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EDITORIALS: STUDY THE PLAN We hope that on September 8, when the special election is held to vote on the Pearsall Plan we will not hear a single person give as an excuse for not voting the fact that he does not know enough about it to cast a ballot. Most of us are in that position right now, but we have a full month in which to study the propositions that are being submit ted for our approval and we have all of that time to decide in our own mind whether this plan offers the best solu tion to problems that have threatened our public school system here in North Carolina ever since the Supreme Court decision was handed down two years ago. The registration books open Satur day. That fact alone underscores the short time between now and the date for voting. It also means that it is time for those who are not already register ed to take the necessary step to become eligible to vote. When they returned from Raleigh following the special session of the legislature, Senator Ray H. Walton and Representative Kirby Sullivan express ed a willingness to discuss the Pearsall Plan with any group at any time. Both men voted for the bill, and both say that they think it offers the best solu tion that has been brought forward. However, neither of them believes the Pearsall Plan is perfect, and they are perfectly willing to answer any and all questions frankly and honestly. As we have said before, Brunswick county is fortunate in having these two men as their representatives, and it is refreshing to know that they are willing to devote as much of their time as may be required to explain the issues to the public before they go to the polls on September 8. We urge our readers not to make up their mind until they know the facts— and we urge them to become informed before the day comes to vote on one of the most momentous questions we have ever been called upon to help solve. FIRST THINGS FIRST The tobacco market has opened, and the first financial relief in several mon ths is being experienced by scores of farmers in our county. The normal reaction for a hungry man is to let a feast follow a famine, but the results of this kind of intemper ance usually is indigestion or stomach ache. And so it is with money. A man that has been broke wants to take the first bills he gets and throw them around ; he wants to go on a spending spree. The trouble is that most of the folks we know will owe a good part of the Jioney they receive out of their crop. They owe it because they have been ex tended credit, and this in turn has made it possible for them to pass through the lean months. Before another year has past there will again be a need for' credit, and the only way to be sure you can get it when you need it is to keep it good. To keep it good you have to pay your bills. So, with the first fruits of this year’s labors, pay your bills. Do that, and what you have left belongs to you and members of your family. Then and only then should any concession be made to extravagance. DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW This is the season when every one should proceed with caution when deal ing with a firm or person they do not know well. Every tobacco season a number of innocent people are fleeced or flin-flamed out of good, hard cash by some scheme or device that looks like it will pay off handsomely. If you are approached by some person or per sons with a proposition that calls for you putting up some money before you know what the whole plan is, report them immediately to the Sheriff or lo cal police. Don’t take a chance in deal ing with people who know more ways to get your money dishonestly that you know ways to make it honestly. It is better to trade with local busi ness firms because they are right here and will attempt to satisfy you if you find what you bought is not satisfac tory. And beware of the person that has found a pocketbook and wants you to put up some money for him to hold while he goes to get his partner. He won’t come back and you’ll be out your money. The Retailer, published by the North Carolina Merchants Association, cau tions its members “To Watch Out For The Safety Magazines”. It says, “You should not place advertising in a pub lication merely because you like what it stand for . . . but for what it can do for your business”. “Our advice”, The Retailer says, “is to stay out of them, use your newspaper, radio and tele vision . . . with known and tested cover age, which helps you with your trade events, new projects and customer con tacts”. It is amazing how successful business people sometimes fall for gyp or pres sure-type advertising schemes. Some glib-tongued salesman will come around with a plan to get all the unsafe drivers off the highways or to curb delinquency •imound children or something similar, charge him a high price for it and no body has profited from the deal except the man doing the selling. Now that the tobacco markets are putting money into circulation in this area individuals and business firms alike can be on the lookout for all kinds of ideas, plans and schemes to get their money. Just remember, do business with your local folk, they’ll treat you right because they want you to come back and do more business with them. POLIO SHOTS IMPORTANT The importance of having children and young people immunized against polio has been demonstrated here in our community enough to prove its im portance to us that every child should recieve all three of the polio shots. The program is and has been on a voluntary basis from the beginning but with the approval of doctors, health officers and many layman it seems that parents would not be reluctant to have ing their children immunized with the Salk vaccine. The State Port Pilot Published Every Wednesdav Southport, N. C. 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 ..$1.50 SIX MONTHS . 1.00 THREE MONTHS .76 North Carolina’s heaviest polio per iod has been experienced in August in a number of past years, and the phy sicians of the state are seeking to pro tect as many children as possible again st polio, prior to any possible wide spread outbreak of the disease in the state. Failure of the people to avail them selves of the polio vaccinations has re sulted in “North Carolina lagging in its polio immunization program," said Dr. S. F. Ravenel, Greensboro, chairman of the state society’s emergency poliomye litis vaccine committee. “The polio vaccine is safe, effective and is now available in sizable quanti ties but is useless unless injected. The physicians of North Carolina urge every parent in the state to make certain that their child is vaccinated immediately. “Polio vaccinations now may prevent paralysis and other dangers in August and September,’’ said Dr. Ravenel. Your family doctor or the county health department will give the Salk polio shots and every child and young people from 3 months old to 19 years old and possibly some others should get the initial shot or the second or third, as their case may be, as soon as poss ible. GOvezmiHt IRRIGATION WIU PROVIDE NEW FARM EAND IN THE DEFECT — WE NEED AN APPROPRIATION/ there*: too MUCH FARM LAND / UTS PAV TO TAKE SOME OF IT OUT Or PRODUCTION WE NEED AM APPROPRIATION/ eiTUER WAY, 1 fl ROVING REPORTER Continued From Page One worthwhile with the added beau tiful property they have acquired from Caswell Carolina. We have had just one point at issue with Lt. Col. William F. Murphy of Southport and Sunny Point. He sends the paper a lot of matter of general interest to the readers of the State Port Pilot. However, perhaps because it is not of a military nature, he never tells any of the small per sonal items relative to the per sonnel and members of their families going anywhere on a visit or vacation, or about their friends or relatives coming to visit them, etc. Friday we took him to task about these little things and he said he would try and get word to the personnel at Sunny Point to report to The Pilot when they have visitors or when they go anywhere. So, just tell it to Colonel Murphy or re port this matter of visiting and little news items direct to us. The paper will be glad to have them. The prospect of having- Sears Roebuck and Company open up a store here is one that South port people should not pass up. There is no question of South port’s having a large payroll, most of it the year-round. This payroll, however, does the town itself very little good if most of it is taken out of town to pay for what folks need and must have. Spent here at home, it would be worth three times what it is now. All that Sears Roebuck and Company asks is a good building, not an exepensive one, which they can rent and carry on business. It is up to some pro gressive citizen who has the money and a desirable lot to con struct a building and rent it to these newcomers. We have the information on the type of struc ture required. Since talking to Governor Luth er Hodges about it and getting his views, we feel greatly en couraged with regard to the fu ture development of Brunswick county. Reading a story that ap peared in The State some time ago, the Governor was under the impression that 43 million gallons were available daily at one loca tion. The Governor said that with 43 million gallons available we would get a big industry of sev eral smaller ones. He was much pleased when we told him that on a basis of information sup plied by Harry Legrand, Federal water expert, there are 70 mil lion gallons available, instead of just 43 million. FISHING PARTIES Continued From Page One the Idle On III. They caught 7 king mackerel, 3 barracuda, 7 amberjack, 1 false albacore, 4 dolphin and 12 Spanish mackerel. A Saturday afternoon party caught 40 Spanish mackerel. On Monday Dr. Madson and party of Statesville caught 6 king mack erel, 4 false albacore, 2 barra cuda, 2 bonito, 1 dolphin and 10 Spanish mackerel. The Friday trip for Capt. Hulan Watts aboard the Idle-On IV had Bill Osborne and party of Greens boro. They had 8 king mackerel, 3 barracuda, 2 amberjack, 3 dolphin, 3 bonito and 35 Spanish mackerel. On Sunday Bob Ander son and party of Clinton, S. C., had 83 large Spanish mackerel and 1 king mackerel. It remained for Capt. L. D. Hayman to pull one of the most resourceful tricks of the week with his Saturday party aboard his vessel, the Silver Spray. Faced with unfavorable weather con ditions outside, he carried them to a favorite haunt of his in shel tered waters and came up with 75 pan-size fish. Pearce Home headed this party. ASSIGNMENT OF Continued From Page One School to Brunswick County Training School; from Piney Grove elementary school to Bruns wick County Training School; from Union elementary school to Union high school; from Cedar Grove elementary school to Union high school; from Longwood ele mentary school to Union high school; from Lincoln elementary school to Lincoln high school; from Chapel Road elementary school to Lincoln high school; from Phoenix eelmentary school to Lincoln high school; from Navassa elementary school to Lincoln high school. The complete text of the two resolutions Is printed as a legal notice elsewhere in this issue of The Pilot. ROUTINE SESSION Continued From Page One fined $10 and costs. Maxwell Carlton Evans, speed ing, fined $10 and costs. Emanuel Hawes, no chaffeur’s license, improper equipment, $25 and costs, $10 of fine remitted. Nelson Lee Ivey, improper reg istration, taxed with costs. Archie Bennett Phillips, speed ing, fined $15 and costs. Lewis Smith, no operator’s li cense, failing to stop at stop sign, fined $25 and costs. Alfred Rovander Smith, speed ing, fined $10 and costs. Edison Vereen, reckless opera tion, fined $15 and c<jsts. Nathan Carl Wolfe,' Jr., driving too fast for circumstances re ARE YOU A YOUNG MAN WITH IDEAS? Big plans for your future? Your Own business? Perhaps you want to Build or buy a home. Here are two ways we can help you to success . . . am First, we suggest you open a savings account with us. Add to it regularly and develop the habit of thrift. To get ahead faster; remember we pay higher dividends on your money ! Second, with an eye on your future, come in and dis cuss your plans with us. Get acquainted. Then when the time comes for you to expand, to build, to take advantage of an opportunity, see us first for a low-cost home loan ! Perhaps we can help you reach your goal sooner. Won’t you come in today ? Southport Savings & Loan Association W. P. JORGENSEN, Sec’y.-Treas. SOUTHPORT, N. C. Not Exactly Netcs Mi-s. Lazelle Mitchell Northrop, a former Southport resident, had a short article published in the June issue of Reader’s Digest under "Life In These United States.” This was called to our attention by another former Southport resident, Mrs. Eunice Larsen Howard, who now lives in Farmington, 111. Mrs. Northrop lives in Wades boro . . . Marion Watson, who formerly was a teacher in the Greensboro school system, renew ed two of her old acquaintances while in swim ming at Yaupon Beach Monday when she ran into Bob and Eleanor Jamieson, both of whom are still teaching in Greensboro. Bob is coach and athletic director and Eleanor teaches art. Speaking of peaches on the postoffice block here in Southport, there is one tree that grows in the alley between the postoffice and The Pilot office, and this year it produced a good crop The Southport yacht basin is an interesting place for Southport visitors during the late afternoon as boats come in with shrimp and the charter boats return to their berths with the results of a day’s fishing . . . Mac McHose is here for his annual summer vacation and brought along his boat and motor that will give him plenty of coverage of the river, creeks and the bay, not to mention trips out on the shoals when the weather is not too rough. "Picnic,” starring William Holden and Kim Novak, is the Sunday-Monday feature at the Amuzu as Manager B. L. Furpless opens one of his best weeks of the summer . . . “Tall Man Riding” is the Saturday show at Long Beach Drive-In. Randolph Scott is the star . . . Don’t forget the home-grown musical comedy Thursday night at the high school auditorium. ‘‘The Lady Pirates” was written and produced by Lew Har dee . . . Southport will furnish some spectators for the water ski carnival this week-end at Wrightsville. J. G. Parker, News and Oberserver representa tive in Brunswick county, is making a special effort to get new subscribers in order to qualify for a trip to the World Series. Parker is a dyed in the wool sports fan ... A few years ago the Green and White Court was the only motel in Brunswick county. Now there are at least ten, three of them here at Southport ... We have already heard several people talking about build ing at the beach, now that federal flood insurance has been assured. We look for another beach building boom. Despite the fact that there are 100 acres of blueberries in cultivation near Southport, a color ed woman was in town one day this past week selling wild huckleberries—and finding a good market for her wares . . . Dick Crocker, who used to grow the Walden Creek variety, is on the local market this season with ‘‘Makatoka Melons” . . . And that reminds us that some of the best cantaloupes we have ever seen have come from the Magnolia Dairy farm this sum mer ... In ten days you will be seeing football practice start up at three of the schools in the county. suiting in accident, fined $10 and costs. Willie Smith, drunk on public streets of Southport, fined $25 and costs. Kenneth Bellamy, no operotor’s license, reckless operation, fined $35 and costs. Jacob Rodman, non-support, not guilty. Jack Allen Peale, speeding, fined $10 and costs, $5 of fine remitted because of mitigating circumstances. Ellen Kenfakis, speeding, fined $10 and costs. SEARS INTERESTED Continued From Page One willing to build, with the certainty of getting a good tenant. With a knowledge of the approximate lo cation and type of building, the local man will be interested in contacting anybody who is fi nancially interested in bringing this type of business to South port. ASSEMBLY HAVING Continued From Page One opened the attendance has in creased and interest has improved over that of the preceeding year. This attests strongly to the in terest of the Baptist workers from throughout the State and thousands have learned to know and love Fort Caswell at South port. The prediction for next sum mer are that the 1957 series of conefrences will all be bigger and better than ever. MUSICAL COMEDY Continued From Page One Homer McKeithan, Jr., and Fred die Burdette, complete the sup porting cast and chorus. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the school before the performance Thursday. Pro ceeds will go for the benefit of the junior department of the Southport Baptist Church. TURN BUILDINGS Continued From Page One struction for the Terminal. For any finishing improvements on buildings and grounds the work will be under Lt. Col. Lancaster. It was stated that all four of the new buildings will be occupied September 1. Colonel and Mrs. McAleer will have the duplex building- near the river. Lt. Colonel and Mrs. Besser will have the other end of the duplex. Both of these apartments are 3 bed room homes. The duplex with 2 bedrooms each will be occupied by Lt. Colonel and Mrs. Murphy amj Major and Mrs. Schwartz. HIGH SCHOOL HAS Continued From Page One me forming the entire faculty of the Southport High School De partment, unless I get an English, Science and Business teachers be fore school starts in September.” He added, “I don’t mean that all such talent must be embodied in a single person. I need three of them, each for his own spe cial work.” RETURN- FROM NORFOLK Mrs. W. B. Burnish and two sons, Harry and Jack, have re turned home from Norfolk, where they spent two weeks with Mrs. Burnish’s oldest son, James, who is in the Air Force and is be ing transferred to Casa Bland, Texas.
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