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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. G. J
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 1
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JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor ]
Entered u second-class matter April 20, 1028, at ]
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under (
the act of March 3, 1879. - ,
Subscription Rates
ONE TEAR 11.60 ,
SIX MONTHS , 1.00 ,
THREE MONTHS .76
Wednesday, May 18, 1938 i
It is smarter to stay out of trouble than (
it is to know how to get out of it.
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The thrill of a surprise comes from the j
fact that all the pleasure of anticipation
is packed into a single moment.
An ounce of performance is worth
a pound of promise.
Prize fighters aren't the only type of
contestant susceptible to becoming punch ,
drunk.
Compassion is an emotion that has i
been crowded into the background of <
our daily lives. i
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Gossip would die a natural death if no- <
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!body would listen. '
There is no virtue in knowing better
unless you try to do better. 1
Credit Advertising
For about eight months after we came
to Southport one of the local garages ran <
an advertisement every week in The Pi- *
lot and the owner often said himself that '<
his business was growing faster than he '
had any right to expect. During one of
E his periodic off-seasons, though, he decid- (
ed to economize for a time and he appli- '
ed the pruning knife to his weekly adver- '
tising program. Now he is out of the ;
j business altogether and is engaged in other
work. '
Regardless of wether he will credit 1
advertising with any good, the proprietor '
I of another Southport store will tell you
that the year he ran weekly ads in this J
newspaper were the best he has enjoyed.
I| The Shallotte Trading Co., of which
Hobson Kirby is the proprietor, is the
only business in Brunswick county that
runs an advertisement in The State Port
I Pilot every week. In answer to the qurey
"Does advertising pay", we ask you if
you know of a more thriving business in
H this county today?
About Baseball
Before Saturday's baseball game came
to it's unhappy sixth-inning ending local
baseball fans had seen enough to convince
them that Southport has the material for
a better than average team this summer;
I not a great team, mind you, but one that
will be interesting to watch in action a
couple of afternoons each week.
Of course, there are some rough corners
to he rounded off, but practice will
do that. Then there is the prospect of
fitting the cogs of the machine into different
places to smooth up the mechaniBefore
the team can hope to step into
faster company, though, there is a pitchI)
ing problem to solve. With a better fast
ball and a curve to go with his puzzling
B knuckle ball, Spencer would do; but a
Sunday pitch won't get good hitters out.
Right now, the biggest thing the team
needs is plenty of practice in workouts
I with the regular players filling in at their
game-time posts. When the Southport
baseball fans see that the men really are
in ernest, support?both moral and financial?will
be forthcoming.
You Do It
: The other day one of our subscribers
started telling us what he would do editorially
if he were editor of The Pilot
for a few weeks.
"Allright," we told him. "You go right
ahead and write your opinions. We have
an open forum column that needs filling
with material of that kind."
"That won't do," he said. "This must
be an editorial. Now if I were you?".
And again he was telling us what kind of
battle he thought we should wage through
the editorial columns of this newspaper in
behalf of a situation which surely concerns
him more vitally than it does anyone
else. >
But that usually is the case; if you have
in unpleasant job to perform it is natural
to look about for someone to do the
work for you. The thing that this man
lost sight of is that in starting an open
forum discussion he might easily attract
other letters on the same subject, and i
stir up an outspoken resentment that J
would have considerable weight More- <
over, with the usual derth of live editorial t
topics it is almost inevitable that your J
editor would be drawn into the discussion. {
But there is little incentive to help a "!
man who won't strike the first lick in J
his own fight. ]
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Welcome, Mr. Goerch '
There probably is not a man in North <
Carolina who travels the length and
breath of the state more than does Carl ,
Goerch, editor of The State magazine, so >
it was indeed a distinction when he made (
this observation last week in his publica- t
tion. 1
"When I get ready to quit work I be- '
lieve that I would like to live at Southport."
Well, come along, Mr. Goerch. We'll
be glad to have you. Even in your old age
you'd be an asset,to any community.
Public Awareness
Public awareness of the need for safe
driving was given by the National Safety
Council as the probable reason for the
narked decline in traffic fatalities that
iias occurred since November, 1937. The
council gives the press of the nation a
large measure of credit for creating this
'awareness."
Newspapers and magazines have joined
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tvlioie-hearteaiy in me enons in puuuu
safety agencies and organizations such as
;he American Legion and Parent-Teacher
groups, to cut down highway slaughter.
Tales of gore and horror, of mangled bolies
and broken homes have confronted
he potential drunken and reckless driver
it every turn. Apparently these "mes- t
sages from the dead" have had the desir- *
>d effect. In addition to this form of 'edu- c
;ation," automobiles and highways have i
been made safer from an engineering :
standpoint, better laws have been adopted i
and enforcement has been more rigid. t
If the present downward trend of 1
automobile fatalities continues, those who i
have died in automobile accidents will not i
have died entirely in vain. Their sacrifice 1
will have served toward putting an end to ,
needless slaughter of human life on the <
highway. But, in our highways safe. 1
The automobile must be "broken," as a ,
domesticated animal, and made to serve i
man?not destroy him.
At Dear Price 1
Economy in government is being purchased
at ? dear price when the number
of G-men in the country is sliced exactly
in half. It is a price which, we believe,
will not meet with the general approval
of the American people.
No agency has done more to rid the
country of gangsters and hoodlums who
once boasted of power, than the G-men.
It does seem rather an enigma that at a
time when the Government is preparing
to appropriate billions of dollars for the
alleviation of the unemployment situation,
as well as for battling the recession, that
the government should under the guise of
economy so cripple the forces of l&W' and j
order in the country.
This action represents the break which
gangdom and the underworld have long
sought. With the number of G-men on
their trail greatly diminished their operations
may be bolder, more violent.
It's poor economy when it's at the expense
of the safety of the American people
against the forces of evil and lawlessness.
Economy in government is often
necessary, but we see no reason for going
to an extreme and discriminating against
the very organization which has done
most for law and order in America.
The hyperbole of proposing to spend
$7,000,000,000 for relief and at the same
time reducing the number of G-men by
half, cannot be easily explained in our
American system.
A falling star was once called a meteor,
but now it's something to give movie
producers a headache.
By the editor's desk is the shortest distance
between free advertising and the
waste-basket.
We salute the unsung heroes of the
past. Perhaps many modern crooners
would be better unsung.
Some people have the jimmies or the
willies, but with most old maids, most
any old he-man will do.
THE STATE PORT PILOT
Just Among
The Fishermen
Inasmuch as all of the major
ihipping bound to and from Wilnington
must pass through the
Southport harbor, this joke, whi:h
was not really intended to be
i joke, is ju3t as much on Wilnington
as it is on Southport.
Sunday the Civic Club got a let;er
from an outstanding New
fork picture magazine, wanting
:o know all about the Gulf
Stream and other fishing here.
Vmong other questions the editor
nade this inquiry. "Is there an
nlet at Southport where the
iport fishing boat may come in
'rom the Gulf Stream?" With>ut
waiting for Louis T. Moore
>f the Wilmington Chamber of
,'ommerce to answer this one,
ve will say there is an inlet, and
ve have already offered the New
fork editor 50 cents if he will
some down and swim it at the
K>int where it passes between
Said Head island and Fort Casvell.
A Boon In Disguise
Bad wealther over the
week-end was probably a
boon in disguise. If it had
not been as It were the boat
facilities for taking care of
everybody would have been
completely flooded. The parties
simply could not have
been handled properly, and
there would have been much
dissatisfaction. In addition to
the scores of parties who
actually came Saturday and
Sunday there were many
others who took warning
from the weather conditions
and stayed away, knowing
they could not fish. We are
sorry for the many who made
the useless trip. At the same
time no blame can be laid
anywhere. If sportsmen will
come during week days, when
possible and, above all during
good weather conditions,
they will avoid the Sunday
crowding and will get the
sport they wish to have.
Contact Civic Club
Parties making their first trip
;o Southport, as well as those
vho come regularly, will get service
without charge if they will
ontact the Southport Civic Club,
rhe organization will charter any
>oat that any party wants on
:he date the boat is wanted. If
t happens to be already engaged
:he next best available boat will
>e spoken for. If the parties are
lew comers and do not know the
joatmen, they may rest assured
:hat the most suitable boat and
nost reliable boatman available
vill be selected to serve them if
r request is made of the Civic
21ub. Whenever possible, make
requests for boats sometime
ihead of the date on which you
:xpect to come. Should you have
i trip planned for such and such
i date, the Club will notify you
if bad weather comes along and
makes it advisable to defer the
trip.
Cure For Seasickness
From Charlotte comes a
letter from a lawyer who
Is a part of the very bright
legal force of the Standard
Oil Company. He Is much
devoted to the fishing at
Southport and the services
the local boatmen render. Unfortunately
he can't get away
from Charlotte except on Saturdays
and Sundays and It
happens that all the recent
Saturdays and Sundays have
been frowned on by the weather
man. Our legal friend
deposes that he might just
as well not nlan to ro fish
in^ ?" Saturday and Sunday,
because In addition to the
weather man holding such
dayS in disfavor, the fish all
seem to be on the YVPA, taking
both Saturday and Sunday
off for rest. It was a
gloomy outlook that the letter
brought. There was one
ray of cheerfulness, however.
The S. O. man tells us postlvely
that he has learned
that a very good remedy for
seasickness is to lie down in
the shade of an apple tree.
He has not hesitacy In recommending
tlds remedy to
whoever may be afflicted.
A Southport lady is accusing
this department of having taught
her husband how to tell fishing
lies. Why! That fellow was lying
before we even knew he had been
born.
In making a cost, please do
not throw your $20.00 rod and
reel overboard in 20-feet of
water. You may frighten the fish.
If you see this department
busily engaged in catching minnows
for freshwater fishing you
can charge the post master with
the responsibility.
Week-end fishing parties are
requested to bring along their
Sunday pants so that they will
be able to go to church if the
weather is like what is was on
the 15th.
ENTERTAINS FOR SON
Mrs. K. R. Cotton entertained
a number of friends of her young
son, K. Cotton, Monday night
at her home on Bay Street.
Following a aeries of interesting
games, delicious refreshments
consisting of apple float and
cake were served by the hostess.
The following guests attended:
S0UT1IP0RT. N. C.
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LETTER
With fuel constantly added to
the political stew pots, the ingenuity
of the leaders is sorely
taxed trying to keep the lids
from blowing off. Veteran campaigners
admit that several malodorous
situations have developed
in high places. They feel that
well-regulated ventilation methods
if used before the elections
will lessen the political repercussions
of explosive revelations.
The situation at the Federal Communications
Commission, involving
high-jinks with the radio
system, is the place where the
steam pressure is now beyond the
safety mark. Alleged scandals
over the radio control policies
have been brewing for years.
Only recently has Congress shown
a strong disposition to get at the
bottom of charges.
Whenever a government agency
is subject to a legislative investigation
there is usually a whitewash
crew hovering in the background.
A poultice is always considered
good politics. The political
party in the saddle at the time
of the inquiry necessarily endeavors
to have sympathetic
lawmarkers running the show. It
is an old but effective trick which
has marked Congressional investigations
in Republican and
Democratic regimes. It so happens
that the present Administration
has played along with radio
interests which places them in
the receiving line for any mudslinging
which may develop from
a thorough inquiry. Oddly enough,
the pressure for this investigation
emanates from sources within the
Democratic party which probably
embarrasses G. O. P. critics
of the New Deal. The struggle
on Capitol Hill this week concerns
a joint probe by the Senate
and House with the likelihood
that the Senate will do the digging
for soiled laundry. The idea
of the Communications Commis
slon investigation ltesir is not politically
feasible. It is an easy
bet that nothing will be done
until Congress gets away.
The labor situation in automotive
plants in Michigan is again
regarded as critical. Rumors of
factory closings for the summer
months have been spiked as relief
agencies attempt to transfer
the blame for current misunderstandings
on the employers,
The ascendancy of the conservative
element in the outa workers
union is taken as a hopeful sign.
Recruiting and dues collecting has
been postponed as the depression
continues. The National Labor
Relations Board which operated
high, wide and handsome
until blocked by recent court
edicts is now definitely on the
defensive. The curt warning of
Chief Justice Hughes a few days
ago has many administrative
agencies on the tenter-hooks.
Hughes cautioned against the
tendency of Federal agencies taking
unto themselves the functions
of regular courts of law. Several
proposals to augument bureaucratic
powers of agencies have
been either withdrawn or killed
off for the season. The storm
signals have been set against
this raech for power.
The Corps of Engineers, U. S,
Army, was for many years the
most potent lobby working on
Capitol Hill. Relief and other projects
of like nature requiring
enormous expenditure of public
money, placed the Army lobby in
the shade in recent times. The
Corps still carries a punch in
patronage matters as is elopuently
verified in the published
hearings on the "War Depart
ment civil i"unctions Appropriation
Bill for 1939". The hearings
were devoted almost exclusively
to proposed authorizations for
rivers and harbors improvements,
The projects cover everything
from a bridge spanning a small
creek to gigantic breakwaters in
major harbors. The political interest
was disclosed in a parade
of House members before the Appropriations
Committee with appeals
for funds. The army put
the burden of justifying the expenditures
on the shoulders of
legislators from districts where
improvements were wanted. In
the old days no harbor could be
Improved with Federal funds until
the promoters could prove
cargo commerce existed. The
change in political thinking is
illustrated in General Schley's
admission, "Congress has indicated
its desire to have harbors of
refuge and recreational and pleasure
facilities considered as justifications".
In other words, yachting
basins now succeed commercial
harbor as beneficiaries ol
Federal largesse.
Sage wheel-horses are not flattered
at the marked attention
they receive from their fellows
nowadays. The "Boys", as the
rank and file are called by theli
familiars, are on the anxious
bencsh as the date of adjournament
remains undetermined.
There is still a large washing tc
be handled before they are dismissed
for the term. One or twe
messages are expected from th?
White House. The disposal of the
tax bill and appropriations cleared
the decks. However, among
the odds and ends is the wage
Eloise St George, Murriel Let
Jones, Annie Jean Weeks, Luis
Marie Swann, Dudley Sutton, Joe.
Moore, Jr.
So Near anc
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and hour issue. So many con-[ tend to establisl
tradictory statements of policy | station in Peh
are flying around that few know Chinese cotton.
the exact trend. The conservative Recent cooI nif
Southerners in the Senate will
determine the fate of this plan retarded the
for a nation-wide minimum wage. | *?bacco but is al:
If the current sentiment to let'germination of c
the bill go with scant challenge w ilson County 1
is followed then this troublesome
proposal will soon be on the Fed- Holco
eral statutes. Even the President1 GaP community
with all his information sources, I a?ff h?l?
average of S5o
privately admits he does not i mi]k produced 1
know what Congress will do in: and much of this
I this case. j butes to the usi
served in nis in
Arcangelo Corelli was the first ~~
violinist to play a Stradivarius Best results in
violin. He recommended the un- pasture is secure
known instrument as "worthy of are kept off th
a trial." 1. reports J. P. S
Buncombe Coun
"Miss Jerry" was the tile of has divided his
the first moving picture ever pro- ture into three
duced. The production was large- tates his grazing
ly the work of Alexander
Black. W. R. Rodgers
Greene County, !
Japanese agricultural experts in- of drainage tile 1
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ght have not on'
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growth of young, '
w preventing the 'New England but elsewhere :t?
:otton seed, say j United States its sale is small I farmers.
The tiny little shoots that
mb of the Paint up from the moss plant arrl^Kt
in Yancey Coun- spores, from which new r'r^H
been getting an are developed. :
a month from I
jy his six cows Thirty-four Yancey County
i income he attri- mers have just finished
5 of silagee pre- 66,000 forest tree seedling!
?nch silo. eroded spots on their farms. I
using permanent Auto Salesman (explaining fl:
d when the cows green customer): "This is thcH i
s sod until May diator and this is the fan."
fcGray of Emma, Lady: "Oh, then, it's an all-saH
ty. Mr. McGray son car?"
28 acres of pas
sections and ro- The Cove City 4-H service dfl
earned 56 by means of a rrcorH ,
Ity entertainment and wil sH 3
of StantensDurg, | tne money as paruai expe*
installed 950 feet delegates to the 4-H short t-nH
on his farms this at State College this summer. I
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