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 . Wednesday, October 8, 1947 Learning Through Travel Last week we received notice that special rates for North Carolina school children will go into effect at Colonial Williamsburg during the period from November 1 through March 31, in or der that as many as possible may have an opportunity to visit this scene of early American history. It has been our pleasure to see first hand some of the wonders of the resto ration that have been made at this Vir ginia city, and we know of no better way whereby the young student might get a more comprehensive grasp of early American housing, dress and cus toms. On several occasions during the past year the management of the local W. B. & S. bus lines has worked out plans for excursions for various purposes. We hope that enough interest will be shown in the Williamsburg trip to jus tify one or more bus loads of Bruns wick county boys and girls making the pilgrimage to this hot-bed of colonial government. On Their Merit Tomorrow a group of men charged with the responsibility of inspecting proposed sites for a new hospital for the Veterans Administration will visit Southport. At least two locations will be offered, and it is our sincere belief that neither one of them can be sur passed in Eastern North Carolina. The site inspection committee comes here free from any pressure or politi cal influence. We do not know who called to the attention of this group the local proposal, and from this fact we take considerable hope. If the final selection of the site is to be based sole ly upon the beauty and the natural ad vantages of its location, then we are content. Thought For The Week We read of a Hindoo meeting an un familiar figure along a highway, "Who are you?" asked the former, "I am the Plague," came the reply. "Oh yes,' you are the demon who killed fifty thous and people in one city," retorted the questioner. "No," answered the appar tion, "I killed only five thousand, Fear accounted for the rest." What a comment on the destructive ness of Fear, which, with its evil-eyed partner called "Worry," has been slat ed as America's greatest enemy. A man, reaching toward ninety years, said "To live long, don't worry. I was wise enough to learn when young, that nine-tenths of the things I feared never happened." The pity is, of course, that we do not realize at the time how foolish our fears may be. But let us always remem ber when worried, that nine chances to one, our fears will amount to nothing. ? From a sermon by ? Dr. J. M. Waggett. Join A Good Movement So far as we can tell, the Farm Bu reau represents the most intelligent ef fort ever made by the American farm er to make his voice heard above a whisper in the noise and confusion of Washington. Your membership alone will not be enough, nor will yours and mine; but ours, together with hundreds of thous ands more throughout the United States will constitute an organization whose rightful claims may not be denied, whose power for good is bigger than imagination. Don't make the mistake of permit ting personalities or petty jealousies to prejudice against a movement which can do so much for the American far mer. Throw in the strength of your in fluence to make stronger an organiza tion which already has accomplished more than enough tangible good to justify your loyal support. Farm Bureau leaders in our county have been waging an aggressive cam paign toward the membership goal. That objective now is within our reach, and you can be an important factor in putting it over the top. Unfair Charge 0 W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina com missioner of agriculture, might have used his time to better advantage than lashing out at farm organizations and the Good Health Association in his ad dress to the Farmers Cooperative Ex change in Raleigh. No informed man would honestly charge that the purpose of the Good Health Association was to establish a four-year medical school at the Univer sity of North Carolina. The character of Ike Greer and James H. Clark and other men connected with the program doesn't need any defense against such ill-timed charges of Kerr Scott because none who know them believes they would be a party to any such a cam paign. Clark, Greer and thousands of others who supported the Good Health pro gram didn't and don't care where the school is located. They left that to un biased, unprejudiced representatives of more than one important foundation and all recommended Chapel Hill as the site. We're perfectly willing to* let Mr. Scott stick to agriculture and quit med dling with the Good Health program. Weather No Longer Safe Subject The weather used to be a subject upon which individuals, orators and editorial writers could safely discourse without repercussions. Now, however, there is an appeal to be fair to the fore casters. "No man", says the Wilmington Morning Star," is the butt of more jokes than the weather forecaster. Because he is right 92 per cent of the time, no man deserves to be made fun of less". The Star adds that "The trouble, of course, is that the remaining 8 per cent is seized upon as typical meteorological inaccuracy. It is extremely unfair". The weather forecaster and the Star should have learned long since that if it rains when the forecast says "fair," that those who went outside without an umbrella and raincoat would blame the people who issued the forecast. It isn't enough to be accurate 92 per cent of the time in the matter of weather predictions. It doesn't pay for a ruined straw hat. Typical American According to Dr. George Gallup, the man who has been conducting public opinion polls for a dozen years, the typical American has many desirable characteristics and some not so desir able. Recently in Newsweek, Dr. Gal lup summarized his findings. There is the substance of what he found : "He smokes, drinks, opposes phobi bition. He wears glasses, has a cold every winter, wants to run his own business. He has brown hair, stands five feet nine inches, weighs 158 pounds, says his health is good. He believes in God, looks for life after death, attends church, perhaps not every Sunday, but isn't careful about saying grace. He gambles occasionally but loses more than he wins. He enjoys a steak dinner with french-fried potatoes, rolls and butter, coffee and pie a la mode. He prefers brunettes, believes in marriage and family life, thinks a wife with homemaking talent is better than one with beauty only. (The typical wife wishes her husband wouldn't drink so much, would like for him to shave more often and be romantic after marriage.) The typical family believes in spank ing their children and keeping them from entering politics where there is "graft and cookedness." If he could freely choose a place to live, Mr. Typical American would take California first, then Florida, New York and Texas." Dr. Gallup's picture of the average American may be worth something af ter all if it spurs us to correct some of his (the typical American, not Dr. Gal lup) mistakes. NUMEROUS CASES Continued From Page One ed $25.00 and costs. Adam DeLoach, drunk driving, reckless operation, fined $100.00 | and costs. Fletcher Jones, possession, fin | ed $10.00 and costs. j James Cobb, operating auto mobile for hire unlawfully con ! tinued. Thomas C. Meyland, speeding I costs. j Walter Robbins, aiding and I abetting in transporting, contin 1 ued to October 13. Lofton B. Clemmons, operating j car without operators license, | fined $25.00 and costs. James Herring, drunk driving, j motion for jury trial. | Buddy Brown, driving under influence of liquor, fined $100.00 and costs. SIDNEY H. VEASEY Continued From Page One small son, Edwin. Misfortune ap pears to have dogged the home of Mrs. Veasey's parents for the past several years. About ten years ago their * son, Warren Dosher, was killed when an auto mobile on which he was working fell on him. Mr. Dosher himself lost his leg as the result of an infection. This past summer his son, Rufus Dosher, one of South port's most promising young men, died in an Asheville hospital. The death of his son-in-law adds to the series of tragedies. SEASON AVERAGE (Continued tTom Page One) Brooks' Warehouse and at Lea's I No. 2, but the other seven ware houses will have the daily alloca tion of 3,600 piles distributed among them. No date for the market closing has been set, but warehousemen are hopeful that tobacco will con tinue to pour in at a regular 'flow in order that the unsold i portion of the crop may be hand led promptly and efficiently, Mr. jNeilson said. . COMMISSIONERS IN Continued From Page One Creech was relieved of ?2,400.00 ! personal valuation due to error; j Orvie Tharpe relieved of $430.00 | on automobile which was listed ;in South Carolina. The William Boyette estate was ! relieved of taxes charged against lit, as double listing has occurred; James W. Hankins was permitted to pay 1946 and prior years taxes in full for $120.00; John Clemmons was permitted to pay 1932 and prior years taxes at 1933 valuation; L. B. Thompkins was relieved of $3.00 dog tax; E. G. Hickman was relieved of $300.00 valuation on garage build ing due to error; G. F. Lanier was relieved of $700.00 valuation on 1947 listing due to error; val uation on the property of W. A. Harker was set at $126.00 for 1947; Lansing B. Phelps was re [lieved of $401.00 valuation 1946 [ j due to error and was relieved of 'poll tax for 1946-47; G. W. Mc-I ! Lamb was relieved of $450.00 val- , ? uation for 1947; Hill D. Brooks ' j was relieved of $375 valuation due 1 (to error in listing; A. J. Walton . was relieved of $75.00 valuation j on one tract and $30.00 on an | other in conformance with sur- ? 1 vey figures on acreage. ? -*>?? BRIDGE CLOSES ROAD A rotten bridge and wash-out has caused the Supply-Holden Beach road to be closed for the past ten days or more and no in -I w?f ? ? ? * ? formation is obtainable M when the bridge wiil be This is the must fetnt-rally jj road running to H.lier.j and its closing is t a Zj siderable inconvenience. The K ten bridge is at Doe' Creek., mile south of Supply, CHURCH NOTKi; ~~ At Soutb;>oit 1'rtjbjvJ Cnurch Sunday. Ociohet J preaching sol vit i s wiil b? J dueled at S c.'