A. ,
A very attractive program 1 ]
"Christmas Around the World", I
was given by a group of high !
school students under direction of 1
Mr. Ceasareo. )
After the program the busi-11
ness meeting was held. Twenty- )
four new members were added, j)
Mrs. Stone, efficient manager j)
of the lunch room, reported a '!
profit of $20.00 for the P.-T. A. j
The first aid supplies were re- )
plenished to the amount of $1.64.11
It was voted at this meeting to j)
use money from the treasury for!)
other play equipment for the \)
grammar grades. At a previous )
meeting $34 was voted to build )
out door play equipment for the )
primary grades. This money j)
came as a surplus from the ad-1)
verusing securea tuning me sum- r
mer to buy stage scenery.
This scenery was in place when
school opened and has added
much to chapel programs this
term. The school wishes to express
appreciation to the committee,
composed of Mrs. George
Cannon, Mrs. J. D. Johnson, D.
R. Johnson, B. R. Page, Early
and Troy Danford, for their untiring
efforts to secure this scenery
and play equipment.
The date of association meeting
was changed from the first
Friday to the first Thursday
night of each month.
On Saturday, December 4th,
the Bolivia P.-T. A. served lunch
to the county council of P.-T. A.
and visitors.
This meeting was attended by
representatives from each P.-T.
A. in the county. A quartet from
the Bolivia Home Demonstration {
Club furnished music for the oc-:
casion. Dr. Blanton, pastor of |
First Baptist church, Wilmington,
gave an interesting and delight- ]
fully entertaining talk on. "The I
Modern Trend in Education."
Bolivia, Dec. 15?The Epworth
League of the Bolivia Methodist
church will present a Christmas
pageant, "Light of the World",
on Sunday, December 19th, at
7:30 o'clock in the high school
auditorium.
The pageant is in six scenes. 1
First is the voice of prophecy,
comforting desolate Isrcal. Second
is the voice of Gabriel, heard of j
Holy Mary fair. Third is in the
night all still, where angels to
the shepherds sing. The fourth
is in the Orient far, where three j|
wise kings their Lord await and %
then in David's Bethlehem chil- )|
drcn hear of the holy birth. Last )|
to the lowly manger home where )|
lies the prince of humble birth, 3
shepherds, kings and children 3
come to bear his light through 3
all the earth. 3
The following program will be 3
given: 3
Reader, Ruth Taylor. I 3
Pianist, Juanita Cannon I 3
Mother, Catherine Cannon. I 3
Child, Vivian Hand. "
Father, Bfyant Danford, |4
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CHRISTMAS AMVTMIKJG ? l/i SISTER?
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Phophet, Hugh Mercer* \W'
Mary. Miss Bobbie Thorpe. Vf lllllclDOW J
Joseph. Kenneth McKeithan.
Gabriel, Lucy Hand. Winnabow, Dec. 1?
Thre Kings. Balthazar, E. G. Fulcher, Jr., and Bubl*
Jibson, Gaspard, Leon Leonard, Newton of Southport
r-1 ,? week-end with their gri
Vlelchoir, Ed Mercer. ... .. .
Mrs. Minnie Knox, at
Shepherds, Jabal, Charles Rob- j L Henry, W. C.
ains; Simon, Andrew Lesh; Sam- N. Sowell and R. L
lei, Hudson Thorpe. [spent Wednesday in
Sarah, Amelia Malpass. attending court.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubei
Joel, Jack Stone. . , ?
ston and Madames R
Rachel, Dollic Mercer. Livingston of Southport
David, Lowell Mercer. itors here Wednesday.
Angels, Elsie Mercer, Catherine Sergeant Lee Kye 1<
Jalpass, Gladys Mercer, Mildred day night for Pittsboro
VIercer, Catherine Stone, Ernes- Madames Hall, Crar
;ine Mercer. Mintz of Southport we
Choir. Mrs. Earl Danford, Mrs. here Friday.
L,eon Galloway, Mrs. Johnnie A telegram Friday
Jand, Mrs. Alex Mercer, Mrs. from Thomas A Henry
'. W. Danford, Mrs. Boyd Mc- ton. S. C. to his motl
veithan. he left Friday afternoor
Directors, Mrs. Cannon and Transport Chateau-Til
ilrs. Taylor. Hawaii. All his friends
The public is cordially invited much success,
o come and worship. Henry Flowers, who
Misses Jane and Jennie Can- County Home last week
ion spent last week-end in Wil- j ied Thursday morning
nington with their aunts, Mrs.1 Vines grave yard here.
Summer and Miss Elizabeth Can-! Preston Savage of U,
ion. Comstock, Morehead C
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IT the week-end here at his home
lCWS Charlie Cause of Southport w?
a visitor here Monday oollectinj
>?Rudolph taxes.
sr and Lu G. K. Lewis returned Saturday
spent the from Sanford, Florida anil lei;
mdmother Monday for Georgetown. S. C.
Elpaso in interest of Fairbanks-Morse
Savage. J.
Sullivan Miss Beltha Reid sP"d Sat
Southport Ulda>' in Wilmington shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert MeDoug J
t Living* 1 a^d Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wooj-I
uark and' ^ury &nd little son of Wilming.l
were vis- ton spent Sunday with Mr u .1
Mrs. E. C. Woodbury. I
ft Thurs- Mr and Mrs. Odel clvans haul
moved to Lanvale. I
imer and ' riends wil be sorry to leanil
re visitors Miss Itla Moore Willetts is .v.,'- 1
j ill in Philadelphia. Pa. 1
evening' Everett Wilson ol \\ iimingtotl
Charles- was a visitor here Monday <-r.-l
tier stated ''ouet lo Florida. I
i on u s R- E- Sentelle was a visiter!
liny for!here Tuesday. I
wish him Talmadge Willetts ol Philadctl
phia. Pa. is visiting relatives ho-l
was bur-1 Madison county farmers raj
r in the crating with tie .an.; .i? .1
conduct definite demonstration!
S. E. D. this year, have used 477 torsi
Mty spent of ground limestone. 1
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