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The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
Published Every Wednesday
JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor
(On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.)
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Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at j
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the i
Act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ONE YEAR $1.50
SIX MONTHS 1.00
THREE MONTHS 75
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Wednesday, September 5, 1945 j
No More Than (iunpowder
When gunpowder was first invented
the general public took the view that 1
its use in warfare was cruel and in- j
human. It was claimed that its power ,
for destruction was so great that there j
would be no more wars. Societies were j
even formed for the purpose of work- ;
ing against the use of gunpowder in !
future wars.
Now come quite a number of scien- I
tists who claim that the use of the ato- I
mic bomb in warfare will be no more
revolutionary than gunpowder was
when it first became available.
Among such scientists, Sir George
Padget Thompson, an Englishman who
!?.><= lwn workinsr on a study of the
wartime development of atomic power,
recently said:
... "if there is another war and atomic
i bombs are used, I don't believe the
number of people killed will be any
greater than in this war and might be j
less, since it is easier to protect people j
than machinery from very violent explosions
because it is easier to disperse
them. The objectives in the next war, |
if atomic bombs are used, will be fac- j
tories, not armies. Towns will be eva- j
cuated when relations between coun- .
tries become strained, and atomic 1
bombs are too valuable to be wasted
on the countryside."
Same Speed Laws
While the average condition of tires
and the North Carolina speed laws are j
still as they were several weeks ago it j
may be timely to caution motorists, as I
the State Highway Police are doing, |
that they cannot drive over 35 miles j
per hour.
The speed laws still hold you down |
to 35 miles per hour. To go faster may i
result in your being detained long
enough to explain this to the judge
and perhaps, make a contribution to
the school funds.
It is still just as dangerous to drive
over 35 miles per hour as it was while
the war was on, and perhaps more so.
The newspapers are full of accidents
which have occurred in the past two
weeks. Some of these perhaps would
not have happened had motorists kept
down to the 35 mile speed limit ini
stead of letting their joy of the war's
ending spur them on to* greater speeds.
Walked Into Pages
In an address last week President
^nman sposc 01 me nation s noine
pffont in World War II as being "truly
^Bbattlefront where women bore a mapart
of the struggle."
'^ "Women," he said, "walked into the
gages of today's history as good citizens
and good soldiers."
To our thinking, not only did the
American women on the American
"home front walk into the pages of his"
tory during the war. In all countries
where actual fighting went on women
*-played a great part in the actual fightling.
Credit for winning the war goes
"to the women as well as the men.
Knocking Off Points
Joyfully received by service men was
the announcement by the war department
on Monday that it had cut the
;; number of points necessary to obtain
a discharge from 85 down to 80. In
' addition to this, all enlisted men who
are over 35 years of age can obtain
their discharge at once.
It is reported that at least one mil;
lion men will be needed to occupy
; Japan for the next several months. It
is understood that in order to have men
- for the occupation forces, and at the
same time have a regular size standing
army at home, it is necessary to continue
the drafting of some men of the
18 to 25 year-old group. The fact that
- some men are still being called means,
for one thing, that many men who
have seen strenuous service will soon
get their discharge and be able to return
to their families.
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Stop The Speeding
The announcement that the State j
Highway Patrol will start a campaign j
against speeders, and drivers of vehic- j
les not in proper condition to travel ij
the highways is welcome news to citi- I,
zens who try to live within the law. i
Speeding has increased since the gas- P
oline ban was lifted. That is plain to
anyone who cares to look. It has been \
suggested that the next Legislature 1
pass laws which would require all car j
owners to carry liability insurance. <
Many states have such laws, but while j?
that protects the owners and pays hos- j(!
pital bills of the injured, it doesn't i
bring anybody back to life after a fatal h
highway accident, and they have in- j
creased at least 15 per cent since the
rationing of gas was lifted.
Haymount, west of Highsmith hos- ;j
pital, appears to be one of the favorite |
"race tracks" for those who are always 1
in gfetit haste to get nowhere.?Fay- *
etteville Observer.
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(ietting Demonstration !,
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During the war there was fault-find- 1
ing and complaining without end from }
people who failed to see the necessity |
of rationing, in some cases they failed ji
to see because they had no wish to 1*
see. I,
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Since the war has ended and some i?
of the rationing lifted some of these )'
folks, as well as the general public, <
are getting a small but practical de- ji
monstration of what the country would J1
have been up against if there had been '
no rationing. l
Up until a very short time ago distributors
of soft drinks were rationed j
ac in flip niimhdv nf crates of bottled 'r
drinks they could deliver to the retail- J
ers. While this rationing lasted, trucks
from practically all bottling plants con- ji
tinned to reach country stores, cross I j
road communities and small towns. t
Soft drink vendors at such places did (
not get much but they always got some |
and the public was satisfied at getting
its favorite drink three or four times
per week.
But the rationing by bottling plants \
has now ended. The bottlers have dis- !
covered suddenly that there is a great ,i
deal more profit in short hauls and big ^
deliveries in the immediate areas of L
their plants .The result is that the cross 11
roads, community and small town '
stores are not often called upon by the (
trucks that were at one time eager to i
sell to them. We have been over a 1
great deal of this county in the past f
ten days and at only one place did we
find bottled drinks of any sort except ,
beer. The exception had only one sort t
of soft drinks, where it was formerly s
able to keep a dozen on hand. 1
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Basic Principle Involved !
"Private enterprise and its attendant
political freedom will not endure in
this country if people associated with
each branch of industry defend only
their immediate interests against oscialistic
attack . . ., "says an editorial in
Railway Age, February 17. 1945. "For
this reason, not only ethical principles
but far-sighted self-interest demand of
railroad people that they give understanding
attention to the political persecution
being visited upon the priv- |
ately-owned electric utilities.
"A- small part of this industry was
preyed upon by financial gangsters
some years ago, a fact which has distorted
by politicians ... By the device
of imputing to the whole utilities industry
the sins assignable only to a
part of it . . . socialistic politicians
have been able to give a mighty impetus
to development of governmentowned
electric power. As always with
with pgovernment ventures in competition
with private enterprise, the
politicians have seen to it that, the
cards are stacked in favor of the socialist
rival , through tax exemptions
and' other such arbitrary advantages,
so that the customers of governmentowned
utilities do not have to pay rates
to cover all the costs that a privatelyowned
power company would have to
collect.
"This development is not opposed by
a large part of the manufacturing industry
and other users of power ....
because, while it is coerive and socialistic,
the owner of utility property
appear to the thoughtless to be only
losers . . . These government ventures
inevitably grow at a rate not justified
by their comparative economic merit . .
A nation does not promote its economic
welfare by indulging in uneconomic
behavior.
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THE STATE PORT PIL(
Letter To Editor
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Editor State Port Pilot:
This letter is intended for the
parents and all who are interestid
in the welfare of the school
ihildren?our boys and girls, of
;oday, who will be our men and 1
women of tomorrow. <
As we all know, school will
soon begin and what I and others
want to know is, isn't there some
way we can get lunch rooms or
iafeterias at all our schools. This
s badly needed to permit the
:hildren to have hot lunches. To
;atch their buses they have to i
?et up so early that two-thirds ;
>f them do not get an adequate '
jreakfast. For lunch, they take 1
with them a few sandwiches and
jften these are eaten before the
his comes along. This leaves the i
ihild with nothing for lunch and
n such cases they go without i
ood for possibly eight hours un.il
they return home at night.
A lot of Brunswick county i
toys were turned down by the i
irmy and navy during hte past :
:ew years, for po other reason :
:han that they went under
lourished during their school I
lays. We cannot afford to con- I
.inue in the same way for the i
fenerations now coming on. Some '
neans must be devised for their i
laving adequate and nourishing
unches during their school days.
In many cases, I have learned, I
la rents think they are meeting i
:hc needs of the lunch hour by :
iroviding the children with money l
with which to buy something at
iea:by stores. This is a great 1
nistake. In nearly every case the ,
:hild will use such money to buy
:andy and soft drinks, articles ;
n which there is little or no 1
ood value. The mere providing
if money does not provide the
ihild with the healthy, needed :
unch.
Science has proved that a :
lealthy, well-fer child learns
nuch more quickly than an unIcrnourished
one. Education is i
mportant but good health is even j
nore important. ji
T am spndinc thi? to the rvinci
n the hope that some one with
letter ideas than I have will '
volvc better plans than we now
lave for the feeding of school ,:
:hild:en, that they may have the ;
lealthy bodies that are so necesiary
to strong minds. ji
MRS. LENA ROBINSON j<
Supply, N. C. j'
DPEN FORUM
fo My Relatives:
I am growing older and moie :
eeble each day, and am only
vaiting for my summons which
nay come any time. I can hardly
?et about but I am glad to say
hat I am ready to meet Him at
iny time He calls me. I can also
iay that I hope to meet each one
>f you in Heaven and I hope and
nay that if I have done any:
vrong to any one they will for-!
jive. j
I wish to ask all my relatives, I
:or my sake, please write me or,
;ome to see me soon. I am ready
;o go when the Master calls me
ind I would like to see all of you
icfore I pass on to eternity. I|
ippreciated every deed of kind-,
less that has been shown me. I
;an leave a wonderful testimony
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The moral is...
whatever you bu\
insist on QUALIT\
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lhat I have nothing against anyji
one. I love every one and am :
ready to meet my Maker. ]
S. B. Sellers i
Brunswick County Home 1
Southport, N ,C. <
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The Rovin' Reporter j
(Continued From r*a-;e One) I
having great sport gigging floun- J j
ders. They use a "prod" and when I
a thrust in the water is succeed-,
ed by a commotion, they know j j
they have got something. Theyj
act accordingly and soon get
their prize to shore.
Yesterday Cpl. Richard Mills I
(or was it Cpl. Knopka?) made (
a mighty thrust with his prod ,
into about four feet of water.!,
- *lin- I
mere was a uciiiwwuuu ? ^ j
lea vol all around him, something' j
like a submarine breaking sur- J
face. But, instead of breaking i '
surface, the "flounder" put out t
to sea, carrying with it the prod jj
and Cpl. Richard Mills, (or was j
it Cpl. Knopka?)
When the flounder, the prod ,
and whichever Cpl. it was reach- j
ed deep water, the Cpl. suddenly1,
remembered that he had no orders ?
to go to sea. With this being (
the case he released his hold on
She prod which" anchored him to,
the flounder and returned to shore 1,
duty. The prod and the flounder, (
ivhich wc suspect was a stingaree, j
continued out to sea. L
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One time someone, who was j
act immediately confronted with ,
any possibility of being indicted i
for contempt of court, made the j
remark that "Justice is blind.", (
Now comes this weeks term of {
Superior Criminal Court and j
Judge Henry L. Stevens had not ,
been in town sixty seconds be- .
fore he arranged the Pilot's :
Rovin' Reporter on the charge ,
that there were no bluefish off j
the ccast of Brunswick. It was
further charged that there were ?
plenty further up the coast. The \
indictment was so unexpected ]
that the Pilot's representative (
could d? nothing at the moment j
except submit a nolo contendre.
But Justice triumphed. That i
same evening commercial iisiung j
baits returned from offshore ,
woik, with the ships loaded down j
with menhaden for the factories. ,
Another and equally gratifying j
sight was to see the men com- |
posing the crews coming ashore, j |
Each was carrying two to half j
a dozen huge bluefish and mack- j
erel. all that they wanted to ]
carry home. Those fish weighed i
all of the way from two to five j
pounds each, the biggest and
nicest of their kind seen here in
yearS. In the sure knowledge'
that his eyes were not deceiving!
him and with an utter lack of'
faith in the time honored charge
that justice was blind, the Rovin'j
Repo:ter promptly went before the
Judge and withdrew the nolo contendere
plea, submitting instead
that, "the bluefish and mackerel
are swarming out on Frying Pan
shoals like all hell." I
LeRoy Mintz, soil conservation-'
ist in Brunswick county for the
Lower Cape Fear District, said
this week that W. C. Gore, young
Shallotte farmer, has the best hay!
crop he has seen. Contrary to
reports of a few weeks ago the
hay crop is bidding fair to turn
out pretty well. Much natural
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jrass is combining with lespede!a,
soy beans, etc., to produce a
pretty good yield. Incidently, in
connection with Mr. Gore's fine
pay crop, he also has perhaps
line of the best hay saving outfits
in the county. Using a large
tractor and with his mowing machine
having a seven foot blade,
Mr. Gore is able to cut about 30
icres per day. In addition to
cutting his own hay he does a
?reat deal of custom work among
lis neighbors.
Captain Gurganus, who rents
the Little Beach and has about
the largest shore fishery in the
county, had pretty good luck last j
week. One day his crew took
fifteen thousand pounds of nice
mullets that are reported to have
sold at 15 cents per pound, wholesale.
Other catches were made
during the week and it is understood
that Captain Gurganus and j
his crew all received a' nice re-!
turn for their week's work. With 1
this week being ushered in with
a north and northeast wind, it;
promises to be better than last
for the fishermen at Little Beach ;
ind other fisheries along the '
coast of Brunswick.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Reynolds,
vho have been renting and opcrating
a filling station at Supply
'or the past several years, havef
lecided to settle down on their .
>wn. Accordingly, they have r
cought some land on the high- t
vay near the Dunrovin Farm, at a
sVinnabow. They will move there ?
n a few days and in addition to t
heir filling station and general a
store Mr. Reynolds will continue 11
lis poultry raising. He is a vetcran
of the first world war and
is a result of his experiences he j
spent several years in a govern- ] h
nent hospital. s
t
Shallotte's new movie theatre |
should be completed and ready j j
'or occupancy the last of this!,,
V>/\MiV< AAAA?J<M<V 4- n I/AM I '
11UI1U1, ai-V-Ut Uiilg IU JTkGll OUIIC5VII,
>wner and operator. The build- o
ng is a large one of cinder block
constiuction and cement floors. |f
With a large balcony, it will bcjc
able to seat upwards of six hun-j^
(red people. S. C. Tripp and c
Sons, of Shallottc, have had c
:harge of the construction work, v
Vlr. fenson owns and operates .
:wo other theatres in addition to
the one at Shallotte.
Lumber and pulpwood people
lad good cause to be thankful
"or the sunshiny weather that
orevailed last week, and so did
farmers. With the ground as wet
is it had been for many weeks
the task of getting saw logs and
pulpwood out of the woods to the
mills and shipping points was almost
at a standstill. Trucks were
simply unable to enter the woods
for a load without bogging down.
A few days of sunshiny weather '
and practically all of the saw |
mills were able to find tracts of
timber in which their trucks could
be operated.
Some of the earliest blooming
camellias at Orton came out in
full dress late in August and i
the blooms were beautiful. With I
September now here more and
more of these beautiful flowers
will break into bloom each week
and month. With more than 350
varieties of camellias the Orton
Gardens are so situated that some
variety of the camellias are
blooming every month from August
all throueh the snrinfr and I
until the advent of summer. The
largest number of varieties break
forth in the spring.
With catches of shrimp just off ,
Southport running to a rather'
small size, owing to the great!
volume of fresh water from the!
lains close inshore, the big'
shrimpers operating out of South- j
port this year have good oppor-1
tunities to demonstrate their,
value. For the first time local
shrimpers are able to go out and |
we now 11.'
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THE BIT"
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emain out two days with their
oats. The craft range in waters
II of the way from Georgetown,
>. C., to above Southport. When
hey find good shrimp they are
.blc to stay out, anchoring at
light, and fish until they get a
sad.
About 1929 Brunswick county
lad a dry period extending over
omething like ten years. During
his period very little rains fell
luring either winter or summer,
dany of the largest and deepest
ikes reached such a low level
hat it took two or three years
if normal rainfall to get them
ull again. Many others dried
:ompletely up. It appears that
luring this dry period a number
if people built new homes, some
if them neglecting to allow for
vhat might occur during years
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of normal or excessive rainfall.
They located their homes ant
more often outbuildings in low
places. This year with an excessive
rainfall of many inches many
of these homes and buildings are
finding themselves in spots that
a e impossible to reach except by
wading.
Owners of dogs, whether the
animals be household pets or
hunters, are responsible under the
law for any damage the canines
may do. Recently we saw a case
where a two-year old boy narrow,
ly escaped an attack from a large
dog, and that the hoy was
entirely without fault. Owners of
large dogs of breeds that are
known to have vicious instincts
should not allow these animals In
a crowded public place, especially
a place which children frequent.
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