EDITORIALS:
SHARE IN GREAT NAME
The state-wide drive begins today to
raise $250,000 to bring the Battleship
North Carolina to the state for both as
a memorial and for exhibition purposes.
If the campaign to raise the money
fails, then the gallant battlewagon will
go to the scrap heap.
The warship will be moored in Wil
mington on the Cape Fear River about
opposite the customhouse, a location
which will be visible from the hoped
for bridge scheduled to be built across
the river a few blocks downstream.
When the state’s namesake is brought
here for people to go aboard and exam
ine, she will be the only battleship of
World War II set up as a museum and
showpiece.
The North Carolina is the only bat
tleship ever to carry the name of the
Old North State. Two other fighting
ships have carried the name but never
a battleship as we think of them now.
In the 1820-35 era a powerful full-rig
ged sailing ship cruised the Mediterran
ean as squadron flagship bearing the
name of the state. The cruiser North
Carolina roamed the seas in transport
and combat duty in the first world war
but she was renamed Charlotte to make
way for the present Battleship North
Carolina.
The North Carolina was the first bat
tleship to go through the Panama Canal
after the World War II declaration of
war, being destined for the Pacific. Her
record in the Pacific is too extensive to
recount here.
When you contribute your modest
sum to the bringing of the North Caro
lina to the state, you will be buying a
share of a great name and of a great
battleship.
GOOD SELLING PAYS
North Carolina’s former supersales
man has hit the road again with a big
ger sample kit and a still greater ob
jective. Secretary of Commerce Luther
Hodges, off to Europe a second time,
is tackling the biggest selling job he has
ever elected to handle. This time he’s
selling America, luring the tourists to
come west to counter the dollar drain
that has been going eastward in too
great a volume. The Secretary took
along another man-size task too. He
will study how to retrain men for new
jobs, a problem closely assiciated with
his job as administrator of the program
to rehabilitate depressed areas.
The supersalesman experienced some
rough going in the first few weeks in
his cabinet post but he appears to be
in his favorite groove now and well on
the way to getting something done of a
material nature. Sen. Douglas of Illinois
objected strongly to Hodges as head of
depressed area deal, saying that Hod
ges induced about four billion dollars
worth of Northern industry to set up
shop in North Carolina. After sober re
flection, the senator changed his mind.
He said a fellow that could swing such
a deal might be able to do something
similar for the nation.
When Mr. Hodges stumped the state
from Manteo to Murphy in 1952 seek
ing the chair of lieutenant governor,
there must have been a kernel of desire
in the back of his mind to inject the
only expei'ience he had known—busi
ness—into the political life of the state.
This he has demonstrated with continu
ing success since being elevated to Gov
ernor on the death of Governor Um
stead.
Recent events seem to indicate that
the Hodges selling idea has left its
mark on the present state administra
tion. We refer to the coming Trade Fair
to be held next October in Charlotte un
der sponsorship of the Department of
Conservation and Development and the
City of Charlotte. This is the first event
of the kind and comprehension ever to
be staged in the Tar Heel state. Its pur
pose, as promoters point out, is to show
the world what’s going on in North Car
oline, what the state is doing, how it is
doing it and the material results of our
varied activities. Visitors are expected
from many lands and the objective is to
give them a view of every item pro
duced in North Carolina.
We assume that Brunswick county
would find this occasion an excellent
opportunity to show the world what its
40,000-plus population is doing to ad
vance its own and the state’s progress.
A good selling job of our own there
could pay handsome dividends.
AFTER THE JONAS SCALP
After several attempts to arrive at an
acceptable arrangement to reduce the
state’s congressional districts from 12 to
11, the Senate committee on redistrict
ing has come up with what is consider
ed the most workable plan.
The latest scheme, expected to get
through the Senate without much oppo
sition but may run into trouble in the
House, would put Democrat Paul Kitchin
of Wadesboro in the ring with Republi
can Charles R. Jonas of Lincolnton.
Presently, Kitchin represents the Eighth
district and Jonas the 10th district.
The two congressmen would be
matched in the Eighth District which,
when reshuffled, would reach from Lin
colnton in the West to Lee in the East,
a sort of boomerang-shaped layout. In
the new district would be Lincoln,
Mecklenburg, Union, Anson, Richmond,
Montgomery, Moore and Lee. By this
scheme the existing Eighth District
would lose Davidson, Davie, Wilkes,
Yadkin, Hoke and Scotland, but would
pick up Mecklenburg and Lincoln. The
Eighth would be the most populous dis
trict in the state with 491,461 people
when and if this plan is approved.
Getting a little closer to home, the
rearrangement would add Hoke and
Scotland to the Seventh while Harnett,
in the Seventh now, would be given to
the Third District. This would leave the
Seventh with a population of 448,933.
The real battleground in the new
Eighth would be Mecklenburg county
with a population of 272,111, more
than half of the district total of 491,461
as mentioned.
Political observers argue that this
plan offers the best chance of unseating
Mr. Jonas, taking in consideration,
meanwhile, that he has a strong follow
ing in populous Mecklenburg. Further
there is talk that Mr. Kitchin’s conser
vative views are more in line with those
of Mr. Jonas and, for this reason, the
intelligence of both candidates and vot
ers would be put to a sharp test.
WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU'RE OLD
A man is supposed to be as old as he
feels. That means that the important
question is: What makes a man feel
The State Port Pilot
Published Every Wednesday
Southport, N. C.
JAMES M. HARPER, JR. Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928
at the Post Office at Southport, If. C., and
other Post Offices, under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Brunswick and Adjoining- Counties
and Service Men . $2.00 per yeai
Six Months . $1.50
Elsewhere in United States — $3.00
Per Year;—& Months.. $2.00
old?”
About the best answer to that ques
tion we’ve seen is the answer given by
Harry Golden, the Charlotte Sage who
edits The Carolina Israelite.
He says the older you get the more
concerned you are about your insur
ance, your will, and your health. But
these things don’t make you feel old.
What does it is the realization that
“the insurance salesman, the lawyer,
and the doctor are all younger than
you.”
Even so, says Harry. “You can hide
the advent of age by ignoring insur
ance, wills, and medical checkups, hut
only for so long.” Then: One day
you will look up and discover that the
President of the United States is fifteen
years younger than you and then you’ve
had it.”
“The penalty for not having preju
dices is that you have to use your
head.”—Franklin P. Jones.
“I May Be A Little Hard Of Hearing At This Distance!”
Time and Tide
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The Democratic primary had been held on the previous Satur
day, and a second race was in prospect.
A Southport couple, the late Mr. and Mrs. R. Will Davis, had
observed the 60th anniversary of their wedding; Governor Gregg
Cherry had proposed that the State acquire Fort Caswell for use
as a State Park; and merchants still were having trouble supply
ing the demand for butter, sugar, lard and other items.
Ten years ago Southport fishermen were suffering from the
same ills that beset them this season; “Fishing Suffers From
Bad Weather,” said The Pilot for May 30. Arrangements had
been completed for a luncheon meeting of the North Carolina
Press Association in the Community Building at Southport, and
this had been done in plenty of time. The date of this event, was
to be Friday, August 17.
The Hardee Seafood dock on the waterfront was being rebuilt
following a fire; the Southport shrimping fleet was heading home
from Florida, where it had spent the winter working out of Key
West; and there was good news for the young men: There would
be no June draft for Selective Service.
May 30, 1956, and there was news of Saturday’s primary elec
tion: James C. Bowman and Henry Hickman each were loading
in close three-men races which might call for a second primary.
Bowman for Representative and Hickman for Register of Deeds.
Sunny Point Army Terminal had gone on Daylight Savings Time.
There were six girls and two boys from Brunswick in the
graduating class at East Carolina College; there was an edi
torial suggesting that one thing Southport needed was a swim
ming pool; and Brunswick was getting ready for the opening of
the beach season.
HAIL CALLED MOST
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more often than might be expect
ed. On the New York-Denver main
airline route, one thunderstorm in
800 produces hail as large as
walnuts, meteorologists say. And
those who have traveled in a plane
through a hail curtain will ap
preciate the distaste pilots have
for the icy bullets. The one and
two-pounders though freakish, can
bend props, punch holes in wings
and play hob with lighter, fabric
covered private planes.
In southern Kansas, hail once
piled up 12 inchs deep in an en
tire county, disrupting travel,
communications and ruining crops.
And in Joplin, Missouri, hail the
size of golf balls did $2,000,000
in damage within ten minutes
after great gusts of wind unload
ed millions of pounds of ice on
stores, theaters, homes and
schools.
The largest hailstones ever
found in the United States fell
on Potter, Nebraska, in 1928. It
had a circumference of 17 inches.
Some hailstorms have deposit
ed icy missiles containing fish,
turtles and frogs on startled hu
man beings below. In December,
1933 residents of Worehester,
Massachusetts, were incredulous
when they discovered live baby
ducks in king-sized stones which
fell that morning.
Since updrafts can suck in
debris, leaves and small creatures,
it is hardly surprising that nuts,
insects,- rodents and even birds
have been found in hail balls of
respectable dimensions.
NOTIONAL HONOR
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done to stem the ravages of
tuberculosis in countries still re
covering from the war. He spoke
in Copenhagen on “Research Ef
forts in Tuberculosis in the United
States’' and in England on “Re
search on Streptomycin in Tuber
culosis.”
Bom in High Point, North
Carolina, on July 19, 1891, he ]
graduated from High Point High
School in 1910 and from there
went to the University of North
Carolina where he obtained his
A. B. degree in 1914. He received !
his M. D. degree from Johns Hop
kins University in 1919 and his
M. A. degree in 1920. He remain
ed at Johns Hopkins until 1928
as an instructor and lecturer in
medicine until taking charge of
the research laboratories at the
William H. Maybury Sanatorium
in Michigan. He became Super
intendent of the William H. May
bury Sanatorium in 1933, a posi
tion which he held until being
appointed Superintendent and
Medical Director of the North
Carolina Sanatorium System in
1947.
As President of the National
Tuberculosis Association, Dr. Wil
lis will be the titular head of a
network of 2500 tuberculosis as
sociations which are attempting
to eliminate tuberculosis as a
public health problem and to con
trol other respiratory diseases. Dr.
Willis will be Chairman of the
United States delegation which
will attend the Annual Meeting
of the International Union Against
Tuberculosis to be held in Toronto,
Canada, next September.
YOUTH SHOT IN
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mg to force their way into the
home of Clarence Lennon. After j
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they were sentenced, the two men,
handcuffed together, ran from
their guard with Kennedy, the
larger man, dragging Baker along
behind. Their flight was short
lived.
Now, as events have transpired,
Kennedy has three escape at
tempts to his credit and has, as
his reward, a 12-year prison sen
tence and a body full of buck
shot. He was hit in the arm, hip
and in the back, the latter shots j
puncturing his lung, the Raleigh j
report said.
ART ASSOCIATION
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one interested in contributing
their taients to the entertainment
is asked to contact Miss Kay
Shelby. The Southport Jaycees
have undertaken to find a public
Not Exactly News
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Four Leland high school basebf 11 players are on the American
Legion squad in Wilmington.. They are Tommy Corbett, Nickie
Ganey, Paul Sullivan and Steve Lennon. Corbett and Sullivan
were on the Post 10 roster last season, and this year these boys
figure to be a help to Coach Buck Hardee’s team as it goes
after another state championship .... Southport young
sters will miss the Rev. Thomas 3. Clarkson from the local ten
nis courts. His interest and activity has done much to revive
that sport here this spring.
Following the hail storm two weeks ago the worst looking
crop we saw was the patch of corn that Walker Clemmons had
growing near the road. Frankly, we wouldn’t have given a plug
ged nickel for his chance to produce a crop. He left it as it was,
and today we discovered that recovery has been almost magic,
and unless signs fail, he will have a normal production . . . The
earliest corn we have seen anywhere is growing in a garden near
the highway at Shallotte Point. Those folks should have roasting
ears on the table before the end of next week . . . We see that
H. T. Bowmer ha3 joined the forces of roadside stands with a
setup beside the cut-off from Highway No. 133 to Highway No.
211 near the old Dosher place.
The other day when we were watching the telecast of the
Preakness, famous racing event from Pamlico in Maryland, the
announcer explained that the garland of daisies which went about
the neck of the winning horse were not black-eyed Susans, the
traditional flower, but were some other variety with the centers
dyed. Well, if they want to run that race over again and have the
real thing, they can load a truck with them along the shoulders
of the highway from Southport to Supply . . . Between Supply
and Shallotte there is a field full of dandelions in full bloom.
This is at the Riley Clemmons place, and all along' the shoulders
of U. S. 17 in that area these delicate yeljpw blossoms are bloom
ing.
This is the week for Vacation Bible Schools, and not only are
they in session here in Southport, but at many other churches
throughout the county . . . Seems to us that the man who does
not dig his own fishing worms is missing out on a lot of the
pleasure of this sport. What reminded us of this was the sight
of three men busily digging in the Waccamaw River Swamp this
morning. And fishing worms is bound to be what they were
after.
Once in a while we see a heron in the canal beside the road
from Shallotte to Whiteville, and think nothing of it. This morn
ing we saw one perched high in a pine.tree as though he were
serving as a sentinel; and further up the road there were two
others, apparently on the same type of duty. Could they be ex
pecting trouble ? Or, better still, have recent weather conditions
been so disturbing that they had to climb a tree to find out what
to expect next? . . . “David and Bathsheba” is the weekend show
at Holiday Drive-In at Shallotte. Here in Southport at the
Amuzu “Desire In The Dust” is the weekend attraction.
address system for use in the
festival. A platform for the en
tertainers will be set up in Frank
lin Park.
The next meeting of the Art
Association will be held Tuesday
night, June 6, at 8 o’clock in the
ibrary. It is hoped that the local
harden Clubs and Women’s Clubs j
vill send representatives to assist j
n this festival.
SHALLOTTE GIRL IS
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during her young life, but pre»
viously it has been for her terp*
sichorean talents. She was a stu«
dent of the Belcher Dance Studio
and has been one of their featured
performers for many years.
She is an eighth grade student
at Shallotte High School, where
the Spelling Bee was sponsored
by Mrs. Muzette Arnold. Mrs.
Betty Hewett was Brenda Gail’s
home room teacher.
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