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The State Port Pilot Southport, N. G. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS $1.50 . 1.00 . .75 Wednesday, October 2, 1946 Grim Reminders During the past few days Southport people have had two grim reminders that there is constant danger for the men who make their living from the sea. First, there was the case where a local man lost his life when he fell overboard from a trawler on which he worked. His body was found three days later. On last Wednesday this community was gripped with tense excitement as word came that victims of a tanker blast were being brought here for treatment or for buriai. Our citizens saw six lifeless bodies taken from the ship, and a seventh from which all life passed the following day in the hos pital. For the men who love the sea and who know something of its mysteries, these are but two more tragic pages in the history of man's conquest of one of nature's most powerful elements. Our oceans are our international highways, and their waters are sources of food and profit; but now, as always, they continue to exact their toll in human life. The Lions Clubs Since the only two active civic clubs in Brunswick county are the Lions Club at Leland and the Lions Club at Southport, we thought that it would be appropriate to reproduce a recent edi torial which appeared in The State Magazine: "There are a number of different civic organizations in North Carolina ? Rotary, Kiwanis, Exchange, Civitan, Lions and so on ? but it seems to us that the outstanding one, so far as civic work is concerned, is the Lions organi zation. "The reason for this is that the Lions have concentrated upon one main pro ject. "A few days ago we were in a group and one member of it happened to re mark that he belonged to a Lions club. " 'Oh, yes,' was the comment made by another individual in the group. 'You're the guys who are doing so , much to aid the blind.' "The trouble with most civic organi zations is that they either are not con cerned about civic projects at allr or else they jump from pillar to post, tackling one proposition for a month or two at a time, then dropping it and taking up something else. Not so with the Lions, however. They make aid-to the-blind their constant objective and, in addition to that, they also interest themselves in various other projects. "We believe it would be a fine idea if every civic organization would fol low a similar plan. Place one project at i the top of their list, and keep it con stantly in mind, even when engaged in other activities. "It doesn't pay to scatter your shot ( too much, as every hunter knows. The same thing may be said about our civic clubs." s With particular reference to what the Brunswick county clubs are doing about this program, it might be added that each club has recently conducted an active White Cane sale, proceeds from which go to the State Blind Com ? mission. It seems appropriate to add, too, that members of the Southport' Lions Club recently paid the expenses of a delicate operation which it is be i lieved wiil restore permanently the . sight of a local child. Sensible Plan We are much interested in the idea of veterans retail stores similar to that recently started as a WAA experiment in New Orleans, and according to an nouncement there is prospect for others. It is reported that the Carolinas stand only one chance in five of having such a veterans department store. The reason is that there are five regional officers in the zone which includes Charlotte. These are Atlanta, Birming ham, Jacksonville, Nashville and Char lotte, with WAA zone headquarters at Atlanta. Through such vets retail stores, WAA will dispose of government sur plus in non-commercial amounts. At present minimum quantities cannot be reduced below normal commercial lot sizes without the approval of the WAA administrator. Exceptions to this rule include items on the veterans' set aside list and items \representing small holdings to be liquidated, or items in mixed lost of merchandise. At the New Orleans experimental store; operations and results of which are now being studied, veterans used only their discharges to establish pri ority for buying. There was no advance certification, and veterans paid $200, 000 on the first day for their selections of 2,000 scarce items attractively dis played which cost the government $500,000. A sales staff of 250 handled the demands of the 10,000 merchan dise-hungry veterans. This looks to use like a sensible plan that will make it possible for ex-service men to buy some of the things they need without having to purchase more than they want or without having to pay a profit to regular retail outlets which have been doing the bulk of the buying and distributing. Charter Day October 4 is a red-letter day in every rural community. It is the second anniversary of the White House Con ference on Rural Education when more than 200 leaders from every state and representing every phase of rural life met for three days to study the press ing problems of the public schools for rural children and youth. During the Conference, the late Pres ident Roosevelt said : "In three generations 80 percent of the total population will be direct de scendants of those now living on farms in the United States. Thus, many of those who will be the leaders and citi zens of our nation will be given their understanding and appreciation of de mocracy in educational institutions in rural areas. "Many of the best and most of the poorest schools in the nation are found in our rural areas. When, however, ru ral schools are compared with urban schools as a class it is an inescapable conclusion that millions of rural chil dren are seriously handicapped in the educational opportunities available to them." It was following this Conference and the President's speech that the Charter of Education for Rural Children was adopted. Such a charter can remain just a col lection of nice-sounding words, or it can be a goal on the horizon. But it can also be the standard of educational opportunity for every rural child. To be such a standard, which should be the birthright of every child, there must be a determined action program in every community. The school board can do a part. It can fight for more money for the school program so that the teachers will be better qualified and better paid, buildings will be better equipped, and the educational program broad enough to meet the needs of the children in a democracy. But it takes more than a determined and enlightened schoolboard. Every citizen, whether he is a parent or not, must resolve to work for the better ment of his school so that every child will be a contributing citizen in our democracy, regardless of the part of the nation in which he went to school. Every citizen should contribute his ef fort to make the school the center of the community and HIS school. Charter Day is merely one day to focus attention on the schools but it should serve to stimulate continuous ac tion to improve education. Remember the symbolic Tower of Babel? Now again we don't speak the same language, and we are failing to reach Heaven because we can't under stand one another. Not only are our citizens air-minded, they are travel-minded as never before in the history of our country. We will do well to place ourselves in position to make the most of both these trends. Just Among The Fishermen Writing us this week of having | spent most of his life in . the i Wilmington section and having I hunted and fished in the South I port area many times, J. Laurens j Wright, of Charlotte, Division j Manager of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, tells us that he hopes to have the oppor tunity to come to Southport on a fishing trip this month. Under the direction of Mr. Wright the Standard Oil Company recently got out a splendid little booklet for nation-wide distribution. The Southport area received the most flattering attention in this book let. Captain Crawford Rourk of the good ship Blosson and J immie went fwAing Saturday with his first mate, J. W. Thompson, of Raleigh, owner of the craft. Others in the party were Charles Smith, Dr. Hugh McManus and Robert Sessoms, all of Raleigh. Without being placed on oath the party claimed they caught 249 blue fish Saturday. Sunday they caught nothing at all. In fact a strong north east wind was blowing and caused the owner-first mate to fall over board. From his watery predict ment he was rescued by the Captain via the well known boat hook-in-the-east-of-the-pants.. me thod. The wholesale price of spots has dropped three or four cents per pound since Sam T. Bennett and S. Bunn Frink engaged in the business with their net and 16 foot skiff. However, in spite of the competition, Maxie Cooker tells us he made $180.00 out of his rowboat fishing operations last week. Maxie and his father are still the ones to depend on when it comes to producing for local consumption. For the past year we have not done anything to publicize the fine fishing off Southport; at Long Beach, Holden's Beach, Howell's Point, Shallottw Inlet, Gause Landing, Brooks Beach, Calabash and other fin# fishing points on the coast of Bruns wick. Our reason for this is that some years ago we were working for the Southport area and ap parently did a good job. So good, in fact, that it did us out of a job. Last fall we had more than two hundred requests during September, October and Novem ber, the folks asking us to make reservations for fishing boats and hotel accommodations. Complying with these requests repeatedly, we always found that all available, dependable bcatmen were booked with parties two weeks or a full month ahead. Added to this was the fact that there were no hotel accommoda tions. Much of our time was taken up writing and wiring par ties that we could not make the reservations they asked, that none were available. There are still no hotel facili ties at Southport. The supply of boats is practically the same as last year. Under the circumstan ces, it would have been a very poor policy to further publicize things and create a greater de mand for what we do not have ? adequate boat and hotel facilities. Without flattering ourself, we take the privilege of saying that we have some rather far-reach ing newspaper connections among the Outdoor Writers and Sports Editors of the big newspapers in the north and east. Most of these fellows completely under stand the reasons why they have not been receiving publicity re garding the Southport fishing. Ihey are waiting, just as we are waiting. They know we have the fishing, but that other things must become equal before this fishing can be really developed. The sportsmen, the men and women who like to fish, are also waiting for these other things ? boat and hotel accommodations. When the word goes out that such things are available the coastal., sections of.. Brunswick will see sportsmen coming here by the thousands. Not just to Southport, they will come to all coastal sections of Brunswick. There Is one thing we definite ly plan to do. When conditions will again justify sport fishing publicity our efforts will not be confined to just Southport. It must he the whole of the coast of Brunswick, if anything. Giv ing each fishing center the per sonal contacts and publicity that its facilities for taking care of sportsmen wlU warrant. Thai means that unless a community has boats and other facilities for taking care of sportsmen we fthall not be able to do much for them. It was both foolish and hurt ful to Southport to overdo the thing here, as was done before the war. It is true enough that nation-wide attention was attract ed to the Southport fishing. At the same time the inability to provide accommodations that were asked for left a harmful impression that will not be dis posed of until wb have hotel fa ciUties and ample dependable boats. Under present conditions It to hard to do much In the way of building to take care of sports men and tourists. Shallotte Point, near Shallotte, is the only place along the coast of Brunswick that has been able to do anything 1 at all. A nice little hotel and various other facilities that have been built there have proven a wonderful success and a big ex pansion is in order. Let the rest of Brunswick county coastal points do something in the same | order of what has been done at j Shallotte Point and we guaran- , tee that the sportsmen will hear , about it and act accordingly in 1947. Veterinarians Are In Demand Good Opportunity for Farm Youths To Enter This Profession, Veterinary Chief Says RALEIGH? The need for mors veterinarians in North Carolina's expanding livestock Industry and to meet increased public health demands was expressed by Dr. Williarti Moore, Veterinary Chief for the Department of Agriculture here recently. Dr. Moore revealed that in the coun try as a whole there are fewer than 15,000 veterinarians and that of this number more than half are over 50 years of age. Pointing to the oppoTT^cy for farm youth9 to enter this well paid profession or for young men who have a natural love for ani mals, Dr. Moore disclosed that while approximately 40 young men in North Carolina are eager to enroll in a veterinary college this fall, there will undoubtedly be only four or five of this num ber who will be successful in their attempt to find any vet-' erinary school willing to accept Auto Loans ? FINANCING ? RE-FINANCING ? SALES FINANCED COLUMBUS Finance Co. Main St. at Franklin Second Floor Whitevllle. N. C. Phone 8 than. In Dr. Moore's opinion this ia due to the fact that accredit ed veterinary schools, of which there are but U In the United States and Cam da, are already jammed to capacity and above their normal quotas for new men, and also because as Land Grant colleges they must give pre ference to new students from their home state before allowing youths from other states to ma triculate. There is only one apparent re course which can be taken in the near future to meet the increased need for young veterinarians in North Carolina, Dr. Moore stat ed, and that is to offer at least five or six scholarships annually, financed with state funds, to | those young men who, in the opinion of a committee set up for the purpose, will do best in | taking a full veterinary course at some designated and first-rate veterinary school out of the State. A system of student ex change may be set up, suggested Dr. Moore, whereby provisions may be made in advance to ac cept out of state students into our N. C. diesel school or the textile school, for instance, in return for enrollment of our schofcrship students in the vet erinary school of thp JZj tag university out of by the ASSOCIATED )> Former WAC Capt. y FRANKFURT, GEP.Ma^ Nash Durant was convict#' day 'oy a military court at , tag 51,500,000 worth of g family jewels, and was s?^ to five years imprisoning hard labor. Her huibanj, i Jack Durant, ana Mij. ? CarlWatson, are awaiting J complicity charges in a, theft from Ktonberg castit BE A SMART SHCPPERH? i . . . Get into your car and drive out to our place. We can save you money on your Groceries and Fresh Vegetables, and most of the time we have things that are mighty hard to find elsewhere. J. B. COCHRAN, General Merchandise SOUTHPORT, N. G. Electrical Supplies Radios .... G.-E., Apex and Premier Vacuum Gleaners. Telechorn Clocks, Toastmasters, Schick Electric Shavers, Broil-O'Mats, Pressure Cookers, Stainless Steel Silverware, G.-E. Heating Pads. Table Lamps and Pin-up Lamps in all price ranges. Also two and three light Flourescent kitchen fixtures. Attention! To Dealers? Flashlights and Batteries ? ( United States lilec. Co. FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. KING'S ELECTRICAL SALES COMPANY SHALLOTTE, N. C. Farmers Know What a Profit Is For AS his own boss, the farmer has long since found out that a profit is not just an extra sum, above the bare cost of doing business, which can be used as you please. It is the main sourcc of funds necessary to pay for a new silo, buy better machinery, and improve the house and the barn. Iu spite of the great rise in income, farm profits are no more than necessary to keep the farm plant producing efficiently. It's the same with the iron and steel industry which makes the materials for the fanner's tools; In 1945 steel companies had left, after meet ing all expenses but before paying dividends, only a little more than one-tenth of one cent on each pound of steel sold. The profit on each dollar invested was less than five cents. Year by year since 1941, when the war started, earnings have been declining. Although last year's output of steel was 19 per cent greater than in 1940, the last prewar year, pay rolls were nearly double but dividends were lower. There arc many misunderstandings ana misrepresentations about profits. Some people forget that reasonable profits are a necessary incentive of the American system, which re sults in abundant low -cost farm products and abundant low-cost steel products; It is up to those who know what profits arc for, and what they can do, to sec that they are not destroyed? and with thein our high standard of living. * * * Steel mills need all the scrap iron and steel they can get. The shortage is serious. Farmer * can get extra dollars and help increase output by sending worn-out machinery, etc., on its way to the furnaces. American Iron and Steel Institute, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, N; Y: The Institute has printed a booklet STEEL SERVES THE FARMER. Write for a copy and it mil be sent gladly.
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