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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. G.
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K^yVUunJxjeA. 1935
Wednesday, January 8, 1936
Men who make war do not fight.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pint
of cure.
About all some people leam about
v.r>?r +r> iipcnme a cood loser.
UllU^C XO Xivn vv ?
In spite of all pleas for safety, the
holiday season took a tremendous toll in
human life and suffering.
Everybody seems to think that the
country is on the upgrade except the
Republicans.
Nudists must have been put to a real
test of loyalty during the cold weather
last week.
If those people who throw bricks
would only start laying them, what a
prosperous community we would have.
There is something wrong with a man
who can go to bed at night with a clear
conscience knowing that his live stock is
shivering in dirty, sloppy pens or stables.
Personally, we think it is better to
thank a friend for a card than it is to
send one the day after Christmas and
trust that the date mark will be so blurred
he can not tell when it was mailed.
Reports from the various high schools
over the county indicate that there are
several strong basketball teams in the
race this year for the county championship.
Bad weather has put a temporary stop
to naintine and repairs to local houses
that was going at a fast pace before
Christmas. We hope the bad weather
does not chill the ambition of owners to
see these improvements made, for similar
work during the past year marks the
most progressive sign seen in Southport
in several years.
A Lasting Gift
A new world has been opened for inmates
of the Brunswick county home
since the new radio was? installed on
Christmas eve. Regardless of their various
tastes in music and entertainment, there
are programs every day and evening that
they may enjoy.
And every time the instrument is switched
on, the inmates who enjoy the radio
should think of Mrs. R. L. Johnson, of
Southport, and bless her for her thoughtfulness.
It was she who first conceived
the idea of providing the radio for the
county home. Not content with the mere
thought, Mrs. Johnson worked tirelessly
for weeks to secure necessary funds for
the purchase.
This was the second outstanding bit of
charity performed by Mrs. Johnson for
the county home residents. Sometime age
she raised funds for the purchase oi
reading glasses for two elderly inmates
whose vision had become impaired because
of infirmaties of old age.
Working under the banner of no civi<
organization, accomplishing her purpos<
through her own personal effort, this lad:
deserves the deepest appreciation of thosi
who were the recipients of her kin<
deeds.
Final Chapter
Unless the New Jersey Board of Par
dons should intervene this week, it ap
pears certain that Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, convicted as the kidnap-slayer o
the baby, Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., wi]
go to his death Monday, January 13, fo
the crime.
Ever since his arrest, even when cor
fronted with a mass of damning evidenc
at his sensational trial, the German car
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penter has stoutly maintained his innocence.
With his death day less than one
week off, he refuses to be down-hearted
. and contends that he will never 1 e electrocuted
for a crime he did not commit.
I We are not attempting to say whethei
Bruno Richard Hauptmann is the mar
I who snatched the sleeping child from his
~!crib on that memorable night in March:
j I we are not able to say that it was the ex)
German machine gunner who caused the
5 death of the Lindbergh baby. We were
impressed, thought, with the discovery oi
a major portion of the ransom money paid
the grief-stricken father of the kidnapped
child in the garage of the Hauptmann
jhome.
If the money was not paid to Hauptmann
by Dr. John F. Condon, the German
knows who did receive it. Whoever
. that person was, he was one of the key
men in the kidnap-murder. Hauptmann
either is guilty of the crime, or he knows
who is guilty and persists in shielding him
In our opinion, either way you figure it,
the death penalty should be exacted with
j no more compunction than is felt when
I other criminals pay with their lives for
; this disregard for their fellow men.
Life On The Farm
From time to time we have made editorial
reference to advantages which rujral
residents enjoy over their city cousj
ins. In a recent bulletin, "Farming As A
ILife Work," by O. E. Baker, prepared for
j the United States Department of Agriculture,
the writer gives five reasons for beling
a farmer.
i Inasmuch as the large majority of our
readers live on the farm, we think that
some of these points may be of interest
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to tnem.
As his first argument in favor of farm
jlife, the writer points to the fact that
farmers have better food to eat than do
citizens of similar financial circumstances
who dwell in the city. Findings of a
| recent government survey show that food
consumed by farm families contain about
|50 per cent more protein than does that
j of city families. From 50 to 100 per cent
more meat, eggs, milk and vegetables are
consumed by the country people. During
jthe depression, figures from the survey
show that there was an even wider difIference
in the quality of food than in
normal years.
A second reason favoring farm life is
.that statistics provided by the Bureau of
the Census prove that the average citizen
who lives in the country will outlive a
city dweller of the same age by from 3
jto 10 years. Despite the poor sanitary
conditions in the average farm home,
less sickness is found among the farm
population.
A third reason in favor of life on the
farm is that, although their incomes are
smaller, farmers accumulate more property
than do most city people. Government
statistics show that states with the
highest per capita wealth are dominantly
rural. According to a study conducted
I several years ago by the Federal Trade
Commission, distribution of wealth is at
least four fold more equitable in the
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tarm population tnan in tne city population.
There is a possibility that a young
man or woman who moves from the farm
to the city may become many times richer,
but there is a strong probability that
he or she will die proorer in the city than
on the farm.
For the farmer who realizes the significance
of his work, there is no occupa
tion that affords more substantial enjoy.
ment. The farmer deals with life?plant
( life, animal life and human life. Crops
. are planted and harvested year after
year. Individual plants die and disappear,
' but the production of wheat and corn and
cotton goes on without end. The farmer
, raises horses, cattle and chickens and apl
preciates the importance of good stock.
" Finally, the writer declares that the
B farmer enjoys a fuller home life. It is n(
j accident that nearly all departments o1
domestic science or home economics ir
state universities were connected origi
nally with the agricultural college, rath
er than with the college of arts and sci
ence. This work has been offered to th<
girls who know the value of home life
and want to make an art of home-mak
ing. The peace and quiet of life on th<
farm provide an atmosphere for love an<
understanding; daily personal contacts ii
1 work of common interest instills the high
est appreciation for the value of co-ope
l" ration. To us, at least, it is this latte
e point that swings the balance sharply ii
favor of family life on the farm.
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PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT,
: i WASHINGTON !
! LETTER
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11 Washington, Jan. 8.?Try as
' they may the Congress and the
, Chief Executive cannot throw off
' | the judicial spectre which haunts
! with firm admonition. Somehow
.! the legislative machinery cannot
! run in high gear while plagued I
; | with uncertainty of their past
performances now subjected to
I judicial review. Observers believe
'this influence was largely respon1
sible for President Roosevelt mak|
ing a political speech in his an[nual
message instead of the customary
recommendations for legI
islation. Administration leaders j
I assume that Mr. Roosevelt willj
.! develop a definite legislative pro,
j gram after the Supreme Court
I passes judgment on existing and I
! challenged laws enacted at the j
' last session. A series of short |
messages in writing accompanied
by suggested drafts of measures
are expected from the White
House as substitutes for these
'parts which were missing in the
formal report on the state of a
nation. Mr. Roosevelt's open crii
ticism of other governments has
i aroused the diplomatic colony.
J His reply to domestic critics of
the New Deal policies has provoked
a cross-fire of arguments
| which will continue until the
; election.
Before this Congress adjourns,
I it must provide a record upon
[which a national election may be 5
(based. The highly desirable plan c;
(of a prompt dispatch of public is
A/MIWOA vintVlirifr n
uusixicas la, kjl wuioc, nv/uung <x
more than a happy dream. Law- h
making is inextricably interwov- tl
en with the great game of poli- E
tics. The legislators returned with v
their baggage bulging with
speeches prepared during the j 1
four-months vacation. It is ask- J
|ing too much in a campaign year
; to expect these public figures to
| forgo the spotlight of publicity in
| the interests of expediency. SenI
ators are required to deliver j
Ispeeches in person but the House
j rules permit "extension of remarks"
or printing of speeches'
l never given oral treatment. Neij
ther oratory nor "voiceless speeIches"
sway votes in our parlia- p
j ment nowadays. t
The first major investigation id
I by Congress is the current in- j
quiry by the Senate Munitions jh
Committee. Their agents have j
been digging into official World I War
files in an effort to provide r
sensations calculated to influence j!
public opinion in regard to neu- |
jtrality legislation. The committee ;
[hopes to show deep-dyed intrigue 5
by which international banking ?
houses used government officials j ;
as puppets to force Uncle Sam j ;
I into the war in 1917. The diplomatic
branch is terribly annoyed |
|at the invasion of their sanctums
by Senate probers. The public ;
(utility outfits and the House stu- '
idy of chain store regulations are
(on the dockets for merciless poli(tical
grilling. While these excursions
by the legislature are not
considered problems of statecraft,
it airoras ammunition ior pouucal
mudslinging.
With alphabetical agencies momentarily
expecting extinction by
means of Supreme Court decisions,
the brains which conceived
these adventures into new forms
of government control are endeavoring
to salvage portions
which stand up under judicial
tests. The NRA is officially extinct
but the research crew is at
work compiling data from the
Blue Eagle's experiences. Unless
political pressure is increased the
present analysis bids fair to find
a place as a valuable economic
study. Labor groups have failed
to plant their emissaries on the
research staff to substitute biased
conclusions. Other interested
parties seeking to influence the
official findings have been thwarted.
The agency will expire in
March, but meanwhile its work is
hampered by politics of the crude
j sort.
Taking their cue from the
11 President's message, Congression,
al committees are buckling down
to routine affairs. The two major
' parties have held their caucus to
[ acquaint their fellow partisans
. with the objectives for the present
session. The House appropria'
tions Committee has been at
work for several weeks in ad,
vance of the general assembly.
' The bonus advocates will pro'
bably override the House Ways
f and Means Committee by a vote
. in the House discharging the
group from further consideration
" of the bill.
The big-wigs of the Democratis
party are assembled here this
week for the annual Jackson
- Day dinner. Ordinarily, candida,
tes for the Presidency would be
_ looked over, but the re-nomination
of Mr. Roosevelt is considB
ered in the bag. The Republicans
3 are sharing the interest of their
opponents in the speech of former
governor Alfred E. Smith
later in the month. The New
- Yorker has a tremendous followr
ir*g and Roosevelt captains are
anxious for harmony. Party
scouts report thinly disguised
skepticism as to legislative poll- |
w. c.
Anything
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(CopjrtjM, W. N. C.)
ies within their own ranks which
i considered a danger signal in
n election year. The lack of coesiveness
and strong figures in
le Republican camp softens the
democratic alarms as to the Noember
hustings.
Poultry Is No
Easy Business
teginner Who Thinks It
Offers Chance For An
Easy Living Is Due For
Rude Awakening
The novice who enters the
oultry business wim expectaions
of making easy money is
oomed to almost certain failure.
Poultry raising requires long
ours of work and study, careful
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j attention lu ucuin, euiu a. puoioItence
that refuses to admit deifeat,
said Roy S. Dearstyne, head
jof the State College poultry de'
partment.
Too often, he said, urban dwellers
invest large sums in placing
I buildings and equipment on a
poultry farm, then purchase low
priced chicks and attempt to run
| the farm with the cheapest labor
obtainable.
Only by a miracle, he declared
| can such a venture succeed.
Before any one, city man or
! farmer, goes into the poultry
business, Dearstyne added, he
should consult the local farm agent,
then visit a number of suc1
cessful poultry farms to see how
jthey are run.
i The beginning should start off
| with a comparatively small numi
ber of birds. A year's experience
| is needed to get a working knowtart
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RINTINI
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the Christmas rush there w
in business when business me
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year just finished and gett
n plans for the new year.
your planning this year, r<
RINTING IS THE INSEPj
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uipment or force in business i
lispensible as the printed w
records or for creating
advertising.
ring the lull after Christmas
riod, prepare and order the
lat will do so much to make :
sier to keep, speed up your
e more profits. Check over tl
ems of office and bookkeepii
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d, don't forget the power of t
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help you get in contact witl
ve things to buy or sell. Think
advertising program for the
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,ed|c ?f PoultnTproduction "
Secure the best chicks obttifl
able, Dearstyne emphasized &
chicks cost only a few cents
to start with, while inferior ckiH
ks cost many dollars in lost p9
fits later on.
Before setting up a poulifl
farm, ascertain whether there ^B
a good market for eggs and ctiH
kens. There is no point to poj^B
try raising unless the produH
can be sold readily.
Study measures for controIli^B
parasites and the common p^H
try diseases, Dearstyne continue^B
feed carefully but amply, e?9
cise sanitation at all times,
cull rigidly. ^B
Subscribe to two or nofl
good poultry magazines, and w^B
ure the poultry bulletins whfl
may be obtained free from d^B
agricultural editor at State C-^B
lege, Raleigh.
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