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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
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JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
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Wednesday, May 11, 1938
You can't throw mud without having
some of it spatter on you.
Your own side of the road is the shortest
way home.
Over compensation for a real, or imagined,
deficiency often has been responsible
for greatness.
Simile of the season: As improvident
as the political candidate who has his
job printing done out of the county and
still expects his home-newspaper to run
his free publicity.
We Offer Southport
At a meeting of the North Carolina
Medical Society held last week in Pinehurst
Dr. Ernest S. Bullock, Wilmington
surgeon, led a discussion to have a cruise
proposed for members of the society next
spring embark from a North Carolina port.
Particularly were we interested in Dr.
Bullock's suggestion that "if it is found
impractical for a boat of these requirements
tc reach Wilmington, I believe we
should help Southport get it."
We thank Dr. Bullcok for his friendly
intercession in behalf of our town, and we
are in hearty accord with the idea of having
the proposed cruise to Bermuda embark
from a North Carolina port.
Where Credit Is Due
Southport and Brunswick county is
coming in for much general, state-wide
publicity as a result of the efforts of W.
K. Keziah, unselfish, unpaid and unappreciated
secretary of the Southport Civic
Club.
His club is unique in that it probably
is the only organization of its kind in the
world. Mr. Keziah is the Civic Club, and
the Civic Club is Mr. Keziah; but under
this banner has been obtained lasting
benefit for this community.
The unselfish promotion of Southport
and her interests are the primary motives
of this man, and if his efforts are successful
future citizens will owe him a debt of
gratitude that his contemporaries are
loath to acknowledge.
The Tennis Courts
Two years ago this summer Southport
went "tennis crazy." Boys and girls who
never had taken the game seriously before
bought equipment and did their part
to see that the two WPA courts in Franklin
Square were pretty well populated
day and night.
The climax to the season came in August
with the inauguration of a series of
five tennis tournaments that did more
than anything else in recent years to stimulate
keen interest in sports. There was
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and attendance at the matches
developed into a counter attraction for
the beach.
Last season there was a noticable falling
off of interest among the older players,
but more of the kids had taken up
the game. The Tennis Club, which had
functioned effectively the year before,
never hit its stride. The courts and equipIment
paid the toll that time and weather
exacted, and there was not a single tournament
staged at the end of the season.
From present indications, this year will
mark another step on the down grade.
The handful of older players who want
to keep on are being crowded off by a
growing group of beginners with more
ambition than skill, and there appears
slim hope that the nets and other equipment
will last through the season unless
fpnds are raised for the sake of repairs.
Now we are tennis; not alone because
it is one of our favorite games, but because
it is a past time that provides plenty
of safe, healthy exercise at little expense.
Too, there is no other game that we know
about that offers a beginner surer, quicker
hope of improvement. That there is
plenty of interest from the standpoint of
the onlooker is witnessed by the crowds
;
that watched the matches during tournament
play.
We want to see those two courts kept
up, we want to see Southport youngesters
keep them busy at all times. But before
this can be done there must be some plan
conceived to raise money for repairs and
replacements for equipment, and some
program must be worked out whereby the
younger players can do their playing
while the older group is at work.
Who Will Do This?
Recently members of the Brunswick
County Hospital Auxiliary had the main
floor and the sunporch of the local institution
repainted.
Colored residents of Southport and
Brunswick county have provided funds for
repainting and refurnishing their ward
at the Brunswick County Hospital.
This leaves the first floor as the only
unpainted, unimproved unit in the hospital.
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What group or organization will accept
the financial responsibility of putting
this floor in first class condition ?
A Good Tip
Editorin?One of North Carolina's
greatest assets and blessings is its real and
delicious home cooked foods. Why in the
world is it that in our public eating
places we have to serve foods foreign to
our state and taste? Tourist will travel
miles in search of a good, clean place to
eat where good food is served just as
they would a place to spend the night.
North Carolina and Southern cooked
food is known the world over, just as
its hospitality is known the world over.
We can keep our reputation for both by
encouraging the public eating places in
our community and city to serve real
North Carolina dishes and by doing so
they will gain a reputation enviable by
all other eating places that do not serve
this kind of food, and one that will pay
great dividends. A town or city with a
reputatiton for serving good food has an
attraction and an asset equal to any famous
mountain, resort, historical monument,
or health resort. Lets native when
it comes to serving food in our North
Carolina!
Threatens Again
Action of the Lower House of Congress
Friday in forcing the Wage-Hour
measure out of the rules committee by a
majority vote of the lower branch, will
meet with hostile reception in Columbus
county, and the rest of the South.
Southern industrialists see in this
nefarious measure the break-down of the
entire Southern industrial and economic
structure, and predict that its passage
will paralyze the manufacturing plants
of Dixie.
The administration-SDonsored measure
seems definitely to be destined to ruin
Southern industry, and was conceived
largely by jealous Northern manufacturing
states.
That such jealousy exists has long been
a recognized fact, since first the textile
and later the paper and pulp industries
migrated South, within the. past two
decades. Now the Northern industrialists
see in the measure an opportunity t?
avenge their jealousy of the South, and
to punish the Southern people.
Congressman J. Bayard Clark rallied
to the support of his constituents, and
being one of the members of the powerful
rules committee, was instrumental in
keeping the measure in committee until
Friday.
America now is just getting over the
stigma which the Civil war left, and the
sectional hatred which existed for years
after the war between the states had
ended. Now. vears afterward enmee this
nefarious measure which tends to oper
again that old sore, and to divide the
North from the South again.
Perhaps President Roosevelt is justified
in his acceptance of the theory that such
a plan would work, but Southern people
know perfectly well that this is one case
where theory and fact are widely separated.
This measure should be killed on the
floor of the House.
To paraphrase an old saying, the opponents
of capital punishment work or
the theory that "no noose is good noose.'
Nearest some men come to providing
modern conveniences in the home is tc
have a convenient memory.
Germany and Italy must be made up
0/ stenographers. At least the peoph
there know how to take dictation.
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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Just Among
The Fishermen
NEED RIGID RULES
In the interest of better sport
, fishing- at Southport there should
be a rigid set of rules and all
boatmen should be expected to
observe them. Failure to observe
the rules should subject the boatman
to being blacklisted by all
other boatmen, and by boarding
houses and cafes where contacts
: are made between boatmen and
l fishing parties. This Corner would
like to see a set of rules, something
like those appended, adopted
by all boatmen. There should
I be a fixed charge of $20.00 per
, day for the average small boat
carrying out parties for sea fish[
ing. This price should be for parties
of not more than eight persons.
For each person over eight
in the party an additional charge
of $2.00 should be required. For
trout fishing and blue fish and
mackerel trolling a charge of
$20.00 per day should be made
' and no more than six sportsmen
, should be allowed to fish on such
parties. Crowding on boats in an
effort to reduce the individual
cost is very much against the
interest of good fishing. All boatmen
should be required to stay
out until their party is entirely
i satisfied. When a boatmen charters
his boat to a party he is
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sible effort to see that the party
makes a good catch. He must
' find the fish for them if he has
to stay out until night in order
to do so. All boatmen should
be pledged to give courtsy and
service to the parties in his
charge; to exercise every precaution
for safety and comfort,
should discourage excessive drinking,
and both he and his helper
should absolutely abstain from
the use of intoxicants while they
are on duty.
GOOD FOR BOTH
In the above the interests
of the boatmen and the
sportsmen is giving consideration.
Your Columnist is the
last person that would desire
to see the sportsmen taxed
with excessive costs. In suggesting
the above fixed
charges allowances is made
for the fact and the fishermen
will have their fun. In
addition, they often make a
catch of fish with monetary
value several times what the
services of the boat and boatmen
cost them.
PRICES FAIR
The boatmen have to provide
bait and tackle, where tackle is
desired, ice water and a well
equiped boat also enters into the
scheme of costs. It must be con1
sidered that there are many days
of bad weather when he must
give care and attention to his
boat when it is not making any
earnings. There are also many
days of good weather and good
fishing when he may not be able
to charter. All these things enter
1 into the cost of maintaining
i his boat and giving the sportsmen
service. The Civic Club believes
that the rates suggested
1 above, and also the rules, are
, fair and just to both the boatmen
and sportsmen.
SUGGESTION TO SPORTSMEN
Your chances of making a
good catch are usually much
better on week days than on
Saturdays and Sundays, owing
to crowded conditions at
such times. It is suggested
that you make your trip on
week days when it is possible
for you to get away. Likewise
you have a better
: chance of getting the boat you
desire when your trip is
1 made on a week day. If you
. wish to contact someone, to
< engage a boat or accomodations,
to inquire about weat,
her conditions, Etc., write or
wire the Southport Civic
Club. This organization will
engage your boat and ac
commodatitons without charge
for the service. It will advise
you regarding the weather
and catches, if you desire
to know. If the particuilar
boat you want happens to be
engaged at the time you are
planning to come the secretary
will arrange for the
very best available boat and
, boatmen. It is an observation
that many a promising fish'
ing trip has been spoiled by
! the bringing along of too
much intoxicants. Drinking
quickly leads to sea sickness
and sea sickness is a rather
1 constagious malady, or ap,
pers to be. When you come
to fish, please leave out the
intoxicants, or bring along
aminimum and be moderate
in your indulgences with
what you bring. If it is not
: possible to comply with this
suggestion, please do not
blame the boatman or the
fishing if you get sea sick
and your catch is a poor one.
I FRIENDLY TOWN
? Southport is noted far and
wide for its friendliness and hospitality
towards sportsmen and
f the visitor of all sorts. It makes
) no claims to being a resort community
with consequent high
charges for everything. The visitor
usual regards it as a friendly,
> restful community by the sea.
Its people always glad to see the
: visitor and render any possible
service.
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SOUTIIPORT, N. C
Wilmington Men
Favor Fishing
At Southport
Despite Fine Fishing Beach.es
Near Their Home
City, Wilmington Sportsmen
Frequently Fish At
Southport
ESPECIALLY FOND
OF TROLLING
Residents Of Wilmington
Also Havee Been Active
In Developing Interest
In Gulf Stream
Fishing
BY W. B. KEZIAII
Wilmington sportsmen know
their fishing and despite the fact
that New Hanover county has
some of the best known fishing
beaches in the state, there are
hundreds of Wilmington sportsmen
who swear by the fishing
off Southport. They never let a
season go by without one, sometimes
many, fishing trips to
Southport.
Heretofore the special attraction
has been the trout fishing
at the wrecks, and the blue
fish and mackerel trolling. The
blue fish and mackerel are naturally
objects of interest, for trolling
slowly along, one of those
big mackerel or blues that abound
on the Cape Fear shoals could
impart a kick to the aunest
sportsmen, even if he had one
foot in the grave.
The blues and mackerel are
now biting, and during the next
few months hundreds of Wilmington
sportsmen will make
trips to Southport. The large
number that came last year bids
fair to be greatly increased this
season. This opinion is based on
the numerous inquiries. The writer
has not been to Wilmington
in months without being met
with any number of interogations
as to whether or not the
biues and mackerel were striking
yet.
They are striking. Last week
one commercial boat at Southport
took 2,800 pounds of mackerel.
Another boat brought in
1,800 pounds. Fine catches by
parties with rod and reels were
numerous. The fishing is now at
its best, and will continue for
months to come.
GlTLF STREAM FISHING
Wi'mington sportsmen are also
largely deserving of credit for
the interest in and discovery of
the Gulf Stream fishing off
Southport. They are determined
to develop it and are confident
that a full try-out of the possibilities
will be of enormous
value to both Southport and the
Wilmington area.
Recognized big game sportsmen
coming in from Florida during
recent weeks have been outspoken
in their expression of
confidence that there are plenty
of big game fish now out near
the Gulf Stream, ready and waiting
for the angles. To date, the
only planned Gulf Stream fishing
expedition fell on the roughest
weather that Southport has
experienced in weeks. The boats
barely made half way to the
fishing grounds. Despite this, one
bonetta was brought in and one
large tuna was hooked and lost.
r>no Hnv soon the Wilmington and
Southport sportsmen will receive
a real demonstration of how the
Gulf Stream fish will strike.
From now on the Gulf Stream
fishing at Southport will be attracting
state and country-wide
interest.
Burriss Boats
In Free Trip
First Excursion To Gulf
Stream Sunday Met With
Unfavorable Weather,
But Party Reached Vicinity
Of Big Fish
Making a gesture that is typical
of the general cooperative
spirit among Southport people,
S. L (Bingo) Burris, last week
tendered the free use of two of
his boats, the Buddy and Vagabond,
to members of the New
Hanover Fishing Club for their
first Gulf Stream fishing expedition.
The boats were available for
any date on which the Club
wanted them. The fact that the
day selected by the club turned
out to bring the worst weather in
the past month does not lessen
the good intent of Mr. Burris.
The boats went out, but both
the captains and the sportsmen,
very wisely, decided it best, in
view of the already bad and still
more threatening weather that
they not go all the way.
The fish were there. The party
caught one bonetta and hooked
and lost one large tuna. Had the
boats been able to go all the way
is it believed they would have
brought in a big catch. As it
was, they brought in a fine catch
of mackerel.
A bad start is credited with
bringing a good ending. Heal
trips to the pulf Stream will be
made this week, or next, and
then there will be a different
story to tell.
Singapore, Malaya, has supplied
its crossing traffic policemen with
a new type of chair.
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SPORTATTVE LADY WILL MARK MT. DIRFY DOCTORS AND
Mrs. Noel and son of London, The Greek freighter Mt. Dir- All doctors, apparent ''H?
England, now touring the United fy> which ran aground in 20 feet their fishing and get a ? ' H
States, spent three days^here^ last Qf water on the Cape Fear ghoals out of it. Dr. Ed. Misenhe^?!
week. Mr. i\oei nau nu ucnic
fishing: but his mother was all December 26th, 1936, has sunk a party of Concord
set and determined to go. She completely beneath the surface ed to greatly enlo nHS*
hired the biggest boat In port, of the water, only fragments be- Hon h.p. . ' !'n":r
all to herself, and went out and in. visibIe at Iow tide The Civic * ? 7 ** *** M
brought in 100 pounds of fish f ? tide. The Civic made a beautlfuI ca H
of various sorts. She was much CIub secretarJr has made appl.ca- go in number anJ n 0
pleased when W. B. Keziah told tion for a bu?y t0 mark this various sorts. The,
her that "she did mighty well wreck and thereby enable fishing the Eva Mae of t
for a country girl." parties to locate it. J Watts.
1 N O TI C E I
The following meetings will be held under the aus* I
pices of the Democratic Executive Committee. Gandi* I
dates who meet the voters at these meetings will be 9
given an opportunity to speak in their behalf. All meet* 9
ings are scheduled for 8:00 P. M., unless otherwise 9
noted.
REGISTER'S STORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 H
WINNABOVV, THURSDAY, MAY 12 9
EXUM, FRIDAY, MAY 13
Bolivia, County Convention?(Business Only) H
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I SATURDAY, r. m. m
ROACH'S STORE, SATURDAY, MAY 14 9
LONGWOOD, MONDAY, MAY 16 ||
BOLIVIA, TUESDAY, MAY 17
RALEIGH, STATE CONVENTION
Wednesday and Thursday, May 18 and 19 1
LELAND SCHOOL, FRIDAY, MAY 20 H
BATTLE ROYAL, SATURDAY, MAY 21 9
11 UPPER SCHOOL, MONDAY, MAY 23 9
PETERSON'S STORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 9
SOUTHPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 27
HICKMAN'S X ROADS, SATURDAY, MAY 28 f
J. D. ROBINSON'S STORE, TUESDAY, MAY 31 J
WACCAMAW SCHOOL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 M
SHALLOTTE, THURSDAY, JUNE 2 I
All Voters Are Invited To Attend These Meetings! fl
R. I. MINTZI
Chairman, Democratic Executive Committee
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