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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 12, 1939
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Some of us have characteristics that j
| have nothing to do with character.
Nothing dangles quite as pathetically
I as a joke your audience fails to catch.
The only time some people show initiative
is when they begin to tend to somebody
else's business.
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Brides of the next generation will be
spared the time-worn reference to his
mother's cooking.
We know girls who must think that
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tile oIci saying neauuiui uui uumu w .
a law, not just an adage.
If you plan to strike when the iron is
hot it is a pretty good idea to see to it
that the iron is being neaiea.
The wife is never angry when the husband
forgets their wedding anniversary 1
unless she happens to remember it herself.
The next time you get fretful over a
delay caused by a working road crew,
think how much worse it is for the workers
to be messed up with motorists than
it is for the latter to suffer a temporary
inconvenience.
Road Specialists
When the road crew breaks camp here
the last of this month there will remain
two important results of its visit. One, of
course, will be a widened and resurfaced
street. The "other result will be an increased
respect for the efficiency of the
men who repair and maintain our main
arteries of travel.
The normal reaction of the average
motorist is to resent all detour signs and
to feel that highway workers are a nuisance,
notwithstanding how badly their
work was needed. Too, there is a normal
supposition that jobs are drawn out and
that inconveniences are needlessly prolonged.
These sentiments will no longer be
shared by Southport residents who during
the past few days have seen a large
group of men, working as a well organized
unit, forge ahead with highway imnrovements
that seemed unbelievable in
the fact of traffic interruptions and other
interferences.
On every side have been heard remarks
showing the complete surprise of
local citizens over the long hours and the
steady gait at which these men do their
work. The boys are actually on the job
at 6:30 o'clock each morning, regardless
of how far they must travel first to reach
the scene of that day's operations; and
more often than not it is darkness that
puts a stop to the day's work.
We've run afoul some pretty strenuous
toil in our day, but for long hours, hard
work at a fast pace in the hot sun and
demand for successful results we'll stack
our chips on these boys who maintain our
highways.
Leave It To Nature
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We were talking recently to a member
of the game division of the State Board
of Conservation and Development regarding
the protection of game in North Carolina,
particularly quail.
"We need to get rid of a lot of our fox
population down in this section," we said,
"or we'll never have any birds."
"Possibly you are right," he replied,
"but the chances are what you need
worse is more feed for the birds."
"You see," he continued, "people often
make a mistake in seeking the eradication
of a natural enemy of the type of game
they seek to protect and wind up by doing
more harm than good. Take the fox,
for instance. Down in this particular section
there may be an over abundance of
these animals and it may be that game
birds are suffering. In other sections,
though, we know that foxes actually are
are a boon, to birdlife in that they eat
field rats, one of the worst destroyers of
bird nests.
"We usually think of the crow as
about the most useless pest that flies,"
continued the game specialist, "but we
of the department do not like to have
even the crow singled out for an eradication
program. You see, there are many i
advantages that even a crow has."
We could see what he was driving at,
but let him get away without finding out
what good a crow does.
"Study has shown," he was quoting research
to us now, "that you'll find just,
about as many birds in a given territory :
as there is food available for their year- i
round support. If you want to do something
for birds, don't worry about their
natural enemies. Encourage a program
of feed planting that will give them plenty
during the season when their food is
scanty. Do this, and do it systematically
and I believe we'll find that the bird
problem will take care of itself."
Radio Wattage
Action of the Federal Communications
Commission in cutting radio station WLW 1
in Cincinnati from 500,000 watts down to !
50,000 has not proved of benefit to the j
general run of the American radio listening
public.
Attempts of the FCC to regulate the leiative
power of American radio stations
without any thought of the Mexican and
Canadian stations, was foolish, to say the
least.
The net result has been that many
nights it occurrs that in this section practically
all the principal stations of the
United States are drowned out by higher
powered Mexican stations.
The FCC should give that some thought.
Sound Advice
Dr. George W. Calvert, who is paid by
taxpayers of this country to provide free
medical advice and care to members of
Congress, gives his patients some very
sound advice on the subject of keeping
fit, which should apply to the general
public as well.
"If a man wishes to be on the job and
physically fit he must obey a few simple
rules," state placards the doc has had
put in the the House and Senate office
buildings in Washington. "You can adjust
yourself to any condition of climate,
weather or work if you will but remember
these few words.
"Eat wisely. Drink plentifully ? of
water.
"Eliminate thoroughly. Bathe cleanly.
Exercise rationally.
"Accept inevitables?don't worry.
"Play enthusiastically. Relax completely.
Sleep sufficiently.
Check up occasionally. Give 5 percent
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of your time to Keeping wen; men you
won't have to give 100 percent to getting
over being sick." (
Let's Swim Safely
(The Roxboro Courier)
The swimming season is upon us again
and the newspapers, in the next three
months, will carry the stories of hundreds
of swimmers who have enjoyed their
last swim.
Swimming appeals to nearly every person.
It is a sport that deserves its popularity,
but, just the same, it is dangerous.
No one can tell when peril is near and
the water is no place in which to take
chances.
Swimmers should be careful if they
want to live. The idea that "it can't happen
to me" is no protection against
cramps that drown the strongest men. It
does not protect the occupants of overturned
boats who cannot swim a stroke.
It gives no strength to the foolhardy
swimmer who weakens himself, or herself,
by prolonged and solitary expeditions
in the water.
It's generally the case that a man with
a fiery tongue shoots off a lot of hot air.
Futuristic art apparently was originated
by some kid in C section of the first
grade.
Getting the average 10-year-old boy to
take a bath is nothing short of a project.
Speaking literally, Sally Rand's fans
may either be found on the stage or in
the audience.
The best neutrality for this country is
the kind which shows no favors to dictatorships.
A simile: As useless, yet as necessary,
as the gold stored in the U. S. Government
vaults.
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Just Among
The Fishermen
(Bv W. B. Keziah)
BACK AT SOUTHPORT |;
After journeys in search of (
shrimp that took some of them i i
as far as Louisiana, the six big, |<
royally-named trawlers of Lewis J |
J. Hardee are all back at South-11
port. They constitute the most ] j
compact and solid little fleet toj ]
operate from this port and their j e
names are a bit intriguing. They ' e
are Sea King, Sea, Queen,. Sea I j
Prince, Sea Duke, Sea Baron and j <
the Virginia D.
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MARIAN' AT HATTERAS ! <
An Ohio man fishing at s
Hatteras last week hooked 11
and landed a 593-pound mar- (
lin. The big fish was IS feet j t
2 inches in length and it took [ j
55 minutes to bring it to j f
gaff. Doe Summers of Char- c
lotte is our authority for the I
claim that there are Marlin 1
off Southport. So far the ?
sportsmen out from here have c
been satisfied with barracuda t
and other smaller fish. I
HERE ALWAYS |i
Last week this column received c
an inquiry from Charlotte, the 1
writer wanting to know of the [
barracuda were still out on Fry-; j
ing Pan. He evidently took it for I
granted that the barracuda was '
like other fish, trveling in schools j
and being here today and gone e
tomorrow. The fact is pretty well j
established that the barracuda j1
are on Frying Pan all spring, j *
summer and fall. The shoals out "
there are the headwaters to them.
They come this far north about
the first of April and stay until
December.
VALUABLE ASSET
Few of our local people
have a good conception of the
real advertising value of the
barracuda to South port.
Knowledge of the presence of
the fish is just getting about
and letters, some from sportsmen
who live more than a
thousand miles from here, are
beginning to give the writer a
pretty good idea of things.
There are sportsmen in plenty
who will travel clear
across country to fish for the
fighting barracuda. It is just
a matter of a little time until
the wealthy class of sportsmen
will be flocking here and
speedy, well equipped boats
will be operating out from
Southport.
PLEASED AT INTEREST
We are pleased at the interest
that many of the state newspapers
particularly The Charlotte
Observer, are taking in Gulf
Stream fishing at Southport.
Members of its staff are seemingly
convinced that Southport offers
possibilities for development j
into a great sport fishing center;
it is willing to lend its vast influence
and aid in this development.
We have an idea that The
Observer can and will really start
something towards bringing attention
to a heretofore little recognized
portion of the North
Carolina coast.
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ESPECIALLY *
With plenty of other game !>
fish here, many sportsmen s
often wonder why we are always
stressing the barracuda. The
answer is simple: These t
fish do not go north of Fry- c
ing Pan shoals. Southport can e
offer the sportsmen the thrill c
of fighting one of the most t
vicious of killers of the sea 1
without having to go to s
Bermuda or the Florida reefs. v
The barracuda at Southport a
is a great attraction. The t
other good fishing is already 2
pretty well established. c
NOT FREAK CATCHES r
The catching of barracuda on f
Frying Pan is not a freak per- li
formance. The sportsmen go out t
there with a clearly defined ob- t
jective and they always achieve v
their objective. A few boats have d
gone out for a comparatively h
short distance, made a good *
catch of dolphin, amberjack, al- F
bacore but no barracuda. They ^
may have thought they were in a
the Gulf Stream and perhaps t'
they were. But they were not *
inside the huge area around Fry- ?
ing Pan Lightship in which no u
boats have ever gone without e
bringing home a satisfying num- S
ber of the sea wolves. The red, t'
white and blue lightship is an un- 1>
failing marker for the area in
which the barracuda may always n
be found. tl
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WANT SMALL ONES tl
We still want half-dozen a
small barracudas. They have G
to be 43 inches in length, or A
shorter. Four big Charlotte tl
business house want them n
to freeze in'blocks of ice and u
exhibit in their show win- w
dows. While plenty of the fish Tl
have been donated for ship- h
ment to these firms, they d
have all been too large for tl
the pur|K>se. While appreciating
the 50 to "0 inch speci- n
moms that have been donat- 0
ed, we will appreciate still 11
more the capture and bring- G
ing in of half-dozen sped- v
mems that are less than 43 ?
inches in length.
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Sunday School
Lesson
(By Rev. G. C. Phillips.)
(Lesson for July 16, 1939. Texl
Lst Kings 12: 1-5; 12-17; 20).
Undoubtedly Rehoboam, Sok
non's son, would have been kin
>ver all Israel had he been wis
ind discreet, as was his fathe
iVhen he was approached by hi
subjects with the reguest that h
ighten the burdens that his fat!
:r had put on them, he first as!
:d the advice of the old men wh
lad served the kingdom wit
Solomon, his father. They saic
'If thou wilt be a servant unt
his people this day, and wil
lerve them, and answer then
md speak good words to then
hen they will be thy servant
orever." , (1st Kings 12: 7). H
hen sought the advice of th
'oung men and yielded to it, be
:ause his own inclination was t
lo as they said. So he said to hi
ieople: "Whereas my father di
ade you with a heavy yoke, I wi
idd to your yoke; my father hat
ihastised you with whips, but
vill chastise you with scorpions.
1st Kings 12: 11).
In his choosing, Rehoboar
gnored God, rejecting the advic
>f qualified counsellors who ha
>een tried and proved by year
>f service to his father. He acte
ipon the advice of inexperience
oung men, because it appealed t
lis pride and flattered him. A
srael assembled at Shechem t
nake Rehoboam, the rightful hei
:o the throne, king over the anil
;d nation. But the northern tribe
iresented to him the very reasor
ible plea that he lighten th
leavy burdens placed upon ther
>y Solomon, especially the force
abor in his extensive buildin
iperations and the heavy taxe
evied to maintain his luxuriou
:ourt. Rehoboam promised an ar
iwer in 3 days. Upon his decisio
vould hang the destiny of a grea
),eople as well as his own destinj
Vhen they had his answer, th
.0 northern tribes withdrew fror
he kingdom and made Jeroboar
heir king. By an unnecessary
oolish decision, Rehoboam cause
he division of the kingdom; sui
ered great personal loss and de
itroyed the religious unity of
jreat nation; dimmed that na
ion's glory; and affected adverse
y the lives of multitudes of pec
>le.
The hour of decision is fraugh
vith tremendous possibilities. On
mportant decision often detei
nines the destiny of an individus
>r a nation. Inasmuch as sue
nomentous results follow the dc
:isions of life, the maximum c
ntelligence and care should b
exercised in making them. Decl
lions made carelessly or with
lelfish end in view are alway
iable to be regretted. Rehoboar
:hose to follow an irreligious an
selfish policy. In the hour of nee
nstead of turning to God, h
latered to self-seeking human be
ngs. Inherent in his nature wa
he tendency to irgnoe God an
ilease self, and to this tendenc
le yielded, forfeiting Jehovah'
avor and blessing. May his ex
lerience serve as an object les
ion to us and keep us from ei
ing as he did.
It falls to our lot to mak
lecisions just as momentous a
hat of Rehoboam. One of th
mportant decisions we mus
nake is that of our choice o
deals. We must decide whethe
ve shall be motivated by unself
shness, generosity, love, mere;
tnd righteousness, building ou
ives on principles of honestj
ruthfulness and purity, or whe
her selfishness, hatred, crueltj
lishonesty, impurity and unright
:uu3ucoa auun iiave uumnjance n
iur lives. Problems involvinj
hese ideals suddenly come upoi
is and decisions concerning then
ihould be made in advance, other
vise we may be caught unawari
ind forces involving eternal des
inies may be set in motion b;
in unwise decision which neve
:an be recalled.
The choice of friends is of tre
nendous importance, because ou
riends shape our conduct am
nfluence our ideals, determininj
0 a great degree our destiny am
heirs. Had Rehoboam chosei
viser and saner friends, his owi
estiny and that of Israel wouli
lave been affected for gooi
hrough all future generations
'riends have power to help o
inder, to bless or to curse. Man;
youth has received the impetu
hat landed him in the peniten
iary or the lethal chamber fron
hose he supposed were friends
.'hile many another has been lift
d onward toward victory am
lory by friends who were loya
3 the highest and best ideals o:
fe.
The choice of vocation is a mo
lentous decision, calling for i
houghtful consideration of op
ortunities offered and ability 01
le part of the individual, as wel
s prayerful effort to discen
lod's will concerning his life
Lcquiescense in His will give!
he highest happiness and useful
ess. Marriage is another problerr
iat everyone must face anc
diich has brought blessing or sor
3w, accordingly as the individua
as acted wisely or foolishly ir
eciding the issue when it con
ronted him or her.
But the one decision para
lounting all others is that coil
erning the place God shall hav?
1 your life. Rehoboam ignorec
iod, seeking human and not dt
ine counsel. God has a plan foi
very life and the person whc
Inds God's place for him, find!
he highest and happiest life ir
An.
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" the gift of God. We should ascere
tain the will of God in every de- thlS hght 13 r
n! cision of life. Only mature and IP?3'"1
j "Lead, kindly
^ j trusted friends should be consult- circling ;
s i ed. One's own God-given intellig- Lead Thou i
8jence should help in learning God's xhe nio.ht is
8 will and purpose. If you and I from jj0I
I make our decisions in the light Lead -phou ,
n of the divine will, we shall never
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