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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
Entered ma aecond-clmaa matter April 20, 1928, a'
the Post Office at Southport, N. a, under
the act of March 8, 1879.
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IX MONTHS 1.0(
THREE MONTHS .T<
Wednesday, April 1.1, 1938
Success is a goal, not a waiting station
Laugh and the world laughs with you
?or at you.
A good cure for big head is hard
knocks.
A man who values his reputation for
veracity will not be too hasty about the
promises he makes to political candidates.
Spring has made her most daring debut
this year, but it appears that she will
be able to get away with it.
-A
sucker is one who believes everything
anyone tells him except when
somebody tells him the truth.
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A*o "foornouse
In a Christian, humane charge to members
of the Brunswick county grand jury
at the opening session of Superior court
here Monday Judge E. H. Cranmer concluded
his remarks by instructing the
jurors to visit certain offices and institutions.
I am thankful to say that we do not
have a 'poorhouse' in Brunswick county,"
he said. "We have a county home, a place
where the aged and infirm may receive
sympathetic care and attention."
We were much impressed by the distinction
which he drew between the two
terms, for it shows more plainly than may
> disclosed in any othei1 manner the
change in attitude toward the institution
which fills that need in each county.
"A distinguishing characteristic of
civilization," declared the judge, "is reflected
in the care and consideration ot
aged and infirm people."
Information Bureau
. If evidence of outside interest is a dependable
indication, Southport will have
more fishing and vacation visitors this
season than ever before in her history.
Our friends upstate tell us that the onlj
thing now standing in the path of this
community's rapid development as a resort
is lack of hotel facilities. "If you gel
people there what are you going to dc
With them," is their repeated inquiry?
As matters stand now, there isn't verj
much that we can do. However, it is well
within our power to make comfortable
convenient provision for taking care of a
large number of outside visitors this summer.
In many of the better homes of Southport
are extra rooms?rooms that are wel;
furnished and well kept while they grow
Tnusty between the time of departure oi
dne group of company and the arrival oi
tfie next. These rooms never have beer
rented because the home owners always
have felt that there was no use to go t(
the trouble for just one or two rooms.
In making a census of Southport in ar
effort to discover the number of availabh
rooms of this kind we believe that th(
total would be surprisingly large. Now
with a complete list of available accommodations
in hand, the Southport visitoi
might come here with the reasonable ex
pectation of finding desirable lodging am
meals.
That is where the need for a centra
information bureau comes up. One persoi
in charge of all the scattered rooms o
Southport could establish speedy contac
with the home owners and could comfor
tably place a large number of visitors ii
a day.
The operation of the lnformatioi
Bureau might easily develop into a profi
table business for some enterprising in
dividual, who could collect a small com
mission for furnishing tourists and vaca
tionists.
If the plan were worked out on a mor<
elaborate scale to include making reserva
tions and contacts for boats for fishinj
parties, the possibilities would be enlarg
ed even more.
The only way to relieve Southport fron
her growing pains is to utilize every on<
of her available facilities for the enter
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tainment of guests this summer.
Should Be Used
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There is not a town in North Carolina
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t the size of South port that has a finer
Community Center Building, but there
are plenty of places where an" institution
( of this kind fills a more frequent and
t more general need.
! While the buiiding is under the joint
control of the city officials and members
of the American Legion, it was constructed
with the idea of providing a convenient,
well appointed meeting place for
various social and civic groups.
In one nearby city the ladies of the
community sponsored a project for furnishing
equipment for cooking and serving
meals in the main auditorium of the
Community Center Building. Now the
' rooms and equipment are available to
members of any worthwhile group or or1
ganization for regular meetings or entertainments.
If the ladies of South port would combine
their efforts to furnish the upstairs
cloak room as a kitchen and would purchase
china and silverware, the local
Community Center hall would come to be
the focal point of social activity.
Danger Of Fire Increasing
According to all indications, a larger
number of home3 will burn this year.
More factories and stores will be damaged
or destroyed, and more men will be
thrown out of work.
Four winter months of this year registered
a steady upward march in fire
losses. Although the actual increase over
the corresponding months of a year ago
was not great (total increase for the four
months was $4,350,000,) it represented a
dangerous upward trend that must be
halted unless additional lives and dollars
are to be sacrificed to fire.
Not only were December losses heavier
than any other month in 1937, but they
also were the highest in three years,
1 except February, 1936.
Tll? loccnn this noints is that America's
old enemy, fire, is again on the rampage.
When we have a "breaking spell" from
great catastrophes, people forget dangers.
They become careless, permitting the enemy
to regain a foothold. Experience
teaches us that the best way to combat
i fire is through information and eternal
vigilance. We must arm ourselves with
information about fire hazards, then
; search out the dangers in our own homes
and places of business and eliminate them.
And we must be continually on guard.
We should be spurred to x*edouble our
efforts when we realize that great as it is,
property loss is the least of the toll taken
, by fire. Each year thousands of human
! beings perish and many more are seriously
injured in fires!
s Rhyme And Reason
? The franchise imposes a tremendous
? responsibility upon the electorate of our
state, and no single duty of an individual
requires more thought and reasoning than
' the selection of candidates for public of?
fice.
1 Platforms of various candidates in
' great many instances are entirely without
rhyme or reason. As to -the*jrhyme,
we have little attachment, but as to the
reason, we are vitally interested.
When a voter goes to the polls to cast
his ballot for the persons who are to represent
him in his crovernment, he per
1 forms that duty with the knowledge that
5 thereby he speaks on matters of govern}
ment?that's his own way of speaking in
the affairs of government.
1 With that solemn sense of duty borne
; clearly in mind, the voter in Brunswick
5 county and in the rest of the nation
> should give grave consideration and
' thoughtful contemplation as to how he
r will cast his vote.
By now, voters have become pretty
* well acquainted with the hollow promises
which usually precede election. It's for
1 the voter to decide between the sheep
1 and the goats.
f Generally speaking, many candidates
t do not give the voter credit for very
- much intelligence?a highly mistaken
i idea withal. When a candidate for instance
promises to abolish many of the taxes
i which go for the functions of government
- today, and further promises to create
- more government jobs, to increase the
- teacher's salaries and all other govern
ment employees, that's all out of reason.
A voter without much arithmetical edue
cation could easily discern that two minus
- two does not leave four. Beware of poli?
tical platforms which do not make sense,
- because there is sense in government.
Governmental functions operate on the
l same basis as private business, and you
> can't run a government if all taxes are
- abolished.
THE STATE PORT PILOl
Just Among .
The Fishermen
They Are Biting Fine, Boys
The trout are out there. Yes,
sir! They are swarming: around
the wrecks of the old ships on
the Cape Fear shoals and the
greenest of fishermen can easily
pull them in until his arms ache,
whenever the weather is fair.
Captain H. T. Bowmer's boat was
the first to make a scouting trip
last week. The tide did not come
in right for the best fishing until
noon. At noon the boat was
back in port with a catch of 77
trout. The largest one weighed
four pounds-two-ounces and there
was plenty of three and one-half
pounders. Captain Bowmer had
gotten a sick headache and the
fisherman had been forced to
quit just when the biting was
getting good. Postmaster L. T.
Yaskell was the one fisherman
who made the catch with his
trusty rod and reel. The writer
expresses his belief that it was
all pretty good for a country
boy.
Walden Creekers
The two and one-half pound
drum up on Walden's Creek
and down at Howell's Point
are affording some mighty
fine sport for the man with
pole and cork. They bite
best on a rising and at full
tide. No boat is needed
and a pretty good kick can
be gotten when they dive
away with your cork and
you feel them struggling at
the end of your pole and line.
The best place on Walden's
Creek is on the property of
F. L. Lewis and his courtsey
in permitting fishing is appreciated.
Looking For Crowd
J. C. Baskervill, of the State
Advertising Bureau, was here Sa
turday and the Civic ciud 101a
him that we would have more
sportsmen to come to Southtxirt
this year than has been here in
the past ten years. This wes a
statement that Mr. Baskervill
heartily agreed with. Southport
is now well established as having
some of the best salt water fishing
that can be found anywhere
on the coast north of Florida. In
fact, it rivals many of the outstanding
fishing sectors of the
Florida coast. The only difference
is that Florida has been widely
publicized and Southport is just
coming in for that. There will be
crowds at Southport this year.
Splendid Annual
Our compliments to the
Hanover Fishing Club and
our friends up the river for
the splendid annual issued
last week. The organization
has done great things for
the development of sport in
New Hanover county and we
venture the belief that future
issues of its publication will
show an equally fine record
in the development of Gulf
Stream Fishing off Southport.
Many Southport sportsmen
are now proud to claim membership
in the New Hanover
organization.
Ready For Fishing
Up-state sportsmen may now
come to Southport in the full assurance
of fine trout and blue
fishing at any time when the
weather is not too rough to go
out. The fish are biting, plenty
of good boats are available, with
more to come and' we venture
the prediction that some record
catches will be made during this
month of April.
Tip To Sport Editors
The New York Times saw
enough of interest at Southport
to send one of its staff
photographers here last Saturday
and he is coming back
for more, and some fishing
for himself, a little later.
One leading North Carolina
newspaper is planning to
promote a fishing party from
its city this or next month.
This paper will bring its
photographer along and some- '
one who is able to handle a
hot, diggity-dig typewriter.
The object is to get pictures
and news stories of the
South port fishing, and to
have some real sport There
are other good North Carolina
newspapers that should
take a tip and follow the
same lead. The Southport
sport fishing became a statewide
matter last year and
this year it will draw sportsmen
from half of the 48
states in the Union.
That Hoped For Hotel
And, since it is never out of
our mind, we are tempted to ask
when are we ail going to lay
hold and get that much-talked-of
modern hotel. We need it, it will
mean everything towards the
1 making of Southport. The tourists
along the coastal route can
easily be brought to Southport.
The hundreds of yachts bound
south in the fail and north in
the spring will afford valuable
patronage, and for eight or nine
months of the year we will have
a deluge of sportsmen for the
fishing.
The diner was fdrious at the
poor fare he had received.
"Never," he shouted, "never
shall I tell a friend of mine to
come here!"
"Then, perhaps," suggested the
head waiter, you will tell your
enemies?"
SOUTH PORT, N. C.
Waccamaw
ScholoNews
HONOR ROLL
First grade: Jean Bennett, Torr
Mintz, Hazel Smith Josephine
Russ, Lillian Piver, Vela Mae Mil
liken, Willa Mae Coleman, Cor
dell Rhodes, Wilbur Carlyle
Rudolph Formy Duval, Waddel
Long, Clem Russ, R. C. Smith
Kenneth Ward, Louise Inman, Iti:
Smith, and Doris Smith.
Second grade: Glen Williamson
Chester Brafford, Lois Babson
Doris Bland, Norma Jean Jenret
*e, Helen King, Marie Leonard
A. V. Russ, Lucille Sellars, Ins
Mae Simmons, Lina Mae Stana
land, Davie White, Joe Levj
Evans, Raymond Ludlum, San
Smith, George Ellis Long, Dar
Carlisle, Guy Hughes, Madelene
Evans, Lena Mae Gore, Janii
Gore, Ruby Avis Formy Duval
Parcie Love Inman, Pauline Smith
Irene Simmons, Katie Ruth Stewart
and Willie Mae Smith.
Third grade: Diilard Russ
Rachel Bennette, Welton Hughes
Leon Phelps, James Franklir
King, Madie Hewette, Eva Mas
Duncan, Richard Jenrette, Woodard
Smith, Elmore King, Bettj
Lou Jenrette, Pauline Coleman
Ethel Mae Evans, Helen Evans
Helen Milligan, Eula Grey Stewart,
Ethel Mae McArthur, Jach
Stout, Francis Ross, Mary Louise
Russ, David Edward, Maxine Milliken,
Floyd Smith, Hoover Smith
Reba McKeithan, Faxion Bennette,
Ralph Gore, L. H- Brafford,
Cecil Jones, Earl Jones, L
D. Jones, William Albert Stanaland,
Earlie Smith, Jr., Jacqueline
Bennett, Ruby Louise Gore, Annie
Eelle Hewette, Doreen Inman
Carol Dean Jenrette, Lorraine
Jones, Hazel Mintz, Peah Phelps
and Ella Mae Smith.
Fourth grade: Leo Simmons
Marie Parker, Myrtle Coleman,
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DOUUlt.' nuao, uiiiciic uuuiuiu,
Madison Gore, Joseph Piver, Thomas
King, Mary Alice Hewett.
Edna Mae Ludlum, Evelyn Smith
Donald Allen, Lovey Mae Rhodes
Bennie Brooks Ward, Annie Edwards,
Hilda Mintz, Emma Lee
Stout, and Mabre Ward.
Fifth grade: Bernice Evans
Hazel Formy Duval, Lucille Hewette,
Lena Inman, Odray Mae
Long, Williford Mintz, Ernestine
McCumbee, Wilma Phelps, Mary
Ellen Stanley, Jewell Tyson, Li Is
Mae Wilson, Pauline Wilson, Hyton
Babson, Jack Brown, Lathar
Formy Duval, Roger Piver, Eun
ice Allen, Verbe Andrews, Allison
Bennette, Alberta Duncan
Olean Duncan, Elnora Jacobs
Victoria Jenrette, Loraine Mintz
Betty Rhodes, Mary Lee Russ
and Margaret Smith.
Sixth grade: Virginia Williamson,
Mary Rose Harrelson, Dora
Mae Smith, Clyde Mae Cox, An
nie Coley Ray, Emma Edwards
Glendola Bennette, Bob Milligan
J. B. Grey, Jr., Billie Mintz, Da
ton Phelps, Byard Sellars, Harold
Smith, Folrine Evans, Esthei
Formy Duval, Beatress Hill, anc
Etta Mae Jones.
Seventh grade: Curtis Formj
Duval, Maddry Hughes, Hettir
Mae Norris, Louise Edwards, ant
Mattie Jane Long.
Eighth grade: Mary Franci:
Dodson, and Mary Opal Norris
Ninth grade: Leslie Inman
Mavis Brady, Teva Formy Duval
and Muriel Ross.
Tenth grade: Thurston Little.
Eleventh grade: Leo Formj
Duval, Addison Jenrette, Lloyt
McKeithan, Veamon Duncan, Ma
bel Edwards, Dorothy Mintz
Myrtha Phelps, Cleo Stanaland
and Dorothy Simmons.
"winner
Odell Williamson, speaking th<
piece, "The Sacrifice That Fail
ed," won the declamation contesi
at Southport on April 2nd.
commencement plans
The primary and grammai
grades will present a pageant en
titled, "The Golden Quest," or
Friday afternoon, April 15th, al
one-thirty.
Reverend C. R. Hinton, Pastoi
Green Sea Baptist Church, Greer
Sea, South Carolina, will preacl
our commencement sermon or
Sunday afternoon, April 17th, ai
three o'clock.
The recitation-declamation con
test between the girls and boy;
will be held on Wednesday after
nonn, April 20th.
Class day exercises of th<
seniors class will be given or
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
The final numbers on the pro
gram of the commencement exer
cises will be held Friday evening
at 8 o'clock. The Reverenc
L. R. Evans, pastor of the Knightdale
Baptist church, Wak<
county, will deliver the literarj
address, after which the diplomas
medals, and other awards will be
given to the winners.
May I take this means of inviting
every patron and friend oi
the school to attend as many oi
these exercises as possible. Mart
the calendar and the time, anc
do not disappoint the children, for
they are looking for you to come
to see them perform. . .
interior decoration
The inside walls of the' Waccatnaw
Bank and Trust Companj
are being repainted this week
after being repaired recently.
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NEWS 1
BRIEFS
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MEDICAL PATIENT
George Arnold, of Southport, is
J a medical patient at the Brunswick
County Hospital.
i SURGICAL PATIENT
Jack Oliver, of Southport, is a
surgical patient at the Brunswick
County Hospital.
PURCHASE HOME
I Dr. L. C. Fergus has purchased
, the Dr. W. S. Dosher home, one
i of the more attractive residences
in Southport.
TO MOVE
Mrs. W. S. Dosher will move
, this week into the home formerly
l occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Newton.
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i CONVALESCING
i Mrs. Jessie Brown, of Shallotte,
i is convalescing at the Brunswick
i Oounty Hospital from an ap,
pendectomy performed last Wed,
nesday.
IN HOSPITAL
Robert Holden, of Southport,
was admitted as a medical patient
to the Brunswick County Hospital
Friday.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Green Lewis, 'of Bolivia, is a
medical patient at the Brunswick
County Hospital.
OPERATION
Madeline Robinson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Robinson,
of Supply, underwent an operation
Monday at the Brunswick
County Hospital for the removal
of her appendix.
FOB TREATMENT
Mrs. J. A. Russ was admitted
. to the Brunswick County Hospital
Tuesday for treatment.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Easter services at the Presbyterian
Church will be Sunday
evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev.
J. R. Potts will preach, The ser|
mon subject: "Easter?The Queen
[ of Festivals". The public is cor!
dially invited to attend.
SENIOR TRIP
Members of the senior class of
[ Southport high school left early
, Tuesday morning for a trip to
, Greenville, where they were
, guests of East Carolina Teachers
l College for high school day.
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wednesday. aprh i,
Chaperoneswere Mrs. Joel Moore, Mesdames Beaman Sell
Mrs. Josephine Marshall and Mrs. A M. Woodard were
E. H. Cranmer. visitors In Souhport Frid?v '
D. T. Lour and family aii t,
Shallotte News
Miss Vivian Wiliiams J!
Shallotte, April 5.?Mrs. Neil week-end guest of Mjss c
. . . Robinson in Wilmiiu.tr...
Holden, of Georgetown, visited "unungton
her mother, Mrs. W. L. Russ, last SENIOR Trip
Sunday. Tlie Seniors left Friday m
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey kuss were , Qn mo
the guests of Mrs. M. A. Shelley B ' lu the 1,10
last Sunday at Loris. S. C. tams- Twenty-three student, we
Mrs. iD. C. Andrews, Mrs. they were accompanied by prj,
Chandler Rourk, Miss Agnes pal Henry C. Stone. Jti&j v
Andrews and Pearlie Russ visited Mai, Woodside Mrs ..."
at Little River last Sunday eve- '
ni Russ, Marion n. GaUln, f
Sheriff and Mrs. J. A. Russ ^mtz and Llewellyn Hew
were in Southport on business The>r stopped at Lumberton
last Monday evening. !"ncl1, JJ16" Proceeded to ch
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Milliken lotte and Oastomu They sp?
were in Wilmington last Tues- 4,16 niSht at Lenoir-Rhyne Colle
. Hickory. According to the aenj
Mrs. Tom Swain and Miss they were graciously welcon
Dulith Robinson were Wilmington arul royally treated at the Colle
visitors last Tuesday. Saturday they visited Blowl
Mrs. S. T. Russ and Pearlie Roca ant' into some snc
i Russ made a business trip to Several of the students beca
Whiteville last Wednesday eve- anc' 'our ?' them were for<
nin to visit a doctor at Castor
Mrs. J. A. Russ, and Misses They then proceeded throu
Agnes Andrews, Agnes Russ and Marion to Florence. S. C, tl
Virginia Bishop were visitors in to Myrtle Beach and back hoi
Wilmington last Tuesday. The triP was vor-v much enjoj
The attendance contest of the because of the interesting pia,
Intermediate class of the local visited and the many amusing <
Methodist church terminated Sun- periences that occurred.
day, April 3rd. The losing side , '
entertained the winners at a mar- JIMOR-SEMOR
Ishmel.'ow roast last Tuesday eve- lne Junior ciass 01 shallo*
ning at 4:30 o'clock. All except high school entertained the Sel
one of the members of the class ors Wednesday evening, Apri^ll
were present. 'n the lunchroom of the school!
Mrs. John White and Mrs. a banquet in their honoi k.js!
French Bowen were visitors in decorations with green and yl
Wilmington last Tuesday. 'ow as the colors note were !
Mrs. Lonnie Humphries, of tractively arranged. I
South's tent show located at Bo- A short 15-minute play !
livia, was the Wednesday even- presented by the waitresses a!
ing guest of Mrs. J. A. Russ. some freshmen in the sen!
Mrs. W. R. Holmes returned to building before the guests w!
her home here last Tuesday eve- received by their hosts at !
ning from the Brunswick County lunchroom. The following toal
Hospital where she was a medi- were given during the banqul
cal patient for several days. Welcome, by Junior preside!
Calvin Mi shoe and Milton Gore, Bonnie Phelps; response by sh!
of Loris, S. C., visited Sheriff man Register, senior preside!
Russ last Wednesday. toast to faeulty, Fred McLai!
George Russ, of Tallahassee, response, Henry C. Stone, pnr!
Fla., returned to his home last Pal- 9
Wednesday after an extended The waitresses, attract!-,!
visit here with relatives. dressed in green and yellow !
Members of the Shallotte high rons with matching head bar!
school faculty attended the Dis- were: Clarice Rubs. Vernie !
trict Teacher's Meeting held at wett. Emma Neil Lewis, sop!
Bur?Taw last Thursday evening, mores) Amerta Bennett. Ina n!
Misses Rexie Trippe, Willie Bellamy, Dorothy Bennett, !
Marie, Bowen and Louise Trfppe Violet Hewett (freshman) 9
were visitors in Wilmington Sa- 9
turday. PLAN PLAY I
Ted Bennett and Pershing The Juniors announce that t!
Trippe attended a show in Wil- will present their plav. "t!
(mington Saturday evening. Days to Marry", a three-!
Miss Britie Holden, Mrs. Wood- comedy with two black fac!
jrow Russ and Pearlie Russ were Saturday night. April 16, in !
Wilmington visitors Saturday. school auditorium. |
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