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PAGE TWO " " THE STATE PORT PILOT U _ Southport, N. C. f PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 11 JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor t stored u second-class matter April 20, 1928, at J the Post Office at Southport, 1*. C-, under c the act of March S, 1879. , Subscription Rates ONE TEAR 11150 l BIX MONTHS - 1.00 1 THREE MONTHS .78 ? ??? i .i i ???m K " ~ ' Wednesday, May 4, 1938 1 Some people never know the pleasure ] , of owning luxuries that money will not ] buy. it is easier to be a good winner than it is to be a good loser. 1 i Temper is good raw material for mould- 1 I ing strength of character. I It is much easier to dream a success story than it is to enact one. 1 Kids are lost now since they have lost 1 the prospect of looking forward to the end of school. J Ilumor loses its savor when the alledged funny man tries too hard, and too often. .... ( ovo wlinf makp it so hard I I I UI 11IV. lti no tn v " ??? for statesmen to be re-elected to office. "I told you so" is the pessimists' trimpii. I Improvements 1 We don't know whether they were t J; made because last week was clean-up s week, but several noticable improvements have been made and now are in the pro- } ' cess of being made in Southport. c Within the past few months most mark- r [ ed improvement has taken place in the ( [ downtown district of Southport. Most obI vious of these is the new service station [ on the corner replacing the fire-gutted 1 [ ruins. Completion of the Specialty Shop, 1 moving Gallawy's store from its former j I location to the principal business block, 1 repainting the bank building?all these ^ F have helped. Now in the process of renovation is the ' I old frame Hood building, and soon this < I structure will be a credit to the business < f block. 1 This surely isn't what you'd call a ' good season of the year for business in i Southport. Nevertheless, a visitor to the s town gets a fovorable impression of the ; downstown district. And this is important, < [ for the impression that visitors get of i r Southport is what sooner or later will i L bring about more prosperous conditions. I t t The Local Nine 1 If the movement started last week for 1 , a baseball team lives on, this is the first ' i of a series of journalistic boosts that we I shall be very glad to give. As We said last week, we can think of ( . ? * - i ?1_. i , 11 I no more neauniui, wnoiesome amusement than baseball. Moreover, a town with a , good team comes in for considerable favorable publicity. But with all of our interest in the fu- ' ture of Southport's 1938 entry in the dia- * mond world we suggest that the players ' do something on their own before they ' pass the hat among the business men. It is a well known rule that people help j those .who help themselves. If the boys get out and hustle themselves into shape, win a game or two it will not be long be- s fore the baseball fans of Southport come 1 forward with financial assistance. 1 Soliciting money before the first prac- i tice session, though, is putting the cart befpre the horse. < County Historian < Unveiling of the marker here Monday ' in memory of troops encamped during the 1 War of 1812 at Deepwater Point served 1 to center the attention of local citizens upon an occurrence of which heretofore 1 they had been unaware. < Those who attended the ceremony were 1 particularly interested in learning of the i significance of marking this locality. < Brunswick county is steeped with his- ] tory. First armed rsistance to the Stamp Act was maae here; here was the first < seat of Colonial government; in this sec- 1 tion Blackbeard and his pirates had their ' hangout. t Time is shoving into a vague back- 1 wound the significance of these early < pcenes. We owe it to posterity to collect < -m a convenient form a record of eai'ly irunswick, and this job calls for a county listorian. Some able man or woman should have hese duties of research delegated to him. f modest funds are necessary to carry in this work, they should be provided. ATe need to be made historical minded. Verse To a Business Man Sock him on the kisser, put him on the pan, toll him in the gutter?He's a business man. Pillory the sucker, poke him in the eye, Tump upon his torso?He's a business guy! Has he built a business to enormous heights ? Brand him as a cheater?Never mind his dghts! Does he give employment? Is the payroll big? Put the bum in irons! Toss him in the brig! Does he pay in taxes what the law calls for? IVhy, the dirty reptile should be paying more! Blast him in the headlines', charge some crooked acts, L.et this be your slogan: "Anything but fact!" I Has he made some money? Get his scalp 0 tody! t Say, where does he think he's living, any- ? way ? ? ?EXCHANGE ? V Ire en Fields j ??_ S "The South will prosper when her JJ 'ields are green in winter" is a saying v vhich has become a torch for Hugh Mc- t V. *ae, of Wilmington, in his crusade for ? igricultural reform and for an ameliora- f ion of agrarian living conditions in this * ection. 0 Mr. McRae and other farm leaders lave preached their doctrine of keeping rops growing in our lush fields the year ound, and their crusading has met with :onsiderable success, for each year shows i greater variety of crops being planted md more green fields in winter. Early this month Mr. McRae will prove ;o the farmers of the Carolinas that his deas are practical by entertaining at a "ield day at his Invershiel plantation. The richest fields are not essential to successful farming Mr. McRae has prov;n. Some years back he imported a colmy of industrious foreigners to settle on ands discarded by Carolina farmers as 'not worth tending" and told them to scratch for a living. By means of intensive cultivation, hard labor and mental icumen, these immigrants have built up me of the most lucrative farming sections r n the nation at Castle Hayne. The year t ound one may see crops under cultiva- d ;ion, and flower bulbs, lettuce and other J 'small crops" bring shekels to the thrifty t pockets of these new Americans. c We concur with Mr. McRae that there v s no excuse for poverty among our farm- h ?rs when we have one of the best farming t sections in the world?excellent land, and * ainfall and weather conditions which ? ilosely approach the ideal. He has little v patience with farmers who "stick to a a ruinous system of agriculture which we ? wished on ourselves prior to the Coiifed* mate war", in a region "where livestock ran he crazed on Hovers dnrinc the en. ;ire fall, winter and spring, and on soy aeans and sudan grass or pearl millet luring the entire summer." Death Knell? The House rules committee Friday >ounded the death knell of the Adminis;ration-sponsored Wage and Hour Bill at east for this session when it refused to rote the measure out of the committee. Southern industry and people of this listrict can thank Congressman J. Bayard Clark for coming to their rescue in this emergency. Mr. Clark was one of the sight members of the rules committee, ind a part of the strong Southern bloc which spelled defeat of the measure at ;his session. Perhaps good in theory, Southern in- * iustrialists knew that it would greatly jj sripple their operations?factories would n ae forced to replace man-power with 0] machine power, and the lists of the un- t smployed would grow to astounding pro- o portions. J Recently when some Republicans ralli- i; sd to the aid of the measure, it was clear- v ly obvious why. Long jealous of the * South's textile mills which have been d slowly but surely migrating Southward, a ;he Pennsylvanians saw an opportunity | ;o take a slap at the industrial progress i; )f the South. t THE STATE PORT PILC Just Among The Fishermen KINSTONIANS Kinston, county seat of Lenoir county, with one of its chief claims to fame lying in the fact that it has a newspaper man who has persistently deprived Southport of the honor of being the home of the biggest liar in the state of North Carolina, has been well represented by fishing parties here this year. In fact, the indications are that Kinston is getting pretty well sold on Southport for its fishing. Sunday's delegation from Kinston consisted of W. F. Oglesby, E. D. Stroud, U. L. Gray, B. J. Smith and H. A. Carpenter. They went out on the boat of Captain H. T. Bowmer and caught four wash-tubs full of Gulf Stream perch. One and ajl they swore their future fishing would be done at Southport, despite the fact that they resided at a point much nearer other sections of the coast. The Civic Club classed them as being pretty good fellows, for country boys. LADY FISHERMEN Believe it or not, Southport i apidly coming to the forefror a the esteem of lady flshermei r fisherwomen. And some c hem run the men folks e. clos ace in production. Mrs. T. b ,'arlton, of Salisbury, manages t lake Southport with her rod an jel at least once in every tw reeks, and there are others c he female persuasion who ar ist as devoted to the sport tha iouthport affords. Sunday aftei oon a Whiteville party consist rig of Mrs. Luther Meares, Mri Valter Warren and Mrs. Davi lone came down and went or or tour nours. inose gins mus iave shook a mean rod, for the eturned with over two hundre lounds of fine fish and resok ions to be back at Southpoi arly and often. They went or n the Olive Branch of Skippe 5ob Wagner. FIRST REAL BLUES Skipper H. T. Bowmer brought in the first real catch of trout some weeks ago. Now comes the E. M. Lewis of Captain Hulan Watts with a string of an even 50 blues, in addition to trout, sheephead and bonetta. Skipper Watts' party was composed of Captain E. D. McGougan and young Dan McGougan, of Fort Bragg, and W. G. and M. L. Worly, of Lumber Bridge. For his praise of the Southport fishing and the distinguishing performance of having made the first big catch of blues of the season the Civic Club has given Captain McGougan the same rating in its esteem as was bestowed upon a bunch of liars from Kinston. A FINE PARTY Real good fishing weather di lot start up until Sunday. Amon he various parties here Satui lay Captain Bowmer had or rom Charlotte, and he sweai hat the fellows were about th lest he has ever handled. The ame in on a bad day, the catc ras rather disappointing to th kipper, but the party, which wa leaded by Attorney L. H. Smit ook everything as "fisherman uck". Before they left Mr. Smit ven hunted up the Civic Clu nan, expressed his apreciation c 'ftrious little courtsies and gav . list of Charlotte sportsme idiom he thought ought to knoi omething about Southport. f r FINE FLEET WORKING It is doubtful if any of the big beach resorts, at the height of their summer season, will have half as fine a fleet of sport fishing craft as Southpbrt already has with more good boats to come as the need arises. Among the boats already piling up good records are, the two Watts boats, E. M. Lewis and Eva Mae; the Buddy and Vagabond of S. I. Bowmer boat, the Fannie Quidley of Edward Nelson, of Glot cetter, the Olive Branch of Bob Wagner, the Ray Stubbs of James Arnold, two boats owned by Jim Arnold and one by Albert Arnold. In addition to the above several other good boats are here, waiting to get active as party needs arise. WEEK DAY FISHING It is a rare occurrence for ishing party to be disappointe 11 making a big catch at Soutl ort. Folks who have given th latter some study are of th pinion that such occurrence rould be still rarer if the pai ies would get more in the habi f coming on Week days. As I low is there are more partie o go out on Sundays than dui ng all the other days of th reek put together. It is recogn ed that many people cannc save their work, except on Sur lays. At the same time ther .re many other people who ca ake their fishing trip any da hey want to. To these folks 1 s pointed out that week da rips are usually the most pre >T, SOimiPORT, N. C. 1 Washington^ letter Few seasoned observers of the political game are willing to hazard a guess as to what Congress will do in its haste to shut down for the current season. Over the week-end an effort has been made to revise the strateg which is essential for the rescue of pet measures from the Congressional scrap-heap. It is conceded that the national legislature would quit within a fortnight in event some bright person could devise a formula for ear-marking expenditure of the "pump-priming" billions. Affairs have moved so fast and furious lately that the politicians find it difficult to gather the loose ends of a tangled skein of events. The fact that the House Rules Committee again tied a can to the Administration's wage and hour bill added fresh complications. The attempts of proponents of a Federal wage standards measures to obtain enough signatures for a petition to discharge the Rules Committee from its blockade seems unavailing. Assuming that this militant House wing could muster the necessary 2X8 signatures, the parliamentary situation is such that they could not force an open vote before June 13. Yet the active Is figures have taken courage from it the recent action of the railway x- executives in ordering a wage if cut of 15 per cent effective July e 1. Reports of wage slices in other industries as a means of stavo ing off depression effects pred sents a grave situation. The wage ? curtailment is the railroads anif swer to refusal of the Interstate e Commerce Commission to autnorit ize marked increases in freight > and passenger rates. The reaction t- of the employees as represented s. by the potent brotherhoods is Is closely watched in political cirit cles. it Business leaders are in a quany dary as to what to do. With the d latest recession at its lowest i- level, as measured in terms of t sales, it is to the interest of it management to utilize every ir means o< keeping purchasing power at a high mark. The stock holders, anxious to protect their investment, have forced managers to take a more tolerant attitude toward political factors. Yet industrial chieftains find it hard to steer a course in the absence of greenlights. Somewhat dubiously, a number of nationalknown business moguls have agreed to wrok with the administration rf>nly to find that their j companies are among those listed for drastic government controls under the President's new-. est message to Congress dealing with corporate enterprise. Congress is also befuddled as to wnat the President really has in mind as to governmental policies. As a consequence, they are likely to take the safest route ? long study of various proposals during the summer and fall. The subject will be vitalized as the Department of Justice intends.to supplement its customary legal procedure with a new style of d trying cases before the bar of g public opinion before the judici! - ary reaches a conclusion. This le plan calls for publicity in each s case brought under the antile trust laws. There is some doubt y among strict legalists as to the h ethics, but the die has been le cast. is The President's recommendah tlons for tightening of laws 's regulating business aroused conh siderable talk here this week, b Hundreds of business men, re-1 >f presenting some 1,400 chambers e of commerce, are in session and j n conversations naturally veered to | w the imprications of the Administration's program on big and | little enterprises alike. A note of uneasiness was detected in the chats for it was clear that business is at its wit's end endeavoring to keep the wheels turning. Some spokesmen indicated that the quick adjournment of Congress would alleviate much concern provided the solons agreed to study rather than to immediately acquiesce in the White House ideas for extension of governmental controls. Little credence was attached to Postmaster-General Parley's claim made in the South last week that i- the slump could be attributed to legislative reversals of the Administration. Lawmakers who have opposed the White House on various issues are particularly desirous of attaching brakes to the spending of the four billion dollar "pumppriming". By placing "earmarks", or definitely allocating the funds, they could probably check retaliatory schemes wherea in the money Congress authord izes would not be used against i- rebels in their bailiwicks, that e is, by giving aid and comfort to e their local political opponents, s The sage politicos warn of the - dangers of definitely limiting the It expenditures. They point out that It by giving the Administration a s free hand, the failure of the pro' jects could be laid at the door e of the White House. Otherwise, i- the wiseacres say, what ever ?t shortcoming the Roosevelt plan i- eventually reveals, might be placc ed on the shoulders of Congress, n with the charge that the legislay ture had tied the hands giving y ductive and satisfactory, as things are not crowded at such times. , i -.?I You'll Always Fir I'VE" BEEN HOME ND MAS SITTIN' THE BV THE WINDOW UST LIKE SHE DID WHEN I WAS A KID* * i i ' relief. The publication of PWA tractive metal emt grants by states in the Congres- ready been distri sional Record lately has brought Carolmas, and the this ar.gle sharply to the fore. ? . . _ T .u The spending program attracts 1 on m es' n c more attention than the LaFol- Georgia, Tennessee, lette revival of the Progressive "na ant' South Gi party largely because the Third il Quarter of a m Party will not figure prominent- sa^e^Y emblems ha' Iy in a local election. buted. The demari was so groat that Q C . r* ing April the su] Gaiety Yrogram ^ations was temp? Gains Strength automobile in ac< Some 125,000 Safety Emb-'common sense 1? ? i safety. He is the lem# Have Been LFistriou-, a series of month ted In The Carolina?; tests in which $ Prizes To Be Given given away each i mote safety-mindei Red, white and blue "pledge prize winners to Drive Safely" emblems are contest are expect i now appearing on thousands of nounced within a i automobiles in the Carolinas, in- enty-five persons \v dicating that their owners have cash sums ranging pledged themselves to drive safe- .$5. A new safety ly and are cooperating in the launched May 1, Purol-Pep Drive Safely Crusade, of this community A total of 125,000 of the at- take part. A flood I )! I! It II It ii Both Way l! The State i CANDIDATES:It * j i There is ? ' I cal way to It; the peopli 1 PILOT I winner do\ [ I i! VOTERS:M | Know yo I i candidates j 'lrour Cou | dable, Imp \ j developmei | KEEP UP WITH WE i THROUGE ); i! )l ) I ? The State. j "Your County ! SOUTHPORT, NOR I I M II it 1! I! ! 1 WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. is* H. id Her Waitin'! if .. I ? ?Hi ilems have a!-' received in the April contest. buted in the' A large*percentage of motor- liy demand still1 'sts in this section have signe-i four states of j the P,ed^e to drlve safpl>/ ,3,111 H new names are being added to Bgg , North Caro- ( the |jst 0( gafety Crusadei s evirnlina. nearly -n,,. Y- .. " c*jr uaj'- x.,. lllion of these Sade, the most extensive safe- 1 ve been distri- campaign ever launched id for them jn this statei wa8 begain April at times dur- i as a public-spirited movement pply at some to do something. about the lt.r. vo rarily exhaust- ,.jbje toll of deaths and injuries >!! on the highways and streets. *' m, the motor- HI to drive his STARTS MENHADEN FISHIM; B tordance with H ;s of highway The menhaden boat Storm ^B n eligible for King, Captain Reuben Gutherie, ly safety con-1 began the seasons search for 1,000 is being ] menhaden for the Brunswick month to pro- Navigation company Monday. The Jf iness. I John M. Morehead and W. I'. a in the April Anderson are both now having i U ;ed to be an- new engines installed and it is ew days. Sev- understood both will be ready ^B ill be awerded for action in a couple of weeks. R from $250 to ^B contest was Venus is nearly twice as far and motorists from the sun as Mercury, and are invited to is almost the same size as the ^B of entries was earth. XXMXmtXXXXXXllXXXKKXMXJUtf I SI" 11 I Port Pilot I) I no surer, more cconomi carry your campaign to $ g* e than through T HE * \ See us for rates. He a * J vn the home stretch! J H J || p * 4 ur man. Keep up with the * through the columns of I: nty Newspaper." Depen- J ;v artial reports of political + its. | [AT'S GOING ON ; I [YOUR J ? ! Port Pilot? i I Newspaper" ; I TH CAROLINA 1 * l * I ? I T 'I IB A . ,
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