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PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor Litered as second-claw matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Of/Ice at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879 Subscription Rates ONE YKAK $1.60 fUX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .76 I* Wednesday, February 15, 19.19 Some people are better late. After today your bird dog is just an over-sized pet. Paradox: Big enough fool to be a ?. genius. Sometimes it is hard to talk yourself j out of a situation that you've talked yourIself into. When the price of eggs boes below 20cents per dozen it is high time for selfrespecting hens to steal their nests. Tournament Suggestion . ... . ~ For the third consecutive year we suggest that something be done to make it f possible to run off the Brunswick county basketball tournament without making it necessary for one of the teams competing in the finals to be playing their second game of the day against a fresh op[ ponent. In past years it has been the custom I to start the tournament on Friday, run off the preliminaries on that day, then on Saturday afternoon hold the semifinals followed that night by the championship games in each division. Since there are only five consolidated I schools in Brunswick county one of the teams annually reaches the Saturday afternoon round by virtue of a bye. One of the survivors of Friday night's games is called upon to play in this afternoon bracket and the winner of this contest moves up to the finals, to be pitted j against a fresh team. There is plenty of time now to remedy this situation this year. One plan would be for the team in each division with the lowest standing in pre-school games to drop out, making it possible to start the I tournament in the semi-final stage. Four games Friday night and two Saturday night would wind up affairs with no hardship on any one team. Another possibility would be to start play one day earlier and run out the tourH nament in three days instead of two. Regardless of the method employed, we believe that it will be a fine thing to give both finalists a fair chance. Doifct Cut Here With economy the watchword of the current State Legislature there has been some, mention made of cutting the state advertising fund of $250,000. This is one of the last places we hope to sefc the pruning knife applied, for we are Convinced that the money spent by the State Board of Conservation and Develojpnent during the past two years in spreading abroad news and statistics I abouf North Carolina has paid rich dividend^. It 3 s significant that during a period wheif tourist trade dropped off practically everywhere else, this business in North CaroSna showed a decided increase. Thjre is no way to determine just how man>| new residents have been attracted 1 \ 1 L 11 --f 11 J l nere vnrouK" tne euuris ui me aepartmentjj nor is there an easy means of checking the number of business and manufacturing enterprises drawn by meai? of this program. Skeleton figures I are iftipressive. SoAthport and Brunswick county have sharejn generously in this advertising and our dkizens are one hundred per cent behind ^Senator S. Bun Frink as he takes ! his sfend in the hall of the State Senate solidfy in favor of the continuation of the i state Advertising program. Picture Of A Banker In a recent conversation with a bank| er friend of ours we learned a new point 1 of view on his problems. He said: "Pebple think of me as sitting on top 1 of the world on a pile of money?my j money. They don't stop to think that it's I their ^iwn money that I am responsible / for protecting. It doesn't seem to enter their heads that I am just a paid hand, that I lie awake nights worrying about my responsibility of caring for that pile ! of money which can be claimed by its owners, the bank's depositors, ^at any time. "A bank that did not loan money to .' businesses and industries that maintain a 'g" I local community, would not be patroniz- tll jed by the people, and it wouldn't deserve m their patronage. This means that if a ^ community fails, a bank has to carry a si, great share of the load. People don't like bankers because they have to consider the more pessimistic side of the business picture, knowing that the public will blame the bank instead of itself for community failures which result from the many causes beyond the banker's control. "It makes me laugh when I am pictur- m' ed as sitting on a pile of money. A more accurate picture would show me with a wrinkled brow trying to figure out how to make loans that will be safe from losses due to undue business optimism and w all the pitfalls of business risk. People don't like bankers, and you can't blame ne them, for too often they have to turn 'a down the financial requests of their best "? friends." e" Yes, we gained a different impression nr of the banking business after talking to wl this man who is a power in the financial world. We didn't envy his job. He gets little thanks for doing it well and he runs the constant risk of abuse and criticism for community failures beyond his control. in Practical lulu cation T. E. Browne, vocational director of the State, brought out some poignant facts in his address here on Friday evening which deserve the consideration of all the thinking people of the state, especially the educational leaders. When one considers that 75 per cent of the boys and girls of North Carolina have to rely upon their high school education to eouip them for life, the necessity of vocational training in the high schools seems clearly apparent. Mr. Browne brought out the fact that 3.1 there are thousands of jobs in North Car- p, olina where skill is involved which can- fr not be filled by the young men and wo- P< men of this state because the schools of J Tarheelia have neglected the vocational s< training of high school students. >* lie said that he has visited many factories and industrial plants and has found a that a large majority of the responsible st positions requiring a skill in the perfor- " mance of duty are being filled by foreign- p( era, from Germany, Sweden or some of a the other countries where emphasis has j" been placed upon vocational training. North Carolina happily is awakening w - j. _ . _i I vi to the fact, however, tnai vocational training does play such an important role th in equipping the boys and girls of the CI State for making a living. This we think, holds a great hope for the future in North af Carolina. With this idea has been expan- th ded to embrace the entire state, then p? have little doubt but that the State w will have a greatly reduced ratio of unemployment, and that we will find a happier people in the State as well. Better LJnderstanding The day has been relegated to the past when Jonny went home to mother and father and reported that he had a beating which he justly deserved and fond parents were at tne scnooi aoor next morning ready to lay the teacher out. Furthermore, the day has been long since forgotten when teacher, perhaps be- th cause of some unjustifiable act on his part, resented a protest from Johnny's v'e parents. to Those days, we believe, have long since Dl ' passed into history. There exists now, we believe, in the schools of this country an w< unequalled mutual understanding be- ca tween parents and teachers which could do nothing but result in a better Johnny and a better Mary. And, to our mind, nothing has done so . much to foster and promote this feeling of mutual understanding and friendship between the teacher and the parent than Parent-Teachers Associations. Not patronized either by parents or teachers to the fullest extent, or not developed to the state of perfection by any means, nevertheless this organization offers a wealth of opportunity for future development in an educational way in North Carolina and the United States. More thought and consideration should be given to this aspect of our educational program, which honestly deserves the support of both parents and teachers in all sections of the country. THE STATE TORT PILi I Just Among The Fishermen = Good Shad Catches ( John Potter and sons, John, >, and Frank, have been mak-', I 1 g pretty good catches of shad | ( nee the season opened. In fact,! ,e catches have been above nor- I al for the sort of weather that f is been prevailing. The largest ( tys catch the past week con- ( 3ted of 70 fish. c Local Demand Supplied ? The local demand for fish is now being well looked after, in addition to there be- 1 ing considerable shipping. j Early mornings find plenty \ of nice sea trout and Virgin- \ ia mullets being offered by i white and colored fisher- t en. Some good quality shrimp c are also being taken occasi- a onally, operations being more i or less limited by weather. s s Blue Fish In April a According to Skipper H. T. e atts, the blue fish will make eir appearance off Southport t April. He is getting his big's t in shape for commercial ope- i tions at such times when he t ay not have sport fishing par- r >s on hand. Among sport fishmen there is a general hope for uch better weather than that i aich prevailed last year.' t r Got Wrong Medicine c Frank L. Johnson, of , statesvnie, a special irienu ? of this columnist and a great j devotee of the Southport fishing, has been heard from directly. Carl Goerch published one of those full page funny stories about Frank last week. It seems Frank went to the Rose Bowl game, as he wrote us he was going to do. He was afraid that the long train journey would give him the rheumatism or something, so he got his local druggist to prepare him a bottle of medicine. Through some mistake the druggist handed out a preparation for women that men folks know nothing about. i Frank drank this stuff all j the way to Pasadena and j arrived blushing like a school , girl. This may be the reason why he has not written us since Christmas. j i Fish Dinners Scheduled From now on it is very probjle that some outstanding news- j iper men and photographers j om up state will be in South- ] >rt almost weekly. They will be ] awn here by current news matirs and events now pending. ( >me of these folks are already j )oked by the Southport Civic lub for an early visit. There is ) doubt that such visits will be | great success from either a , ory getting or picture making ( lgle. To send these visitors back f their work pleased with South- j xrt and its citizens will mean A great deal to the town in ( ore ways than one. Not the . ast of this benefit will lie in j le fact that the local people ill get an up-state slant or ew of things here if they get chance to meet and talk with ^ ese visitors. Accordingly the t ivic Club and some of its back- e s are planning on a small sea- ( od dinner almost weekly, these n fairs to be pulled off whenever E ere is an outstanding newspa- J :r man or well known citizen j mailable as a guest. j. Little Boat Building Thus far there has been j. none of the boat building ac- ^ tivity that marked the win- ^ ter, spring and summer months of last year. In fact, there has been nothing much t in the way of either build- t ing or repairing. It is strongly suspected that the { inactivity on the part of fishermen and other, boat owners may be due to the j uncertainty about Draft Con- h vention No. 53. In this respect U. S. Senator Otis Bland, of Virginia, writes us ^ at on the 21st an open hear- v g will be held in Congress on Q s amendment to exempt all ssels of less than 200 gross ns from the provisions of the aft Convention. This amend- j snt is the same one that Conessman J. Bayard Clark is irking for in behalf of the lo1 fishermen. ^ Works Both Ways For three years or more the writer has been insisting c on the local boatmen giving g fishing parties every con- g sideration and treating them with the utmost fairness. y We still insist on such a d course although we do not ^ believe that there are boat- f( men anywhere who treat p their customers better than the Southport men already do. But it strikes us that the boatmen are themselves deserving of a measure of J consideration from parties ^ who charter their boats. Such ^ being the case, in the future if we hear of a party chartering a boat by wire or otherwise and then coming in and engaging another craft without even seeing or explaining things to the fust i DT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. BOLIVIA SCHOOL NEWS Special Program On Thursday afternoon at 2:1 )'clock Chief Rolling Cloud wit Dog Town Follies" will appes n the school auditorium for a tour's performance. This is r< jutedly one of the best traine {roups of traveling actors in th ountry and a most delightfi ntertainment is expected. A pai if the proceeds will go to th ichool. Library Improved We are glad to report that ou ibrary in the high school is tx ng substantially strengthens Ve have just added to the she es a complete set of the Worl took references, which are goin o supply a real need. A numbe if various other new volumes ar ilso being added this week. Th 'arent - Teacher Association i iponsoring this month a boo howerfor the library. Individual ind the high school classes ar ach contributing to this. In the way of equipment othe han books, a new nragazin tand and paper rack were pu n the library. We hope to cor inue to make other improve nents. i Bolivia Wins The Bolivia and Shallotte girl: lasketball teams had a nip-ant uck affair in the Shallotte gyir lasium Friday night. The Bolivi {iris caged two goals in the firs ninute of play. After this th icore never differed over tw loints. At the end of the firs luarter the score was 7-5 i avor of Bolivia, at the half 10or Bolivia: at the end of th hird quarter 13-12 in favor e Shallotte. The game ended wit lie score 15-14 in favor of Bol 'ia. Stone, Bolivia forward, d raj red the came out of the fire I ,'ictory in the last forty second >f play. The Bolivia girls tied Shallot! n their first county series gam 17-17. In every other game othi ;han with Shallotte this yes they have tripled the score on a opponents. In the last Shallotte gan Stone at forward and Sowell : juard led the Bolivia attac Bennett, flashy forward, was tl star for Shallotte. Senior 4-H The Senior 4-H club met i regular meeting with Mrs. Ma on S. Dosher on Monday. Tl urogram included: "Window Treatment,!' by He tie Fisher Willets; "Picture Si lecting and Hanging," by Mai Louise Burris; and "Light on tl Farm," by Mrs. Dosher. The discussion on the light w? >f interest, 'particularly to tho: loping soon get electricity. More Seats All those who have been a tending ball games in the gyn lasium and experiencing tl ;rowded condition will be inte sted to know that plans are b< ng made for the starting < vork this week for enlargerner if the seating capacity. The pn josed balconies will greatly ai the situation for the comin :ounty tournament. Practice Play The Junior play: "Her Hono Die Mayor," a satirical play i three acts, which is to be pre lented on Friday night, Febn try 24th, is progressing nicel; rhe members of the cast at itriving to put on a polished pel ormjince. The play is an exce ent one and will produce tw lours of rollicking fun. Valentine Some of the elementary grade lave been looking forward t Valentine and expect to have /alentine box. Plant Shrubbery The second grade has been sel ing out some shrubbery aroun he building. That ought to ir pire other grades to help beau ify the grounds. Birthday Colleen Coleman and Marjori 'helps of the second grade botl lave a birthday this week. Good Record The seventh grade had th ;ast percentage of absences las reek of any grade in school, wit nly 1 absence or .06 per cent. Holland Unit The fourth grade is workini n a Holland unit in their read tig and enjoying it. Third Grade The Third grade has just fin shed a study of the Eskimos hey are now going to take u . study of birds. Form Club The Senior English class re ently formed a "Junior Speak r's Club," which will meet one week with a different prograr ach time. The following officer rere elected for the term: Presi ent, Richard Bergman; secre ary, Louise Freeman; and th allowing program committee iosalind Page, Juanita Sowel nd Clyde Potter. Sophomore Club The sophomore class has or anized itself into a club witl unior Hilbum as president am rirginia Clemmons, secretary he last program was on Ameri an literature. man we are going to support him if that first man insists on being paid for the boat that was engaged and not used. / == | But It's Trut MOST ML a WORR BIEPHMTS ie are mm fRom i; ll THE TUSKS OF v' sMj&f&Mi rt nmoaKosesf if J! ir / *. t .lOMKUOwt<? - the firnCRUAR poet- i ??t|| e wo /PILES f c BfFORE BREAK FAST I KW ?U?RA moRHING J] r fll k ^oy? rnoRE !' .1 H : THAN THREE i WARS-MO ? fll ,r CUR/FJ6 THAT / .MjtM p PER/OO HE ? v, . II *' lt /JEI/ER ROSE ' f IfJ ,"<T? Z/77&? 7WW V */ i| SHOXLOCK /'J hJ&Mm ? WNU Service ' Chung thing i'u lived with only one of his wives, a time, in his part of China, it was customary for chiv: it e ?? 0 1 AD LIBBING? (By We are in Fairmont, for how long no one i- knows, least of all your Ad Libber . . . Anyway, ? we believe we have stuff enuff to take care of l" our corner . . . The next time you bowl a low score don't be ashamed, because look what hap c pened to Mrs. James Carr recently when she hit e' an all time low in Soutliport bowling . . . Her '' score for the game was 22 and she became the 'j'l proud owner of a box of candy ... Of course, Leggett won't give a prize for every low score, le but don't you think a score of 22 deserved something? . . . And did you know that Willie Gris It. som helped get the San Francisco Fair in reamie ness . . . That McDonald Gillikin has more trouble with his name than most anyone else and that he used to be called "Ice Cream" . . . And to get 'n him mad just mention his first name, Dennard ... Killer Diller Stiller has gone back to Wash10 ington and is living at 1836 Ontario St. . . . Int foiynation supplied for the Stiller fans of South5_ port . . . Leila Hubbard's wish that can't come y true: . . . Instead of Mae for her middle name, ie she's always wanted to be McRoy and her nickname to be "Mack" . . . Well here's to you. Miss is Mack . . . The play Friday nite at the schooler house for the P.-T. A. depicting the inner workings of a nite club before and after its opening, clicked with the local citizenry . . . They seemed ie r1. )f ^ ^ ? ? if?They are Healthier aiv if?They have many type f if?They are worth lookinj if?Back Numbers Aren't i if?They Aren't Afraid To if?They Can Make Or Br if?They Have Much Influ if?They Carry News Whe if?If they know anything S * Every Guy Should Ha1 1 Neighbor's Alone! . . . I The State "YOUR COUNTY .. HHHHBi WEDNESDAY, FEBRUapv i 4w*mK<ni mmm _ b , married the rest Just to take care or them. Ai tiu; ilrous men to care for as many poor people as pnsi)J' He r Prinqe O'Brien, Jr.) Bi! to enjoy it, and didn't mind saying so . ., , grats to Waters (Ziggy) Thompson, who not rt i lK ' wrote it but was director and handled a role very well . . . Certain members of th^ ar^Bare planning to present a 3-act play . , . iv.^B are indefinite as yet, but you can bet it'll he Be ' rip snorter. . . . Johnnie Simmons lost out in th? : Golden Gloves, but you gotta hand it to bin; h ^B is a game little fighter . . . For his good sport;- ^B | manship he received a small gold lroxing glove Be Wish we could be there to hear Marion Frir.i: give accounts of Raleigh . . . Marion, did you ? "Crashing Society?" ... No pun intended ^B In ancient times, people thought : j world was flat. In 1929, we all he.. ^E J darn well ft was. Wnere there's smoke there's bound w^B he fire or a group of business men smok- E ing smelly cigars. jn First they made pictures move, .u:Bw then they made them talk, and now some R j smell. 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