I ' PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT ^ South port, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor Altered u aecond-claaa nutter April 20, 1028, a the Peat Office at Southport, N. G, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE TEAR 81.6 UX MONTHS 1.0 THREE MONTHS .7 Wednesday, July 27, 1938 ' Mere words cannot induce the prope | sympathy for illness. There is good in our neighbor whicl we never knew, because we have beei so busy looking for the bad. ? Frankness often is confused with the ab sence of tact. ft Some people possess the uncanny abili ty to say the wrong thing at the righ time. ' The favorite sport of a pessimist i: ' killing joy. The reason some people do not tn j their best is that they wear even that wil tfall short, and they dread the though! f gfr oi lauurc. The real value of some people we knov 1 must fall somewhere between their owr 1 estimate of their ability and our esti 4- mate. Time To Check Up Most of us have a habit of putting of: -1 things until it is too late, so we are call |t ing attention of parents to the important | of a pre-school check-up of their childrei I: several weeks before the fall term begins No child can do his best school wort when bad eyes are handicapping his effi I ciencv, when bad tonsils are sapping hi; I strength or when poor teeth are under 3 mining his health. Don't be deceived by the outwarc | healthy appearance of your child. Th< * hard grind of school work, together witl ? the unhealthy winter weather will quick * ly reveal weakness never before apparent Fortunately it is easy and inexpensive R to have your child checked over. The bes u plan, of course, is to consult your famil; physician. In some communities there i conducted each year a pre-school clinic At present there is a weekly tonsil clini being conducted at the "Brunswick Count; I Hospital. All in all, it seems to be pure negli I gence on the part of the parent if th I necessary health precautions are not tak I en before school begins this fall. | The Market Opens I . Next week the Border Belt Tobace I Market will open, and farmers are anxi I ously awaiting news of the season's pric I es. Tnlinwn mnnnc mnoVi tn fho nlontoro a IA WMVVV 1IIVI4IIU '"VIVIl vv v??v {/IMllVVi H V/ | this section, for it is their principal casl | crop. From its sale must be derived mor I ey with which to pay the fertilizer bill I payments on the farm, payments on th I livestock and equipment account and fo I the purchase of the actual store-bough [necessities for the farm family. Into its cultivation have gone week | and months of hard work, not only on th [part of the farmer himself but by ever Imember of his family from the sixyeai fold on up. Small wonder, then, that farmers war [to know the extent of the demand fc [this year's crop. They are not alone in their anxiety, fc [closely linked with their fortunes are th [prospects of the doctor, the merchan [the automobile dealer and other busines land professional leaders of the commur On the eve of the market opening thei jare two or three important matters th? jfwe would call to the attention of our fai Imer friends. Don't be misled by the fair promise |jand gaudy attractions dangled before yo jj by "mushroom" businesses that hav I sprung into being just to fleece you < jyour spare funds. You can't get sorm Ithing for nothing?even in tobacco sei | son?so it is a pretty good idea to d ?your trading with the merchants whos [reputations you know and respect; th [men who furnish your necessities the ye? ground, whether you have the money a < the time or not. Tobacco warehousemen sometimes ar - pretty enthusiastic over the particula , benefit to be derived by the grower wh sells his crop with him. Listen politely t t them, for there can be no harm in that But before you go on the market lool up a copy of your county newspaper am " see what the warehouse advertisement o say. A man can tell you anything, am 0 there is little you can do to prove il 6 Once a statement is made in print, thougl it then becomes an obligation. In fact, reading the ads in this news paper is a pretty good plan to follow, es pecially for the next few months. W keep faith with our readers by refusinj to represent business firms or merchan dise of questionable reputation. Wher there is any doubt, a proper investigate is made. r Through this" medium we are protectini our subscribers, for it affords them i guarantee that they will get one hundrei 1 percent value for every tobacco dolla spent with our advertisers. Open Letter * From an exchange we borrow the fol lowing "Open Letter To A Drunkei . Driver:" t "Sure, you can drive home a'right Don't let 'em feed you any of that bunl about letting somebody else take th< 5 wheel. Any time old Pete can stand on hi.* two feet he can drive an automobile , J drunk or sober. Whatsh a few drinks be 11 tween friends, anyway. You show'en (. who's going to drive. "Pile 'em into the car. That sweet little wife of yours, who's such a swell kid ever if she does nag you about driving wher j j-ou're drunk. And that funny couple with you who want to take a taxical home. Imagine! Wanting to take a cab Pile 'em in. Step on the gas. Whoopee Go places .... "Brother, you're not the big shot yoi think you are. You're just a fuzzy-brain ed, liquox*ed-up, obstinate ass with aboul as much right to drive an automobile 01 ? the public highway as a monkey frorr 1 the zoo would have. "I won't appeal to your reason because c it's obvious that you haven't any. I won'l " appeal to your emotions because they're 5 pickled. "I only hope you'll start to drive home some night, alone, when you've one toe many under your belt. Then I hope some ' little emergency will arise which youi 1 addled brain and fumbling hands won'' enable you to meet. I hope you'll have ai " encounter with a tree or a telephone pole ? that will land you in a police cell ane Y your car on a junk heap. As you sober ui I hope the baseness of your continuee " offenses against society will be borne ii p' upon you with sickening clarity. I hope the newspaper headline will scream ou 1 to all your relatives and friends and busi ness acquaintances: PROMINENT LOCAI ~ MAN GETS DRUNK AND LANDS Ih _ JAIL. "Yes, I hope an All-Wise Providence will arrange this little lesson for you And soon, before you kill somebody, a; von snrolv will if von ooritiniiP to dvivi when you are drunk." ? >' " Tourist Traffic % - If rWI f The usual reference to tourist traffic i * one of friendly encouragement, for thi influx of visitors is a fine economic influ i- ence in any community. But while w I, welcome the visit of our northern neigh e bors we dread to meet them on th< highway. Invariably when we see a car beanni t down on us from the opposite direction and about two feet on our side of th s white line in the middle of the highwaj e we take a quick look to see if it is an out of-state vehicle. If it is we know that ther y is small chance that it will pull over 01 its side. We don't suppose that the out-of-stat it drivers are any worse bent upon destruc ir tion than are our native motorists. Th explanation probably lies in the fact tha they are used to broader highways ,r Nevertheless, the warning is passed alon e for what it is worth: Don't be too prou t, to pull over when you meet an automc !g bile bearing a foreign license plate. At this season of the year the Wee farmers should be on the look out fo it bugs?Hum Bugs. r" When you are buying something fo nothing you are sure to get what yo pay for?nothing. , u y re The wise buyer will always buy froi >f the man who gives him the best servic 3- for the money he spends with him. i 10 Many times a frank talk will prevei se a period of ill feeling. ie ir Progress is made by plugging; not b 11 spurts. , THE STATE PORT PILOT, S< * Just Among ? The Fishermen o u Adding To Interest The shrimping season is well on u its way with a fair sized fleet S working. These boats are adding j much interest to the Southport waterfront and are an incentive ' to business of all sorts in the ft town. The production has been running to three and one-half tons per day. This is might good for this season of the year, I- because the heat scatters e shrimp all over the ocean, making it difficult to make large ^ catches. Added to the problem of l- summer fishing is the fact that g weather conditions and their own heat when piled up on a boat n will cause shrimp to spoil quickly. The boats have been working v little more than half of each day, having to get back in quickly 3 after a sizeable catch is made. The 1 number of boats will increase alr most daily and by September a great fleet will be here. Since all of the spring and summer has been very windy it is hoped that good fishing weather will prevail through most of the rest of the year. Fishing Pictures Two of the leading state daily newspapers have recently made requests of this.... columnist for unusual picC tures, covering fishing and other scenes. The State Ad vertising Bureau is also an5 xious to have such pictures. The interest of the Civic > Club is through the fact that publication will result in valuable advertising to South1 port and Brunswick county. Therefore the request is j made of amateur photograp^ hers that they donate unusual pictures that are clear cut 1 and glossy to us for advertising purposes. When possible, especially if the pictures are small ones, the negatives are also desired. The negatives permit easy enlargement of pictures from which the newspaper printing plates or mats can easily be made. Recently a picture, made with a ; small box camera, was sent out and was published in newspapers over the United States. Sharks Around Docks With refuse from the shrimp trawlers being thrown overboard when the boats come in, sharks are finding docks around Southport to be a fine supper table. They are not the least dangerous and have never known to attack anyone. Most active at high tide, they can and do furnish some pretty thrilling sport to ; those who care to fish for ^hem. One day this past week while a boat was being unloaded more than a dozen sharks could be seen swimming all around it, picking up fish as they were thrown overboard. Their weights would have ranged from 200 to 500 pounds. As can easily be immagined, these fellows can give quiet a pull on a hook and line and they are not a bit slow about getting on a hook when it is baited with a fish or a piece of J beef. 4 Shrimp Pickers Happy a Shrimp picking at the fish houses means a lot of extra nickles to the scores of 5 Southport's negro men and B women who are not actively engaged in fishing of some sort. Shrimping days are therefore happy days for them and they begin to assemble on the waterfront in numbers at any and all times s in the afternoon when the g fleet is expected. These pickers seem to know just when boats belonging to houses for e which they work will arrive. They are always on hand to e note the size of the catch, especially that of the firsts. ? If the first boats bring a I good catch there is general e rejoicing, for it may be taken , for granted that those which come later will bring still bigger loads. If the work of e picking lasts into the night, ^ as it usually does later in the year, there Is much singe ing, real molody floating up I- from the picking houses e where the work of preparing ,t for the market is in progress. ^ Moonlight Fishing j The next full moon period will bring some fine moonlight fishing in the river and its bays. September and October moons will be even better. About all VICE: Patronize | I advertise. They X B ou and your busi- # H arry their message j B C, MAKE IT A ii I READ THE | I EMENTS IN j; I Port Riot I Kg Y NEWSPAPER' I )RT, N. G. I