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PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. , [ PUBLISHED. EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPEft, JR., Bdifor Altered u second-cteas matter April 29, 1928, at As Post Office at Southport, N. C, under the act ot Marti S, fBTt. Subscription Rates ? ? ONE TEAR .$1.50 nx MONTHS - a a " 53 B> *.00 THREE MONTHS =; Ho NATIONAL DITOftl&LASSOCIATION w IJ Ft ylhmkht_ I Wednesday, July 3, *1940 Hitler and Mussolini: "There ain't no (Russian) bears out tonight?we hope." One cause for increase in automobile accidents is the number of Torhier badt-l seat drivers who have moved up front. The Republicans got even with the Democrats last week for namihg twb of their leaders to cabinet posts by ndmin&ting a Democrat for president. If they want to stop Willkie the Demo-J crats will have to think of a more demanding accusation than that he is not. an experienced politician. Marriage vows are so solemn and impressive that it seems a shame that the #>nntrnrfina- rouble usually is too nervous I and excited to hear and understand them. The Bear Prowls The Russian Bear has stirred restlessly within the past week, anil "Vvith movements which belie his reputation for pon-J derousness, has grabbed territory from Rumania upon which Herr Hitler held a first mortgage. ! Under any other circumstances, what Joe Stalin's bloody Reds have dime tvould constitute a challenge to the Germans, but so far the Nazi chieftains hatVe chosen to turn the other cheek. This role of longsuffering is, of course, a mere matter of expediency; for Germany Wishes to destroy her enemies piece-meal, and right now Britian's number is up. Chief hope that Russia soon will be an active combatant upbn the side of England rests in the ability of Stalin to face the political facts of Europe realistically, and Stalin is a realist above all else. He knows that he can and did exist in a European society dominated by Britian and France; the facts are plainly Evident that neither Russia nor any other nation that challenges the might erf Germany .will be permitted to exist in an Europe dominated by the Nazis. And it must be obvious that his job of hamstringing Germany will be made easier if it is begun while the spearhead of the Nazi attack is turned toward the British isle. night Here At Home We worry aloud about the fate of persons confined in German concentration camps and we make ourselves wretched thinking of the refugees oi Europe^ ihings that we are powerless to prevent and seriously handicapped to help. Yet throughout the entire hiditfh of ^Tiirte there remained a prisoner in the bruitswick county jail, a white woman and her nine-month's-old baby, and until Monday no effort was made to get her -chit on bail. Alice Warner was arrested On May 30, on a charge of bigamy, and following a preliminary hearing in which probable cause was found, was sent to Southport jail under bond of $500.00. On Monday the amount of the bond requirement was arbitrarily reduced by a representative of the clerk of court's office to $200.00, and the woman and her child Were released. Now Alice Warner may be the guiltiest person on earth; We don't know. But it is not the way of civilized society to confine a mother and her infant to jail while the laW fumbles and bungles its course. Welcomed News General enthusiasm has gTeetfed the announcement that the State Highway Commission would begin itrimediately to maintain in good condition the two-mile stretch of dirt road running from SouthIport to Long Beach. In the first place, there were more than 200 property owners who had very definite rights in the matter, and we knclw that each of them how feels better toward the organization into which taxes are paid to insure decent travel facilities. And in the second place, there is an THE STAT! other group that" feels just as appreciative. These are the beach-goers, the fur lovers, the citizens who seek pleasant anc convenient recreation for Long Beach h thefr only nearby ocean front playground Bromides Of Thought ^Reassurance of what the future mighl hold In store for the frightened peoples of the world would constitute the besl tonic that could be offered to the Ameri'can people today. Nobody can speak with any degree oi certainty of what the coming months or years may 'bring, but there are some definite advices in the Whiteville Merchant's Association's Bulletin, gleaned from an exchange, that are worthy of thoughtful consideration and might serve as nerve-quieting as a dose of neurosene: Don't become panicky. Don't lose faith that right will triumph over brutal might. -Don't conclude that Hitlerism cannot fail to dominate the Old World. Don't conjure up the spector of invasion of the United States. Don't Contemplate complete collapse here. Don't throw securities overboard at any old price. Don't frenziedly assume that the world will cease to have need of many American products. Don't get the notion that wheat, corn, 'cotton, will become worthless. Don't bank on resurgence of acute depression here. Don't assurhe that recent jitteryness ii: Wall Street will last indefinitely. Don't gamble; invest in the most depndable stocks. Tlnn'f- -fnro-pf that we are on a solid not an inflated economic basis. Don't overlook the fact that our productive efficiency and capacity have reached heights never before known here or anywhere else. Don't under-rate our unique position as the only world power either not at war or being bled by gigantic preparations for war, by huge mobilized armies. Don't minimize the value of our freedom to import and export by sea?across the Atlantic, across the Pacific, northWards to Canada, southwards to more than twenty Latin-American countries. Don't belittle the potentialities of our trosfsession of $19,000,000,000 of gold. Don't doubt that public opinion will demand restoration of governmental cooperation in reviving prosperity and employment. Don't give way to despair that America's sovereign Citizens will assent to subjection to dictatorship. Don't question that this nation's best days lie ahead. Don't sell America short. V "Cfrst Of Crime Jtrdge J. J. Burney, speaking before the Columbus county grand jury last week, drew attention to the enormous crime bill which the taxpayers of the United States are forced to pay annually, as compared with the amount expended for the education of the 32,000,000 school -children of the Cnnntrv Crime, he said, costs the taxpayers ^$28j00() every minute of every day of every year, $4,447 a second. He asserted that crime cost the taxpayers of the coilntry a total of $15,000,000,000 an1nially,;as compared with the $2,978,000,000 tb educate the school-children of the natioh. Be deplored the condition which permits 4,000 of the 12,000 murderers in the country annually never to be apprehended, and less than 1 per cent of those whe kill their fellow man to ever pay with the death pehalty. He viewed with alarm the fact that there are estimated now tc be 100,000 unapprehended murderers Walking the streets of the nation today as free men. In the light of the facts as presented by Judge Burney, if for no other than foi purely mercenary reasons, it behooves America to tackle the crime problem with renewed energies, to the end that money rtow being spent for crime might be de voted to some other purposes. But more important than the saving oi taxes, is the preservation of order anc obedience to the law?therein lies th< hiost pressing need for a new crusad< against crime. IMMORTAL PARIS Paris is a vital ideal. Paris is an ever enkindling symbol of wisdom and friendliness, of -tdlerdnCe and living made an art. Paris is proof that lovelihess can be taken from the world of dreams and made tangible. Paris may Suffer an tclipse. Paris does not die. : PORT PILOT. SOUTHPORT. ; YOUR HOME j: ! AGENT SAYS ISCHEDULE * Friday, July 5.?North West Club will meet at 2:30 p. m. with ? Mrs. J. J. Peterson. Monday, July 8.?Antioch Club t will meet at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. * ; Alvin Lewis. . Tuesday, July 9.?Exum Club ] * ' will meet at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs. J. H. Fernside. Wednesday, July 1.?Ash Club ^ will meet at 3:30 p. m. pli Thursday, July 11.?Mt. Pisgah ha ' Club will meet at 2:30 p. m. ex with Mrs. Bertha Devaun. ? # ? mi GARDEN NOTES wi Pe I I have just completed a trip ' tn through Western Piedmont and sh Mountain counties and visited > many home gardens. There seems to be an earnest effort on the f tr< part of many farm families in growing small fruits in their gar- ' dens for the first time?such ni fruits as strawberries, young be dewberry and red raspberries. bg Many of these families are sell ing the surplus on local market an and making preserves and jams be out of the balance. In making _ your garden plans for 1940 don't fail to include one or more of o i these fruits. Two or three hun- p dred strawberry plants and twen- &g ty-five each of the Young or B Boysenberry variety of dewberry I and red raspberry will supply B your family with these home If fruits. I also found more plantings of B the same kind of vegetable on B smaller garden areas indicating || these farm families are taking |i advantage of the faborable grow- || ing conditions of spring and sum- ,j Imer in order to have a surplus a, I of vegetables to can and feed the P, 1 family during the winter montns. i p Vegetables To Plant p Take a chance on weather con- (M ditions which are often favorable s] for growing vegetables in late f, i summer and early fall. It has pbeen said nature will contribute n 90 per cent to the growing of .? vegetables if you will devote your iti< 1 energy to the balance of 10 per th( i cent. If this is true then plant foi during the next two months the fu< following vegetables. da; i For Eastern Carolina: ? Set j br< cabbage plants July 15 to August | be: 15; beets and carrots, August 1 , sei ' to 20; collards and sweet corn, | August 1 to 10; spinach, Swiss ,fa< . chard, and tomatoes, July and j als August; turnips and turnip sal-|po 1 ad, August. Sow celery seed in I du - July and set plants late August i esl ! or early September. j frc For Western Carolina:?Snap jml beans, beets, carrots,- collards, !frc sweet corn, kale, Swiss chard, to- fer matoes, turnips, in August and bri July. Sow celery seed in July for f01 plant setting in August. Sow 's ' Chinese cabbage in July and then ou thin out plants to 15 inches or apart. Sow lettuce seed in rows f01 during August and thin out to m? ' 12 iches apart. 80 How To Make Compost Start now and prepare a com- es' post pile to be spread over your ; garden soil in order to provide ms organic matter for your 1911 an crop of vegetables. It takes at rf< least six months to make com- tir post. Spread out a bale of straw ^ or old hay or equal amount of ^ leaves to a depth of 8 to 12 inches. Do not use pine straw as 's 1 " " ? * ? *-- j 1? pi ? i. do it is siow in decomposing, ocat; ter over this layer 9 pounds of ' ' , Sulphate of Ammonia, 3 pounds J?a ' of 16% Superphosphate, and 8 1 pounds of ground limestone. Build 'f*1 : up layer after layer of this or- : 1 ganic material and fertilizer and 8.11 sprinkle some water on it as it is being built. After the pile is 11 finished have it hollow on top so ^ , the rain water will not run off. | Water during a dry period in or-1wc der to hasten decomposition. Small Fruits ra( G3. , Dewberries.?Cut off both old and new canes close to crown of f.r plant soon after harvest and fer- . . tilize with cotton seed meal or b^ , stable manure. This applies to ab the Young and Boysenberry va- f rieties as well as the Lucretia ^ ( . variety. Fi i Red raspberry.?Remove old tr( canes after harvest and all new shoots coming up in the row be ( middles and between hills of plants. The new canes of black ej, raspberries should have the tips er, 1 pinched off when they reach the se, ( height of 2 to 2% feet. Fertilize ou , same as for dewberries. f0 ' Strawberries.?Don't let the co plant row become crowded with ce new plants. Remember the first ;n I and second plants from the moth- g[ er plant on each runner will on make the most berries next year. 5 Space them about a hoe width mi L apart and chop off all late form- re ing runner plants. th r -n Boone's Neck f0 4-H Club Meets de F( i The Boone's Neck 4-H Club , met with their leader. Miss Fair- tr ' lee Lewis, Friday afternoon at it ; 1:30 o'clock. wi The president, Irene Robinson, fo presided over the meeting. A \ bi menu was planned for a cold- th plate supper at the home of Julia D1 Mae Hewett. de The following were present: th Mattie Robinson, Irene Robinson, Olenda Robinson, Madeline Rob- pt inson, AUene Hewett, Louise ar Hewett, Lottie Mae Hewett, Irene A Hewett, Lou Ellen Hewett, Eria pe Hewett, Julia Mae Hewett and ye Fairlee Lewis. pi N. C * * * * * H? Why We Should Protect Our Forests From Fire * ****** (By Annie Lee Evans) Trees are the giants of the ant world. They have always id a great influence upon the istence and development of an They also have much to do th the beauty of the landscape, lople plant trees to beautify eir yards. Farmers like the ade and the beautification of e trees. School yards look more tractive and inviting when ;es are planted in them. Owns of property plant trees to urease the value of the land. Aside from the value of trees cause of their beauty they also ,ve many other values. Living rests are our most useful serv,ts. From the time that human ings began to live in commun-1 Annie Lee Evans, 13-yearId daughter of Mr. and Mp. Irchie Evans, was first place winner In the grammar grade division of the forestry essay contest. A Student In the sixth grade at Soul hport might as well I o^her*"host when her teacher iked the students to write an ssay on "Why We Should rotect Our Forests From ire." Work on her paper prov1 to be time well spent, for te received a total of $18.00 om the Brunswick County ores try Department in prize loney. :s we have been neighbors to s forests. In early days the ests were used for shelter, si, game, fruits and food. Toy we use forests for wind;aks, shelter for man and rst, pleasure parks, game per ving, and health resorts, rhe wood is used for fuel in itories and homes. Wood is 10 used for ties and telephone les. There are a number of instries dependent upon the for:s. Paper is sometimes made >m wood pulp. Rayon, used so ich today for clothes, comes >m wood. Lumber for building ices, sidewalks, furniture and idges is rapidly ruining our ests. One great use of lumber for the "frame" house. When r forests are gone, the brick other materials will be used making of homes. This would ike the homes more expensive, fewer people can afford them. Fire is undoubtedly the great: enemy the forest has. One of i reasons why we have 30 iny forests fires is because we s too careless. In the Coastal jion there is much standing nber killed by late spring fires, hen the fire gets into the xes, it eats into the base of i tree, it is killed at once, or so weak that it is soon blown wn. One fire caused by human careisness in Florida swept through i forests and killed many of s trees and weakened all of sm. Soon a heavy epidemic inition of bark beetles developed d killed most of the living trees it had already been weakened the fire. Every fire running through the >ods kills a great part of the idling growth. Several of the >st valuable trees are the mo:'t sily killed in forest fires. Forest soils, if protected fvom e will increase in richness year, year. When the leaves are rned, nitrogen, the most valule part of the plant food, goes f in smoke an dis lost. The loss Dthe owner is felt in two ways: rst, in the slower growth of the ;es, and second, in the reduced lue of the land, which the timr is on. There are at the present. about ?hty-seven State-owned fire tow9 in the State. During the fire ason these are manned by lookt" men. The necessity of the rest fire control, hag been regnized in the State for half a ntury. Our records show that 1936 the average fire in the ate protected countries burned ly sixty-seven acres. The protection and manageent of the wild life in some gions is closely connected with e management of the forest, te state is divided into seven rest districts, six of which are ganized and are operating unr the supervision of District >resters and District Ranger. Fire is a horrible story of exeme agony, suffering, and death. kills and burns many of the lid animals and birds of the rest. Fire not only kills many rds and animals; but destroys eir homes and feeding grounds. Iseases sometime result from the :er which was burned while in e forest fire. The fire losses and cost of fire evention in the united States nounted to more than the total merican production of silver, stroleum, cooper, and gold in a -ar. We should not object to otecting the lands, timber and ~ | - NOT r ----- - - They say that when you begin to remininsce you are growing old. Well, when Dotty Bell got married Monday morning we suddenly remembered that she was the first full-fledged columnist for The Pilot after we took over in 1935. Her's was a pithy and Intelligent analysis of the week's news condensed under "Little Bits Of Big News." .... Two things we've decided we'll never be able to do as well as a Negro boy: Shine white shoes and wash the automobile. We just don't seem to have that touch. In this season of insects it bccurs 'to us that killing a flea is a very difficult accomplishment. You put your finger gingerly upon a suspicious looking spot, mash gently in order not to mess up your suit or shirt?whichever the background happens to be. Then you slowly lift the oppressing digit. If the spot jumps and is quickly out of reach, you know it really was a flea. Doubtless we'll be told that if we maintained something less than two bird dogs we might expect more relief, but that argument will not stand up. The last unsuccessful flea-killing we tried was in church. Nothing looks more hopeless than a lawn that needs mowing, nor more like a certificate of time and trouble \vell spent than one that has been newly mown . . . Which reminds us that at the lower end of Moore street you'll find the prettiest lawns in town. Mrs. Lettie Hewett is the champion, but close rivals are the Bill Styrons, the Harry and Ed Weeks and the Robert Thompsons. The most interesting happenings of this past week have been the dances, and the reunion held by the war veterans, especially the community picnic held in the park with Broughton aa speaicer Last night's dance went off in a smooth other property from our fierce trees may grow enemy, fire. It is not enough to ways think how plant tree on land that is pro- before lighting ducing them. They must be pro- damage it may i tected from disease, insects, and bora near you. mots of all from fire. Fire kills Because wood the small trees, slow down the 'ways happened growth of saplings, and injures reason why the larger trees. The best timber jf we all do o grows in stands that are thick citizens, and ne and if given a chance new crops losses can be ci of trees come in quickly. We make jd,e ,andg must see that new trees grow Jd,e ihdustrtes. S into places of old ones that we treea go ca, take out, and that no young for- working. ests has to spend its strength Flre preventj0i fighting against fire and other mon genge dc enemies of the forest. ht to dc In some places, where dust I rt storms occur, trees are planted | from fires as windbreaks. There is no other THE vegetation that will protect the I 0 0 land against erosion like a forest. Trees hold the soil down by their roots. Some of the trees produce A]ex p,1ttman animal food, like the mulberry g is a m< and the persimmon If we have Memori; more animal food it means We have more human food. \ j Fire would destroy these uses j of trees. Since trees contribute rrrr f"I so much to make our homes and I I I I school beautiful, and they are so t important to use financially we should cooperate in doing all we > AlnV can to prevent fires which may, ^ destroy them. Some ways in c ?nn .V Which we can prevent fire are: | scasuii la Be careful how you use fire, don't j ever smoke while going through 1 grOWCF. the woods. When you smoke and! . _ _ have matches, always be sure ping. Mi your match is out before you throw it away. Don't ever build StOFC wh a fire against trees, logs or near brush. It may catch on fire l? n. and cause a great forest fire. If vail IJC pi you see a fire that is in a forest, always report it to the nearest warden or ranger. Never leave a fire before it is out; it may get into the brush or the forest and m cause a big fire, if it gets away ? , * from you, try to get somebody i else to help put it out. Since almost all the fires are man-caused, we can prevent them by thought and care. Men can teach the children so that they and the ^ 7 "NO! TO OWNER All dogs within th registered at the City ; $1.50 each must he pa* AB who fail to cen by law. ByOrdfcrOfJohn D. MAI i 1 T i Ti Ti mu~' WEDNESDAY, JULY B FL?NEWS I manner and the orie scheduled for the K-' Fourth should be as successful. . . . Last Frij I the boys showed more stuff than they ^ H and made the Tennis Club's dance top.f]jgkt I The BLUE BIRD, starring Shirley K opens at the' Amuzu tonight. Notables in the ^ B are Johnny Russell and Eddie Collins. The H done up in technicolor and is next to the ^ I chance for Temple fans to see Shirley. One ^ I picture on her schedule winds up her career. fif If looks like the Lone Ranger is done for ^ I time . . . Too bad Randolph Scott was unable R attend the veterans revival, but to interrupt hu I schedule would have cost his studio thousands < I dollars in delay. fi That cement tennis court over at Fort Cisv.fl B is the stuff, and Manager H. H. Thomas has bee. 6 the gracious host to several tennis pilgrims vfc B just couldn't wait until the two local courts a-, B made ready . . . There hasn't been a whole kt B said abbut it, but some right good baseball a B being played these days out on the local diamond B What's more, there's variety in it, for the colore; B boys have played about as many games as th K town team. I The paint wasn't dry on the recent remodelir? B job done by Rufus Dosher in the drug store be I fore he started doing the interior over again, the B time in a color scheme of crimson and gray. .. We don't know who deserves the credit, bo; Bj here's to the person or persons responsible !g B the recent fine condition of the Lanvalle-Leiauj fl road. B Hats off to Will Sellers Davis?a man of tg B word! IB up together. Al- MoUtlt Pisgdll 4-H t? co"tro; a ?re Club Meeting Heli it and also the 6 ,rl" 3o to your neigh- Thg Mount Pisgah 4.H ^ fires have al- boys and ?Irla et at the horn before now is no ?f Ida Be,,e =van? ,as' day. The assistant captain. Rot. y always should. ert Moore, called the meeting to ur part as good order, and the leader led to tghbors, the fire members in repeating the club irbed. Forest fire motto and pledge. , idle lands, and The roll was called and to top fire and grow minutes of the last meeting to; i keep the forest read by the secretary, Ophe'i Moore. In the business of to n is mainly com- meeting each member told of hs ting things which project, and afterwards received ). Let us all do information from the leader cj otect our forest each. The next meeting was vote!' END to be held at the home of Dart0?0?0 ell Clemmons, on Wednesday ev ening, July 3. SPITAL The meeting adjourned after of Georgetown, two,songs, several games of tali rdical patient at and bingo, led by the leader Mn al Hospital. Luclan Moore. 3 BUSY SEASON farmer knows that the tobacco the busiest time of year for the Don't waste precious time shopi . i- , , iKe out a list ana come 10 our lere every item on your order -omptly filled. ?y??iBgjggMafaiBgg W. Kirby & Son SUPPLY, N. C. 'f ft"""" Il r' r riCE S OF DOGS I ie City Limits must be I Hall and license fee of I J before July 15th. I lply will be prosecuted I Eriksen I fOR I