PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor stared u second-claw matter April 20, 1B28, at tfcs Post Office at Southport N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE TEAR $1.50 MX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .76 NATIONAL CDITORIAI? rv;i"v;a2* ASSOCIATION Wednesday, June 12, 1940 Some people who play bridge or poker hour after hour claim that the reason they do not go to church is because they can't sit still that long. There is a prevailing idea that anything you can get on credit is worth the price. Often there really isn't much distinction between a nosey and a "knowsey" person. About this war business: We'd better stop believing what we'd like to believe : and begin to face the facts. True, there are other ways of earning t - 11 KAAiJae l\tr tlio OWPSSf pf I an nonesi nving ucomca k>j h?v the brow; but any man who will do hard 1 work, and do it intelligently, can be fitted in almost anywhere. Contribute to the Red Cross Fund today. Don't delay your part in helping to , alleviate the ills and hardships of suffering humanity in the war torn countries. Let's Play Tenuis i For an expenditure of less than one- : third what we spent in preparation, ' maintenance and equipment for the two 1 municipal tennis courts three years ago we can have those courts in as good 1 shape as ever within ten days. 1 All the movement lacks is direction. 1 Saturday morning we joined a group to * go up to the court and look over the 1 prospects for putting them in playing condition. Downtown immediately after- 1 ward we contacted a dozen former tennis enthusiasts who apparently were de- 1 lighted with the prospect of having the 1 courts put in shape again this summer. Tennis can be added to the sports pro- 1 gram of Southport this summer, and at 3 very little expense to any one person; ' but not without the whole-hearted co- ' operation of all boys and girls, men and ! women who plan to play. < English To Canada l " * 1 -1-1- l_. n __ I II Aaoipn muers war macmne runs on, and if Paris, then London should fall, 1 these disasters do not necessarily involve the surrender of the British to the Ger, mans. When and if England's soldiers are defeated in battle, only a third of the British might is spent, for still intact is the greatest navy on the face of the earth; and we simply cannot see John Bull's subjects lying down in sweet submission and turning over to the Huns all her ships of war. While the fleet continued for months and even years to harass the Germans in every conceivable manner, the Nazi legions could, if they held possession of the British Isles, wreak their vengeance upon those still left on those shores. But before any of these things take nlace. we believe we shall see a mass ; migration of the English to Canada, and J the seat of government for the British Empire established there. To the north of ' us is a country of tremendous area that 1 boasts of limitless undeveloped resources, j In it, the English could set up housekeeping anew, and from this working base the forces of a conquering horde of Germans could be made miserable. ; We trust that this eventuality may ] never be made necessary by subsequent events of the war, but if they do, don't be too surprised if the English become our near neighbor. And with the present uncertainty concerning the future occu- 1 pation of the nations to our south, we < find comfort in the midst of all this mis ery in the thought that prospects are good that Angleo-American unity will continue. Food Raising? Food For Thought Cotton and tobacco are two great export crops in which North Carolina far THE STA1 mers are vitally interested, and accordin; to experts of the United States Depart ment of agriculture, those farmers wh produce crops of which a substantial poi tion go for export are likely to be i: trouble this fall. Extension workers in Raleigh hav emphasized that this makes it absolutel; necessary that the th/ee-point Agricul tural extension program of (1). Foo< for man and beast; (2), a more fertil soil, and (3), a balance of cash crop with livestock, be widely adopted in th State. . Right now, it was further pointed oul the Nation is moving as fast as it can ii organizing toward a defense program t protect this country against onslought and conquests of totalitarian nations While the Nation attempts to put idl men, money and factories to work to pre duce the needed munitions of war, th N. C. Extension Service is calling upon it county agents, specialists and other train ed experts to foster the production am conservation of all kinds of food am feedstuffs. It is, of course, expected that the pre paredness program will eventually mak iii for the loss of foreicn markets fo farm produce, but as Secretary Wallac has pointed out, until the preparednes program is sufficiently underway to hav this effect, farmers should be careful tha they are not victims of the war's intei ference -with world trade. In short, agricultural leaders over th state believe that the security of Nortl Carolina farmers lies in the definite adop tion of a safe farming program and it i not yet too late to plant additional fooi and feed crops to be saved for use on th farm no matter what happens. Should The U. S. Furnish More Supplies To Allies? A group of influential American citi zens, calling themselves The World Citi zens Association, has outlined a prograr for aiding the Allies to forestall a pos sible German victory in the present Euro pean conflict. U. S. help for the Allies seems to be i subject gaining the support of a larg number of American citizens at the mo ment, and is viewed as a possible mean nf avoiding actual involvement in tin present conflict. The program as outlined was as fol lows: 1. Repeal the Johnson act so as b permit private loans to the Allies. If w? really want them not to be defeated ...i j n. ?41, ? 4 Wlicit uiiierenct: uuw 1b maivc tiiat jcax ago they defaulted on their vast debt from the last war? If we really believi that it is in our national interest they the; shall not be defeated, is it not commoi sense to aid them, at least with privati credit voluntarily supplied by our citi zens? 2. Let the law that prohibits Ameri can volunteering in the Allied armies bi forthwith repealed. Since there are avia tors and others who feel the call to servi against Hitler, why should we forbid it' Their aid might be invaluable. 3. Let our government facilitate ii every way the procurement by the Allie of the most modern planes and arms w< can supply. Let no "secrets" be withheld let permission be given freely for the sah or charter of our shipping in order ti safeguard their lines of supply by sea. 4. Let immediate steps be taken t< stop entirely the export of copper, tin rubber and other war materials to Russii or other countries, when these material may find their way to Germany. Wha sense does it make to aid with war ma I-Awlftlri + V* /-% Vtl a am atmif a-P 4Vi a A 1 Lciiaia cue luiiiiiuauie enemy ui uic ai lies?if we really wish them to be savei from defeat? 5. Let our government see to thi doubling, at least, of our merchant ship building capacity so that, in a long war a new supply of ships may be forthcom ing to insure communications. Let thesi new ships be sold or chartered to the A1 lies on reasonable terms, vdthout profit. 6. Let a great public discussion bi begun as to the advisability of govern mental grants of all the money required Let this question relate to outright grants not loans. For what is the use of pilinj up new debts that we know cannot be re paid? Let discussion proceed as to al other ways to place our full resources short of actual military participation, a the disposal of the Allies, so that it ma; respond to the national need. While this program certainly does no embody the solution to all the ills of ou present dilemma, it does seem that somi help from the U. S. should be forthcom ing for the Allies, and that right soon for a German victory would make nom too happy a situation for America. E PORT PILOT. SOUTHPORT Just Among The Fishermen 11 By W. B. KEZ1AH i e ^ WHEN Jimmie Briggs of the ] |V Briggs Hardware Company in ' Raleigh wrote us that he had ^ something new in an invisible ' e freshwater fish line, and offered I; S i to send us one free, we thought ] e j it funny. Jimmie said it was a ] wow. It came, also one for Post- j master Yaskell. We decided we ( C, | would experiment, let him take j U his regular line and us the in- i visible. We only had a few min- ] 0 utes to fish. With the invisible ] S line we got 9 nice perch in short , order. Using his regular line, if i Yaskell caught any fish every 1 ? doggoned one of them was in- 1 I- visible when we started home. i e FIRST REAI, honors with the i blue fish and mackerel were taken i s Thursday by H. F. Whitmore, of i i- Atlanta; G. L. Kirbin, Charlotte; ; .] F. H. Anderson, Darlington, and j C. G. Vogel and T. A. Graham, i H Columbia, S. S. They were out < on the Sea Girl and got 50 fine,. I large blues and 15 mackerel. The i jinx on saltwater sport fishing ' e may now be regarded as being i 1* all over. When the weather per- 1 e mits, visitors at Southport may i be assured of good fishing from S now until about December. s e ANOTHER Gulf Stream fish- I j. ing trip with the Greensboro rac- 1 ing homer pigeons on the side i ' seems to be in order. Both Bill i Baker and Dermid McLean have i made requests for such an expe- i dition, to be set for sometime j it when they can accompany it. i i. Dermid Willi take movies of the i birds and fishing and Bill will l be standing by for news shots. ( 1 Aycock Brown of Beaufort has i p also applied to be on the next 1 Gulf Stream fishing pigeon stunt. SEEMS to us that our local boatmen who cater to Gulf Stream fishing parties might have better luck with the big fellows if they provided for "Chumming" j while on their trips. "Chumming is nothing more than grinding up " almost any sort of fish and plac ing in a bag to drag at the II stem of the boat. For some kinds of the big fish this "chumming" " stuff should be ground fine enough to create a sort of greasy slick in the wake of the boat. For still other fish the chopped up stuff can be graually sprinkled e overboard as the boat moves along. CHOPPED up shrimp and s shrimp heads are also very good 8 for "chumming" for fish while boats are trolling. For still fishing over wrecks and rocks the sprinkling of chopped up shrimp or scraps of fish overboard will 0 result in great schools of blackfish and trout gathering around e and becoming busy with the , hooks. Although Southport is not s getting any shrimp just now, the sport fishermen should bear the s effectiveness of chumming in e mind and when shrimp becomes u- abundant a plentiful supply of heads or the real thing should be 1 taken along to attract fish to the e boat. WE ALWAYS thought that Charleston had a good deal of fine fishing in its own right. Last - week, however, Mrs. J. J. Reilly a wrote us from there and wanted to know all about the Southport f " fishing, and boats and boarding t g house facilities. It seems that t t with a party of friends she is t interested in coming up and try- I ing her luck on this part of the c 1 coast. She has been supplied with t all the information she requested, t S SOUTH CAROLINA folks are I S turning to Southport for their t fishing in increasing numbers each t season. From around Columbia ? and all points north of there good r 3 representations have been coming in during previous summers. % This year the volume of inter- t ested inquiries is being taken as t , an indication that there are very t ^ few sections of the neighboring I state where sportsmen have not v become interested in our local t t fishing. a BATTERIES "B" and "C", s Second Trench Mortar Battalion, I was trained at Fort Caswell dur- v d ing the first World War. The s first World War. The boys have c 3 since scattered far and wide and \ a number have passed on. The t " survivors, or all who can be locat- C ed, probably 150, will meet at t Fort Caswell for their first re-; r union on the 30th of this month, s " The gathering is to last through y - July 4th. Quite a big event will t probably be staged, including b plenty of fishing. I e WHENEVER requests are made we are always glad to ( make reservations of boats, rooms L . and meals for parties planning to come to Southport for the fish'? ing, or for anything else. Th'is y service is done purely as a court- j 5 esy to the visitors and all that ,j " is asked of them in return is I j that they cancel their reservations by wire or letter if any- g I, thing develops to prevent their e ? coming at the designated time. a It is rather awkward for us y when a boatman loses a day's v work as a result of our holding him for a party that does not < t show up. *FINNIS: The above concludes l" the Just Among the Fishermen e column. For something over four years this pleasant source of j - contact with sportsmen and also ^ many personal friends has not 1( ' missed an issue of the State Port j e Pilot. In winding it up now I do v so with a feeling of real regret, j N. C. My reasons'for stopping are sim ply that I am tired out and havi more tasks than I can executi with the means at my command ?W. B. KEZIAH. THAT pal of ours (he says h< is) Prank L. Johnson of States ville's Coca-Cola products, write! lie was called to a meeting ii Raleigh and did not get down las week, as he expected. He am Temple Snyder of Salisbury, an Dther bottling works man, ari coming down this week-end fo: three or four days of fishing, to bacco chewing and general hob lobbing. Vance Beard, formei State Commander of the Ameri Mm Legion, is alSo in the party Prank says he has telegraphec for a new supply of Coca-Ool< knives, so as to be able' to' bring me some when he comes. SOME of the nicest flounder! we have seen in a long tim< lave been taken recently py Wil lie Cooker and his son, Maxie ising their nets, these two commercial fishermen have don< much to supply all local demand! for various sorts of fish for manj pears. John F. Potter is also i itand-by with fish for the loca market at all times when th< commercial boats that operate foi :he purpose of shipping theii catches are idle. Sometimes John Willie or Maxie makes an un isual catch and in such instance.' Waxie is a never-failing source o! nformation to this column. A VERY interested and pleas int bunch of new friends made his past week came in from Elon College and Reidsville. A1 vent out on one boat and there vere too many for good fishing rrom one craft. Nevertheless, al n the part^ appeared to have rreatlv enioved the trio. Aboul ill of them said they were com ng back to Southport this sea ron. Those in the party were, A J. Beard and J.R. Kemp of Reidsrtlle; J. B. Williamson, E. H 3arber, T. H. Barber, J. N. Bland 2. R. Smith, S. L. Welch, P. M Jirringer, W. E. Welch, Barretl Huffiness, Chas. Clark, Jr., Gilner Jones, Ike Lucas, Ted Stuper, Harry Mullen, Earnest Gar ison, Pete Mclntyre, Howarc Jirringer, T. C. Moore, Ralpli 3obb, Fred Ashly and Ed Millifan, all of Elon College. NO DISPUTING that trout dues and mackerel are all bach n full force, which means a lol >f fish at this season of the rear. Fishing for half of Saturlay and with half of thery part} reing incapicated by seasickness ind still another put out of comnission by an injury to his hand 3. B. Yelton and D. M. Freeman >f Rutherfordton: E. E. McKiney of Shelby; R. S. Bostick and ). L. Williams of Charlotte >rought in about thirty big anc >eautiful fellows Saturday at loon. They were out on the boat >f Captain H. T. Bowmer and iverything would have been fine jut for the injury of a thumb oi me of the men, and the three >thers being disable by seasickiess. GOOD OLD, Charlie Farrell oi 3reensboro writes us that he and 3aul McCollum and other Greens>oro sportsmen are ready to start l return trip to Southport, this lespite the fact that it rained ill of the time Charlie and Paul vere here last week. Always incrested in the local fishing and n Southport, Charlie mailed the hamber of commerce two or hree dollars worth of camera ilms to be used in shooting picures of fishine- and anvthinp hat will make good publicity foi his part of the state. Charlie and Urs. Farrell own and operate one if the outstanding art shops in he state. Both are experts in all hings pertaining to photography, t may interest his friends here o know that he has been invited o address the National Photo[raphers Association in Chicago text August. SO FAR. we have never bragfed on Frank O. Sherrill's abiliies as a fisherman. When he akes a party out he is always oo much interested playing the lost to hang up any record. Still, ve kind of appreciate the fact hat Frank wrote us Saturday ind told us he had wanted us to ee his new 76-foot yacht, the )rifter. He was headed down here trith her last week and had to top in Wilmington to have her locumented at the Custom House. in. ;i. 1.1 i? f * ' vmie uiere ne iouna it necessary o break ship and hurry back to Charlotte. He says he will bring he Drifter on down here on his lext visit, which will be made hortly. When Southport's new acht basin is dredged, the. Drifer will divide much of her tlmd etween her moorings at Bald lead and a berth at the basin. shallotte Girls Go To White Lake Six girls of the home economics lepartment of Shaliotte left Monlay to spend a week at White /ake. They are: Misses Annie Laurie iwain, Pella Bradshaw, Eva Hewtt, Eloise Sellers, Leona Bellamy, ,nd Clara Parker. Miss Corinne Greene, teacher, . as chaperon. shaliotte Boys Join Marines Elbert Gray, son of Mr. and Irs. E. H. Gray, and Howard jewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gulard Lewis, left Thursday for 'aris Island, S. C., where they rill receive training for the lariaes. . M ^ Winnabow News ! 5 B . ' i Martin Manns, of Rockingham, visited his aunt, Mrs. W. J. Freet man, Monday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lourin Beatiy, of 3 Ivanhoe, visited Mrs. J. L. Henry j i Wednesday morning. t Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Piaxco and j j daughter, Miss Bess Miller, of Southport, visited Mrs. A. P. 9 Henry Wednesday afternoon. r Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gladstone, j of Vass, visited the Taylors and ! Henrys Wednesday afternoon. j r Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bufflay, I" of Wilmington, were visitors here I Thursday afternoon, j Creasy Reynolds, who has been i at Oteen, spent part of the week I r with his family here, returning j ' Friday to Oteen. Thomas Ardrey and Miss Guil- j , durpy Henry, of Rocky Mount * visited relatives and friends here i Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Dawkins, I , Charlie Dawkins and Adrian j ' Phelps spent the week end in! Biscoe. [ Mrs. C. M. Satterfield, of Al- | j toona, Pa., arrived Saturday af- , , ternoon to visit her daughter, j Miss Ethel Satterfield. Miss Madge Ganey of Wilmington is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry | Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Cumbee ' f of Jacksonville spent the week end here with relatives. , G. A. Jones of Wilmington! , spent the week end with Mrs. J. i ; | L. and A. P. Henry. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kamsuer, J Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ramsuer and ! little daughter, Joan, Mr. and [ Mrs. G. T. Reid and two daugh' ters, Betty Flo and Mabel Jean, ti ' and Jessie Knox and little daugh- e " ter, Emily, spent the week end g at Carolina Beach. ei Misses Katherine and Betty v Leiner, of Wilmington, visited a Mrs. J. L. Henry, Monday after- fi " noon. ii Mrs. J. L. Henry accompanied e ; by Miss Lottie Mae Newton and t( : Mrs. Annie K. Vitou, of South- d port attended grand chapter v order of Eastern Star of North si J Carolina at Wrightsville Beach it ' Tuesday. t< 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buchman tl of Avery County were visitors g here Tuesday. ; Boone's Neck " lc ' Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tanner and 1 children, Mr, and Mrs. F. E. j Mosley and children of Wilming' ton, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Robin- ^ son, Earl Dye, of Southport, and Mrs. James Gilbert of Raleigh a j visited Mrs. L. A. Robinson, Mr. ft | and Mrs. Dewey Hewett and Mr. ; and Mrs. Lawrrtice Robinson Sun- pi j day. W Mrs. Abbie Davis and Mrs. W. t I IT AT | ? 1NU1 Doctors who examined him last mission into government service i S. C., told Leonard Freeman, son /Mrs. W. J. Freeman, of Winnabow a perfect specimen. He looks it . . . of forming a four-team baseball lea, wick county, and the Southport-Boli Saturday did a lot to encourage the It's a little early to begin talkii hunting, but Bill Styron is getting ri of time. He has added two dogs within the past 10 days . . . These shorts ensembles the women are i it kiilda hard for a modest man being embarrassed. If they do start nis in earnest, the court regalia fc 1 ought to be worth going out to see "The Eagle And The Hawk," whic day and Saturday at the Amuzu v as the next day's newspaper headli [ some one please tell us why Carol written in? She ought to sue . , , New York," with a strong histori the Wednesday and Thursday attri local theatre. Fair Alice Faye, Fr and Richard Greene are the heavies, wait till Thursday to see it you ca the dynamite keg really did blow \ Ranger." Maybe it is the influence of the a BOLIVIA ? ? Friends of Miss Ruby Mintz and Foster Mintz v/ill be glad to learn that they have returned from James Walker Hospital, Wilmington, after undergoing operations. Miss Jane Cannon is visiting relatives in Wilmington. Miss Winnie Johnson and Jimmie Johnson entertained at a delightful week end house party at their parents cottage on Carolina Beach. Guests were misses Lucy Hand, Mary Johnson, Juanita Cannon, Milton Murrell, Ernest Lewis, Billie Robbins. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Johnson chaperoned the party. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wilkins and children of Rose Hill were guests of Mrs. Wilkins parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gill, last week. Mrs. Henry Maultsby, Miss Daisy Belle Maultsby and Rustic Maultsby have returned from a visit of points of interest in Florida. Mrs. E. M. Allen of Wilmington was the guest of Mrs. Geo. Cannon on Thursday, ^ WEDNESDAY. June ,, .B - ?~~ _\S HRj Hp I f cp#f9rr"rt 1 iui? mmi mauuc.r:.., & ^hc < . ' "???.* , ' > Kt4w?M cBmI*. Imi Urta^ com. ' .. , 64 '-,1 UWf. I laill*M H?lr ?l u? intur^ ' ' " i t ;. c:u. f aid and protect the economic of this company to evelopment of the south by in- place manufactu.iting industry to establish in the to obtain manut iuth in the midst of an unlim- as near the localities tiiev ed amount of raw materials and as is possible. For this rtdHfc ) bring to the consumer's atten- Sears, Roebuck and com| ; \ jBp on, the importance of buying been one of the leaders h KL oods "made in the south". industrial development in answer to the anneal of the southern states. ?????? t. Gray and children visited Mr. and family visited Mrs IV Kf nd Mrs. Bert Williams at Shal- Spencer at Bolivia Sunday. K itte Village Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. W H-iAf1 Harry' Davis of Bridgeport, N. jand James visited Mr. ., is spending some time with his Staford Hewett Sunday. ma, Harry, Junior, and Mr. and Haywood Goley and Irs. Sam Lewis. Williams, of Shallotte, raSfe Mr. and Mrs. Homer Phelps Mr. ana Mrs. J> nd children spent Sunday with Sunday. jjE [r. and Mrs. Dewey Hewett. K Mrs. Alex Williams, of South- Candidate Signs nf rei.ic^B ort, is spending two weeks with prosperity lie about tr. and Mrs. Sam Lewis. Voice from Audience- : B Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson lie and lie and lie. 9K ' EXflTLY NEWT I week for ad- cle-man, but Robert Thompson says that if in Charleston, gets another saddle horse it will bo a snov ri^H of Rev. and one . . . The road to Long Beach is now in it. that he was better shape and is well worth enduring There is hope visit to this thriving beach development. Al W ".HH gue in Bruns- is running the best beach resort ever att '.^H via game here in Brunswick county, and all he needs nw s^H movement. plenty of people. M ig about bird Nobody knows how the weather-vane atop Jady in plenty the courthouse was knocked into its crookeisuHB to his kennel 0f being, but from now on, east is new skirt and is west, etc. The reason: Henry Mitchell. cocn-^H wearing make house keeper, went up there Monday an : |R| to keep from things straightened out . . . There've been t'"|D . playihg ten- new Buick automobiles purchased in Soutfcp'^K ir this season within the past month . . . Add free auto s , .. lising: Better buy your next year's car thisy'-HH :h played Fri- we'll hp mnkincr nlurino ami nnt AlltoS bV /as as timely time. *' ffl But hUJ For a long* time we couldn't figmv out Lombard wan , |m . "Little Old P nou,lce Mussolini's name. It must I cal flavor, is in"1, American buzzards have better piin?!*l^B action at the than he has ... The C. C. Cannon parrot see^H ed Mclturray to be working- out on a word that's just f H And?if you'll difficult for him, but you can't say he m find out If try. We hear tell that the crown prince of -> P The Lone house of O'Brien has a job on the New York aid-Tribune. Shucks, that's nothin'. His ynutpB oresald mira- brother is a eolumnlst-sometimrs. JM aOTHING STORE I Even some of our regular customers lose si^Mj the fact that few of the so-called exclusive clo^'^B g stores h,.ve as large stock as we carry. Tte, that is not our specialty, just one depJ,< ment of ou. busines., but come in and br nff I ^ *ee we cannot supply your every m re*dy-to-wear. I t ; 0? W. Kirby & Son I SUPPLY, N. C. I