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"THE-STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
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Wednesday, June 19, 1935
It is always too soon to quit.
The good parties are the ones you miss.
A big mouth attempts to make up for
an empty head.
A thousand tons of paper are required
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acn year IU pinn puoi-agv
the United States.
Those who go to church to make a
show and to be seen rarely take any good
home with them.
It is better to be cheated now and then
by rascals than to believe all men are
crooks.
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Marriage is life's biggest job?that's j
why so many little folks fall down "at it.
It is a good thing to remember that
your most foolish neighbor has two good
eyes and a bad tongue.
Mileage saved by taking the inside of
every curve won't add to the life of your
car?nor to yours.
He' who has reached the top step by
step is not likely to be made dizzy by the
heights.
The housewife two decades ago used
to burn her finger cooking. Now the
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nearest sne comes iu mat is iu cut uw
finger on a can-opener.
Good Correspondents
We were talking one day last week to
an experienced newspaper man. "One of
the best features that you have in The
Pilot," he said, "is the community news
from all over the county. I read it every
week and I've heard others say that they
enjoy keeping in touch with what is happening
in the different sections."
We, too, think this is a valuable feature
of our paper and we wish to thank our
correspondents for the news they have
been sending in.
Their fellow citizens owe these correspondents
their loyalty and appreciation,
for they are doing more than anyone else
to advertise their home community.
Thirty Years Ago
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v Recently there was published in The
Sun-Journal, daily newspaper of New
Bern, an editorial concerning Charles L.
Stevens, who was editor of the New
Bern Daily Journal thirty years ago. Mr.
Stevens is now a resident of Southport
and the following copy of the editorial
will be of interest to his friends in Brunswick
county:
"During the past Christmas holidays
the editor of the Sun-Journal met for the
first time that amiable gentleman whose
name appears in the Sun-Journal daily as
the editor of the New Bern Daily Journal
thirty years ago. Visiting in the city at
the time, Charles L. Stevens came into
the Sun-Journal office and sat down at a
desk to write some Christmas cards.
"Perhaps that brief visit after thirty
years meant more to Mr. Stevens than the
writing of the Christmas cards. He was
more than a casual visitor to the editor
and to others associated with the presentday
paper as he spoke briefly but mosl
interestingly of his experiences here. Ir
his words were the names of New Bern's
most prominent families. There remainec
the conviction that New Bern must hav<
been, thirty years ago, much the bif
family circle of friendly folk that it i:
today.
"The Sun-Journal has had many indi
cations that the column of items fron
Editor Stevens' papers of thirty years ag<
is one of its most interesting features
New Bernians told Mr. Stevens so. A
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their request, he has written a series oi
short remininscences. The Sun-Journal is
! grateful for the privilege of publishinj
| them, and will add them each day to the
''Thirty Years ago' column under the sub
heading Mr. Stevens chose, 'After Three
J Decades.'"
Santa Clans
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News and Observer?
"Only the most naive sort of persoi
would believe that people give contribu
tions to a political party just because
they they want to play Santa Claus,'
says Francis W. Poulson, Democrats
State chairman of Ohio. Mr. Poulson's re
mark may be unduly cynical. There sure
ly may be some contributors who wish
to see principles prevail. Certainly there
have been many such contributors. Nevertheless,
it is a dangerous situation wher
a man cannot even think of running foi
Governor in North Carolina unless he has
a minimum of $15,000 with which to pay
his own freight, or unless he accepts
contributions from those who generally
do not give order to play Santa Claus.
Some Ranch
Wall Street Journal.
A civil engineer, E. M. Card, running
lines preparatory to dividing up the
1,400,000-acre King ranch down on the
Rio Grande, in Texas, discovered fences
of the bordering Kenedy ranch to be over
too far. Placing the fences where they
belonged would mean a loss of 30,000
acres to the Kenedy holdings, Card computed,
and so informed the owner of the
ranch. "All right,' said the owner, "let's
move the fences." That was all there
was to it?no arguing, no lawing or anything,
which makes you want to take off
your hat to the Kenedy rancher. The
King ranch, one of the largest in the
world, covers most of five counties. One
railroad runs through it for 125 miles.
Birds In The Garden
Goldsboro News-Argus.
Charlie Best, resident of 1304 East
I Holly Street, is about to convert his
neighbors to the belief birdshot rattling
around in a paper bag are much more
effective than are scarecrows.
Mr. Best has rigged up a series of paper
sacks, all blown up and containing
enough bird shot to rattle, about ovei
his garden. A string leads from the entire
"alarm" system, and all Mr. Best has
to do is lay in bed early mornings, pull
his string and keep the birds from eating
1 up his beans, squash and other vegeta|
bles.
Government Institute
Two leading Brunswick county officials
last week were in attendance at th?
Institute of Government held in Chapel
Hill. It would have been a fine thing il
every single county official, from the
highest to the lowest, might have founc
time to attend this conference.
One of the primary objectives of th<
Institute is to impart knowledge of gov
ernment, its scope, its operations, its du
ties to those into whose hands the reins
are entrusted. i
In England, before a man may hold
public office, he must first be trained foi
that service. The British have found it t<
be profitable in more ways than one t(
| make this requirement. We might our
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selves learn a lesson irom our cousin:
across the sea.
The Institute of Government is a lean
ing toward this direction. In Chapel Hil
for one week the officials of state anc
county get together for the purpose o:
studying government, and the knowledg<
thus gained always proves invaluable.
1 County Government
A convention which will be watche<
t with widespread interest throughout th
i country convenes in Chicago next month
3 when the American County Governmen
1 Association, now entering in upon it
J second year, will hold its annual nation
I wide gathering.
5 This organization represents the firs
attempt toward organized support c
- county government, and as a definit
1 means of forwarding the improvement c
3 county government, the National Countj
i. a Monthly magazine has been inaugural
t ed.
PILOT, SOUTHPORT, NOR1
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i j Washington, June 19?Extracti
ing choice olives from a narrowI
neck bottle with the fingers is a
i relatively easy task compared to
I president Roosevelt's problem in
rescuing favored pieces of legislation
from the Congressional
I j junk-heap. The blow administered
I by the judiciary In the recent
" IN. R. A. test case has given
i' many rebellious Democrats the
' much-needed excuse to run out
, j on the party leader. These law'
| makers talk privately that the
-1 situation was timely and made
. I to order. Not even the prospect
| of patronage in the public works
II program pacifies the rebels who
! are anxious to close shop and
. rush back to the home-folks. The
net effect of the seething under1
current on Capitol Hill will be
the shortening of the present
j session to force adjournment not
' later than July 15.
Plagued by job-seekers and proi
paganda from their districts, the
legislators are displaying frayed
tempers. The humidity and heat
now registering here play a part
in increasing the discomfort of
"the people's choice" on duty in
| the Senate and House. This state
of mind is obviously not conducive
to good government. The
tendency is to take the fewest
possible measures and jam these
i bills through without the deliberj
ation usually expected and seldom
I given. Congressional leaders have
| made known this sentiment and
| consequently nettled Mr. RooseI
velt. He is not so much concerned |
J with the negligible Republican j
J opposition as with the growing j
[ dissension within the ranks of j
! his own party. The chances of
coercing the rebellious element to
j do his bidding are decreasing day
| by day. The party "whips" or j
I vote-getters at the Capitol are |
discouraged as the members turn j
a deaf ear to their appeals for <
cooperation.
Mr. Roosevelt is determined
that the sapping operations will j
not restrict the scope of the public
utility regulation bill. He has
given this matter his special attention
presumably because of a
deep-seated personal animosity to
the utility interests. Fortunately
for his purpose, the bungling opposition
of the utility companies
' and their shady financial deals of
; other years has brought these
. outfits within the Roosevelt traps.
The central bank idea which is
! also close to the heart of the
Chief Executive has not fared
so well thanks to the unswerving
attacks by the doughty Senator
i Glass, former Secretary of the
Treasury in the Wilson administration.
The present AdministraI
tion has a wholesome respect for
5 j the power of the outspoken VirI
f/\ tsxxratr hia hnlloQOIlPCl
| | gmiaii w\j owa.j iua
p Speculation now turns to the
' methods which will be utilized to
"sell" the new NRA to the country.
Considering the millions
j spent in an endeavor to make
I the nation "Blue Eagle consci|
ous", observers feel that the Administration
will adopt a plan
for another insignia testifying as
to cooperation with the Federal
j government in recovery measures.
> Doubt is expressed as to the ad
visability of whooping it up along
the lines used by Gen. Johnson.
f Experience showed that too much
; hurrah hurt the NRA with the
I ! people.
President Roosevelt's thinly
veiled criticisms of the Supreme
i ' Court following the opinion which
nearly wrecked his New Deal
agencies may arise to haunt him.
- Already the seeds of suspicion
5 are sprouting that he will be
beyond the scope of the NRA extension
act in developing new
1 I social concepts and new social
r values through executive orders.
This procedure is possible because
Congress must necessarily
) leave many matters of detail to
. the Administration, which actual,
ly applies the law. It will be
5 manifestly impossible for the
courts to control such adminiatra.
tive acts by ajudicating disputes
i arising for alleged extra-legal use
of authority by the Chief Execu1
tive. It is freely predicted that
f business groups will derive cold
a comfort from the opinions of their
" legal advisors regarding the curbing
effect of the Schecter NRA
case and the delegation of legislative
power to the executive
branch so clearly denounced bj
the highest tribunal.
^ If the threatened coal strike
fails to materialize you will be
e safe in assuming that a prettj
L, deal was made behind the scenes
? The dopesters predict that wages
will be increased by a smal
s amount and the miners will sigr
L- another contract before August
15, when the demand for fall de
liv?Ti'<VQ afoyft, TnrirlAntfl 11 v _Tr?hr
... j,
>t L. Lewis, the miner's union chief
?f i far overshadows William Greei
i as the real leader of trade unioi
forces. It is whispered in laboi
'I circles that Lewis really rules th<
t roost at the American Federatioi
j._ of Labor although Green hold!
the title as president.
When a citizen considers him
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self as a man of destiny, it i
J not unusual that his action
should be scrutinized and his pul
lie behavior analyzed. Two R<
publican Senators, Vandenberg c
Michigan and Dickinson of low
are now watched as men expect
ing the mantle of the Presidency
Their votes and speeches on cor
troversial measures are catalogs
ed for any campaign which ma
be launched in their behalf. Oi
fice-seekers must always be pre
pared to serve as targets an
pay the price in their search fc
fame and fortune.
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June Bugs
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" Weekly Quiz
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a 1. By what other name is
t- j Formosa known ?
' | 2. What is the capital of
l" Latvia ?
'* [ 3. Who is Alia Nazimova ?
y 4. What author wrote: "Lamb
in His Bosom"?
!- 5. When was slavery officiald
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ir 6. What is the meaning of
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le ones who buy thoughl
ire guided by the most
oducts, prices and values
s in the papers.
m're marketing for tonig]
for a home?the most re
ler in this paper for you
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7. How much is a nji
gram?
8. Who was the 10th Pr
dent of U. S.?
9. What is a polity?
10. How long is a metre'
11. In what state was Nti
Eddy, the singer, born?
12. What is a neophyte?
(Answers on page Seven)
OPENS OFFICE
Representative R. E. Sen)
has opened a law office in Sc:
port adjoining the rooms ocq
by the Bell Telephone Com[i
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eople all of the
le time? Times
n't be fooled at
tfully and spend
up-to-the-minute
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liable guides are
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