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The State Port Pilot Southport, N. G. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR Ed?tor Entered as second-class matter Apiil 20, 1923, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS Wednesday, December 18, 1946 A ppreciation Much of the happiness of Christmas time centers around the postoffices and the faithful mail carriers. Instead of vacations, theirs is to find their daily tasks multiplied many times over. In place of the few thousand pieces of mail they have to handle during nor mal weeks, the Christmas season finds the postal employees having to handle hundreds of thousands of letters, cards and parcels. Getting your share of these things to you and sending along your messages and gifts to others makes your postmaster and the other postal employees the most rushed and harrassed set of workers in the county at Christmas. For courtesies and efforts put forth during the year to serve the people of the county, and especially during this Christmas rush, the appreciation of this paper goes to each postmaster and each postal employee in this county. Spirit Of Christmas Maybe we are wrong about it, but it seems to us that Christmas had a rich er, fuller meaning back a few years ago when money wasn't quite so plen tiful. Perhaps we attached too much importance to the satisfaction that comes from giving to persons or fami lies to whom a gift really meant some thing, but it is from a few experiences of that kind earlier in our life that we came to know the true meaning of the joy of giving. The thought occurs to us that even in this year of prosperity and free spending there may be isolated cases that need our help just as surely as people did back in the thirties. If this Christmas is to be a season of joy for everyone, it will be well for those of us who are able to take a searching look around and do what we can to bring the happiness we seek to others. $1.50 . 1.00 . .75 County Library Recently we had an opportunity to discuss the matter of county-wide li brary service with a representative of the State Library Commission, and as a result of that talk we are convinced that the citizens of Brunswick county Vcan have good books available for them in their home community. * The normal procedure for obtaining county-wide library service is for the county government to put up a certain sum to match funds made available through the State. Despite the fact that Brunswick county is in no financial condition to take on an obligation of this kind, we believe that the necessary money can be raised through private donation and from various clubs and organizations. For as little as $900.00 from this county, we can inaugurate bookmobile service early in the New Year. We hope that there will be enough response to this editorial appeal to justify entering into negotiations with the Library Com mission to provide this service for our county. m _ / Building Boom With President Truman lifting all building restrictions Saturday it is pre dicted on all sides that the approaching new year will bring to Brunswick coun ty the greatest building era we have ever seen. Despite the difficulty of obtaining permits, getting material and labor, 1946, has been the greatest year thus far for building of all sorts in this county. It appears that the things that were built this year will be insignifi cant a year from now compared with what will take place in 1947. With general construction going on throughout the nation, this section will still meet much trouble and many ob stacles to the building plans. There will be shortages of many things necessary in buildings, and carpenters and labor ers may also show up short of the num ber needed. Despite these obstacles, the county is all set for its greatest building boom. Striking Against All The People It is quibbling to say that the recent coal strike was directed against the government or the mine owners. It was directed against the nation's factories and railroads, against the farmers, the storekeepers, the babies, against John Doe and Richard Doe and their neigh bors. The mine operators at one time made the lot of the miners pitiable in deed ? but they have been brought in to line and the government itself be came the employer. Now the boss of v the miners, holding the whip hand, is insisting upon the very principle against which he screamed at the employers ? domination, coercion, oppression. What ever the rights-and-wrongs of the con troversy itself may be, no man should have the power to defy his government, his president, and his fellow-country men. The strike issue in all industry has gone far beyond the question of whath er workmen are entitled to higher pay, shorter hours or other benefits. Those matters could be equitably decided and settled through the normal processes of collective bargaining. History repeats itself in curious ways In the early years of this century, the excesses of a few capitalists led to the ? enactment of a long series of restrictive laws controlling business, beginning with the anti-trust statutes. Now the excesses df a few labor leaders are making it inevitable that Congress pass comparable legislation controlling the activities of the union, for they have become greater monopolies in re-* straint of trade than ever did an in dustrial combination. Meaningless Hair-Splitting A good deal of meaningless hair splitting is going on concerning the pro posed Wagner-Murray-Dingell public health bill. Some of its advocates seem hurt when critics say that the measure amounts to socialized medicine, and claim that nothing of the kind is inten ded. It is true that the bill would not go whole hog in the direction of socializa tion, by having the government estab lish a monopoly on hospitals, clinics and doctors. It is equally true that the bill would regiment medicine ? and that is always the first step toward eventual socialization. Once the doctor becomes dependent on the government for part or all of his practice and his livelihood, the beginning of the end would be in sight for free, private medicine. Further, the fact that the bill makes government-administered health insur ance compulsory instead of voluntary indicates the way the wind blows. One hundred million or more Americans would be forced to accept and pay for this insurance whether they wanted it or not. It would be deducted from each paycheck, precisely as are social secur ity taxes, and the annual cost would run between $37.50 jjnd $40 per capita. Again, the measure would reduce and in many instances eliminate the patient's freedom of choice in selecting a physican. That is always true of schemes to make the practice of medi cine in whole or in part a function of the state. The great objections to the bill are that they would give an enormously costly bureaucracy stringent powers over the practice of medicine, that poli tical favoritism would in great measure determine a doctor's earnings and suc cess, and that the people would be compelled to pay for a state doctor when they might prefer to pay a pri vate doctor. Those are facts and hair splitting over words won't change them. To teen-agers: You can't grow up without self-discipline. If the purpose of life is to have fun,, quit school and stop wasting the teacher's time. Why men ruin their country by de liberately forcing everything higher is one of the great mysteries of history. Almost makes you believe in demons. AAA COMMUNITY (Continued from page One) Boli*1a. Supply Community: Chairman, John W. Sellers, Supply; vice chairman, Clyde M. Holden, Sup ply; regular member, James H. Galloway, Supply; first alternate, Rifton E. Sellers, Supply; second alternate, J. B. Clemmons, Sup ply Mt. Pisgah community: Chair man, Edgar L. Holden, vice-chair I man J. B. Sermons, regular mem ber, Snode W. Lancaster, first alternate, Archie Holden; second alternate, Murphy L. Hewett. Boone's Neck community: J Chairman, Bedford Ludlum, Sup-: ply; vice-chairman, Wilbur Hold en, ?>. lllotte; regular members, Georp _ Swain, Supply; first al ternate, Albert M. Hewett, Sup ply; second alternate, Carl Hold en, Supply. Shallotte community: Chair man, Robert Hawes, Shallotte; vice-chairman, R. D. Waodard, Shallotte; regular member, R. B. Hawes, Shallotte; first alternate, O. L. Gray, Shallotte! second al ternate, Tom Swain, Shallotte. Gause Landing community: Chairman, L. Thomas Hewett, vice-chairman, E. V. Gore, Jr., re gular member, D. Lennox Gore, first alternate, F. T. Pierce, se cond alternate, Rutherford Regis ter. Grissettown community: Chair man, Herbert Russ, Shallotte; vice chairman, Albert R. Russ, Ash; regular member, Willie H. Red wine, Shallotte; first alternate, Curtis Hewett, Shallotte; second alternate, Paul Holden, Shallotte. Thomasboro community: Chair man, A. Millard Blanton, Warn !pee, S. C.; vice-chairman, A. D. I Long, Wampee, S. C.; regular member, Luther J. Carter, Wam pee, S. C.; first alternate, Bryon Bennett, Shallotte, second alter nate, Clinton Bellamy, Wampee, S. C. Friendship community: Chair man, Amos J. Walton, Jr., Ash; vice-chairman, Grant Gore, Ash; regular member, Jennis McLamb, Shallotte; first alternate, Wilson E. Prince, Ash; second alternate, O. B. Leonard, Ash. Ash community, Chairman, Lon nie Evans, Ash; vice chairman, Thurston Hughes, Ash; regular member, M. Kirby King, Free land; first alternate, Layton Stan ley, Ash; second Alternate, J. lflfhen somebody says to you, "Good jobs are hard to find"-DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT-if you're a physically and mentally fit young man from 18 to 34 inclusive! In your new Regular Army, 40,000 good jobs a month are opening up . . . interesting jobs that pay well . . . that offer advancement, career opportunities and training and experience in many useful skills and trades. New higher Army pay . . ? food, clothing, quarters, travel, at no extra cost . . . GI Bill of Rights educational benefits for those who enlist before the official termination of the war and serve at least 90 days . . . and the oppor tunity for early retirement with a life income . . . add up to a career you can't afford to miss. A 3-year enlistment permits you to choose any branch of service and overseas theater which still have openings. Go after one of these good jobs now! You can get all the facts at your nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Station and ENLIST NOW! ? ??????It**************** NEW, HIGHER PAY FOR ARMY MEN li AddHiM la Fowl, Lo^int, Clothes and Mnfcil Cn In Addition to Column One at th< Right: 20% In crease for Service Over seas. 50% Increase, up to $50 Maximum Per Month, if Member of Flying or Glider Crews. $50 Per Month for Parachutists (Not in. Flying-pay Status) While Engaged upon Para chute Duty. 5% Increase in Pay for Each 3 Years of Service. Master Sergeant or First Sergeant Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant . . Sergeant . . . . Corporal . . . , Private First Gasi Private . . . . Starting Case fay Per Month $165.00 135.00 115.00 100.00 90.00 80.00 75.00 MONTHLY RETIREMENT INCOME AFTER: 20 Tears' 30 Tears' Service Service $107.25 $185.63 87.75 151.88 74.75 129.38 65.00 112.50 58.50 101.25 52.00 90.00 48.75 84.38 ************* Listen to Guy Lombardo, "Sound Off," "Warriors of Pica," "Volco of fha Army," "Proudly W ? Holl," and Football Broadcatti on your radio. ? ? YOUR REGULAR ARMY SERVES THE NATION AND MANKIND IN WAR AND PEACE 203 P. O. Building, Wilmington, N. G. In Whiteville P. O. Mondays TIRES We can supply you with almost any size tire and tube. AUTO PARTS and ACCESSORIES ODELL BLANTON SUPPLY, N. C. MATTRESSES Stripped ticking and other materials now available. Our specialty is overhauling old Mattresses and making new ones ! Now, in our new building, we will en deavor to get around Brunswick every two weeks delivering new mattresses and collect ing o'd ones. When possible, bring or send us your Old Mattresses for Overhauling. T. C. BAREFOOT MATTRESS CO. (NEAR BRUNSWICK RIVER BRIDGE) LELAND, N. G. . ; V' ' .:?> j-? -j . ? Wilson Long, Ash. Waccamaw community: Chair man, Sinclair C. Gore, Ash; vice chairman, Vance Gore, Ash; regu lar member, Davis Milligan, Ash; first alternate, Roy W. Hughes, Ash; second alternate, John -F. Allen, Ash. Exum community: Chairman, Weston. Evans, Freeland; vice chairman, B. H. Evans, Freeland; regular member, L. C. Babson, Freeland; first alternate, Quincey B. Little, Freeland, second alter nate, Ivan V. Bennett, Freeland. FATAL ACCIDENT (Continued fiom page 1) ed in the wreck. Coroner W. E. Bell has sche duled an inquest into the death of Batson at the courthouse here on the night of December 31, if the condition of the two survivors win permit their being present. Task Force Invades Swamp Continued From Page One one of his finest bear dogs, fol lows a bear trail. Last year with luck and orthodox bear favoring him, his partly loaded six big bear aboard their jeeps and trailers when they started home ward, but this year the bear have been acting up and even the stout-hearted Smithdeal was threatening to quit and go home before his usual stay was up. Bear hunting in the Green Swamp is a natural for lovers of this sport. Smithdeal declares. The many thousands of acres ex tending from Lake Waccamaw southeastward into vast reaches of Columbus and Brunswick coun ties are criss-crossed by pine ridges, juniper swamps, dense branch thickets, cane bogs, and dirt roads. The land is owned largely by corporations and great I areas of It leased as hunting pre- 1 serves. Inside these preserves where the game is rigidly pro tected, it is there in abundance. SEVERAL CASES Continued From Page One payment of a fine of $50.00 and costs; given a cen days stay of execution. Victor Stanley, fai, at stop sign and reckl?. 1 : tion, guilty of not h* * ??? ? Sy | not guilty of reckle,, *** Fined $10.00 mitted. sts' fiat Read The \\W PRICES REDUCED!! We still have a few beautiful dolls in stock, and these are being offered to . you at REDUCED PRICES. Better come in and see about them today. ALSO:? Wagons and Wheel Barroi Last-Minute Gift Suggestion CALIFORNIA POTTERY RUARK'S General Merchandise Southport, N.i EXPERT GREASING BRING US YOUR CAR AND LET U? GET IT SET FOR WINTER DRIVING TEXACO SERVICE STATION! G. W. PARISH Shallotte, N. d FILL THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING Nothing about Christmas is more important in the imagination of the average youngster than hanging up his stocking on Christmas Eve with the expectation of finding it filled with fruit and candy and nuts and numerous small Gifts on Christmas morning. Well, just come to our store and pick out the things that you would like to have in your stocking on Christ mas morning if you were still a child. ? We have collected a stock designed to help YOU with this Important CHRISTMAS ASSIGNMENT. D. C.ANDREWS General Merchandise SHALLOTTE, N. C. ANNOUNCING CARRIE'S PLACE ' ? Big Nights ? WEDNESDAYS - SATURDAYS Dancing Every Night .... ... Good String Band Music FINE LUNCH ROOM and SOFT DRINKS Special Room and Attention TO PRIVATE PARTIES ! Opposite Show Ground Winter Quarters Near Brunswick River Bridge MRS. CARRIE RAFTERY LELAND, N. C.
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