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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
ntsrsd u second-claw matter April 20, 1928, i
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under
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Wednesday, June 1, 1938
Some men never really begin to figl"
until they have their backs to the wall.
No matter how right you are, you wil
have few sympathizers when you los
i your temper.
If a man really wants to play the rol
of under dog, let him volunteer to unpir
a baseball game that has a flock of chari
ty customers in attendance.
When you make a loan you run th
risk of losing the prinrijmh^ai^ji^m
A good business would be to buy sonr
people for what they are worth and sel
them for what they think they are worth
One of the things that we are the mos
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Absentee Landlords
During the past year there have beei
noticable improvements made in the ap
pearanee of Southport as old building
were replaced by new ones, or were re
paired. Needless to say, valuable increase
in tax valuation have resulted.
It appears now that there is eminen
need for real estate transactions befor
other progressive moves may follow. Am
this imperils the position of several ab
sentee landlords who apparently hav
decided to wait for others to develop
Southport, automatically enhancing thei
property valuation.
While the position of these unimagina
tive property holders hardly is commend
able, there is little that can be doile t
pry them from their manager as long a
everything runs along smoothly.
But included in the term "smoothly" i
the obligation of keeping taxes paid uf
and that is something that some of th<
men we are referring to have neglectei
to do. From records in the city hall w
discover that the total tax account owei
the city by just two of these men is ove
$5,000. This places in the hands of th.
city tax authorities the power to do wha
the public pride of these men 1 *s faile<
to accomplish: Impress them with thi
necessity of doing something with thei
property, or letting someone else have i
who will.
Foreign Outlook
A great many Americans are justifiabl;
confused by recent eVents abroad. Th<
meeting between Hitler and Mussolini, ii
which the two dictators toasted each ot
her and made fulsome pledges of friend
ship, coming so soon on the new England
Italian agreement, has further mixed u]
the European crazy-quilt.
Most of the exports are coming to th<
conclusion that Mussolini is playing boti
ends against the middle. He wants t<
avoid trouble with Germany. He likewise
wants to avoid trouble with France am
England. He does not know what cbun
tries would be strongest in the event 0
war, and he naturally wants to back ;
winner. So he is sitting on the fence. Am
in the meantime, England and Franc
have lately completed an agreement whicl
is regarded as being of tremendous im
portance. Under its terms, in the even
of war, Paris and London would work tc
gether toward a common goal. Thei
general staffs would cooperate, as woul
their diplomats. As Dorothy Thompso
puts it, "It really amounts to establishin
a common army, a common command, an
a common foreign policy."
The general tendency of recent event
is to isolate Germany, and to make it ex
ceedingly dangerous for Hitler to attemp
the conquest that everyone believes h
has in mind now?that of Czechoslovakia
whose most potent allies are France an
the U. S. S. R. The Japanese question ha
become less of a problem for the time be
ing?Japan is finding the going very har
in China, and she is too busy there t
adventure elsewhere. And most authori
ties feel that even if she finally subdue
China, which is by no mans assured, she
will have to spend so much in men, mone>
and materials that she will be left ener"
vated.
Vitally important will be the next English
general election, which must come
before the end of 1940. Chamberlain has f
many enemies?chief among them Wihs- t
10 ton Churchill, most brilliant and unpredi- t
J ctable of the present-day British states- '
- men. Churchill is a strong backer of Eden, *
who is today playing tennis, painting [
watercolors, and saying nothing. The fire- 1
works are being prepared?and the out- ,
come of the fight may revolutionize Bri- 1
tish foreign policy. t
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Making Progress \
The condition of the Caswell Beach {
road, together with the uncertainty in t
U cofinection with the bridge over the wa- *
terway has kept many visitors from Fort s
Caswell during the past month, but H. H. *
Thomas, manager has been continually
active.
We made a trip over to the fort Thurse
day by boat, and we found that evety"
thing is just about ready for the opening
as a summer resort. Any delay in plans
has been made unaviodable because of
e the activities of the highway bridge and
i- road crew.
| We believe that the only problem con
Oill j _
fronting the managers in successiuny uee
veloping the property is going to be in
1 getting people over there. Once a person
. sees Fort Caswell and the fine, comfortable
homes there, no further persuasion
t will be necessary. t
We do not believe that you can find f
another place on the coast that will match i
the natural beauty of the grounds, not ?
to mention the attraction to be found in ^
a the ruins of a Civil War fortification, the c
. interest of wandering through endless ^
s vaults and passageways of modern hat- ?
. teries, the unsurpassed bathing and fish- t
s ing possibilities and the mystic appeal of ?
North Carolina's only hot water artesian f
well. t
r
e a
3 Jeanette Cranmer i
a
e More than our usual sympathy for a J
e bereaved family goes out to Judge and j
r Mrs. E. H. Cranmer and their children,
for death becomes doubly sad when a
youthful life is taken.
" Jeanette Cranmer graduated last mon0
th from Southport high school, member
s of a happy, hopeful group of boys and
girls. Standing at the threshold of fulfills
ment of youthful drearrts, she faced the
'' future unafraid.
In their hour of deepest sorrow we
would comfort members of her family
? with the thought that she has been spared
suffering such as that they now know.
r She knew life only at its best and she
? enters into the gates of Eternity with a
^ sweet and simple faith unspoiled.
r Art In Schools
t
To us it seems that irt the South, too
little stress is put on the more artistic aspects
of education. Vocational training,
which could be Overly-ehiphasized, cer- t
tainly has its place in the training of the ?
^ child of today. J
e Unemployment surveys of today reveal i,
1 that the greatest majority of the jobless v
are among the people of no skill, trade, r
vocation or profession. If more people r
' were trained to do a given thing, it's our 11
P guess that there would be a substantial ?
reduction in the lists of twelve million un- i,
B *
employed persons in the United States. c
1 But aside from the bread and meat ?
which one finds necessary to keep the r
j body going, there's more than just that d
aspect to be viewed when it comes to j
j education. One of the primary objectives 0
of education should not merely be to in- t
^ form little Johnnie or Mary that Colum- ?
bus discovered the West Indies in 1492, t
, but rather to teach Johnnie and Mary a
how to live?how to get the most good k
~ out of lffe. r
To our idea, more aesthetic training c
would accomplish that end, for true ap- *
, preciation in the realms of art, music, and n
literature should bring to the average d
g American citizen a temporary flight from a
(j the prosiac, work-a-day world.
Teaching the boys and girls of today
s the art of living, rather than just how to
make a living, should be one of the primary
objectives of our modern educae
tional system.
i, '
But there's no assurance that an old
s wind-bag can come anywhere near telling
a breezy story.
d =
o Some people like peaches with cream
i_ on them, but most men prefer those with
s a dress on best.
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THE STATE PORT PILOT, I
Just Among
The Fishermen ,
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NO GUARANTEE d
Some boatmen, in their zeal c
:o keep their boats constantly
inder charter, are said to be J
ftiaranteeing good catches to all j
jrospective parties. In the opinion ^
>f the writer, and guarantee is
ibsurd and foolish, and it offers ?
>ossibilities of accomplishing both j,
ndividual aVid general harm. We
)elieve that there is no place on (.
;he coast where good catches are e
rearer being an invariable rule c
ban they are at Southport. But j
10 guarantee of a big catch at all
imes in the general run of fish- e
ng can be given by boatmen or c
inyone else interested in fishing. ^
There is always the weather and
ither elements that must be re- ij
oned with. The boatmen who j.
fuarantee sendee are giving a bet- f
:er guarantee of a big catch.
Dffer and give them service and j
'ou will stand a better chance of j(
leeing your party return for the i
luperlor fishing that Southport j,
>ffers.
WITH SNEEDEN 1(
George B. Canady, of Wil- (
mington, secretary- treasurer
of the New Hanover Fishing j
Club and deeply interested in j
the development of the Gulf t
Stream fishing at Southport,
is now with Bob Sneeden in ?
Wilmington. The explaination t
is obvious; Sneeden carries j
sporting goods, and for many
years Mr. Canady has been in s
an exclusive clothing store. t
The change takes place today
and Mr. Canady sort of dives lj
into his natural waters in a
making it. c
VERY FINE EFFECTS J
People on trips out of the coun- j
y and inumerable letters bring in b
ine reports of the extremely c
food impression that Southport c
s making on the rest of the
itate through the efforts of j
Southport boatmen and others to b
five fishing parties real sendee e
in their trips here. The parties r
fo home high in their praise of
he efforts made in their behalf 0
ind their home newspapers join v
hem in singing the praise of j,
Southport hospitality and efforts
0 give service. The results are ti
iner and much more valuable j,
han most of our citizens can now
ealizes, but using the words of c
1 prominent state official, in a p
etter to the Civic Club: "It will S]
til come out in the wash one day. J,
fou people at Southport will be
ewarded for all that you are do- p
ng now." C
EXPENSIVE MAILING p
The Civic Club is now en- s
gaged in mailing around 100
cards daily to out-of-state ti
people who are classed as F
sportsmen and who have n
made inquiries of the State a
of North Carolina regarding v
fishing. In all, something over it
three thousand cards will be
mailed to these out-of-state F
sportsmen, the balance of the n
available supply will go to d
addresses in North Carolina. a
In about three weeks it is T
planned to devote considerable
space in an issue of the State o:
Port Pilot to matters concern- w
ing the local fishing. A copy fi
of the paper will be mailed to
all the addresses to which ol
cards are now being sent. n
Both the cards and the follow H
up with the paper should be M
of great advertising value to V
Brunswick county and South- H
port.
BAD MANNERS g
When "a party of strangers a:
ome in to go fishing and con- H
act a boatman, it is the height V
f bad manners for other boataen
to rush up and endeavor to M
tave the party engage their boat, T
nstead of that of the man who
. as first contacted. Such a prac- si
ice is also very injurious and w
(lay prevent the party from ever
eturning. Recently a party came 1
from Western North Carolina,
poke to a boatman, but did not
ngage his services, preferring to
ook around first. They were reommended
to a boatman by
omeone up street, but the boatnan
who first spoke to them
nade such a fuss because they
!id not take his boat that they |
sft town and went to Carolina teach.
While it is entirely out of
rder to intrude on the party
hat another boatmen has contact- D
d, it is, or should be, recognized
hat if any party does not choose Bi
o engage him, a boatman has se
bsolutely no justification for a v<
:ick at their employing someone m
lse. From letters that have been tli
eceived from the Western North ti<
Carolina party, these visitors I
fere most unfavorably unimpress- m
d with the actions of the boat- fc
nan who seemed to think they tl
id not have any right to hire tiny
boat but his own. h<
HIGH EXPECTATIONS ce
During the long dry spell, m
especially effecting Southport, n(
the weather and fishing were la
both unreliable. The dryness b<
seemed to inspire constant in
shifting of the winds from a
one quarter to another. Gales 01
often resulted. It was impos- in
Bible, with any degree of Cer- ei
tainity, to advise parties of tc
what they might expect regarding
either weather or
how the fish might bite. With
the copious rains of the past
several days the general opinion
is that good, steady
weather may now be expected,
and that it will continue
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S0UT1IP0RT. N. C
Winnabow News
Winnabow, June 1?Miss Mary
lercer Johnson returned home
hiesday from attending school
uring the winter at Montreat
.'ollege.
Mrs. Melvin Roach and son and
tiss Betty Jane Ray, of Graam
arrived Monday to visit
ladames Fields, Roache and Rolerson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ganey, of
Irantsboro are visiting relatives
lere.
Miss Margaret Measamer with
he Health Department, at Raligh
and Mrs. Pearle McKeithan,
if Wilmington, visited Mr. and
Irs. J. L. Henry Wednesday.
Reverend J. R. Potts and Robrt
Wolfe, of Southport, were
allers here Wednesday enroute
o Greenville.
Mrs. W. R. Hinson returned
Tiursday from visiting relatives
n Ellenton, S. C. and Augusta,
la.
Reverend J. D. Withrow, of
.eland and Miss Josephine Reid
eft Thursday morning to visit
>r. and Mrs. Joseph Akerman
n Augusta, Ga.
Carl Long and family, of Chareston,
S. C., are visiting relaives
here.
Madames A. P., and J. L.
lenry and A. P. Henry, Jr., spent
iYiday morning in Southport on
msiness.
Mrs. J. B. Potter and little daughter,
Eva Belle, of Charlotte, arrived
Friday to visit relatives
lere.
Miss Ira Swain, of Wilmington,
pent the week-end with her mo
iici uci c.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Reid and
ittle daughter, Bettie Flo, Mr.
nd Mrs. Joe Ramsur and little
laughter, Joanne, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Ramsur and daughter, Miss
Telen, and little grand-daughter,
3mily Knox, and Lawrence R.
ialloway spent the week-end at
Carolina Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Krahnke.
tiss Gwendolyn, and Mrs. E. V.
Ivans spent last week in Faytteville,
taking the trip up the
tver on the Krahnke house boat.
Dr. L. A. Moore and 2 children,
f Clinton, spent the week-end
,'ith his sister, Mrs. D. L. Henry
lere.
Mrs. Louise Hall, of Wilmingon,
spent the week-end with
liss Katherine Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Willetts and
hildren, Delmas Weston and
lloise, and Mrs. Gladys Hilburn
pent Sunday in Sanitorium With
liss Ida Moore Willetts.
John William Savage, of U. S.
!. D. Comstock, Georgetown, S.
!. spent the week-end with his
arents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
avage.
Rev. J. S. Crowley, of WilmingDn,
held sendees at New Hope
'resbyterian church Sunday
lorning, dined with the J. L.
nd A. P. Henry families and
isited the sick in this communy.
Misses Lois Cooper, Olivia
'resson and Miss Davis, of Willington,
attended services Sunay
morning at New Hope church
nd dined with Mrs. E. W.
'aylor and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Evans,
f Fayetteville, spent Sunday
dth the Woodbury and Evans
imilies.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plaxco,
f Southport, spent Sunday afteroon
with Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
lenry and their children, Bess
Ciller and Frank, Jr., spent till
Wednesday afternoon with the
'enrys.
Mrs. D. R. Johnson and dauhters.
Misses Kafherinp \fanr
tid Mattie, spent Monday in Rose
ill with Mr. and Mrs. Steve
filkins.
Mrs. E. C. Woodbury visited
[rs. George Council at Bolivia
Uesday morning.
Miss Alice Lillian Johnson
sent the week-end in Charlotte
ith friends.
OPEN FORUM
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the public. A mouthpiece for the
vlewe and observations of our
friends and readers, for which we
sccept no responsibility. Contributions
to this column must not
exceed three hundred words.
FREELAND, N. C.
MAY 24, 1938
ear Editor:
I hope that the Voters of
runswick County will think very
riously before they cast their
rte on June 4th, in the priary,
and will vote for the men
lat are qualified for the posijn
that they are trying to get.
think that every man and woan
should vote in the primary
ir only good, sober men, men
lat know how and will boss
ieir jobs. We don't need dfsjnest
men for our county offiirs.
We should vote for the
lan, not for his party. We don't
;ed men that are in favor of a
w that will take away the Li;rty
of the people. Such as havg
to wear a lutton every time
man takes up his fishing pole
r his gun. We need Law abideig
men that will give justice to
reryone that comes before them
i be judged.
for some time. The March
weather, which extended
through May, appears to be
all over and the general opinionis
that parties may now
be assured of good weather
3md good fishing.
Wo need men in office that Out of t
will speak to us. After they are decision
elected and will be willing to do as chapli
us a favor just as quick as be- trembled
fore the election. much m
Yours Truly, the intej
F. V. McARTHUR so very
Well, 1
ABOUT MR. BERG as years
Headquarters The Infantry School tacts wii
Office Of The Protestant Chaplain to whici
Fort Benning, Georgia. forty ye
May 25, 1938. quality <
(Dear Editor: Maybe
Twenty years have passed since terview,
the day as a young minister I himself
went to consult Mr. Berg at the individua
Brunswick County Court House. J of his
The Nation was at war and the duty in
young men of the nation were be- friend, a
ine- called to the colors. My fri- you and
end was ready to take me aside I of a we)
and consider my case, and advise. | I enjoj
vo
Cornel
A man qualified i
respect to repres
best interests of
wick County citi
;
the Lower House
I :
North Carolina (
Assembly.
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ftin of the army. I have wick.
at times thinking of how IVAN* L.
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nlty of a man I knew
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r the issues of the State keeping out flies an.'
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To the South, a reduction ofb'/^^B
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