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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.
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W?Hnp?dav. Mav 22. 1935
In the spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of what a girl
has been thinking about all year.
There is a world of difference between |
a parking space and a parking place.
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Every girl needs two men?one to run J
around for her and one to run around
with her.
A person with a reputation for sarcas-j
tic humor usually has gained it at the,
expense of friendship.
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Widow's weeds are easily killed. A
man says "Wilt thou . . .??and they!
usually wilt.
Longfellow wrote "The Children's;
Hour" before he had any children. Later!
he wrote "The Wreck Of The Hesperus." j
For each wild flower picked on the
government ground ten more seem to j
grow in its place. |.
Be as careful as though every driver]'
you meet on the road were a fool. Even .
if he's not, you will be driving safely.
A stubborn case of spring fever mayj]
soon be diagnosed as summer laziness. I1
Procrastination may be and is the thief
of time, but idleness certainly does not
give you any of it back.
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If a motorist you happen to be meeting!
on the highway dims his lights for you,!
it's a pretty good indication he is a care-!
ful driver.
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Repair And Repaint
Home owners who wish to borrow i
money with which to make needed repairs
and improvements on their property
may do so through the facilities of the
Federal Housing Administration.
Tiiic. (rnvsrnmpnt organization does
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not make the loans. It was established
for the purpose of encouraging banks and
similar institutions in the matter of mak-;
ing loans. The Federal Housing Administration
guarantees twenty per cent of the
loans of each lending body, reducing
risks to a minimum.
, The Federal Housing Administration
not only is making this service available,
it is urging home owners to take advantage
of this opportunity to secure long
term loans at a low rate of interest. The
North Carolina headquarters for this
body are at Asheville; J. G. Christian is
chairman for Brunswick County. Full details
of the plan will be furnished upon
request.
In making possible these long term
loans for the average home owner, the!
government is offering a chance to manyj
to make much needed repairs and improvements
upon their homes. The campaign
calling attention to these needs has
been a valuable feature of the Federal
Housing Administration program and
much good is resulting in many towns
and cities.
A lot of paint and a few repairs would
easily make Southport one of the most
beautiful little towns in North Carolina.
There are scores of handsome, well-constructed
homes here the appearance of
which would be improved a hundred per
cent by repainting.
We are enlisting in the campaign for
home beautification and improvement
here and we hope that Southport citizens
will consider the possibilities of this service
being offered by the Federal Government.
Where Praise Is Due
We wish that every citizen of Brunswick
County might have heard Dr. W. S.
Rankin Thursday night when he told
members of the Hospital Association of
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Eastern North Carolina exactly what he
thought of the Brunswick County Hospital
at Southport.
Declaring that the local hospital "represented
the ideal of the Duke endowment
for rural hospitilization," Dr. Rankin
showed that this institution has made
it possible for three doctors?Dr. Arthui
Dosher, Dr. William Dosher and Dr. W
R. Goley?to give adequate medical care
to the 16,000 people in Brunswick county
j The normal doctor load in the city is
one doctor to every 500 inhabitants, according
to Dr. Rankin. In this county the
load of these three physicians is more
than ten times as great. "The establishment
of the hospital at Southport has
meant that the patients can come to the
doctors instead of the doctors undertaking
the impossible task of going to the
homes of all their patients. This has
made medical service available to persons
who otherwise would have been without
it," he said.
Dr. Rankin showed that on the average,
five per cent of the people of the
United States go to the hospital during
the course of a year. "Some years," he
said, "this figure falls to four per cent.
Using the latter figure, the normal number
of patients at the Brunswick County
hospital would be 640 during the course
of the year. To show how closely that institution
is approaching her full capacity,
the number of patients receiving treatment
there during 1934 was 602.
"But here is the most amazing accomplishment
of this little hospital," continued
Dr. Rankin. "During 1934 there were
150 major operations performed and only
five deaths resulted. This gives the
Brunswick County Hospital a mortality
rate of 3 4 r>er cent durintr the vear 1934
for major operations. The average rate
for North Carolina is four per cent. And
I want you to remember that many of the
cases that come to the Brunswick County
Hospital have reached advanced stages
before operations are performed, increasing
the risk involved."
It was then that Dr. Rankin paid his1
glowing tribute to Dr. Arthur Dosher as
the man who deserves credit for the success
of the hospital at Southport. He
didn't forget the other two men who have
worked side by side with Dr. Dosher, but
he declared that the hospital was built
about one man and without him would
not be here today.
Concluding his remarks, Dr. Rankin
said that it is an inspiration to see the results
of a hospital like this and he declared
that our hospital is setting a worthy
example for other institutions of the state.
There is little to be added to the fine
things that Dr. Rankin had to say about
the Brunswick County Hospital and the
doctors whose work has long been familiar
to citizens of this county. It makes our
hearts swell with pride, though, most prominent
physicians tell the hospital leaders
of the state that our hospital is one
whose record should be the envy of the
larger institutions.
It's Our Turn
Announcement was made last Thursday
of plans to rush the spending of
nearly ten million dollars that has been
alloted to North Carolina from the Federal
Works Fund for the construction of
streets and highways and the elimination
of railroad grade crossings in the state.
Now is our chance to push through a
project to hardsurface highway 130 from
the Columbus County line to where it
joins route 30. We know of no other
stretch of road in North Carolina that is
more in need of improvement, nor do we
know of one that would benefit more
people.
to narasuriace tms road would be a
boon to the citizens of the upper end of
Brunswick County, who must haul their
products to distant markets and travel
far to do their trading. For years they
have been begging for decent transportation
facilities. Little by little, the pavement
has been added on the other side of
the Columbus County line, until now
there is a project which calls for the
completion of the pavement to the county
line. We want to begin where that leaves
off and complete a road that would be a
short cut from Southport to Whiteville
and other points in that section of North
Carolina.
Their section of the road already hardsurfaced,
citizens of Columbus County
are now willing to join the people of
Brunswick County in securing this project.
We believe that immediate, concerted
action will bring results.
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PILOT, SOUTHPORT, NORT1
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Washington
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j | Washington, May 22.?It is
now apparent that the Congress!
is preparing to close up the shop
and call it a day. The speedy dis- J
! position of highly controversial
, ] measures which would ordinarily j
. precipitate weeks of wrangling is J
: an unmistakable sympton of the 1
11 feeling at Capitol Hill. Party |
! leaders say that the President is |
, willing to second their wish for i
early leave-taking provided they
'enact pending legislative measi
ures he considers essential at this
,! time.
! The break between the the Senate
and the White House shows
no sign of healing. Only the ironi'
clad rules which govern the House
keep the lid down on the simmering
rebellion against Roosevelt
I domination in that body. The
House leaders and major commit!
tees are playing along with the
j Chief Executive, a fact which
gives him an effective counterweight
in the Administration's
uncertain relations with the Senate.
An obedient House makes
the President a force to be reckoned
with in shaping laws.'
The Nation's capital is always
'seething with speculation and
surmise. The dopesters are stumI
ped as to the real motives and
the consequences of Herbert
j Hoover's denunciation of NRA.
I Republican Senators do not take kindly
to the former Presidents'
I intervention at this time. This re- 1
action is not unusual as Mr.
Hoover never rated high with,
these solons during his occupancy |
i of the Executive Mansion. Critics!
! insist that Hoover committed j
another blunder because his un-;
j timely attack provided his sue- j \
cessor with a much-needed weap-1
on to whip the unruly Senate into ' ^
line. It is argued, with some de-1
gree of plausibility, that the tirade
from the shades of Palo Alto I
will inevitably strengthen the _
Democratic morale and bring
about solidarity for partisan pur- .
poses only. Another week or two
of silence and Mr. Hoover would,
probably have seen his wish ful- je!
filled in having the Blue Eagle j
plucked of its bright feathers j
through legislative action. Now J
the Democratic law-makers will je<
be obliged to accede to Roosevelt [
ideas to save political hides.
The seven-point program for ?
the revision of NRA now recom-1
. mended by the Administration ?
stands a better chance than ever i
of finding favor. The Democratic J
! Senators who boldly proclaimed "i
their opposition to tne continuance
of the foremost alphabetical
i agency are displaying a change
of front. From a strictly political
viewpoint, they have little or no
alternative than to eat crow
rather than swallowing the Blue
Eagle as they hoped for at one
time. Business groups occupy a
similar position owing to the passage
of the Wagner Labor Dis- ,
putes bill by the Senate last
week. Acceptance of the Roosevelt
revision of NRA is the only
choice they have against domina- .
jtion by labor unions as authorized
in the Wagner bill.
Labor lobbies, too, find them- 4
! selves in a bad way though they 4
I gained a distinct victory in the i
J Senate with the labor disputes ^
| bill. This outfit must either Join "5
the parade for the extension of 4
! NRA as proposed by the Admin- J
istration or watch the interment J
| of their pet measure in the o
,Hpuse. If the President says "no" 4
!to the House leaders, the Wagner ?
.bill will be pigeon-holed. Employ- J
J ers are in the same dilemma as I
| failure to support the Blue Eagle
program means Presidential ap- J
proval of the Wagner bill which J
will revolutionize relations be- J
tween capital and labor. 4
The growing popularity of new 4j
nf ls\V\K?n *-?** tirill nrnVioWv _S
J.UI1UO v* lUUUjlllg mu j/iuuuwij JJJ
check the demand of a few Sena- J
tors for a bill requiring the re- 4
gistration and control of legisla- *1
tive agents. The much-mooted j Jj
march of the farmers to Wash- J
ington to demand the enactment j ^2
of AAA amendments put the fin-1
ishing touch on this anti-lobby I
proposal. The mass movements of j $
citizens interested in certain leg- ^
islative measures show that fair -s
and equitable control is impossi- J
, ble. The controversial AAA $
(amendments will pass. What leg- \
islator or group could stand out %
[against the persistent demands of i
[groups of voters from theirar- J
eas? If it is true that the Ad- |
[ministration sponsored and in- ^
directly financed the recent pil- i
grimage from the rural districts J
then they can be credited with a J
[smart, if deplorable, trick. Law- o
[makers from 34 states were in- 4
jvited and attended dinners here J
at which time the farmers talked J
[about their mission and obtained "*5
[the necessary pledges. Veteran r
[observers have warned similar J
[groups of business men from j
adopting this policy as the reac- 1
[ tion may not be so favorable. ^
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Mountain farmers of Graham J
County have purchased 5,800 lbs. }
j of lespedeza seed for demonstra- H
[tion planting this season. i
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4. Who is Sidney Smith?
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8. Who is U. S. Secretary of
far?
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ATTEND CONVENTION ?
Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Marshall
and Mrs. Hattie Howey attended | ti
the convention of the Episcopal |
Church of East Carolina held at! di
Beaufort last Wednesday and | ei
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Demonstration settings of loblolly
pines have been made in sj
Davidson County this spring to bi
study timber management. n<
Gaston fanners have given
more attention than usual to n.
their seed sweet potatoes this I r.,
spring and have used good seed j to
ireated for disease before bed- [
ling. | tl
Nearly all Mecklenburg cotton Ti
growers are signing contracts to vi
reduce their cotton acreage 35 j ei
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Obtaining a loan from the I^Be
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