North Carolina Newspapers

I THE STJM2P0RTPILCW I Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY I JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor I Entered u aecond-clMS ~-ff? April 20, 1028, at i tfce Foat Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. I Subscription Rate* UNE TEAR 81.60 I MX MONTHS 1.00 I THREE MONTHS .76 NATIONAL DITORIAl I |gy|gg^AgOaATJON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1940 I I Now Brunswick kiddies know a snow-1 I ball is something besides a part of a well-1 I known phrase their daddies' use. There's electricity in newsprint, which I perhaps explains why the news is someI times shocking. I Radio comedians must have a lot of ex-l penses. Think what paring a studio audience must entail. I Some people are so lazy the nearest I they'll ever come to getting in the movies! I would be on lantern slides. I ' I In Black And White I Regular readers of our editorial col- . I umns know that we have been drumming , I continuously for several years on a liveat-home program for Brunswick county. I In our opinion it just about spells the sal- 1 ration of our farm problem. Well, on your right you will find in the column "Your Home Agent Says", a detailed explanation of just what we have in mind. Read it; then follow the approved outline for a true live-at-home ] program. < A Job Well Done [ Bill Sharpe has resigned as publicity ' director for the State Board of Conserva- 1 tion and Development, and we believe j \ that organization is destined to keenly 1 feel his absence. We have a sincere appreciation of the 1 work done by Bill in his job of advertis- ' ing tho, state, ,for he has been more.ttan ( kind in his co-operation with local agen- 1 cies in efforts to spread the word about Southport and Brunswick county. We feel 1 that the money appropriated by the legis- 1 lature to the advertising fund has been wisely spent, and we believe that much of the credit should go to the retiring publicity director. 1 i 1 Sensible Sentences 1 We believe that Recorder Walter M. i Stanaland used good judgment at his last Thursday session of the county court when he dealt lightly with defendants j lacing cuarges ui uptraimg a muiui veincle without new license tags. Their appearance in court was a reprimand to them, and we are in accord with his action of remitting the cost. Beer Situation If the beer dealers of this county are not operating decent, orderly places, then it is the fault of the good people of the county. That paradoxical statement finds fact in the existence of the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors committee in Raleigh. That group, headed by Col. Edgar H. Bain, is responsible for the "Clean Up Or Close Up" program for this state, and there is no doubt that they mean just what their slogan implies. Whenever irregularities are reported to them, an investigation immediately follows. And their recommendations to boards of county commissioners have been pretty generally carried out. Since beer is a legalized beverage, it strikes us that it is the responsibility of the good citizens to help clean up the conditions surrounding its sale rather than to wage a bitter and hopeless war against its existence. Fine For Crops People who are inclined to shiver at the chill winds wh.ch have blown for the past two and a half weeks, and are tempted to complain of the frigid temperatures, should be reminded of the fact that it's really an ill wind which blows no good. The snow last week served to mellow | i up land perhaps like nothing else will. Maybe it would have been better for the farm land if it had been deeper. And the frigid temperatures which we've been experiencing for the past two weeks have doubtless rserved to kilHoff-a lot of insects which might have hampered crops during the summer months. So when you see some person com- j plaining of the extreme weather, you can ( put it down in your note book that two to one, he's not a farmer. Attending Church Yesterday was Sunday, and you may j have gone to church. Perhaps you didn't ; You may have developed one of those < "Sunday sicknesses" not infrequent j among people looking for some excuse ( to remain away from church. < Whether or not you attended the church sendees was a matter between you and your God. That is not the matter involved here. For the fact remains that you could have gone, if you had so desired. That you enjoy that privilege occasions no surprise to you perhaps. But millions of people in many coun- < tries of the world couldn't. Church atten- j dance is forbidden in many nations. , So yesterday, when you were perhaps i looking for some excuse to satisfy your ' conscience in remaining away from chur- ( ch, you were passing up the opportunity i which millions of people would pay dear- s ly to have. That's something about which to think when you are eating your breakfast next ' Sunday morning. ( t Good Organization The past week saw the dawn of a new day for fifteen Brunswick county youthsj perhaps when they were accepted for i service in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and were assigned to camps in different j sections of the country. Which brings to mind that this agency af the United States Government affords an opportunity for the modern youth which no other generation of boys have bad. It is furnishing a livelihood for the thousands of boys and young men who atherwise might be loafing the streets in idleness. u It's our guess that if it weren't for the t CCC there would be a much larger popu- J lation in the penitentiaries and penal j camps of the country than at the present ' time. ' Criminals who are populating our pen- i al institutions today are largely between < the ages of 18 and 25, we are told by ' penal authorities. These are the ages j which the CCC accepts. Principal purpose of the organization, at its inception, was the building of young men, but there has been all along a sec- 1 ondary purpose which is proving highly beneficial to the nation as a whole, in that these young men are helping to preserve the vast forest resources of the United States. Slap At South The Garvagan anti-lynching bill, which ' ~ I" ~ ~? I'am rt * TAI rt i 11 4-Vk/-v nas ueen iwuiicclcu iui <\ vutc m mc House, is a slap at the integrity of the South and the intelligence and character of the Southern people. Conceived in the minds of house members who doubtless know little or nothing of the south other than what they might have read out of books, the utter uselessness of the bill provides the chief argument against it. As the Raleigh News & Observer so aptly put it Tuesday, the best argument against the bill, is the Tuskagee Institute report that there were only three lynchings in 1939. "Three is three lynchings , too many. But only three lynchings is bas- i is for real pride in accomplishment when 1 compared with? 231 in 1892 158 in 1897 130 in 1901 ? 97 in 1908 80 in 1919 30 in 1926 ' 28 in 1933 20 in 1935 i 8 in 1936 1 8 in 1937 6 in 1938" - i "The only possible justification for the ' passage of a national anti-lynching law j would be the national conviction that the i South (where unhappily most of the lyn- 1 chings have occurred) is not disposed or not able to eliminate this crime against justice and civilization. But the South 1 has shown that is is able to do something \ about lynching. The figures collected by i Negro statisticians at Tuskegee Institute prove that this South has been able to do J something." t Just Among The Fishermen ?'i tv. tt. KEZIAH .... A FRIEND TRANSFERS Felt sort of as if the bottom, had dropped out of things the j other day. Bill Sharpe, state publicity director, wrote us he was, leaving the department in a very 3hort while. For the- past three years Bill has been a good friend to Southport, helpful in our need and tolerant in our personal shortcomings. It has been the knowledge that we had one good and helpful friend in Raleigh that j restrained us from giving some of the State Departments, notably the Fisheries Commission, some of the raking over the coals that we have felt it has deserv3d. We hate like the dickens for I Bill to he lost to the State. At j the same time, as a publicity | man, we know he has been en- ( gaged in a more or less thankless and poorly rewarded task. He is making the change himself, and this being the case, we hope it is all for his own personal good. With Bill being out, despite the Tact that we have cussed him out I >n numerous occasions, we will! lot be restrained by any fear that ve may hurt a friend. We are all j -eady to wave a red flag at some j >f the bulls who constitute part | >f the North Carolina Fisheries j Commission, its North Carolina j tfavy and Admiral John A. Nel-! ion. SHRIMP Fifteen years ago the shrimpng season was practically over it Southport by the first of Nov mber. By the first of December here was no production at all, :he boats were either beached or tone to Florida. The practice of he shrimp in bunching together luring cold weather was not genially known ard it was thought hey were all gene by December. | As a matter of fact they were just hunched lorcfher here and there. A boat could not go out ! during December. January or February and drag anywhere with a certr'nity of mnking a catch. During the cold weather an exhaustive search had to be made to locate the bunches. Once the location of the shrimp is* found, there appears to be good fishing at any period of the year. At any rate, this past December ind this month, so far, accordng to our observation, have been he most profitable months that he trawlers have had this past1 ieason. It is true that the num)er of boats was larger and that he catches per boat were heavier luring Septem':er. October and Vovember.On the other hand, the ooatn en were o.'.'v paid from a foliar per bushel to $1.50 per bushel during thost months, and recently they have been getting 52.50 to $3.00 per bushel. MENHADEN A few years ago, we are told, j the great runs of menhaden fish' on this coast took place during I September and October. Later the j visitation was in October and I November and still later in November and December. During the j past few years there has been no I run at all in the fall or earlv i winter. Following a time honored custom the menhaden boats have always tied up at Christmas. Once or twice there has been a few days of desultory searching for fish. They were not found, perhaps due to weather conditions at the moment when the search was made. The belief that there were no fish after Christmas Day has become deeply rooted. Since good shrimping can only be carried on successfully during December and January as a result of accident or exhaustive efforts to locate the shrimp. It seems that menhaden fishing could be carried on in the same way, at any rate, just when the boats were ready to tie up for the winter last Thursday two of the boats went out on a sort of last cruise. One located fish and radioed in to other boats. The result was that all beats came in that day, loaded to capacity with fish. WACCAMAW SCHOOL NEWS Having dispensed with the joyous feelings which preceded the lolidays the students and faculty have returned to their work with renewed vim and vigorous determinations for a period of successful work. Realization that we are not only entering a new semester soon, but also a New Year, seems to be very impressive upon the students. They feel much relievid that their first semester's eximination are behind them, and rave settled down to their new work with commendable alacrity. Improvements A new flue built in the lunch oom has been recently complet;d, and will add greatly to the convenience and comfort of the unch room operation. Material for construction of sasels boards in all the elemenary rooms, and also for bulletin roards. for the entire school, has Your Home Agent Says! | SCHEDULE Thursday and Friday of this week no clubs wiil meet, for the agent will be attending state conference in Raleigh. Monday 15, j j Town Creek Club will meet at ; 2:30 P. M. Tuesday 16, Leland j 4-H club meets at 1:30 p. m. Leland Home Demonstration 1 Club meets at the club house at j 2:30 featuring a Miscellaneous shower for the house. Wednesday 17, Southport 4-H i club meets at 2:30 p. m. South- j port Woman's Club meets at 3:30 p. m. Thursday 18, Winnabow 1 club meets at 2:30 at the home of t Mrs. A. P. Henry. LIVE AT HOME PROGRAM A planned program is prefer- 1 able to hit-or-miss methods any f time; and in 1940 I would like to see the farm families of Brunswick making definite plans for i producing their food supply. Here ' are 10 suggestions worth con- f sidering: 1. At least one cow per farm J and preferably two?if each mem- ( ber of the family is to have its g tablespoonful of butter and its milk quota daily, (a quart for 1 children and a pint for adults ; should be the minimum) and some cottage cheese occasionally. 2. 75 chickens for the average family of 5, for eggs and poultry for the table the year- f' round. u 3. A source of sweets, such as L honey or syrup. 4. Pork for meat and for shortening, a year-round supply. s! 5. 1 beef for butchering or " more. s 6. A year-round garden featur- e' ing a variety of vegetables, small 11 fruits and berries in amounts suf- w ficient for table use during the tl season and for canning. n 7. A family canning budget 1 made and filled; with stored ana g dripd vp^ptabtes and fruits to sun-iti pliment the canned ones. y 8. Sweet and Irish potatoes in' ii sufficient quantities. 9. Wheat, rice and corn for cereal and breads. 10. Feed for the live-stock and P poultry. * THE HO.AIE GARDEN Every home garden should con-i* tain at least 12 differents kinds of h vegetables exclusive of Irish and r sweet potatoes. There should be i three different kinds of vegetables1 growing in the garden for ten j, months of the year. Small fruits f such as strawberries, grapes, dewberries and in Western Carolina! raspberries should be added. A! L home garden plan is not complete unless it has one or more kinds of spiall fruits growing in con nection with the vegetables in , order to he'p balance the food ) supply. S Value Fruits And Vegetables j) Vegeltable Needs. For growth1) and body repair?Dried peas and! J beans. For minerals?Tomatoes, > cabbage, potatoes, greens and root . > vegetables. For energy for work ;} and play?Irish and sweet pota-1J toes. For rpgulating body func-;) tions?Leafy vegetables, dried ;) beans and pea- . For bulk and' f water?Leafy vegetables. ) Fruit Needs. Fruits are fleshy ) and juicy and contain SO to 90 ) percent water. The minerals con- ) stitute a goodly portion of the ) solids and help to regulate body } functions. They contain natural ) sugars which furnish body energy. ) Fruits are laxatives similar to ! bottled mineral waters. Fruits ) offset the acid-forming: conditions when consuming large quantities of cereals, meats and bread. PLAN THE GARDEN You can determine the amount of seed to purchase by multiplying the quantity of seed and feet of row needed for one person by the number of persons in the family: for example: Snap beans ?one person, 1 lb. of seed and 75 feet of row. If there are five in the family 5 lbs. of seed will be needed and 375 feet of row should be planted. The following table will guide you in the other vegetables. Vegetables to plant: Amount of seed for one person; Feet of row for one person. Cabbage, 1 pk. or % oz. 50 feet. Collards, 1 pk. or lb oz. 50 feet. Carrots, lb oz. 25 feet. Cowpeas, lb oz. 100 feet. Beets, % oz. 25 feet. Garden peas, % lb. 80 feet. Kale and rape, lb oz. 50 feet. Lima beans, lb lb. 50 feet. Okra, lb oz. 15 feet. Onion (sets) 1 jj pint 20 feet. Spinach, % oz. 50 jj feet. Potatoes (Irish) 1 peck 100 )| feet. Potatoes (Sweet) 1 peck 100 9 feet. Turnips, 1 oz. 60 feet To- 3 matoes, 50 plants 100 feet. Sweet 3 Corn, % lb. 100 feet. 3 Select the following varieties of 3 small fruits for the garden: 3 Strawberries: Blakemore, Dorsett, 3 Fairfax, 300 plants. Dewberries: 3 Young, 25 plants. Grapes 3 (Bunch): Concord, Niagara, Dela- j ware, Catawba, 5 to 10 plants, j Grapes: (Muscadine.): Scupper- j nong, James,?3 plants. Raspber- j ries: St. Regis. Latham, Dixie, for Eastern Carolina. j been purchased. The faculty is very appreciative of this material, and when they have been placed at the pupil's cisposa', the pupils will derive much benefit j from them. The boys in the ag- j ricultural department are con- j structing this equipment for us, j and we are grateful to Mr. Mintz j and the boys for consenting to i do the building. ; -NOT EXfl It looks like the Texas Aggies may be pitte< against Southern Cal. in a poet-post season garni to determine who is the county's best. This year's Rose Bowl game was considered a play-off of th< Rose and Orange Bowl games of last year. Foot ball should be packed up for another season ant give way to basketball, the season for the lattei having already opened .... ECTC's basketbai roster now carries two former Southport Dolphins David Watson and Malcolm Frinl. The two should he a big help to the teachers . . . Those Yanks ilways a foxy organization, have taken another step toward cinching the pennant. The erratic L.ee Grissom, of the Cincy Reds was acquired last ,veek in a deal mostly for cash. The lefthander is rbout due to 'arrive' and the Yank's were in sore leed of another lefty . . . Can't say why it is, >ut Friday nite seems to be the best night for retting people into town. It will be 'Hi Yo' to the Lone Ranger and Silver n about two weeks. The serial will be shown Thursdays and Fridays to accommodate two different shows. Another movie newcomer, Brenda oyce, makes her debut tonite in "The Rains lame" with Ty Power and Myrna Loy as principls. James Cagney and George Raft show us how ough a cell can be in "Each Dawn I Die," the Junior Play I CI The Junior class presented I jIM . heir annual play very success- _ illv on Fridav nieht. January 5, NlHl 111 nder the sponsorship of Miss Wv??w lilley and Miss Myers. The en ire cast did justice to the roles (Mary Wells hey portrayed. The parts of the All students pinster triplets played ably by school have re Tary Frances Dodson, Virginia1 their studies a: ellers and Opal Norris, support- holidays at hoi ti by the schemes of their bro- examinations T her, played by Lester Smith, nesday. 'ove a web of entanglements in heir efforts to marry off their _ . , '' ephew, played by Harry King. ?ur ?c ??'he remaining cast of girls! f. iris! girls! and the mirthful dis- latmSribution of a widower and law- wel1 taken care er, afforded an evening of genu- ,na"y improve: le fun to the audience. made an?ri Basketb Convalescing Both of our We are glad to be able to re-jed the basketb ort that two of our convalescing | much fine athle tudents, Lois Babson and Bun j lots of hard pr tanley, are improving rapidly, land many timei v'e hope that the new year will j ring them much happiness and | ... enewed encouragement. , The Literary I day. An intere; ! program was ] Mrs. VV. E. Bell of Southport j all students to< 3 a medical patient at Dosher gram will be fernorial Hospital. inext meeting, I giving the conMost of the machinery now in I question will b ise in Venzuela's oil fields was amount of mom nade in the United States. 'swering the m ( ..'^wvjB > UK<J t | Inventory Tin | TO CHECK 1 PRINTIN AND OFFK ( We are ready to serve you wi i men and years of experience in sui i firms of this community with quali Let Us Make You An Esti [ Next Reqtiirem i The State ( SOUTHPORT, NC i t i t 4 . I TLY NEWS i week-end attraction. Mickey Rooney ? Hardy demonstrates what can happen to . , when he gets "Spring Fever," next week , After the usual Christmas and fj,sl B . spurts business seems to have settle.: ,lr.-.vn t' I steady grind. The question of third term <(8' . President is still unanswered, but the ls Hi I that FDR will not run again . H mighty mites in the military wot id, now pJ^B I steadily into Russian territory, are expected .^B places when they launch an offensive. So far tJ'B . defensive has managed to give Russian hj'fl > heads a definite headache! Just before the r"B sians attacked, their propoganda department B i duced a movie in which their battalions sup^B , ly bombed an army crossing a field of jce 'I drowned the entire army. Then in actual convB fell into the same trap! Stalin may soon i)w. H the man without a country . . . Our local ,iv^B season will face a lull following the Preside-, B Birthday Ball. J. B.'s band is schedule.: t, H . the music . , . "Peace On Earth," a short subjt^ B showing here soon has received a special au^B for br inging the true light on war to the p^'M eye . . . Orchids to "Blue Orchids" and two now B ties. "Little Red Fox" and "Piggy Wiggy \v?. B I. . . . See you here next week. DB a *rrv be given a prize. H /yPIJJ Rings Arrive H - The juniors have icceivM.H I NPWn tice that their :"e irh^l Lt llUVVlJ postoffice. They ^ ^B to get them. " Bi Rourk, Editor) ? turned*'to^ resume E'oh" "*** fter spending the T "** ne. We took our thTv 1-iii ' B uesday and Wed- f ! mvc m llr"')| J the first game. B ection ... , _ is inspected Tues- \1/ A AIT A 9 that we made a j ?? til' I IxJi.' H e school has been : of this year and j FOR RENT FOR 1940 GROYQI^B ments have been ' Farm?Town Creek. Two ~.^H t books added. jbacco Barnes. Five room dwdleH all Season lnew tractor, disc. H teams have enter- Leland Farm 25 to 50 acresall season with one tobacco bam. dwelling <^K tic spirit. They do rooms, fronting on highway F: H acticing each day terms and particulars, apply mH| 3 at night. John D B^'amy, 416 SouthenW 'Bldg., Wilmington. 1-lk l| Program B Society met Tues- Orizaba. Mexico's highest p?i. H iting Docter I. Q. is 4,000 feet higher than the tillpresented. Nearly est mountain in the United Stela H )k part. The pro- More than 10 million trains w H continued at the operated annually over the and each person roads of the United States. EE ect answer to his The biggest seed in the pistil e given a certain world is that of the so-cailii^l ?y. The person an-[double cocoanut. which gro .;;^H ost questions will (the Seychelles islands. KKXOKKKI?M](MmX*IimMj|l I :T le Is The Time jp on your G NEEDS I ;e supplies ith modern equipment, skilled work- B iplying the business and profession; B ty printing at lowest possible prices. 'mate Of The Cost Of ) ottr H ents In Printing. S Port Pilot I )rth carolina i