The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. C.
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.
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Wednesday, April 7, 1948
Working Together
The Rev. H. M. Baker, pastor of
Southport Baptist church, delivered
forceful sermon Sunday morning from
the pulpit of Trinity Methodist church,
but even more powerful than the m
saKe he brought was the practical
demonstration of how well the member
ship of two denominations can work
gether in harmony.
The Rev. L. D. Hayman, pastor of
the Methodist church, was away for the
day, and the Rev. Mr. Baker was in
vited to preach at the morning hour,
bringing the members of his own con
gregation with him for a union service.
We sometimes think that our
es, all of whom are working toward the
same objective, manage to defeat their
own purpose when they fail to show
more tolerance, more friendship and
more cooperation in their work. \Ve
are thankful that we live in a commun
itv where a service like the one on Sun
day morning is possible.
And in that connection we should
like to say that we wish every man
and woman in Brunswick county might
have heard the Rev. Mr. Baker as he
delivered a convincing sermon m stew
ardship. He pointed out that the com
mandment to tithe is just as much a
law of God as is any one of the Ten
Commandments, and he warned mem
bers of the congregation that the Bible
instructs that it is the first tenth which
belongs to God and not whatever is left
over after all other obligations and
pleasures have been financed.
If we are to maintain our church
program at a pace sufficient to keep
up with this changing world, our peo
ple are going to have to pay more at
tention to their duty to give generous
financial support to its organizations.
The message brought by the Rev.
Mr. Baker gave the Biblical recommen
dation of how this may best be accom
plished.
Beach Development
You may count us on your list of per
sons who believe that this will be a
great season for development of Bruns
wick county beaches.
One reason for this prediction is the
unusually large number of persons who
already are coming to this area on
week-ends, this with April just begin
ning. Another is the fact that more
building material than ever before will
be available for use this season, and
that means more cottages going up.
Some of our readers may wonder just
what all of this has to do with them.
The answer is that development of
beach property in Brunswick has either
a direct or an indirect bearing on every
citizen and tax payer in the county.
Improvement of beach property
means increase in tax valuation, and an
increase in tax valuation means a pos
sible reduction in our tax rate. Build
ing of any kind creates jobs, whether
it be as workmen on the project, haul
ing or supplying some of the needed
materials.
And among the biggest advantages
in connection with beach development
is the influx of visitors. Some of them
come on a visit, like the . place and
wind up purchasing a home, a business
or a farm. All of them spend some
money while they are here, and the
tourist dollar is one of the best you
can have circulating in your commun
ity.
Her beach areas comprise a valuable
asset for Brunswick county, and we be
lieve that this year as never before
these advantages will be realized.
The site o fthe Biblical city of Dan
now is occupied by a Jewish farm cen
ter of the same name.
Responsibility Law .
Are you waiting to get your driver s
license "reinstated after a revocation or
suspension? . .
If so, you'd better start inquiring into
the State's Financial Responsibility Law
right away.
It is estimated that at present there
are around 900 persons in North Caro
lina who expect to have their driving
licenses reinstated within the next
month. But unless they start working at
least 30 days ahead toward showing
proof of financial responsibility, they
may have to wait longer, according to
the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Department officials are urging mo
torists who are temporarily deprived of
their driving privileges to look into the
Financial Responsibility Act immedia
tely?write the Highway Safety Divis
ion of the Department if necessary?to
make arrangements about securing
"proof." v
How do you go about establishing
proof of financial responsibility? The
law states that it may be shown by one
of the following methods:
1. Secure a standard automobile
liability insurance policy and have the
insurance company issuing your policy
file with the Highway Saftey Division,
Department of Motor Vehicles, a certi
ficate known as Form SR22, showing
coverage for the vehicle or vehicles for
which proof is required under the law.
If no vehicle is owned or registered by
you, then the certificate must show
that you have been issued a "named
operator's policy."
2. File with the Highway Safety
Division a surety or real estate bond in
the amount of $11,000 with respect to
each vehicle for which proof is requir
ed. Bond forms may be secured from
the Division.
3. Deposit with the Highway Safety
Division cash or securities in the
amount of $11,000 with respect to each
vehicle for which proof is required.
Most persons elect to show proof of
financial responsibility by means of in
surance. The procedure sounds relative
ly simple?just see an insurance sales
man, and "he'll be glad to sell me a
policy," you say.
But that's where you are wrong. In
surance carriers consider a person who
has had his driving license suspended
or revoked "a bad risk", and in most
Cases do not want to take him on. That
means that the procedure becomes more
involved and takes time.
So, if you are declined by three in
surance companies operating in North
Carolina, then you may" present the
three letters of declination to the Man
ager of the North Carolina Automobile
Assigned Risk Plan, Box 1509, Raleigh,
for assignment. The work of the As
signed Risk Plan is to help those who
have had difficulty in obtaining Auto
mobile Liability Insurance.
When you have finally been assigned
a company, and Form SR22, showing
that you have complied with the full
provisions of the law, reaches the
Motor Vehicle Department, you will
then be advised as to the necessary
steps for the restoration of your driv
ing license without further action on
your part.
Department officials explain that the
procedure involved in securing liability
usually takes from 15 to 20 days, and
add that persons who expect to have
their driving privileges restored within
the near future, would be wise to -start
working immediately toward showing
proof of financial responsibility.
A Sad Record
In our favorite newspaper Thursday
appeared this sad headline: "13 Arres
ted For Drunken Driving." Apparently,
fines and revocation of operator's licen
se are ineffective in curbing these po
tential killers who roam the highways.
We repeat our suggestion that those
who want to drink should lock their
cars and give the keys to the children
to play with.
Few Eccentrics
A Hollywood gossip*was telling Ilka
Chase of the knock-down and drag-out
affairs of a newly arrived couple next
door. "Everyone is talking. Some are
taking her part and some his," purred
the informer.
"And," replied Ilka, acidly, "I sup
pose a few eccentric individuals are
minding their own business."?Reader's
Digest.
Americans saved at a rate of about
6.7 percent of disposable income in
1947 compared with about 24.4 percent
in 1944,
FOUR PROSPECTS
(Continued from page one)
ex-service men and women.
Residents of Long Beach are
,very much pleased with the plan
jned establishment of the office
|and the fact that the office will
have the same name as the beach.
[The only other Long Beach post
j office in the United States is
Long Beach, California.
CLEANING PROJECT
(Continued From Page One)
Bragaw, that the donation of
funds during the next few days
will be sufficient to permit the
work going right on until it is
I finished.
HARRY L. MINTZ
(Continued from page one)
attack on cancer through re
search to find the causes and
cure for all types of cancer;
through public education in the
symptoms of early cancer and
what to do about the disease if
it strikes; and through service to
cancer patients.
"I am confident," Mr. Mintz
said, "that the people of Bruns
wick county will give their whole
hearted support to this campaign.
I believe they will consider the
money they contribute not as a
donation but as an investment in
protection for themselves and
their families.
A corps of volunteer workers
has been organized to call on as
many persons as possible during
April to. ask for their contribu
tion. The chairman urged, how
ever, that people not wait for a
i citation call. Contributions may
be sent to Brunswick County
Campaign Headquarters, at
Southport.
BOARD REVOKES
Continued From Page One
were appointed as follow: M. E.
Smith, Northwest; Goley Lewis,
Town Creek; C. M. Crapon,
Smith ville; Lindsey Clemmons,
Lockwoods Folly; O. P. Bellamy,
Shallotte; Lafayette Jones, Wac
camaw.
A payment of $80.00 was ac
cepted on taxes due from J. P.
Mintz, with 6 months being
granted for paying the remaind
er of $35.00.
The sum of $20.00 per month
was a'dded to the blind grant of
the county.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Continued From Page One
handbook.
The inspirational charge to the
church was also given by Rev.
Mr. Brisson. An interesting talk
was then made by Rev. W. G.
Phelps concerning the relation
ship of one church to another in
the association, the State, and
the Nation. The dedication gray
er was offered by Rev. Mr. John
son. At this time, a special musi
cal selection was rendered by
Mrs. Earl Thompson, vocalist, ac
companied by Mrs. J. J. Hawes,
pianist. Following this, Rev. Mr.
Brisson delivered the sermon. The
benediction was given by Rev.
Mr. Phelps.
CULTIVATION OF
(Continued from page one)
present outlook.
From preparing the land on
through planting and cultivating
Mr. Sheppard has been working
in a manner new to this section.
He brought in two Ford tractors
with hydraulic hoists that lift a
1500-pound gang plow, disc or
drag harrow, seed planter or
cultivator.
The land was plowed level and
the rows were then bedded up
and the rows laid out by sending
a tractor with a disc on Its ele
vator straight down the middle
of the field. The disc was re
versed to bed up all from wheel
j track to wheel track of the!
tractor.
I The tractor wheels laid off i
I the rows, left right, right left, I
' three rows of tomatoes to go j
between each set of tractor ]
tracks. Another tractor followed
this pilot with a light tooth har-j
row on its elevator and the j
planter and fertilizer attachment
J was then used. This planting
tractor followed the original set
of tracks, planting the three rows
each trip up and down. The seed
were dropped one inch apart in
each row.
For last week's cultivation a
cultivator replaced the planter.
Where one man had performed
all previous operations, two were
| required for the cultivation. One
, of these drove the tractor and
'the other rode on and guided
the cultivator. Cultivating three
rows at one trip was just as easy
and just as accurate as cultivat
ing a single row of corn or other
crops.
TESTING CATTLE
(Continued *Tom Page One)
was in 1926.
It is recalled that during that
early work one or two cows were
found so badly infected that they
were condemned and destroyed.
Dr. Lancaster says that he had
tested about 130 cows up to Mon
day night. In this number it is
understood that no postive cases
were discovered. So far as they
have gone, things appear to be
in fine shape.
Dr. Lancaster was making in
juiries on how would be the
quickest way for him to climb a
tree when he reaches the Reigel
Paper Company herd of Brahama
cattle, this in case one of the big
bulls proves unruly, as they are
said to often do. He was inform
ed that in such eventuality climb
ing a tree comes as naturally as
swimming does when a fellow
falls into deep water and is fac
ed with the alternative of drown
ing.
COUNTY NATIVE
(Continued from page one)
ton; Ernest Clemmon, High Point.
The daughters are, Mrs. Kather
an yaught and Miss Elouise
Clemmons, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. J.
F. Cox, Wilmington; Mrs. Jewell
Swain, Myrtle Beach; and Miss
Carrie Clemmons, High Point.
Teachers Expect
2,000 At Meeting
Representatives Of Schools
All Over State To Gather
In Asheville On April 15
16-17
More than two thousand teach
ers, principals, and superintend
ents, representing 18,000 white
teachers or the State, are expect
ed to attend the sixty-fourth an
nual State Convention of the
North Education Association sch
eduled for Asheville, North Caro
lina, on April 15, 16,17.
Three general sessions, four
| major divisional meetings, and
twenty-nine departmental meet
lings will be held in addition to
? the usual luncheons, banquets,
? and social events. Outstanding
I state educators and visiting guest
I speakers will appear on the vari
,ous programs of the convention,
i Acting President A. C. Dawson,
Jr., Southern Pines principal,;
and lone candidate for the presi-j
dency, will preside over all gen
eral session meetings which will
be held in the Asheville Municipal
Auditorium. State divisional and
departmental heads will preside
at the meetings scheduled for
superintendents, for principals,
for classroom teachers, for the
division of hifher education, and
for the subject matter groups.
Dangerous Fire
Hazards Listed
Ninety Million Dollars And
3,500 Lives Cost By Fail
ure To Appreciate Fun
damentals Of Safety
Four out of five farmers don't
know their ABCs?the ABCs of
fire that is?County Agent, Char
les Raper declared this week.
Stressing the need for In
creased vigilance, Mr. Raper cit
ed figures showing that 81 per
cent of farmers in a recent sur
vey were tolerating dangerous
fire hazards that could be re
medied easily. The survey report
waa publicized by Fire Protect
ion Institute, N. Y. C.
"Fire prevention and fire pro
tection began with fundamentals,"
Mr. Raper said, "but many farm
ers still don't seem to realize that
there are three basic types of
fires and that each should be
handled in a different wa'y."
"Class A fires," he said, "In
volved wood, trash, paper and
other combustibles and can be
fought effectively with soda-acid
extinguishers.
Class B. fires are grease, oil
and gasoline fires and should be
smothered with carbon dioxide,
foam or vaporizing liquid extin
guishers. Class C fires are elec
trical fires and should be control
led with carbon dioxide, or va
porizing liquid extinguishers. If
possible, the current should be
shut off. In all cases, extinguish
ers approved by the Underwrit
ers' Laboratories should be used."
Failure to appreciate the ABC
fundamentals of fire costs farm
ers an estimated $90,000,000
worth or property and kills ap
proximately 3,500 people on farm
each year, Mr. Raper reported,
citing Department of Agriculture
findings.
Whiteville Nine
Beats Hallsboro
Deluge Of Hits In Final
Frame Aids Champions,
In Gaining Their Second j
Victory Of Season
BY JIGGS POWERS
HALLSBORO?Bursting forth I
with an 8-run rally in the final j
frame of a 7 inning game here ;
Friday, Whiteville's Columbus
County Champion Wolfpack con
quered Hallsboro's Tigers by the
wide margin of 16 to 8.
It was the second win of the
young season for the charges of
Coach Earl Brinkley and put i
them on the right road toward
retaining the crown which they
won last season. They are also
District A-2 champs. ,
Rufus Marks started on the hill
for the Whiteville nine and did'
right well but errors by his
mates kept him in hot water all
afternoon. He gave only 6 hits in
his five inning turn. Rudy Wil- j
[ liams came on in the 6th and1
gained credit for his second win]
of the week when the Pack bar
rage broke loose in the 7th. Wil
liams gave 2 hits in his tenure
on the mound.
Heidelberg, Germany's oldest
university, was built in 1386.
There are 6,000,000 farm fam
ilies in the United States.
Three-Quarter
Plates On Sal
Three-quarter year motor v
hide license plates went on ?
here Thursday after the fa
license bureau had soM a tot^l
6,812 full-year plates.
Reduced fees in effect duriJ
the second quarter resulted ]
a mild rush the latter part (
the week.
Every year U. S. fire losJ
total more than $600,000,000. !
Every year 350,000 homes |
America are destroyed by fir
one every other minute.
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