PAGE mo ?? THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor atered ma second-cimaa rnMttar- April 20, 1928, al th* Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE TEAR I1.M IHX MONTHS 1.0( THREE MONTHS .71 . \ ? \ , NATIONAL EDITORIAL. 04] W association i Wednesday, August 20, 1941 You'll notice that even in society it is usually the cat that is always claiming she smells a rat. From the looks of some of the pictures yon see in the paper we have concluded that most men have entirely too few photos' taken. Must Pay Sales Tax The other day we saw a copy of a letter from one of the leading mail order houses to a customer telling her that retailers engaged in business in this state are required to collect a sales tax on all merchandise sales, whether by mail or (iver the counter. I Thus is removed one of the incentives an linvoasonablv large ("Uiiii^; I.V ?.%?? . _ \T>lume of mail order business that goes o|it of Brunswick county annually, and ribs our home merchants of trade they l* lit fully deserve. Tfitlerian Tactics Here $ iTo put it bluntly, it is clear that certain powerful labor leaders have one aim in nand: To make it impossible for any man ti obtain a job, any man to earn a living, unless lie belongs to a labor union. These latjior leaders, in short, are driving toward aflabor monopoly?and toward personal dictatorship over every working man and liftman in this country. jln pursuing that goal, these leaders will use any weapon that comes to hand. T|ey will call strikes in defense industrfPs. apparently not caring a whit that tljp.i country's security and safety are thereby imperiled. They will rig labor elections in one way or another, so that tlfej ordinary union man is virtually voiceless. They will, on occasion, stoop to viole'iice and terrorism. They make use of tljaJ( most terrible weapon?the blacklist. Thejir obvious purpose is to put the fear ofl'Jpod into workers and employers, so tliajC they will knuckle under. ")FJie callous disregard certain labor leaders have shown for government itself in thi3'time of grave crisis indicates the way tl^e I wind blows. They make totally unjUnified and impossible demands on ind^flfcry on an "or else!" basis. Their methjetls are often impossible to differentiate irtym those of Capone in the heyday of organized vice. This projected labor monopoly is one of the most serious probler^ the United States has ever faced. this state of affairs go on long eppjjgh, and the country will be helpless. I A f?\v fat-salaried labor leaders will rule thjfcjtj country as surely as Hitler rules his R^cth. Nothing will be done without their purijiission?and on their terms. These arw:the syndicalistic tactics that did much toljijestroy France. Fity> In The Forest Vtfe are now in the midst of the vacatic |j: season, and that has always produced 3 ghastly fire waste of our timber reso i^es. Fire in the forest is worse than alienist; any other kind of fire. house caj,,;be rebuilt. A tree cannot. In a few ye Its, roaring flames can destroy timber th Hiinature must spend hundreds of years replacing. And fire in the forest brings with1 it the most horrible of deaths to deer, rabbits, birds, squirrels and other j creafures of the wild. jUhn-made fire in the forest is almost always preventable. It results from man's igpial-ance, man's carelessness, man's thbdghtl essness. All the laws in the world ar^lpowerless unless full public support anfj cooperation is given them. There can not' be a fire warden behind every tree. L? i ?j)e of the prime causes of forest fire: I is ^rooking. A family on a holiday drive: thiijngh the woods, thoughtlessly throw in^;'rnatches and cigarette butts from th< C&ti:[Usually they cause no damage. Bu onetime in a hundred, one time in ; thousand, they may fall in dry brush tha is almost explosive. Then irreplaceabltinker may be destroyed. Never dro] ( buttling tobacco or matches anywhere. Carelessness with camp fires is still another major cause of fire. Here again, the rules of safety are simple. Never leave a fire. Smother the ashes with water and i earth. Always build your fire as far as t possible from trees and brush, and in a cleared space. One of America's greatest resources is its tall timber. It is the basis of a great; ' employing industry which is vital to na-j Mtional defense. It is the source of pleasure _ and recreation for millions. Help to pre-; serve it. ?????? fa Surprising Russians h(' ' an ca In wars, as in horse races, the long shot in| ' occasionally upsets the dope and comes th through for a win. Some of the experts 1-0 , are now cautiously hazarding the guess |he . that this may prove true of the Russians, I hi) When the German-Russian war began, j the bulk of the military authorities re, luctantly agreed that Hitler was probably right when he said that it would be over to in six weeks. Those six weeks and more >1 have now passed, and the Russians, in-'w< i gT stead of retreating in confusion, are said j inj to be planning gigantic counter-attacks, tei The Germans have not taken any areas ba of major importance. The Red air force, ! which, according to German claims, was a? almost totally destroyed in the early days "s of the fighting, is still very much in evi- J dence and is giving excellent support to fri the Soviet land forces. The Red mechan- st ized equipment, which was supposed to an he second-rate, has, according to some re- ?u porters who have seen it in action, ac- tw ; tually proven equal and even superior to 'l1' the German. Most important of all, the morale of the Russian people?military wi and civilian alike?seems to have proven ,.hil far more staunch than anyone expected. Germany has not lost the Russian war. wo It would not come as any great surprise ne; if Hitler's forces yet succeeded in taking ^ Moscow, Leningrad and other key cities. fjS But these would be hollow victories un- id? less, at the same time, Hitler was able to ou' destroy Russian military power. So long Wa as substantial Red armies remain in exis- wa i tence and fighting, Hitler will not be safe ^ no matter how much Russian territory he pei succeeds in conquering. On top of that, up i Russian civilians have shown an almost n.? sir I suicidal fervor in destroying areas which the have been evacuated, and in sniping at German troops. The Russians are fighting wj| a total war in' total fashion now, and fes they have demonstrated surprising cour- :??< age. ? Best of all, from the British-American co: point of view, is the apparent fact that x? Germany is suffering terrific losses. On August 2, the Russians claimed that 1,- |S 500,000 Reich troops had been killed, ne? wounded or captured. That may represent ( a big exaggeration?neither the Russian Se( nor the German propaganda ministries As can be depended upon for the whole be| truth. But, if even a third or half that po many German troops have been incapaci- in tated, it is a severe reverse to Hitler. The ha sp< first divisions sent into Russia were the fis cream of the German crop?the tough ha veterans of the Polish, French and Low tei he: Countries campaigns. No nation can create soldiers of that quality overnight. 1 That may explain reports to the effect j that the reserves Germany has lately sent into Russia have proven inferior in quali- ^ ty to the men who preceded them. . La It also seems unquestioned that Ger- f many has lost vast quantities of aircraft m< and mechanized equipment?and has Of consumed immense amount of oil, that "n ? So most precious of war materials. Russian wf bombers have been invading the Ruman- WI ian oil fields, and may have done con- Jjjj siderable damage. And in the meantime, 1LS Britain has been carrying on determined, big-scale air raids against the Continent. At the beginning, British spokesmen had little to say of Russian chances. They were frankly skeptical. Now they are se. saying that the Russians have actually ' stopped the Germans, and that there is 88 no possibility of the campaign ending be- ' . fore the winter rains set in. If that is se: true, Germany will be in for a war of ou position?and that is precisely what Hit- nil . ler cannot afford. In addition, Britain gets d0 , stronger as Germany gets weaker. This [ war isn't over yet?but not since it start- bu t ed has the outlook been so good for the . Allies. re In time, news of the German reverses on 3 and losses is bound to seep through to the p* s German people, no matter how much ba- Wl . loney Dr. Gobbels puts out through press W1 e and radio. Then, think some, German gr t morale will start to crack. It is a fact j* i that in the last World War, Germany t went to pieces in a matter of a few mon- fii e ths, and the main reason for that was p the collapse of morale at home. Will it re happen agair ? in THE STATE PORT PI Just W ] Among : The Hftj ? FISHERMEN1 a BY BILL KEZIAH fo R Once upon a time there was an (j gler who went fishing for a at in the U. S. Senate and his c vorite bait was that the incum- \\ nt had married a rich woman j d was eating caviar, while the n ndidate and the voters were eat- V X fishroe. And it came to pass! at the voters elected the fish- S e-eater with many a loud cry. w is now coming to pass that is marrying a rich woman, and " story repeats tfself. j *" * ? * John Derr, sports editor of The ^ eensboro Daily News, has fal- ^ t from grace with us. He came e town incog last Sunday; and p tile it doesn't matter much that' ; did not see him, it matters a c| eat deal that he did not go fish- j si We suspect he is more in- S rested in football, baseball and sketball than he is in fishing, jd ? # * I si This is hardly the place to write ^ obituary, but because he loved hing so much, along with his a re of Sonthport, we are moved express the hope that our j ' end, Frank Link Johnson of \ atesville, has found fine fishing d hosts of new friends in that I ! ler land to which he was railed I suddenly last week. It was only u o weeks ago that we said in ltj Is column that we were missing auk's visits to Southport. Toy, with the knowledge that we b II never see him again, we miss ti n still more. * * ? [ a It is not exactly sport, it's L irk, at the sametime the busi-," ss of the shore fisheries along j11 : coast of Brunswick is an ex- ; imely interesting vocation. The;^ hermen may have a fairly good 1a of what their long nets will ^ itain when they are dragged t on the beach. The layman who j tches them has little in the h y of an idea that approaches s actual fact. The shore fish- \ ; is an interesting vocation that j sj rmits spectators to get a close- S] of fishing operations. We do t) t wonder at a lot of people deing to visit these places to see pi : work going on. L * # # When Carl Goerch was here S] Ih us the other day he maniited a lot of interest in fishing b il shrimping. Funny thing about j rl is that while we know him t' be greatly interested in the ?st, we have never heard of his ing fishing and we do not lie- S1 ve the sport is listed among 11 * accomplishments in which he a" well versed. We just can't cnnet him much with fishing. * * * S( Dur good friend Jimmie Stuber, (J iretary of the Outdoor Writers j ! sociation of America, must be ginning to entertain pleasing t) :ollections of his visit to South- p rt last fall. Jimmie's home is Ohio. Twice this week we have js d letters from Cincinnati, from b artsmen, asking about our fall r hing. In each instance Jimmie d told the writers of the let- A s something about things down v re. * ? * R By way of a letter from Cap- ei in Victor P. Lance, we learn ir tne roronu win np neaaing " ck to Southport bpfore very f' ig from Orean City. Skipper nee ?said that Bob Wilson of ^ le Washington Times-Herald and Hammond Brown of The Balti- & 7 ire News-Post had both been at can City in the past few days * d both of them bragged on uthport. For that matter Brown, ^ to is president of the OWAA, y ote us this past week and said was homesiek to be at South- ,v rt. This time he didn't ask g to kiss Emma Lou for him. |( (mi which we sort of gather j, at he is coming down himself. ^ * Jimmie Briggs, who gets his n dure in the WRAL booklet, j "he Voice of the Capitol City," nds us a copy autographed to c ly Pal", which is about the me way in which Mrs. Com- t. Ddore Vanderbilt autogrophed a dure of the Alva before pre- p, nting it to us in recognition of v r having slapped her on the a ck and told her she was darn ce for a country girl. Jimmie j es some broadcasting of choice g .11 about Southport's fishing j ery week. P. S. We furnish the ( ill. I * * * J Three weeks ago Charlie Far- p II of Greensboro was down here i a fishing trip and he solemnly ' ,j omised us that in just two ( eeks he and Mrs. Farrell were j iming to Southport for a two . eeks stay. Three weeks have 1 >ne by and we haven't heard a 1 ling about that, promised trip. 1 all goes to show that you just t ui't believe anybody who has v shing blood in his veins. t ? * * c Twice each week we are now t tleasing a page or two of short, i teresting fishing stories to some I LOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. Personals ______ Carlton Holden, of Georgetown, J . C., spent the week-end here 'ith friends. Richmond Lewis, who has been ! taking trips on a ship to South .frica, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Edson Barringer nd son, Edson, Jr., who ,have een visiting at the home of C. j Livingston, have returned to!. leir home in New Orleans, La. 1 Chas. Swann, of Charleston, S. is spending this week here 'ith his family. Miss Louise Cumbee, of Willington, is visiting Miss Robbie i'oodside. Orvell Willis, of Georgetown, i. C., spent the week-end here 'ith his family. Mis. Preston Bryant is spendlg this week with friends in 'lorida. Capt. and Mrs. Sam F. Watts I nd two daughters, Lois and Ail-! en, and son, Frankie, who have een visiting Mrs. Lanie Southrland, have returned to their j ome in Staten Island, N. Y. Miss Josephine Smith left Monay for Washington, D. C., where ! he will visit her brother, Ned mith. Mrs. Herbert Rogers left Sunay for Camden. N. J., where he will visit her sister, Mrs. ! iertram Burriss. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Lewis nd children, of Wilmington, i pent the week-end here with re-1 itives. Miss Gladys Dozier, of Fayette- j ille, spent the week-end here ( fith her sisters, Misses Margart and Edna Dozier. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee Aldidge, of Wilmington, spent Sunay here with Mrs. Lee Aldidge. Miss Robbie Woodside, who has een employed in Wilmington, reirned home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.'George Barringer nd son, Bob, of New Orleans, ,a., who have been visiting at le home of C. R. Livingston, reirned home Monday. Mrs. Arthur L. Brown and! oung daughter. Betty, who have een visiting at the home of { ,ev. and Mrs. A. L. Brown for \ ie past week, left Friday for! oldsboro, where they will visit; datives before returning to their j ome in Charlotte. John F. Potter and his sons, | tonroe and Ralph, who are irimping in Georgetown, S. C., j pent the week-end here with j leir families. Dan Shannon has accepted a nsition with the Atlantic Coast ine in Wilmington. J. D. Harrelson. of Winnabow, pent Sunday here with friends. Miss Joyce-Ramsey, who has een visiting Miss Dolores Hew- . It for the past few weeks, re- ] li ned to her home in Wilming- j in Monday. A. T. McKeithan, of Ft. Bragg, i pent the week-end here with his lother, Mrs. Elizabeth McKeithn. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Taylor and tiildren, of Whiteville, and guests lr. and Mrs. R. D. Wallace and ins, of Norfolk, Va? spent Monay afternoon at Fort Caswell nd Southport. Miss Anne Taylor, of Dunn, is j le guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W: .uaiK. Joe Ruark, Jr., of Philadelphia, i spending his vacation here with is parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. nark. Misses Katherine and Sophie .nn Johnson, of Winnabow, were isitors here Tuesday. Mrs. J. H. Stone and Mrs. alph Hall, of Wilmington, visit:1 relatives here on Tuesday. Mrs. K. P. McDonald and son,' ienneth. Jr., have returned to Gainesville, Fla., after spending ?n days here with her parents, fr. and Mrs. J. W. Ruark. The I. B. Bussells have as their uests Musses Mary, Virginia ancf ipporah Rice, Mrs. V. A. Rice, nd Dave Meade, of Amhurst, lass.; Mrs. Rene Laneri, of Coimbia, South America; and Mrs. 1. G. Lehevv and son, Gordon, of i'ilmington, Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Good in and sons, Henry, Jr., and tuart, left Friday for their home 1 Farnwood, N. J., after visit-1 lg Mrs. Goodwin's mother, Mrs. ilex Lind. Miss Kathatine Johnson of Winabovv spent Tuesday here with r catch an unusual one, send or all us the details of the incident ight away. The same thing apilies to hunting stories. - NOT EXflC With no thought of irreverence we wish to express the hope that Frank L. Johnson is as happy in the World Beyond as he was when he shed his business and social fetters and came to Southport for periodic sessions on the Whittler's Bench. This Statesville man, who was a loyal friend of this community, died last week . . . We hope there'll be no demand for its use by any Brunswick county people, but today we received a bulletin from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., giving the location and ownership of respirators, equipment that is of vital use in fighting this disease. Our nearest place is Wilmington at James Walker. State Treasury Chas. M. Johnson, Secretary of State Thad Eure and Senator James H. Clark of Bladen county were in the county on business last week, and at noon were guests of Judge Walter M. S tana land at a regular fish camp dinner served on the banks of the inland waterway. Featured dishes were stewed clams and rice and fish stewed with "mammy" potato. Mrs. Stanaland, having none too much faith in the judge's provisions for this meal, brought down some home made cornbread, which was turned down by the hungry guests for some of the out-doqr ovenbaked bread . . . Lt. R. I. Mintz, who reported Saturday for duty with the Barrage Balloon school at Camp Davis, now has his wings. The Barrage Balloon unit is a branch of the Army Air Corps. Above we referred to a "mammy" potato. Until Judge Stanaland told us about his out-door dinner Winnabow News I and Mountain c : Phelps accompi Mrs. Nellie Walker of Hamlet Franklinville an and Mrs. S. O. Craven and Jittle.end wlth fnend daughter, Nell, of Monks Corner, I M. B. Robbir S. C., who have been visiting Mr. ville, Tenn. vis and Mrs. C. H. Zibelin for the last Mr. and Mrs. week returned Monday to Hamlet, j Sr., here last Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hunter of Mr. and Mrs. Deland, Fla., Mrs. J. W. Clardy, dreil of Macon, of Wilmington, Harry Leach, of here Monday en Texas, and Miss Nellie Willetts atives at Suppl spent Thursday with Miss Eliz- Louis Goodma abeth Grimsley at Elizabethtown. was a visitor hi L. O. Sellers and family spent Mr. and Mr: the week end in Andrews with anci Htt!e daUghl relatives. Ark., and Miss James Padget, who is in Gov- of Charlotte ar ernment service in Newport, R. I., visit J. C. Potti is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs Robert 1 Mrs. J. P. Padgett heree. tle daughter, Ai Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Freeman visjted Mr and ; and Hardee Mills of Charleston,' lich thjs week S. C., spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. | Freeman and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Futrel! and I l"jl III little daughter Barbara and Miss Ulynn rutre!l ot Charleston, S. ?. C., spent Sunday with Mr. and : Money Mrs. J. H. Mills. you will p Roger W. VVilletts returned things you Sunday from attending Summer i i , school at Wake Forest * m rI Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tliarp of you II likel Wilmington spent Sunday evening j to buy mai with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Zibelin. The Town Creek Home Demon^i stration Club met Monday afternoon with Mrs. C. H. Zibelin. R. H. Lanier, of Wallace, was a visitor here Tuesday. CROWDED OUT LAST WEEK Roy Kye and John William Savage spent the week end in | Winston-Salem. While there they j visited Blowing Rock and Boone | |H \ WAR All nnwenne nnur livinn /All jiciauua iiuw living Brunswick County hoi possessed on October factory agreement ha members of the Boarc sioners. BOARD OF CC BRUNSWIC I | I V? \ \ WEDNESDAY, AUOkt KM Sly news - we had never heard the tern 7T"! ^ -fg one was. Maybe we were the ;.iv ; | ?b] county ignorant of this fact. illlt 'H IS are others, a "mammy" pota' been planted for the put p. ' from which plants are taken : ing a new lease on life, puts growth and sometimes reach.-. f.n,, [ ^s| tions ... If plans for a dan..fall through, the next?and p, chance will be for Saturdav , Day. "That Uncertain Feeling" in W|lj(; ,, | If i Merle Oberon listens to the : . . ''S| % Melvyn Douglas and Burgess jr.- .,t! | ! ture for Wednesday and Thut | That curtailed crew over on th, 5 I jS | tough time of it last week with ,nlv ! present for a sheep-shea t ing G< ; ., i j the crank while Charlie M it! ! struggling animals and laid or. : i, ,.B 1 * ! The boys lost as much hide a.- !i The tennis season continue? I and Robert Thompson comprise . combination that other double's t n.s r? ;^J| A hard to whip ... A recent new bin.ii i ment will see the pool parlor r.. | I W building next to the theatre . . m s.1|T Clemmons, who spent fifty fall? .,n th- . I J of Brunswick fishing, only goes t- tlr B I now when he wants a mess of fisi The < .^H is always a welcomed visitor. I I ity, Tenn. Adrian , M. Nowiekit .1: I l: ~ j anied them to'of Jamaica. N. Y are '.;f98 ^ d spent the week Mrs. Nancy Swuir. a: u-. II s there. ? || > 1S. jr.. of Nash- YOUR HOME I lited his parents 1 vw" iiT-HUbBl i' RobM"'" AGENT SAYS Gilbert and chil Ga., were visitors' SCHEDULE OK (u p, II route to visit rel- MEETINliS || y. Thursday. August 21. ? }^fl in of Wilmington Town Creek, Wini iinn , i ll ere Monday. och Clubs picnii at He! .-HI i. W. D. Potter Beach 3 p. m. SI er of Little Rock, Monday. August 2." s:-, H ' Eva Belle Potter Club-Mrs. May Ru.s* at H rived Monday to kh ? er and family. Tuesday. August 26. , IfcKenzie and lit-! Folly Mrs. Eur.iv V:,::.-. ine, of Goldsboro, ( P. _m. t Mrs. Rex Wunder- ( service viui) u. , 'GETHM5 ngI ' will go farther than you think if only WSf\ lan your spending. Make a list of th;HE| need, and bring it to our store. When purchased these articles of merchandise y discover that you have saved enouyh iy more things that you'll see and wan! T-J. HA WES I STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS ?U Supply, N. C. E | NING I on property for wbirh I ds the deed will be dis- I 1,1941, unless a satis- I s . been reached with I I of County Commis- I fMMISSIONERS I :K COUNTY I