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1 PAGE TWO I THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor kteitid m second-clam matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C? under I the act of March 3. 1879. I Subscription Rates BNE TEAR J1.50 KX MONTHS 1.00 [THREE MONTHS - .75 Wednesday, November 23, 1938 I Two can live as cheaply as one if they live with the bride's parents. Local Bowling fans are finding out hat knocking over duck pins isn't exactly duck soup. I The most rabid fans of a successful loot ball team usually are found among he foster-alumni. I The only reason some people ever Imile is because they have heard that it Bill help their business to be pleasant. I You can worry as well when you work, But you cannot work as well when you Borrv. I moii am nlwavs nn the lookout UV1UV II1VU * * V ? ? Bor an opportunity to make a living from Hie sweat of someone else's brow. It is a painful death indeed when some Heople try to kill you with kindness. exigence I When members of the Robert Howe Hhapter of the D. A. R. removed the slab B^d some loose brick from over the grave Bf Joseph Walters and his wife, Elizabeth Blooper Walters, last week and carried Hem to the cemetery at Wyman church A Columbus county they did so with the Hea of honoring the daughter of one of Hie signers of the Declaration of Independence. H It occurs to us that it might have been Better had the Daughters decided to imHrove the condition of the grave and erect suitable marker over the spot where the Hst remains of the honored couple were Hterred, even though their resting place Be in an inaccessible spot. I But the point we make is that it is a Bid commentaiy upon the citizens of Brunswick county that they permitted the Have of one of our historical dead to beHime so run down and neglected that a Houp from outside our county felt called H)on to take some action that would preHrve for posterity some record of the I Our county is blessed with places of Hstorical interest; but sad to relate, most B them are not being properly cared for. +Vna TYIQIOMQI with wVlioV) WO VlQVO work a group of Virginia' ladies, hisHrical-minded as they are, would enHrine every square mile of our territory Horn Fort Caswell to Wilmington and Hve some logical reason for every act. I The action of the D. A. R. members ^Jom Columbus county may be just a Hrerunner of other invasions unless our Hople begin to take a keener interest in He places of historical interest that may found within the bounds of Brunswick. Mr event Forest Fires Forests are valuable property. They Hnefit everyone by conserving our drinkHg water, regulating streamflow, keepHr the soil from washing away, shelterHg wild life, and providing us with fuelH>od, building material and other useful Hoducts. BEach of us has a personal stake in the H ost resources of our locality, whether H> own any timberland or not. The inBme from the sale of forest products Heates employment, both in the country Hd in towns and villages. The more forHt products we can produce, the greater Hll be our local market for eggs, milk, Hultry, livestock and other farm proHce. BFires in the forest kill little trees and 11 or injure larger trees and retard their Howth. Forest fires destroy game aniHals and young birds and their food. Hiey kill the fish in the streams and Hnds, reduce the fertility of the forest Kl, destroy the natural beauty of the Huntryside and create idle land that is tax burden. Forest fires are practicaHy all manHused. They are therefore preventable. THE rf all of us will try to be doubly-carefu with fire, ourselves, and will do our bes to persuade our friends and relatives tc be careful, the fires in our county can b( reduced to a negligible amount. If w< . will all take a personal interest in report ing and suppressing fires that do start we can confine their damage to a verj small total acreage. Trees which burn will never do u: much good; but trees that are protectee and allowed to grow to maturity car bring a great flood of new money inte our county each year to add to our farir income and help us to enjoy a highei standard of living and a greater future prosperity. Now that the the season is approaching when woods fires are most apt te occur, let us all resolve to do all we car to prevent and suppress fires, both individually and collectively, so that we car make our County a better place in whicl to live, both for ourselves and for those who follow after us. Premium For The Best Those of you who are inclined to be come discouraged over the future of agri culture should find encouragement in the remarks of a recent writer, who made the following observations regarding the farn trend during the next twenty-five years In referring to the changes to be ex pected during the next quarter of a cen tury, a recent writer had the following to say: "There are those who think the day o the small grower is about over. Thosi who hold this belief think that productioi in the near future will largely be unde: the control of large operators who car use labor-saving machinery and othe means of reducing the cost of production "It is our opinion that we are passinf into a period of the survival of the fittest that the grower who can produce the bes quality products most economically am can place them on the market to best ad vantage and in the most attractive fom , will be the one who will survive, be he i large or a small operator." Murder By Motor Car Murder by motor car is on the decline according to the National Safety Council Traffic accident fatalities for the pasi nine months have registered a steady de cline. This decline has taken place in th< face of a slight increase in mileage fig ures. All of which seems to indicate that th< speed crazed mass of 40,000,000 drivers known as the motoring public, is slowlj awakening to a new found responsibilitj ?safe driving. Possibly the average driv er is discovering that the modern higt speed automobile can be a vehicle of hor rible death as well as of comfort and con venience. If so, a great stride is beinj made toward the day when once agair the family car can be trundled out for i week-end holiday with reasonable assur ance that all will return intact. Sooner or later the motoring public wil have to get the fact through its head thai the present slaughters on highways i.1 criminally needless. As was recentlj pointed out by the New York Times, "il will have to learn that murder by motoi car?although it may not lead to th< 1 - J 3 I.I. Z4* i/L., cnair?is sun iiiuruer anu uiat it is un part of good morals, good sportsmanshij and good citizenship to drive and wall safely." Worthwhile By this time motorists of Southport art familiar with the Safety Patrol, which i: comprised of reliable school students en trusted with the responsibility of seeing that boys and girls on their way to anc from school may cross Southport's busiesi streets in safety. Our only criticism of the Safety Patrol men is their apparent feeling of inferior ity while on duty. They are serving i good cause and they should be willing t( square back their shoulders and look lik< they feel the part they are playing in th< program of child safety. Only this week there came to us frorr a reliable source the story of at least on< instance where the student patrolman or duty at a corner saved an accident. I seems that an automobile was approach ing from a side street just as a hungrj little girl came racing down the sidewall on her way home to lunch. Seeing thai she was not going to heed his warning t< stop, the patrolman on duty dropped hi: dignity and caught the child in his arm: as she headed the last few feet into th< path of the oncoming automobile. The net damage from this encountei was the temporary loss of the little girl': dignity. If no patrolman had been station ed there a loss of life might have resul ted- 1 ) STATE PORT PILOT. SOUTF t Just Am gag ! The Fishermen 3 ? DOWNHOMER'S DEPART > With only half a dozen excep' tions the boats and boatmen from up the coast chartered a course 5 for the more eastern regions of 1 the North Carolina coast last j week. In other words, they went , home. The local fishing has not been as good as it should have been, especially with regard to | price. It has been rather a bad j season for both the Southporter's and the "Downhomer's". Another! and immediate cause of the exo1 dus was a bird in the hand in the 1 shape of reported good fishing up - the coast. The local boatmen are j 1 j standing by, confident that things will be floating good pretty soon. Lest some reader may not under stand clearly what is meant by the term, "Downhomer," we should elucidate this story by stating that the boatmen from up I the coast invariably speak of j themselves as being from down east. If you ask one of them where some companion of his is - from he will advise you that the ; party in question is a "Downhom3 er." 1 STRIPPED BASS BITING : Stripped bass, better known locally as rock fish, are biting pretty good for those who have the patience to fish for r them. When one is caught pride of conquest and posses sion will amply reward the sportsman for the exercise of patience. Having tried, impatiently, to catch one for several seasons, we have come to the conclusion that we are no good for running down anything except oysters. GOOD COMMERCLVL FISHING ? Menhaden fishing has been ; pretty good for the past week ^ and there, is naturally rejoicing among the workers. They ' have been having a pretty poor - year. Recent flush fishing was ^ only a drop in the bucket. Good fishing for only a week or two 1 falls far short of making up for the many weeks of coming home each day with nary a fish on board, and no pay roll coming in with which to pay the bills on Saturday. The general public hears too much of the occassional ' good fishing periods and too lit tie of the many fruitless days. PRETTY GOOD OYSTERS The few boatmen who have been turning their attention to oysters have been bringing in a pretty large and s finely flavored product. There is apparently plenty of them i for all demands for both r shucked and unshucked stuff. f Incidently, it looks like there would be good money in the venture if someone with ex1 perience would set up and operate an oyster roast at Southport. > MISSING FISHING POLES 1 With the bank fishing for pupl py drum now well underway several Southport people have completed taking stock of their last winters fishing poles and found j that a considerable shortage exj. ists. What is worse, there is no ' reserve supply in town contain3 ing the desired article. They must T be long enough to reach and big PnnilP-Vl tr\ Violrl o *-1/1 tn./iU '1 ^ O" v unu OUU1 UUCd ? not seem to be available any' where. The post master is mak ing the biggest kick about the pole ; shortage. As a matter of fact, our personal belief as to the reason of the shortage is that this : same postmaster would tie the poles on his car when he went fishing last spring and summer. Every pond or creek he went to developed such superlative qualities that he would resolve to re, turn to the same place next day. Accordingly, to save the labor of 3 retying the poles on the car, he - would hide them in the bushes. r Next day he would have an idea j for going somewhere else. t NEW HOUSE COMPLETED The new city dock and fish house, both leased for an Indefinite period by Lewis J. Hardis has been finally coml pleted. It was started the 30th j of June and for a time things looked like they would never - be finished. The dock is a ; very substantial one, eresnfed pilings Insuring long durability. Mr. Hardie Is shrimping 1 in South Carolina at the pre?; ent time and It Is not defij nitely known if he will make , use of the dock and building this winter. r FINDING MOORINGS NOW Enough of the shrimp trawlers 1 have cleared out to insure ten or t fifteen yachts being able to find ) moorings here nightly. Some few 3 of the larger ones are anchoring in the river. There has been times s this fall when not a single yacht J could find a place at which to tie up here for the night. The best they could do was to slip r in and load up with gas before 3 the trawlers returned from their . days work. After getting gas and supplies they had to move off down the waterway or look for anchorage in the river. IPORT, N. C. ' OPENjORUM A column dedicated to opinions of the public. A mouthpiece for the views and observations of our friends and readers, for which we accept no responsibility. Contributions to this column must not exceed three hundred words. Editor, State Port Pilot: TSouthport, N. C. Dear Sir, In your last weeks issue, on page four, was a story that evidently originated in Columbus county and which was very apolgetic for the removal of the last remanants of the graves of Joseph Waters and his wife, Elizabeth Hooper Waters, from Brunswick county to Columbus. If you will pardon my saying so, the description of the condition of these graves, one of them being the last resting place of the only daughter of one of the signers of the Declaration of Ih-1 dependence, is an outspoken con- I demnation of the Daughters of the American Revolution. We are left to infer that the graves are removed because they were uncared for in- Brunswick. If that is the case, whose duty , was it to care for them more 5 than that of the Daughters of 3 the American Revolution? They are removing the graves jj from "an inaccessible spot in j Brunswick." Mhy we ask if it was t necessary to remove them all the I way to Columbus to find an aces- | sible spot? May we point out to you that there was no publicity attendant " on the removal or planned removal to Columbus. The first heard of it was that all was in readiness, that a permit had been obtained. We do not know who granted the permit. We do not know why ? the D. A. R. never saw fit to ] care for these graves in Bruns- i wick. We do know that the burial place of Joseph Waters and his ' Wire, jullzadem riooper naicis v was, and still is, in Brunswick county. Private arrangements should be made to mark the place, since the only action of the < D. A. R. seems to have to carry ( a few souviners from the spot { where the bodies were consigned, "Ashes to ashes and dust to s dust." ! The burial place is still in Brunswick county. W. B. KEZIAH November 17, 1938. i BOLIVIA : SCHOOL NEWS : Mrs. Marion S. Dosher will speak to the parents of Bolivia school in the auditorium on Wed- ( nesday, November 30, at 7:30 i o'clock. The subject will be "Home Recreation." Parents are urged to ' attend and give her a crowd. ? The interior of the fifth grade j room has been much improved. J An easel and a bookcase have J been constructed by the pupils. An ? attractive window box has been ? added. The boys and girls of the sev- J enth grade are running a contest J to see which will have the best J daily attendance. So far the boys ? are ahead, but the girls are hop- ^ ing to pull up their record. ^ The boys in section two in the ji first grade have had perfect at- ji tendance from November 9, until j| today. jj The eighth grade of Bolivia j| high school, through the help and J| cooperation of their home room j| teacher, Mr. Randall, purchased a j| basketball. They are planning to )| have a class team. )| BASKETBALL X The Bolivia high school gym j| is being: completed. The gym will X be furnished with dressing rooms, X showers and seats for spectators. X This will be one of the best gyms X in the county. All Bolivia and X Leland home games will be play- X ed in this gym. We are not looking forward to X a very successful basketball year. Many of our players graduated last year, and many of the prospective players are failing to pass their work. Probably some of the listed players will not stay on the team. They haven't had a gymnasium to practice in but are expecting the gym to be, ready to play in by December 13. The line up for the teams this year will be chosen from the following list of players. Girls: Juanita Sowell, Juanita Lewis, Juanita Cannon, Juanita Skipper, Catherine Stone, Catherine Willetts, Gladys Lewis, Mattie Johnson, Verona Danford, Mary Garner, Margaret Mills, Bertha Gore. Boys: Ernest Lewis, Albert McKeithan, Andrew Lesh, Roy Rabon, Jim McKeithan, Jimmy Johnson, Rotha Hickman, A. P. Henry, Eddie Reynolds, Dalton Sellers, Milton Murrell, R. S. Willetts. SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE Berkeley, Calif.?The court bailiff poured a pitcher of ice water down the neck of the defendant. Spectators gasped and their teeth chattered. The bailiff reached for another pitcher, and another quart of cold water cascaded down the shoulders. The defendant, Gustav Bemdt44, husky foundry worker, was accused of pouring two pitchers' of ice water down the neck of his ) wife. Here's Where We G |f" ? i?4\. ?*/ ? ' ?? 45 6 0/.?^ Oo,J0? e,oCoo?aO ? I jpflU h M Jt C ? / ? ?0 ? i 0 d ?tf? o 0 Qa,o a IWkr mi// l! r//^AX u /ITiMM FOURTH Golden Anniversaries are usually associated with idvancing age and decreptitude. The Charlotte Mews celebrated such an event last week by ssulng what was probably the greatest single ssue of any newspaper ever gotten out in North CarolinaJack Horner of the sports department of the Creensboro Daily News gave Brunswick county, especially fox hunting in Brunswick, some wonlerful publicity last week. Incidently Mr. Hornet jtated he hoped to come here before the hunting season was over. With the football season now rapidly nearing ts end, and a consequent let up on the strain that las been effecting camera men and sports writ:rs, Bugs Barringer of the Charlotte Observer nay be expected down in Brunswick sometime luring the next few weeks. While it does not receive the same pomp and llsplay that attends football, various and sundry tewspapers and other sources are authority for I ! I ! \ | Give Your 1 ! A C if You expect your you all the new; if You expect your lead in advoca ment? 1 ? if You expect your good roads, goo< I community celet if You expect your : , people to Bruns in this county? E if Your newspaper K helps you. Th salesman calls i going to give th< if We offer you the at as low or LO'1 teed better and can get from oul I THE STATE Y courn ___ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBFR o, . let Thrown for a Loss! I I ^ r B,1: ????????^B1 [ ESTATE i the statement that there are more paid admis- ^Bss , sions to basketball games than to any other sport ^B"1 ' in the United States. ^E*a T. M. Pridgeon, veteran member of the staff ^Bs of the Charlotte News, attained his first fame as an author this year with a wonderful story on ^Bcock fighting. His dissertation last week on The ^B" News from its infantile stages to its present af- ^Bp Iiuencs IS a St'CUIIU gicai num. And still we envy and marvel at the versatiltjr ^Et' of the paragrapher on the Greensboro Daily News. His work is too systamatic to permit the thought G of it possibly being co-operative. Still, it is hard H to understand how one brain can grind out so much daily coverage of current events. Since we have not been to a football game in several coons ages, we are wondering if Carl ,*? Goerch was getting off one of his funny stories when he wrote us last week and asked why we did not drop in and see him before the football Jw season closed. Sounded like Mae West. X rlome Printer ! I hance I home newspaper to give X S 5? T newspaper to take the | Hr ting community better- j H newspaper to boost for S is i schools, and to support J H, ) rations? H newspaper to help bring I |? wick?to interest them 1 a does these things and J H e next time a printing | ? on you, tell him you're I H i home printer a chance. ? : same or better Quality ? ?? iVER prices, and guaran- J ? quicker service than you S t-of-town printing houses j? PORT PILOT J I "Y NEWSPAPER * I
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