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I THE STATE PORT PILOT ,
I Southport, N. G. i
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I JAMES M. HARPER. JR., Editor
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I Wednesday, February 8, 1939_
I Tact is what it lakes to know things to ]
I say that you will not have to take back, j
M We don't know how to take some ppo- i
I ]111 , and wouldn't if we could. ;
Some people say the anarchists are <
; borintr from within. Most after-dinner t
1 speakers are boring' any way you take 1
j them. 1
The trouble with our educational sysI
tern is that for too many girls school tea- ]
I just a paid interlude between graduation i
I and marriage. !
j When some people rise to their feet in i
sc. *4 "/.l./..if 111.ii- avfln't nlVnid 1
Ij" puunc intftriitu nivj ?+ivii v ???*..? |
j to express an opinion the only thing they
I succeed in proving is that they haven't j
| sense enough to be afraid.
i Fruitful Meeting ;
1 The progressive citizens of Waccamaw A
j and Shallotte townships are elated over }
j the results of the electrification meeting \
j held Friday night at Shallotte school, for
| at that time they were given assurance {
j that something will be done immediately (
I to bring electric power into the more pop- s
[ ulous communities of that section.
We have always held that the only ;
I possible advantages that city, residents
I hold over their country cousins is the
j convenience provided by electric lights 1
' and waterworks. Bring these two things '
into your rural home and you have every- 1
| thing?garden, chickens, cows, hogs, fire- (
wood and neighbors you know.
We are happy that all signs now point ic
toward the early electrification of the f
greater part of Brunswick county, and in 1
this connection we believe that the citi- '
j zens should recognize the services of '
Representative Cornelius Thomas who c
| has been instrumental in bringing about ^
II this investigations. 1
I Tax Diversion t
I In the development of our state in re- V
! cent years the path of progress has been t
? made smooth with good roads and paved \
I highways. If we are to continue to match c
I the pace of progress our program of road i
I building must continue. I
That is one reason why we hate to see 1
I any of the money in the state treasury
I diverted from the road fund into the
I general fund for current expenses. i
Another reason we oppose any attempt
I at diversion is that this money was raised
I from the motorists with the idea of proI
viding them more and better highways C
I to travel. The gasoline tax is high, but .
I - - 1 1.1- _ J ! J J> I
I[> MiiiK as iiiu revenue uerivea irom n .
fas used for better roads we have al- 1
fays believed that the ends justified the (
leans. (
Most important among the reasons '
gainst diversion is the fact that this is
he entering wedge which promises to !
ompletely undermine any determination !
o keep our state expenses within our
ticome. The highway fund will be tapped
his time to tide us over an emergency;
o finance our state program without raisng
taxes. But once this step is taken it ]
ets a dangerous precedent for reaching
iver into the good roads fund any time
he occasion demands and taking out '
nough money to buy our way out of a 1
Brunswick count vis too badly in need '
if better roads for our citizens to be in !
avor of diversion.
And about this same question The
>Iews Reporter has the following to say:
Though the anti-diversionists in the
Assembly seem to have suffered defeat
n the first skirmish in the Senate finance
lommittee, there still seems to be room
or considerable thought before the mater
is finally settled.
Even those inclined toward the exreme
in this all important matter of tax
liversion will readily admit that there's
imple argument in favor of not diverting,
limply because when diversion begins,
here's going to be little chance tha
here will ever be any reduction in th
?xistingvtax on gasoline.
However, that certainly is not the big
?est argument against diversion of th
lighway funds to the general funds
Right here in Columbus county there ar
lundreds of miles of small townshi]
roads,' not to be classed in a strict sensi
is secondary highways, which need at
ention.
If there appears a surplus in the High
,vay fund, it seems that it could be usei
o an excellent advantage in improvinj
hese* small township roads, which ar
ised extensively, and in certain rain;
seasons are hardly passable.
There are dozens of such roads here
Furthermore, while North Carolina al
eady has a great system of highways ii
ier boundaries, there are certain section
svhich remain to be opened up througl
idequate paved highways.
Brunswick county and the lower em
if Columbus, as well as the other sec
ions of the county, cannot be said t
lave all the paved roads which they neei
for the normal flow of commerce am
rade.
If the surplus, either existing or antici
sated, in the highway funds is diverted
t certainly will lessen the chance of eve
retting any great amount of work oi
hese smaller township roads, and in sec
iring any appreciable amount of nev
lighways.
Feeling Of Relief
In three southeastern North Carolim
;ounties we have personal friends win
ire county agents and although not om
if them has said so in as many words
ve believe that each of them is sincerel;
rlad that there is 110 tobacco progran
'or him to help enforce this season.
Under the set-up of the old AAA pro
rram it was imperative that a workinj
irganization be established immediately
since the county agent's office receives i
rood part of its financial support fron
he Federal Government this agency wa
luickly drafted into service, and over
light the men in these positions suddenh
'ound their program changed from ;
loctrine of progress and plenty to om
>f curtailment.
With a flood of administrative duties
lumped suddenly in their laps, count;
igents 110 longer had time to demonstrate
mproved methods, encourage moderi
arming nor point out the advantages o
iroducing pure bred cows, hogs am
hickens. In other words, all the natura
tmnfinno /\f Hwiiv irnpp int<
lie background by these strange, nev
luties.
Now it is the old order of things. Bi
he time our friends have gone to fame:
fones' place and vaccinated eight or tei
logs for cholera all of the bitterness ii
he farmer's heart as a result of las
'ear's allotment is gone. Maybe it is sonn
ither service the county agent is calle<
ipon to do. Regardless of what it is, hi
>rogram now, we believe, is more to hi
iking.
Record-Sum marizing Time
(Wilmington Star)
It is record-summarizing time for 4-1
dub members of North Carolina.
L. R. Harrill, state club leader, recent
y said that the end of the record perioi
n the 1938 National Farm Accountinj
:ontest is February 28, and $7,000 ii
:ash awards and $1,500 in merchandisi
irizes await the winning contestants.
"I want to urge 4-H club members t<
summarize their records and have then
n the office of their club leader, tin
'am or home agent, not later thai
11" T-Ta*n*ill cciirl <<rFho nlnh mom
.ucu vii i i, * ?v viuu iiiviu
jer's record book should be accompaniei
->y his standard report form, a clea
photograph of the contestant, a brief ana
lysis or summary of the work showinj
:he principal sources of profit and losse
ind suggested changes, if any, needed ti
make the farm study more profitable."
The awards in the National contest ar
on the basis of individual accomplish
ments and without regard to county, stat
or section, with the following prizes oi
fered:
Merchandise certificates worth $50C
$400, $300, $200 and $100 for first t
fifth prizes, respectively. In additior
there are 100 cash awards of $25 eacl
200 cash prizes of $10 each, and 50
cash prizes of $5 each.
"While I know every North Carolin
club boy and girl is anxious to win on
of these valuable awai'ds, they shoul
remember that the greatest achievemer
is that which an individual makes ov?
his own record," Harrill stated.
THE STATE PORT PII
Just Amoqg
, The Fishermen
e
, SEEMS RECORD BREAKER
^ A couple of weeks or so
I ago a little item appeared
P in this paper about a 78
0 pound dolphin being caught
by the crew of an oil tanker
as the vessel was coming
around Frying pan and into
Wilmington. The sailor used
a piece of white shirt collar
J as bait and a picture of the j
huge fish was presented this
? columnist in substantiation of |
e tlie big fish. Now comes a
well-known fishing magazine
V which de|>oses and says that |
the largest dolphin ever
caught was landed by Zane
' Gray, that this fish weighed
(ill-pounds. This Zane Gray
U catch hap|iens to be exactly
15 pound-, lighter than the
Dolphin taken on Frying Pan.
II In the picture this local fish j
really looks as if It would
fi [ weigh more than 200 pounds
instead of the 78 which it
~ actually weighed. The picture
0 j Is now in the hands of King
r] Feature Service, Inc., in New
. York. They will probably
L' make an early release on it.
With the utmost respect for
Zane Gray's ability as a fisherman,
we are prepared to
I, i emitenil (liat the biggest dot
r phin over taken with honk
a and line was caught off Frying
l'an shoals at Southport.
V LOOKS GOOD FOR BASS
Local devotees of freshwater
bass fishing- are getting more and
more optimistic for what they
believe this season will offer. A
lot of rods and reels are already
oiled and limbered up for an early
^ start. As they used to say, it
won't be long now until we have
5 some good stories of good catches
e of big mouth bass which abound
, in the waters of Brunswick coun''
' A
ty.
v
1 ! ( HEWED rr HIS HAND
j Snakes are always considered
by all freshwater fishermen?
considered with disX
j tate as there is always the
. ' possibility of meeting up with
( j some of them while meanderi
ing along the hanks of
1 streams. There are only two
si or three of the several var_
j ities of snakes that the fisherman
should look upon as
' j being especially dangerous.
I these are the rattlesnakes,
j I col ton-mouth mocassins and
adders. The others may give
you the cree|ts hut they will
3 do you very little harm.
Among his other aceomplishj
ments, Churchill Bragaw of
Orton is a master at catch1
ing live snakes. He now has
f j two or three dozen of the
| reptiles in a bov on the ptan,
tat ion and when there is any
special call f<ir him to do so
1J he gathers the whole mass
up in his arms and lets them
| stick their tongues out in his
fac<> or crawl in his clothe*,
i" I His collection Includes several
p cotton-mouths and rattle!
snakes and he handles these
1 a little more gingerly. One
1 day the past week Mr.
t Bra gaw brought out his
B snakes to haye their lieauty
' paraded before the camera of
' Bill Sharpe. One of the
S reptiles, a 8 or 4 foot grass
? snake, objected to having its
beauty sleep broken up and
seized him by the hand. On
this it chewed away, uke a
hull dog would chew on a
piece of beefsteak. The many
marks of the teeth remained
for several days, hut there
was no swelling as this sort
' of snake is non-poisonous.
PLENTY OF FOLKS
, Although there are now only
' two families on Bald Head Island
r and two additional men who have
-j to leave their families on the
mainland so the children can ate
tend school, there used to be a
lot of people over there accord3
ing to Captain Tommie St. George
and other Southporters. As a matter
of fact Captain Tommie was
8 bom on the island. In the days
1 VU jjil flLf.1 tUlU SllUIliy UlCICaiLCl
the number of inhabitants sometimes
ran to as many as a thous'
and or more. During Captain
r Tommie's earlier days there were
always six to a dozen families
over there. They made their llvS"
ing by fishing and farming, the
S latter including the raising of
0 hogs and cows. Trapping also
added considerably to the incomes
To this day a good trapper could
e make a comfortable living on the
_ island as the woods are simply
full of coon, 'possum and mink.
LUCKY SLIP
POCOMOKE CITY, Md?The
1 "lucky slip" was drawn for store'
keeper Will Hillmar. today and
0 he got $1.38 from a debtor of
I, two years standing.
, Ten months ago, the dilatory
' customer wrote Hillman that he
disliked being dunned. He explained
he paid one bill each month.
a Names of creditors were written
on slips, put in a bucket and one,
e the winner, drawn out.
d A note with Hillman's check
Informed him he should regard
himself "very lucky." the other
ir slips this month had fallen
through ia crack in the bucket
0
X>T. SOUTHPORT, N. C.
Southport
School News
SCHOOL GROUNDS
The Students of this school
need to take pride in their school
grounds. We need to keep the
paper and other trash off the
grounds. If we see someone else
throwing paper down in the yard
unthoughtfully we should remind
them to keep the yards as clean
as possible. We have metal cans I
around the building to dispose of
paper and we should use
these. Let's make an extra effort
to keep our school ground spotless.
TO PRESENT CARNIVAL
The Parent-Teacher Association
is putting on a carnival in
the school auditorium Friday
night at 8 o'clock. The main attraction
will be the crowning of
the popularity queen. There will
be a play presented which was
written and directed by Waters
Thompson. There will be booths
of fancy work, candy and cakes.
The proceeds will go for the
purchase of much needed playground
and athletic equipment.
Tickets are now on sale.
SAFETY PATROL
Last Thursday after chapel
exei'cises there was a reorganization
of the safety patrol. Under
the new arrangement the boys
have been on duty faithfully, even
r\r? poinu Have Tt ic hnnrvl thflt I
it will improve more in the
future. ,!l
SEVENTH fiRADE "?
The seventh grade pupils are .
now studying about Africa. In af
connection with their work they __
are making a sand table and a
frieze that illustrate Africa. The ?
sand table illustrates an African
village and the frieze divides
Africa into three parts. The north- ?
ern region is one panel, the central
region is the middle panel, ~
and the southern region is the
last or third panel.
The object of this work is to in
give students a better idea of
Africa. thl
LUNCH ROOM th
Recently a lunch room has been
opened to provide food free of
charge for the indigent and mal- bio
nourished children of the school.
rVU
Lunch room service will be
opened in several days to those th?
who wish to pay cash for their
meals.
. the
LELAND
SCHOOL NEWS 5
wh
Radio Program did
One week ago last Saturday the
the students of Leland high on
high school "broadcasted over j
radio station WMPD. The pro- j
gram was a success, and from f!o<
reports in the community every
vile ?IC17|IICU lu rujvy il. I'uMiii; m^m
the time that the program was
being rendered, many requests ?
were sent in. The members of
the faculty and student-body are
very proud that they had this
privilege.
Debating Club
Much interest is being shown
on the part of the members of i
the debating club. Eight of the
members of the clup are now
working on the county debate.
They are to work up two debates
and an elimination contest will
be held here in the school auditorium
February 20, at 7:30
o'clock. The public is invited to
attend this contest.
Benefit Supper
Thursday night an oyster and
chicken supper was served in the
school lunch room. The proceeds
went to the P. T. A. for use in
various school activities.
Fiddler's Convention
Friday, February 17, an old
time Fiddler's Convention will be
held in the auditorium of Leland '
high school. Prizes will be award-,
ed in various contests, A good
time is expected by all.
Chapel Program
Last Wednesday morning the
glee club had charge of the
chapel program. It was enjoyed
by the entire student body.
Year Speeds By
The school year is speeding by
Monday ended the fifth month
of a very happy school year. A
large majority of the boys and
girls are busy at their work,
and the good part about it is
they seem to be enjoying it. Re
pori euros ana nonor roil will I
be given out February 13th.
Library Donations
Leland high school library is
very proud of a set of books
donated by Mrs. Joe Varzaal.
The books are entitled "Great
Men and Famous Women." Miss
Durham and Mrs. Sally Lewis,
the school librarians, are busy at
work on these books. When they
are finished they will be of great
value to the boys and girls of
the school. The library will appreciate
any donations it's patrons
will make. The very competant
librarians can make old
books look and wear like new
ones.
FAULTY
From the standpoint of nutrition,
40 to 60 per cent of family
diets of white employed city
workers appear to be in need of
Improvement and the same is true
for about 66 per cent of the diets
of Negro families, the Federal
Bureau of Home Economies found
In a recent study. _
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But It's True.
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6 WNU Service
As far as doctors could determine, Mr. (ileason wa
drank a lot ol brer, ate heavily. He died or heart fai
ight-iticrea.se.
Mrs. Beers is not just old-fashioned. She wore the si
prarance of antiquity, decided to sec how far she roi
AD LIBBING?(By F
Figure this one out?of the eleven girls entered w
the P.-T. A. popularity contest only one of tl
;m can really be classed as a blonde and at ni
is writing she is leading the field by a number s|
votes . . . We wonder if gentlement still prefer | iq
ndes! ... A correction we are glad to make: j a
o late Dr. Artnur uosner ami nis wire owneu i -e
first car in town and not Capt. I. B. Bussels, a
we stated last week . . . Thanks a million to be
number of local citizens who had a kind word T
ouf* previous "Ad tabbing" . . . Has anyone a
r found out for sure wnetner it wag Dr. Roy ni
aiels or Jimmie Harper who took a tumble ^
ile riding horseback recently . . Things we ^
n't know 'til now:?That the old Fort Caswell J"
it dates hack to pre-Civil war days was built | si
the stvle of ancient castles, that is, surround- I ti
by battlements, moat and draw bridge . . . To j pi
oil the moat soldiers received water from Can- tt
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if?They Can Make Or Break
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if?If they know anything the
Every Guy Should Have
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY . ] B
"PeMfiNT." I
is suffering I'rom no disease or fuiietlonal disturhir.;;. n
lure shortly alter the end of his sudden period of K
lit for three years, found friends re..,..i.i?{ I
lid go with it.
*rince O'Brien, Jr.) L;
ell Creek thru a sluice and flood gates thence?
le moat . . . That Ed Weeks toots a hot eian?t
. . . That Capt. Barnett, of the Coast GuarJ,
>ent several months in a northern city studying
w and crime detection . . . Just part of being
good coast guard captain . . . While on the abet
of the coast guard we understand they have
ctatluv-Jack ping pong team! ... It ought to
' good if it is any match for the 0. C. howlers
hat Mr. Shannon of the W. B. & S. was once
motion picture theatre operator- . . . That a fw
iles up the river from Southport on the left
ind shore can be seen two old cannon nearly
id in the ground . . . P.S.?We would appreciate
our letting us in on a few bits of backyard gosp
on your next door neighbor . . . Here's hopinr
toy can be used in this corner . . . Nothing t'-'
rrsortal, you understand, just bits of this ami
rat that not everyone knows about.
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