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PAGE TWO " ~ THE STATE PORT PILOT _ Southport, N. G. 1 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY < JAMES M. HARPER. JR., Editor t Metered w second-clus matter April 20, 1928, at ' the Poet Office at Southport, N. C., under ' the act of March S, 1879. Subscription Rates ON? YEAR J1.60 ' MX MONTHS 1.00 i THREE MONTHS .76 i i WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1938 One result of being self-educated is J that you learn the meaning of a lot of words that you can't spell. rj ? ??? j. Some people laugh too loud to keep ( from crying. c Following an operation the physical ^ s scars often mend more quickly than the j mental strain. ^ (Criticism is based upon a little knowledge and a lot of prejudice. 1 " " ' ^ The most uncomfortable people we i know are the ones who are always sus- r, pecting somebody of some wrong and ^ spend all of their time trying to prove i they are right about their suspicions. 1 I The danger in trying to pull the wool t over someone's eyes is in doing the job ( just right. If you get it too thick, your 1 victim knows that he is being blinded; if r you don't put it on thick enough he can e peep out just enough to know he is being a fooled. P ? o BP?- "|j HIHfI?HBIHHiMIMll 1 Rone II. L wis r A thousand words are jumbled in emo- ( tions that must be unexpressed, for our j boss and best friend wouldn't want too ( much said about him. ^ Modesty was one of his finest charac- j ( teristics, and it was his plan that the \ things he did should speak for themsel- j ves. j When Rone II. Lewis became associat- j ed with The News Reporter in 1923, he j had had no previous experience in news- j paper work. At that time this newspaper j was just another struggling weekly. The f business of bringing it into a place in the s front line of North Carolina weekly pub- i lications was gradual, but it was sure. 1 Two years ago Cj rt Goer:h, in an editorial in The Slate Magazine, said that c in his opinion The News Reporter was c the best weekly newspaper being pub- r lished in this state. Since that time the 1 change to a semi-weekly has taken place, f I the last major step under the manage- 1 ment of Mr. Lewis. i "" * - < ? ; mere is me question 01 wnemer a i good town makes a newspaper, or wheth- * er a good newspaper makes a town. Development of The News Reporter and the ] Town of Whiteville has been simultaneous, and closely identified with the progress of each has been Mr. Lewis. j And while his newspaper and his com- 1 munity can ill afford the loss in his prime 5 of a man of this calibre, his death will j be even more keenly felt by his friends. H His dominant personality left its mark s upon his every intimate associate. Some- j times he was hard, but always he was j fair; and seldom have nobler qualities been more skillfully blended to mould a ; man. j The shock of disbelief still hovers over { K his friends, loath to recognize the reality j of death's sudden summons. But with the j 11 lifting of this pall of gloom they will ^ find in bold relief his indelible influence , on family and friend, his business and his community.?News Reporter. , Reporters Are Human I Do you sometimes lose patience with a ] newspaper reporter when he seems to be ; particularly insistant about some point that impresses you with being altogether ] trivial ? Frequently we find evidence that this is true. A person from whom we are ] gathering facts for a news Story hastily i sketches the highlights of a situation i with which he is thoroughly familiar ' then leaves it to our imagination to pro- i vide the all-important details. ' But with the last moment of the inter- 1 H view, indifference ceases. Attention is II focused upon the appearance of the prin?j ted interview, and woe be unto us if any i truth is distorted or any point left out. ' We believe that almost without excel ion newspaper errors are of the mine lot of the heart; and in the majority ( :ases a close investigation will disclos ;hat the reporter has given a full an lonest statement of the facts as presente 0 him. We have two things in mind in connei ;ion with this explanation. The first is t irge a more co-operative attitude towar 1 person who is seeking an accurate ri /iew of facts for a news story. The secon s to urge a more tolerant spirit towar ;he newspaper when mistakes inadver intly creep in. Hitler's Tactics Hitler's technique when he feels th ;ime is ripe for a new German conquest i simple and invariable. First, he make strong demands for concessions from th :ountry in question. If these are grantet le then makes still stronger demand: This finally reaches a point where the d< nands become so sweeping that th ountry cannot grant them without bt oming a virtual province of "the ne\ Jermany." So Hitler is refused?and thi >rovides him with what he regards as ustification for military display and ag rression. Hitler used that technique with Aus ria. Now he is using it in an attempt t chieve his purposes in Czechoslovaks 'he democratic Czech government doe lot want war. It has made great and im (ortant concessions to Hitler, and to th nternal Nazi group led by Konrad Her ein, who shuttles back and forth betwee Jerlin and Prague, and is apparently i he closest touch with Hitler, Goering loebbels and other Reich officials. Noi lenlein, with the open backing of Gei nany, is making demands that, if granl d, would revolutionize both Czechoslo\ kia's foreign and domestic policy, an ro a long way toward turning her into ar ther Nazi-dominated totalitarian stat< 'hese demands have been refused b 'resident Benes. -Pr.,. flio f n f>lc Now for th OU ill IIV. 1 L VI tllV< A4VVVU. " (ossibilities. In lier newest adventur* Jermany is supported by Poland. She aj >arently has no other ally for importanc< Czechoslovakia's chief ally is Franc* nth whom she has a treaty that make French military participation automati f she is invaded?and recent dispatche ndicate the Paris foreign office is pr< >ared to stand by this treaty to the limi "Vance and England have lately entere nto an accord which makes British mil ary co-operation with France virtuall nescapable if either is forced into wa leclared or undeclared. And lastly, Rui ,ia is bound by treaties with both Franc ind Czechoslovakia to fight on their b* lalf when Der Tag arrives. Thus, Germany's aggressive action:ulminating on May 21, with the massin >f troops near the Czech border?ca nean only one of two things. Either sh >elieves that the Czechs will succumb t i daring bluff?which does not seem lik* y now?or she believes that she is nea: ng or has reached the point where sh s strong enough to fight Russia, Franc ind England. Yon Cant Pay For Fire If you're wise, you protect yoi jroperty with fire insurance. But don et this lull you into a feeling of fak iecurity. For nothing can completely pa 'or fire. It is impossible to adequately compel sate for loss of time, of business, of o] aortunity, of employment. Nor can w say for human lives with dollars. In brief, fire insurance, invaluable as s, can only cover the tangible losses ( ire. It cannot cover all the intangibles ( tie indirect loss?and these constitute b ar fire's greatest toll. Replacing burne urniture will not make up for the de ruction of a home. Nor will replacin nachines make up for a burned factory, That is why fire prevention wor should be done by everyone. There ai scores of instances on record where me have been ruined by fires?in spite < liaving sufficient insurance to cover a direct loss. If your place of busine! burns, your trade will go elsewhere, an pou may find it impossible to get it bad [f the place where you work is ravage by fire, your job will go up in smol with it?and no insurance can cover tha During recent years the annual fii loss has stayed at about the same levelin excess of two hundred million dolla a year. Most of that waste could be pr vented. It constitutes an inexcusable ar unnecessary-drain on the nation's resou ces. Knowledge and vigilance will tui the trick. % Some people are so fond of public! that if they can't get advertising they take noteriety. % THE STATE PORT PILOT ' Just Among e The Fishermen d d SWIFT TIDES According to many boatmen, -" Southport experienced some unu;o sually swift tides during the past j week. To say the least everthing was abnormal, especially as there was very little in the way of d winds and no full moon to which j part of the credit for conditions . could be attributed. The abnormal condition naturally played hot with the fishing. In fact, the whole spring has been a case of hitting or missing weather conditions for fishing parties who came to Southport. Things have e been so generally bad for such a long period that both the boatls men and the up-state sportsmen !S feel justified in looking and hope ing for improved weather condi, tions and fishing now or soon. '? AMONG THE MANY' 3. Among the many week-end j. visitors for the fishing were, F. P. Summers and A. Henry e Gedes, Charlotte; F. E. !- Stuart, Belmont; T. H. Mcff Kay, Gastonia; C. D. Fink, [s J. H. Weam, B. L. Goodman, a Dr. Ed. Alexander, Claude p_ Thomas, Mack Thomas, Red ' Ballentine and Dick Richards, Kannapolis. L. F. Kitchens, T. 1- A. Davis, R. A. Williams, W. 0 W. Kancy M. B. Hunter, C. H. L, Steele, W. K. Oehler, P. H. ^ Alexander, J. M. Bumgardner and W. T. Steele, Charlotte. Claude Grigg, L. L. Gulledge, e W. P. Ivey and Fred Atchl" | kins, Albemarle. J. A. Brown, 111 Otis Simmons, D. O. Norris II and Taft Hewett, Wilmington, r, Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Biggs, ,V Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Britt, Mr. and Mrs. Wyne Williams, E. A. Prevatt, Dewey Wilt liams, W. A. Hinds and Dalco j- Bailey, Lumberton. , PRETTY BASS Prof. H. C. Stone, of Shallotte, brought in a pretty four-and-a 3. quarter-pound big mouth bass ? Friday. .The fish was taken Lock' woods Fooly river while Mr. Stone was fishing in company with J. e E. Chadwick, of Supply! The fish was weighed here by Crawford Rourk, who has charge of the official weighing station for the 3. New Hanover Fishing Club. Mr, a Stone is a member of the clut and the fish was entered for one !S of the monthly prizes. ,C . Fresh Water Fishing Better , Various local anglers are reporting that the fresh water fishing is very much bett. ter since the recent rains, j In many streams and ponds in Brunswick water was at a l~ very low ebb and the big fely lows were getting such an j. abundance of small fry that ' they were little disposed to s" rise and strike at any sort of e bait. With water levels now near normal they are again biting better. WRECK NOW MARKED ? The lighthouse tender Cypress g of the Charleston District markec the location of the wreck of the Mt. Dirfy with a buoy Saturday e This Greek freighter, which wen1 ;o down on the shoals on Decembei 2_ 26, 1936, is now entirely sub" merged and many boatmer r" carrying fishing parties out there Le were experiencing difficulty ir ;e locating it. In behalf of the fishermen your columnist had requested the marking of the wreck PRETTY FISHING PICTURES Newspaper pictures showing Southport girls fishing and enroute to and from the ir Gulf Stream fishing grounds are beginning to appear in - many of the leading state I? .'papers, also in a great num,y !ber of out of state papers. One picture that will appear this week shows Evelyn Loughlin, Margaret Bartels }- and Louise Jane Bussells re aboard the Fannie Quidley of Captain Edward Nelson. The pictures constitute valuable it advertising for Southport. >f >r Saucepan News iy J Sauspan, June 8.?Henry Todd d of this community, and Miss RoS bie Clemmons, of Supply, were ~ married last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hewett and Iris, of Hasting, Fla., have re'k turned here for the summer. e Miss Ora and Orna Woodard of Supply, visited Mr. and Mrs n Rufus Mooney Saturday night. )f Mrs. George Clemmons and 11 small daughter, Hilda, of Supply visited Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Todd this week-end. d Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Gore anc k, family were Sunday afternoor visitors of Fort Caswell Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Reynolds :e of Shallotte, were visitors of Mr t. and Mrs. Allen Stanley yesterday -e Homer Inman, of Ash, speni the past Saturday night here wit! ? E. V. Gore. Jr. rs Miss Esther Mae Milligan wai e. a guest of Miss Mildred Reynolds , of Shallotte, Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jordai r- of Red Springs, N. C? were week -n end visitors here with Mr. ant Mrs. Joe Stanley. J. R. Walton, Jr was seriousl; hurt Saturday afternoon but ii Kr getting along fine at present. ,,, Miss Pauline Stanley spent las 11 Wednesday night with Miss Mag gie Hewett. _ . SOUTUPORT. N. C. OPEN FORUM A column dedicated to opinions c the public. A mouthpiece tor th views and observations of on friends and readers, for which w accept no responsibility. Contrlbu tlons to this column must n< exceed three hundred words. OUR HOSPITAL ! BOLIVIA, N. JUNE 6, 1J i DEAR EDITOR: i Having recently been a patif at Brunswick County Hospital i wish to pay this tribute. When I found recently that ' needed an operation I hesitat about going to Southport, sir i I had been a life long residt i of Wilmington before moving Brunswick County, and a pa tit at James Walker hospital sev ; times. I will never hesitate aga for should any member of i family need a doctor or hospi care I will carry them to Soul port and to Dr. L. C. Fergus. The people of Brunswick cor ty don't realize what an un? plored gold mine they have their hospital. The hospital boai Supt. H. N. Porter and busint I Manager J. D. Sutton deser ! untold credit for the efficie manner in which the hospital managed. If you are a patient in oth hospitals and want the servic of a registered nurse you mi pay extra, while at our hospil we have the cream of the prof* sion in kind, competent and e perienced registered nurses w take a personal interest in th< J patients. Dr. Arthur Dosher, t J guiding spirit through the yea; is able to be back again, and 1 daily visits mean so much everyone. So many of our citizens see to think they must go to Will ington when they need a docti when in Dr. Fergus they have surgeon and general practition who can compete with any North Carolina. Some of the lea ing Wilmington physicians ha said that he is capable of doii anything they can do, and wo der why our folks go to them. James Walker hospital has i 1 cently added a lovely annex a Brunswick County money h helped build it. We need sever i things at Southport, and wh our people who have been spen ing money for hospital care Wilmington, realize the superi 1 service (at much smaller cos they can get at home, I am su ' they will keep their dollars 1 Brunswick County and help o hospital grow, MRS. G. H. CANNON WASHINGTON LETTER Washington, June 6?Rival between the American Federati of Labor and the C. I. O. f credit in fostering labor legisl tion may provide a formidal obstacle to the much-desired Cc gressional adjournment. The i F. of L. whether deservingly I not, has staked a claim on t ( wage standards bill. The Jo . L. Lewis outfit has sudder t thrown its strength to dras amendments to the governme contracts law as a counter-mo in the frantic competition f membership. The intensified ai ivity in the House caught t Administration by surprise f the subject was considered su a minor matter that it was n included in the White Hon "must" list for the session. T proposed amendments practica force unionization of product and dealers who sell more th $500 in merchandise to the Ft eral government or the ma outside agencies sponsored Federal funds. As the govei ment is the largest buyer, est dally with several billions spend on materials for relief pi jects, the influence of the su gested changes in the law a obviously far-reaching. A number of primary conte; this month have attracted mc than ordinary attention. The Ioi balloting is especially high-ligl ed because of the intrusion Harry Hopkins, ace dispenser relief funds. Ugly rumors s arising about the utilization relief money for campaign pi poses. The latest talk in Cc ' gressional cloakrooms involi ' the handling of a $125,000,0 fund by the WPA chieftain i emergency purposes. The poli cs fear that Hopkins may induced to declare an "emergi 1 cy" in closely contested are > next fall which would require t I temporary employment of lar numbers of relief workers 1 enough to sway election resul > Hard-bitten G. O. P. veterans not share the optimism of th . present leaders as to the thee . that the public will be stin . by exposures to register its pi t test at enormous Federal exp< i ditures and make its influer felt in the ballot boxes. i While officials indices sh , business at low ebb, the rel prevails in some quarters that l upturn will be felt early this fi - The prospect is encouraging i many ways. Yet it has politi angles not often considered. r boom or even a steady busim s climb to relieve unemploymi would Inevitably upset the < t pendence of millions of govei - mental relief agencies and lea them free to act without regi Gran'pa's Got W yBS^l an)' TweRE ? m '' \ ill PLA6 IW Tt/ml PA - - BE ysmk M yyOI C I S At '^" (COTT^<hr- N- T ' ^ ^ /^" ' ??X ho ! | ^ ^ sir t0 political expendiency. It would beginning July he have a tendency to distract pub- shows that the rs' lie attention from partisan issues ^ of the realm" ' lis which is not so good for the J Bureau of Prin to office-seeking: clans in an elec-1 ing reached tht j tion year. The conservative ele-1 of 37 billions !m ment in the Democratic party More than 80 i f"" | say they would welcome a change! replace currencj }r' | of this sort as a means of over-1 unfit for use. a | turning the "left wingers". By orders to redeei er | the way, this radical contingent worn. Few pri jj" is again in the ascendancy in turn shop-worn ve Administration councils to an ex- to the Treasury ag tent that tney are puolicly de- 's constantly see m- nounced by candidates not on the in the quality "approved" list at the White vent counterfeit e- House. This business nd I Agencies endeavoring to find, large sums of as work for millions have another i home owners! al headache. The Federal Office of agencies in a'ji1 en Education reported that 1,420,000 mony of Chairn d- pupils were graduating from high H. O. L. C., I in schools. A majority are likely to Appropriation C or seek work because they do not disclosed the < it | possess funds for a college educa- critical period re tion. The National Youth Admin- of the home ou in : istration is overworked finding ation is going ur places which will enable ambi- next two years" tious youngsters to continue their; vails that unle! studies. a turn for the The Treasury Department has of thousands c r authorization from Congress to be turned bacli manufacture 90,660.000 sheets of ment under foi currency during the fiscal year ings. or m Puii Up Yt ?r 3s he pf *wm"^*1 ny I!! ;rs oa ?n Jj| The merchant w ny J| old ideas never n- jg You must model j| New Ideas, ] '.re fl NeW ire Jg ? JVfl it- In the early c of J? the foreign cap of Ja at night and j ire It took Americi of to make fast \ lr" ^ ing sail day i >n" soon had the be 100 *? the'1" foreign ci :n- J| So it is with me ?e jl ?ot to keeP you ge Jl before the publ ?J 11 hind. Keep up do 11 methods with ] eir ]1 Goods, New Sty ** Js Reasonable Pric ro_ jj| portant of all . ice IsS I A D V E ow ~jg i | The State ;ss v? mive *5 WEDNESDAY, JUNp . fl?gj Somethin' There! 1. Official data The total number of value of the "coin foreclosures on H. 0. L. c. turned out at the to January 1, was 125.487. <1' Jting and Engrav- sequently, settlements > stupendous sum fective permitting the v i"-. i when completed, of 9,699 foreclosures lr nillion sheets will net of 115,788 on the J3 * r that has become ment's hands. They h The banks have 5,239 properties and received n bills which are 337,000. Last fall the delisti^V^ vate citizens re- accounts alone amounted toI greenbacks direct 932. The statute prevents H.1 wi . The government L. C. from modifying the king improvement j est or amount of the loan, of paper to pre- they do have authority to xi^^B ing. I adjustments to meet the r.i^B ; of dishing out of the borrower. The average : j money to foster is S3.000. It is claimed that Je dp has Federal average cost of foreclosm^B^ ttery mood. Testi- $150. but sometimes reaches (MM tan Fahey, of the per case in the densely piipavHjsj lefore the Senate states where court costs vHr* ommittee recently higher. The government c I opinion that, "A dump these properties ir. iB j in the liquidation; realty market without plays ners loan corpor-1 havoc with home vnluatierj to be over the various localities. ft . The feeling pre-1 B 3S business takes [ George Wallis, farm superia? Hif better hundreds ! dent of the Biltmore /i,, if properties will In Buncombe county, has : to the govern- '70 acres of Sudan grass at ft R5 eclosure proceed- rate of 50 pounds of seed rr. v to provide summer grazing. 1 i k i^???????1?m 1 I W 'I mr Anchor! H Start ^ ^ | ji ;p Going j I \m ho is anchored to K gets anywhere . . f| nize with ... |j Mew Fixtures, P G??ds ]| ? MS Jays of shipping, Eg tains took in sail Kfi just loafed along. Kjl ans to show how P# 'oyages by carryand night. 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