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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. G.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY""
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
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Wednesday, July 6, 1988
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Wife will triumph in the end.
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Uncertainty mocks happiness.
Many times a frank talk will prevent
a period of ill feeling.
Progress is made by plugging; not by
spurts. j
, We'd rather be a hard-trying loser j
than an all-conquering quitter.
| The joy of procrastination is nothing j
[to compare with the satisfaction of a job j
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veil none.
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If it were huckleberry pie that Little j
| Jack Horner ate while he sat in the cor- (
v ner, then he gets no sympathy at all from j
Ministers usually pick a Sunday when {
I? only the faithful few are present to *
|i preach their church attendance sermon. '
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I IIow many of you on Monday paused 1
I and seriously reflected on the importance 5
Hthat July 4 played in our nation's his- 1
I tory ? (
H There's no relief for the farmer. Just 1
Has the second primary is over and the '
H politicians are ready to let him alone for
a while along come the tobacco ware- (
I housemen doing a little pre-season work. *
^Support (
We doff our hats to the public spirited !
Icitizens of Southport who contributed
H enough money last Wednesday to pur- 1
H chase a dozen new uniforms for the base- j
Hball team. Captain I. B. Bussells deserves j
Hthe sincere appreciation of the baseball
P boys, for he did the collecting.
Now it is up to the members of the 1
local nine to play as well as they look. ,
H In three games last week Southport
monoffoil to win two while losinc one. but
illltiiUgvv* vw T? . .. V 0 ,
Bone glance at the enemy run column
B shows a crying need for better pitching.
Leland scored fifteen runs Thursday off
two hurlers, the crew off the U. S. E. '
Dredge Henry Bacon, was held to four 1
Bin a five inning game Friday, but the 1
Coastline team pushed over seventeen talBlies
for victory Saturday.
Southport still isn't ready to step out j
Bin fast baseball, but with a little steady
hurling the local lads are ready to give 1
Ba good account of themselves against any
ordinary amateur team in these parts. ^
m Hospital Insurance
Because the Hospital Saving Associa- .
Btion of North Carolina, Inc., is a non- ,
profit association that appears to us to (
Scarry unquestioned benefit for its memBbers
as well as for the hospitals we are
Bin full co-operation with efforts to orBganize
local membership units in Bruns- J
Bwick county.
One North Carolina person enters a
(hospital every two minutes. During 1935
Bmore than 143,000 North Carolina people
required hospital treatment. The average
Bdaily "population" of North Carolina hosBpitals
is more than 12,000. Sooner or latfler
nearly all of us will be faced with a
serious illness or accident requiring hosBpital
treatment.
Unfortunately, these troubles come
when we least expect them. The costs
some times amount to hundreds of dolBlars,
a sum which is difficult if not imB
possible for many of us to pay. Your
I membership in the Hospital Saving AssoB
ciation pays this cost, it matters not how
B much it may be, subject to the terms of
B your membership certificate.
B. The plan is similar to those of burial
associations, except that it is operated on
a non-profit basis, and in the same manBner
that the latter often provided a deBcent
funeral for individuals otherwise
financially unable to afford that cost, so,
Btoo, will paid membership in the Hospital
Savings Association be your guarantee of
B hospitalization.
Mrs. J. A. Dosher, president of the
Brunswick County Hospital Auxiliary, has
the local agency for the hospital savings
group. All premiums' on membership dues
goes into the treasury of the hospital
auxiliary, so every cent invested by members
goes as a direct benefit to the hospital.
Final Chapter
The final chapter in the crime partnership
of Bill Payne and Wash Turner was
written Friday morning at State Prison,
in Raleigh, when the two men for whom
a state-wide search was in progress for
more than a year paid with their il.ves
for the slaying of the youthful highway
patrolman, George Penn.
Our reaction to the execution of Turner
was no more than is felt for any other
man who has been convicted of a capital
crime and sentenced to death. The laws
of our State demand a life in payment
for murder, rape and first degree burglary,
and we simply take it for granted
when this penalty is exacted.
But for Payne we had a degree of sympathy.
We know that he was credited with being
the brains of the Caledonia prison
break; but it was his intercession in the
behalf of the prison guards taken along
as hostages that caused them to be released
on a lonely country road instead of
aeing slain. On at least two other occasons
he was known to have restrained his
nore blood thirsty companion when he I
.vas falling victim to an itching trigger"inger.
One of these times was when Robn/t?O
C/MifV*r?Avf KrtV Wflc hpintv
'it iuai ivnc, a uwwviipwii- ~ p,
sressed into service as a chauffeur for
he state's two most hunted men. To this
Jay young Marlowe credits Payne with
saving his life when Turner made a defilite
move to shoot him.
We say, then, that this man Payne was
lot entirely bad. He was a man who had
strayed from the straight and narrow,
md the farther he went the rougher be:ame
his course. Finally he and his companion
shot and killed a highway patrolnan
in order to escape a similar fate, and
'rom that point on his life was forfeit.
We suppose that it is no uncommon
pccurrance for a man condemned to die
;o grow philosophical in the final hours
>f his life, but the advice of Turner that
'crime does not pay" was more timely
;han trite. Payne went farther and left a
esson to impatient prison inmates when
le said that if a man who has gone
wrong will serve his time and try to make
i good prisoner he Will be rewarded for
lis efforts. "Some," he said, "are overooked,
but in the end, it pays any man
;o come out of prison with a clean record,
eady to start over."
The Glorious Deception
Wilmington Star.
Sometimes the news writers bring us a
setter editorial than the professionals can
compound. More than otherwise they seek
snly human interest, but equally they
paint a moral.
Here is one from Los Angles:
"Mrs. Julia Colombo, ,in better health
at 67 than in any recent year, patiently
waited for the mailman to bring her an
Dther letter from her favorite son, Russ?
who was killed nearly four years ago.
"Now that doctors are restoring part of
tier sight, she dreams of the time when
she can read her son's letters with
awn eyes.
"Unfailingly, one letter arrives each
week. They tell of new adventures, new
successes. And sometimes they make Mrs.
Colombo almost too excited and happy,
for she has an invalid's heart.
"The letters are her life. As long as
she lives, she will never know they are a
merciful fraud.
"On September 2, 1934, her son was
killed.
"He was Russ Colombo; handsome,
black-haired band leader, romantic crooner
of songs. When a bullet, accidentally
discharged from an old pistol he was examining
with a friend, took his life, his
mother was too ill to be told.
"Her family began a deception. They
wrote letters in his name. They invented
details of a career that took him abroad
and prevented him, because of so much
fame and fortune, from having time to
return.
"Each month, however, a genuine letter
arrives for Mrs. Julia Colombo. It is
from an insurance company. Russ had
named his mother beneficiary of a $50,000
policy on his life. Without her knowing
how and why, the company pays her
$398 monthly, an insurance agent disclosed
today."
The glorious deception.
It is to be applauded rather than censured.
We do not think those responsible Will
be called prevaricators.
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THE STATE PORT PILOT, S<
Just Among
The Fishermen
Many Women Fishing E
The past week has brought o
more of the weaker sex to South- c
port on fishing trips than were n
here during the whole of last v
year. During one day women b
formed part of parties that came
in from Danville, Va., Charlotte, a
j Greensboro, Salisbury, Raleigh, h
I Goldsboro, Faith and various ot- s
her places. Some of them may be d
a bit green. Nevertheless, women
and girls are beginning to take a j,
keen interest in fishing and some n
of them are showing remarkable
ability.
Bad Week-End Weather
The weather for Saturday, ?
Sunday and Monday went c
haywire or were just the op- a
posite from what really happened.
Predictions having been b
good, there were literally hundreds
of disappointed visitors b
to Southport. Many boat loads u
braved the weather and went s
out. Some of them made fair Cl
catches despite the rough go- n
ing and some of the sports- e
men really enjoyed them
selves despite the lack of ?
fishing. a
Time For Gulf Fishing
If a party cab gauge the weat- b
her and come to Southport when h
things are moderately fair. * it S{
can be assured of good Gulf e,
Stream fishing from now no. So a
far, with very irregular weather, n
little or no invasions of the Gulf Sl
Stream have been done by sports- n
men. In fact, during the past six e,
weeks the only attempt made ij
upon the big game fellows was jr
done by Dr. F. P. Summers, of u
Charlotte. He went out early n
one morning and reached the t
fishing grounds just as the weat- tl
her roughened up and forced him si
to head for home. Nevertheless, fi
he brought in a beautiful 31- ci
pound amber jack. 01
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Good Catches p:
With five days of fishing s]
last week all boats compos- c
ing the two Southport Men- di
haden fleets brought in catch-' pi
es that hovered around a mil- hi
lion fish. Two of the craft li
exceeded this amount. It was a
a pretty good week for the ai
big purse netters. m
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Shrimping Again
Shrimp boats this past week ni
have brought in catches up to se
around 300-pounds of the headed Ir
product. One boatman stated that ti
he made $40.00 in one day, a di
small part of this being for fish n<
that were taken along with the ei
shrimp. The take of shrimp was tl
of fair size and quality. From tt
now on the sport fishing boats C
that fail to get a charter on any m
specific date will be able to go tt
out shrimping and, possibly, make "j
more than they would make at oi
carrying a party. H
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Compliments To Mr. Best b<
E. H. Best, of Erwin, for W
his feat of bringing a 355- R
pound shark to gaff, with O
nothing more formidable in si
tackle than a light casting s!
outfit, has the compliments hi
of this department. We tt
caught a shark of that size el
once with a rope that was fc
as big as a plow line, and it ri
was a tough job. But it gave 0]
us enough knowledge of ai
sharks to be able to say that s?
Dnnt Un.l i- ? J?
mu. u?i nctu lu no some- 1J
thing with his little rod and ni
line in order to bring in that vi
fellow Sunday. sc
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' ' . Plenty Of Blues Below t?
"fSeure are plenty of blue fish ti
|4nd mackerel swarming the wa- D
{ers on .the coast below South- 0]
port. This^fs' not just inference.
The menhaden boats operating .
down that way have been sight- f
ing them by the thousands. Soon c'
I they will be drifting up on the ?
I shoals and affording delight to v 1
sportsmen.
BOATBUILDING p
H. G. Lewis, of Cornado Beach, .
Fla., is having a nice 35-foot blue
fish type boat built here by R.
B. Gilliken and Marshall Hill. The "
boat will be taken to Florida for a
operating. In addition to much re- (
pair work on other boats Gilliken
and Hill are rounding out work on h
a pretty 53-footer that Mr. Gilli- u
ken is constructing for his own w
use. 'J
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Saucepan News ?
Saucepan, July 6.?Mrs. Agnes ['
Grady and son, Simmon, are _
visiting sick relatives in Eliza- j.
be th town. c
Norman Spencer, of Bladen- j
boro, visited Miss Blanchie Ous- s,
bourne this week-end. e
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hewett z
visited relatives In Southport Sa- A
turday.
Elmer and Cecil Jacobs were
Saturday afternoon visitors of
Ellsworth Reynolds. o
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Todd visit- a
ed Mr. and Mrs. George Clem- _
mons, of Boon's Neck, Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Todd visi- ?
ted Mrs. Henry Todd's mother,
of Boon's Neck, Sunday.
There are 417 kinds of lilacs in o
the great lilac connection at Har- c
vard university, and 390 kinds at p
Rochester, N. Y. I''
"V.,
JimiPORT, N. c.
WASHINGTON
LETTER
Washington. ? Reports to the
lemocratic and Republican high
ommands show that the politiians
took full advantage of the
ational holiday to peddle their
ares from public rostrums. The
ooking at neighborhood picnics
nd other gatherings gave the
ome folks a chance to hear and
ee their local and national leaers
parading their best platform
lanners. While the show goes on
i each Congressional district, the
loney-raisers find it difficult to
>cate willing donors in private
fe. The enormous outpouring of
'edera! funds for relief and other
rojects has completely overhadowed
the methods of old-time
ampaign fund collectors. As usu1
the man passing the hat has
thankless assignment. Business
i at such low ebb that corporaions
are now poor pickings at
est. Besides the prospect of belg
summoned before a Congresi
o n a 1 campaign expenditures
ommittee effectively checks norlal
impulses to provide the sinws
of political warfare.
The business world is watching
ith keen interest the procedures
dopted by the National Econolic
Commission in its' many-sided
lvestigation into current prolems.
The monopoly study is peraps
the most important of the
tudies for the conclusions reach[1
by the Commission will have
n important bearing on the Adlinlstration
program for the next
JS3ion of Congress. The Comlission
struck some snaps at
arly meeting, but plans are fairr
well shaped to permit hearlgs.
The activities of the group
ill be closely examined and detertine
the trend of its inauiries.
tie suspicion persists at the start
lat a majority of the Commision
and its advisors recruited
om Federal administrative agenies
is biased. Until the position
f the probers is clarified, it is
bvious that the inquisition will
roceed under a handicap. Desite
strong denials that the
ommission is destined to conuct
a "witch-hunt" for political
iii-poses, business leaders are
opeful that a note of impartiaty
will dominate the studies as
means of dispelling uncertainty
ad misunderstanding. The Comlission
is armed with subpena
swer and plenty of money.
Among the politicians in the
itional capital this week, conversions
turn to the forthcoming
idiana Democratic State Convenon.
What happers to the candiicy
of Senator Van Nuys for resmination
will probably influlce
the activities of Senators of
le Democratic faith who fought
le White House on the Supreme
ourt issue. Van Nuys was a key
an in this controversy and was
le first slated for the party
lurge" as an insurgent. Rumors
' a reconciliation with powerful
oosier leaders have seeped
irough but the outcome will not
? known until next Tuesday or
Wednesday. The retirement of
epresentative Bert Snell, the G.
. P. House leaders, has already
arted a battle royal for leaderlip
with Joe Martin, of Massacisetts,
out in front. Of course,
le returns next November may
iminate many potential bidders
>r Republican floor boss. The
inking Republicans report little
^position in normally G. O. P.
reas. Talk also veers to the absnce
of P. M. G. Farley, the
emocratic National Chairman,
aw en route to Alaska for a
ication. His remoteness from the
;ene 01 party sirue gives mm
)me solace but confuses his lieuinants.
Farley is reported hosle
to current reprisals against
emocrats who turned their backs
a the White House.
Besides going to bat to proict
the membership from wage
its in the depression, the A. F.
f L. is now attempting to conince
the country that governlent
employees are not loafing,
he Federation has taken cogniince
of popular impressions that
ederal jobs "are mainly political
necures, and that government
mployees are overpaid and
nderworked." The trade union
as many members on the FederI
payroll. This thinking, they
ly, "Is regarded as extremely
armful to them In their efforts
> obtain betterment of their
ages and working conditions
irough recognized trade union
hannels."
The huge presses at the Governlent
Prirnting Office are worklg
night and day turning out
lousands of reprints from the
ost-session Congressional Record,
t required five editions of the
longressional Record averaging
25 pages to an issue to print
peeches withheld for revision or
xtension of remarks as authoried
by either the Senate or House,
.n overwhelming majority of
speeches" were never hsrrd on
lie floor of Congress. The last
f the series of special editions
ppeared this week. The main
urpose of these reprints is to
lace the material in the hands
f registered voters in various
longressional districts at an exremely
low cost. Expense of reublican
are made from the funds
f the Republican or Democratic
ampaign committees or from the
rivate purse of encumbents seekig
re-election.
Leaving 'Em
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WE'LL GET 'E
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Winnabow News of Wllmington'
night with Mr. i
Winnabow, July6.? Dan Saw- Earp.
yer, of New York, is visiting re- j Mr. and Mrs.
latives, Mrs. E. VV. Taylor and Richmond, Va., a
family and Miss Kate Johnson, i to visit Mrs. P
T. R . Jones, of Wilmington, Mrs. E. M. San
was a visitor here Wednesday at Clarendon,
afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. A. P. Henry and Misses j jr? of Nashvill
Bertha and Josie Reid spent j visiting M. B. Rc
Thursday in Southport attending ,y.
the Home Demonstration Club Harold, Delmas
Meeting. | letts and three cl
Billy Murchison, of Wilming- j ter Willetts and 1
ton, is visiting the Foulke's. Hazel Willetts s
J. M. Flemming, of Wilming- Sanitorium with
ton, was a visitor here Thursday letts.
afternoon. Charles Robbim
R. F. Lewis and granddaugh- ing in Wilmingto
ter, Catherine Stone, and her with his parents,
friend, of Bolivia, were callers M. B. Robbins.
here Thursday on a return trip I Mrs. J. ts. si
to Lake Waccamaw. ! daughter, accon]
Mrs. Hansey Watson and brother, Williandaughter,
of Loris, S. C., were turned to her he
callers here on their return trip ville, Fla., Saturd
to visit Mrs. T. M. Summer and a pleasant visit
sister in Wilmington. parents.
Dr. and Mrs. V. T. Sullivan. David Bennett
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spent Thursday Fla., and Everett McKeithan. of H?|
and Mrs. G. E.' Wilmington, were visitors here BS
I Sunday. SB
Ed. Register, of Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Martin and
rrived Saturday son, of Florence, S. C? spent the
Register's sister, week-end with the E. (' \V
ders and family bury*.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sannon and
M. B. Robbins, two daughters, of Bolivia, spent
e, Tenn., are Sunday afternoon with the Tayibbins
and fami- lors.
Mr. and Mrs. D. U. Sandlin.
i, Talmage Wil- of Fayetteville, spent July t with
tildren and Bus- Mrs. E. G. Goodman and Mia
fisses Eloise and Lilly Sandlin.
pent Sunday in Rufus Hodges and family, of
Miss Ida Wil- Wilmington, spent the tth with
Lillian Tharpandfamily
s, who is work- Dillard Tharp and family,
n spent Sunday Dr. Joseph Akerman. of AitMr.
and Mrs. gusta, Ga., is visiting the Re,lis
here and Rev and Mrs .1. D.
Tilth and little Withrow, at Leland.
aanied by her
i Hufham, re- INFANT ILL
>me in Jackson- Maurice Evans, infant son r'
ay evening after Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Evans, of
here with her Supply, has been a patient at
the Brunswick County li.
of Callahan, since Thursday.
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who are nice to
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the dull season jj
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