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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
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JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
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^JL^national editorial
Wednesday, March 25, 1936
A few farmers are so trifling that al
they ever raise on their farm is a lot o
cain.
Every man should wear a mustache a
some time, so people can see how mucl
better he looks without one.
Many a young girl just has a lot o:
time and some kind of good lotion on he;
hands.
A simile: As blank as the expressioi
on some very young men's faces wher
they're dancing.
The difference between an artist anc
an editor is, that if an artist doesn't fee
like painting he doesn't paint, but an edi
lor must go ahead and get out a papei
whether he feels like it or not.
Temperamental people who blow uj
and go all to pieces usually manage t(
pull themselves together again when the}
discover that no one has paid any atten
tion to them.
Lonesome Corner
We sincerely hope that the owne:
will decide to rebuild the Loughlin build
ing which last week was destroyed b}
t fire. The location is easily the most de
sirable in the local business district, an<
a new building is sure to attract tenants
The cornor has presented a rathe
lonesome spectacle at night during thi
past week as down-town visitors missei
the late-burning lights in Jimmie-the
Greek's cafe.
"Little Coney'
We are glad to learn that member
of the board of city aldermen alread;
are making preliminary preparations fo
the establishment of a safe place for chil
dren of South port to go swimming in th<
river this summer.
The place used last summer by thi
smaller children of the town was neithe
suitable nor sanitary. The older boys am
girls went in down at the governmen
dock. The rebuilding of "Little Coney'
promises a more pleasant summer t
Southport boys and girls of all ages, am
to some of the older people who like t
cool of occasionally in the river.
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Have Patience
If during the next few weeks yo
fell inclined to criticize members of th
maintenance department of the Stat
Highway Commission for the bad cond
tion of the roads, remember that thes
men are faced with a Herculean task.
Heavy traffic on reads cracked b
hard freezes and washed by rains is ad<
ing daily damage to our state highway
Here in Brunswick county, the sand-cla
roads in some sections have become a
most impassable.
Again we remind citizens that th<
can help the highway workers, and spe?
up road improvement in their communii
by making minor repairs or\ improvemen
in the roads near their homes.
Bolivia Is Growing
One of the most active communitti
in Brunswick county is Bolivia. The bus
ness men there do a surprising volume i
business trade during the course of
Recently there have been several ir
provements made in the business sectio
Outstanding among these is the compl
tion of the modern brick-front garag
new home of the Elmore Motor Co.; thi
building would be a credit to any cor
munity. A new filling station is beir
erected, and one of the old storage buili
ings has been moved off the main bus
THE STATE
ness street.
For the first time in years, Bolivia
citizens have their own practicing physi~
cian, who has been kept busy during the
- epidemic of influenza and pneumonia.
With the advantage of having one oi
the strongest consolidated schools in
" Brunswick county, Bolivia is one of the
i0 most promising localities in this section.
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I In Self Defense
Action of members of the board of
trustees of the Brunswick County Hospital
requiring all patients entering the hos
pital to make a deposit of $2.00 was
taken as a measure to improve the finanj
cial condition of the institution.
This requirement does not apply to
f acidents, hemorrahages or to other emergencies
that require immediate action.
We believe that there is no person in
tj Brunswick county in need of hospital
til treatment who could not raise the $2.00
entrance fee. This amount is credited to
the full amount of the total bill,
f In spite of the fact that the local
hospital made a fine record during 1936;
a glance at the books of the institution
shows that many persons who were treated
and dismissed never have paid one
1 cent of their expenses. The new ruling
1 by the board means that every patient
must pay something.
The rule goes into effect on April 1st.
Officials believe that this will be a great
help during the present year in making
ends meet at the Brunswick County Hospital.
} Lasting Progress
The agricultural legislative situation
is, to put it mildly, in a chaotic state.
The Supreme Court found the AAA
unconstitutional months ago. Immediately
Congress was deluged with new farm relief
proposals. A bill, based on the Soil
Conservation Act of 1935, has been passr
ed?but many authorities, including some
of the legal experts who helped frame it,
*T are uncertain as to its constitutionality.
"I During depression much progress in
1 farming has been made. Farmers have
' learned how to produce better crops on
r smaller acreage?they have gone ahead
e pei*fecting marketing machinery that
^ gives them a fair break in dealing with
distributors. Thousands of them have gotten
a new understanding of such problems
as the tariff ar.d monetary standards,
which vitally, if indirectly, affect
agriculture's welfare.
s This progress has come from a study
v j of production and distrbution of farm
r crops. It is the kind of progress that is
- lasting, and is not determined by the ebb
e and flow of political movements, or by
the action of courts on legislation,
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* Death On The Highway
ti The Travelers Insurance Company
" has issued a book entitled "Live and Let
o Live". It deals, through statistics and grad
phic illustrations, with the traffic accident
o; record in 1935, when 36,100 lives were
destroyed by automobiles. It would be a
great thing for the cause of safety if
every citizen could read the booklet, meditate
upon it, and act upon the lessons
u it gives and implies,
e What caused serious accidents last
e year? As in the past, excessive speed was
i- the undertakers best friend, accounting
;e for 31 pe rcent of all accidents in which
persons were killed an dinjured. A heavy
>y foot on the accelerator smooths the path
i- to the morgue.
s. Next came driving on the wrong side
iy,of the road, the cause of 17 per cent o1
1- the acidents. "Keep to the right" seem;
to be a laugh to many drivers.
:y Cars not having the right of waj
id caused 15 per cent of the accidents. Theii
ty drivers saved a second or two?at the ex
ts pense of life and health.
Fourteen per cent of the accident!
occurred when cars drove off the road
way. Many causes may enter into thi:
type of acident?and drunken drivers
es which seems to be on the increase, ii
>i- among them. A substantial portion of mo
of torists must be taught, no matter hov
a roughly, that alcohol and gasoline make i
n- poor mixture.
n. Reckelss driving caused 13 per ceni
e- of the accidents, with the remaining 1(
e, per cent laid to miscellaneous causes,
at Think over this list. How often have
n- you been guilty of one or more of the
ig violations listed? Sure, you got away with
i- it last time?but remember that nexl
si- time you may not be so lucky.
PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT,
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NEWS
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Washington, March 25? Early
adjournment of Congress seems
unlikely as complexities over taxes
and relief develop hourly.
Questions as to the legality of
Treasury proposals for raising j
revenue have cropped out in the J
House Ways and Means Commit-!
tee so that a hasty passage of
I new revenue laws is not desir- j
able. Public hearings which will
permit taxpayers to criticize the
tentative tax measure are sche- j
duled for this week. Back of the
l scenes is a struggle between j
practical politics and the need j
for a bill which will stand under
j court testj. The President's ab- j
J sence from town leaves the pro-1
blem squarely in the laps of the:
solons and Treasury experts.
The political pot is boiling j
, anew with the pending Senate I
j investigation of the Works Pro- j
gress Administration patronage!
! policies. An inquiry of this sort J
will inevitably disclose petty pol-1
itical favoritism and provoke im-1
measurable reaction in various'
localities. While the troubles are i
harassing the present Administra-1
tion, sober-minded Republicans j
have problems of their own. The J
j feeling prevails that over-zealous
(campaigners for the Presidential
nomination aided by anti-New j
Deal groups have been wasting
valuable shot and shell. It has i
dawned on these mature minds!
that much of the finger-pointing
has been too early in the game
for strategical purposes. Therefore,
word has been passed to
hold the tongue in the WPA j
investigation for a few weeks so
that the political capital may not
be dissipated before the June conventions.
There is considerable snickering
in official life at the pathetic
spectacle given by the Senate '
Lobby Committee in whitewash- ]
ing their erring brethren. It
seems that the inquisition dragged
a Senator and handful of
Representatives under the muckraks.
Instead of treating their
colleagues with the brick-bats
used on other witnesses, the in- j
quisitors handled them with
gloves. The pitiful effort to show
that others than lawmakers are j
(rogues has indicted the probers i
in the public mind as having!
completely abandoned fair play.
jThe current quiz would probably
, make more progress if it were
not a lop-sided procedure by
which critics of the present rejgime
were singled out for grilling j
j on the inquisition rack. Hope- j
ful of postponing a marked conflict
with the judiciary over au1
thority to raid private papers,
| the committee reaches into the
j grab-bag for notorious public
[utility agents who are particularly
vulnerable and excite little
sympathy from the average citizen.
Conservative Democratic
chieftains are honestly concerned
that these high-handed tactics j
will provide color for A1 Smith's
charges of Soviet methods.
While emphasis was placed on
the floods which devastated industrial
and residential areas in
Eastern states, little mention was
made of the farms in the pathway
of swollen streams. The distress
of rural areas is not easily
measured, as the ultimate effects
of floods on soil fertility and
erosion require months to evaluate.
The disaster which swept
the Eastern area will effect the
i allotment of Federal funds. The
pre-flood assignments of money
were scanty, but tragedy has
changed the views of those hold
ino- tho nnrsp-qfrincH Fncineers
r are replacing politicians the
necessity for practical relief mea^
surers.
' The House has been marking
{ time on legislative matters to
give committees time to amend
bills. Few highly controversial
i measures are emerging in their
p original shape. For instance, the
Walsh-Healey bill to impose cer5
tain N. R. A. conditions on all
business firms selling commodir
ties or services to the Federal
government has been snagged
^ with changes on the House side.
- The bill dealing with ship subsidy
seem hopelessly snarled as
two government departments
5 quarrel over jurisdictional ques
tions.
3 What was originally a legislative
measure designed to curb
? chain-store systems to the benefit
3 of the independent dealer bodes
. fair to exercise a farreaching effect
on prices of other goods
1 which reach consumers. There is
l a small but powerful group in
Congress which delights in any
, "anti-business" movement. Coincident
with the drive against
) multiple stores comes a campaign
to eliminate base prices which
1 have become an important part1
' of the industrial fabric. Confront!
ed with potential threats of laws
t which would revolutionize proven
. business practices, industrial
' spokesmen are not at all embarrassed
by President Roosevelt's J
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policies which keep employers
and employees on the anxious
bench. These political warriors
are conscious of the need to
break down a growing idea that
most of the legislation enacted
by Congress is futile and likely
to be discarded by the courts.
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tended the silver jubilee celebra- c
tion of home demonstration club
work in this state Friday night
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