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Wednesday, September 11, 1940 ?
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Clieer up, Kids. Only eight more f
months of school.
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Our nation got along better when the
voters were patriots, not parasites. *
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Be reluctant to leave the person who is h
talking about his neighbor behind his v
back, for its your turn next. a
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People who stir up trouble are seldom tl
around when the time conies to smooth ti
matters over. p
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Propaganda is a system of making peo- n
believe what you want them to be
r*v lieve,
let the facts fall where they may. c
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A man's heart is the most precious B
piece of mechanism he ever has in his
possession, and he abuses and overworks e
it as he'd never dream of doing a seven- |s
hundred dollar car.
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Our Firemen g
Throughout the length and breadth of "
North Carolina we doubt that you can ^
find another crew of volunteer firemen J
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who take their work more seriously, or ^
who function more efficiently with the
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materials at hand than do the Southport ..
boys. .
Stripped of all the drama of a screaming
siren and the first sight of billowing .
smoke and flames, there's little to this ..
type of business of risking your neck for .
your community except hard work, dang- lr
er and dirt. And it occurs to us that we f
appreciate too little the importance of 11
these men to our safety .
We've seen big city fires, and we've a
seen fires in larger towns where equipment
was much more modern than the "
local fire fighting facilities. But the work ^
sf the local volunteer fire department in a
stopping the depot warehouse fire cold s(
before it completed its work of destruct- 0
ion of the depot was the best we ever
saw. Moreover, their feat of preventing ^
the spread of flames to the Niernsee resi- *r
dence, scarcely sixty feet away, was 13
mighty good work. t(
These deeds of daring are all the more
remarkable because of the death-dealing, Cl
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nerve-shattering blast that punctuated ?
their efforts. "
The last fire was at the railroad station.
The next one may be?well, any- ^
where, anytime. And when it comes, if 1:1
it is your home, you'll thank your lucky P
stars for the boys of the volunteer fire
department. Elsewhere in todays paper a
their names are printed. Don't you think p
it might be a good idea to read them t:
over and remember the personnel of this c'
organization. Little extra courtesies and s'
special consideration to these men might ^
be a very good investment, and it is an p
indisputable fact that they deserve the 8
appreciation of citizens of Southport. P
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Fighting Our War
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For several months it has been an open w
secret that the United States was neutral *
only in name and that the preponderance ^
of public opinion in this nation favored ^
the cause of Britain in her battle to the a
death with the German Nazis. ?:
Last week, when he signed the agree- 11
ment transferring fifty United States de- ^
stroyers to England in exchange for na- M
val and air bases, President Roosevelt ^
again waved the red flag in the face of
the embattled Huns, and there can be no 11
doubt that Hitler has made a note to set- r
tie this with us at a later date. v
Doubtless, this is not our first appear- a
ance on Hitler's calendar of things to be, 0
for there are definite indications that he ?
has us in mind as recipients of a little cul- 11
tural influence from the master race as p
soon as his European house is set in or- p
der. But this time we probably made his v
MUST list. c
The only way this changes things is *
to make it more certain that this is our s
war that England is fighting. The destroyers
were a desperate need of Britain t
in her defense program, but this was not f
ier final requirement for supremacy. She
:an well use the unstinted resources of a
lation such as ours, and if given them
vill be able to accomplish a nasty job
hat is scheduled for some liberty-loving
jeople before this world will again be a
it place in which to live.
We're for using our munitions and
noney and Britain's manpower instead of
ilrnishing all three of these requisites of
rar ourselves.
Economic Highlights
As the United States News recently
minted out, this country seems to be
opying Great Britain in getting ready
or possible war. "The United States is
retting tough with Japan in one ocean,"
ays the News. "It is promising to use
orce to keep Hitler from taking title to
erritory that may be his through right of
onquest in another ocean. It is denying
litler access to investments inside the
Jnited States that ai'e owned by peoples
e has conquered. It is talking about
'ays to let Britain have warships as well
s airplanes and guns that belong to the
imerican Army and Navy. Any one of
Iiese gestures, overnight can lead 10
rouble. Yet the National Government is
roceeding in slow motion to get set for
he time when somebody, somewhere,
lay call a bluff."
There can be no doubt that the Amerian
people, by an overwhelming majority,
pprove this government's aggressive proritish,
anti-Axis policy. The government
ius simply reflects the thoughts and
motions of its citizens, which is what it
i supposed to do. On the other hand, it
i probably true that the American peole
at large have no conception of the
ithargy with which the rearmament proram
is proceeding. They have read in
leir newspapers that Congress has aproved
or is about to approve defense
leasures involving appropriations of
lose to $15,000,000,000. This money is
) be turned into clouds of fighting plan5,
swarms of tanks, and a two-ocean
eet which will dwarf the naval might of
ny other power. All that makes an enjuraging
picture. What is not encouragig
is the hard fact that government ofcials,
and the distinguished industrialists
i charge of defense preparations, are
xperiencing a very difficult time in turnig
the dollars into arms.
According to the War Department, an
rmy of 2,000,000 men is necessary to
efend this nation's interests in the Wes;rn
Hemisphere. The Department is cerlin
that such an army can be raised, in
n ordedly manner least disruptive to the
icial and economic life of the nation,
nly by compulsory, selective conscripon.
Yet, due largely to political reasons,
le conscription bill has floundered about
i Congress for weeks and the Army has
een- growing only at the rate ol io,uuu
> 20,000 new recruits a month.
The two-ocean navy, under the best
anditions, cannot be completed for five
ears. And the best of conditions are not
i sight now. Some ship contracts have
een signed, but nothing seems to have
een done to provide needed new facilies
for making the necessary armor
late.
All authorities agree that a gigantic
ir fleet, whatever the exact number of
lanes, is absolutely necessary. But miliuy
plane production has been increased
omparatively little. The Germans are
apposed to be able to produce up to
,000 planes each month. August plane
roduction in this country will total about
95 ships, of which a considerable proortion
are non-military, or are built for
xport.
Tanks are considered by many to be
s vital as planes?it was German tanks
rhich won the battles of Belgium and
'landers and France after aircraft had
one the preliminary work of destroying
actories and towns and military depots,
nd disorganizing and terrorizing the
ivilian populations. We have not yet put
l orders for big tanks, of the kind the
lermans employed so effectively, and
e have less than 700 light tanks on orer.
We are even moving slowly in produclg
that basic ami?the rifle. Garrand
ifle production runs around 500 a day,
diich is considered far under the desirble
rate. And experts have found serius
faults in the Garrand's design and
peration?a problem which is still beig
acrimoniously debated.
The problem is to readjust the funcioning
of our government to emergency
reparedness needs in such a manner that
rhen the crisis is over we will not find
lurselves saddled with dictatorship, and
he liberty we sought to preserve, detroyed.
There is no reason why we should conemplate
war as inevitable unless we ask
or it.?Senator .Vanderberg, Michigan.
THE STATE PORT I
Why We Should
Protect Our
Forests From
Fire
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(BY LESTER L. EDWARDS)
In this grand Old North Stat
of ours, widely famous for it
natural scenery and beauty wood
lands, our forests are our great
est asset. The worst enemy o
the forest is the destructive for
est fire.
Among the valuable trees o
our state are: Cypress, oak
j poplar, ash, maple, gum, cedai
j juniper, birth, dogwood, walnut
and the stately pine.
Of all these the pine is un
One of the youngest prize
winners in the essay contest
sponsored by the Brunswick
County Formrmm
estry Depart
Mp'i ment was Lesther
is a vetrntn
forester.
Lester is 11
1 years old and
, I was in the 5th
? ' grade at Shal*'d
I o 11 e high
school last year. He lives with
his parents at the cottage at
the Shallotte fire tower and
has a chance to see and hear
plenty about forest fires in the
county. As great as is his In
terest in this subject, his first
love is the navy, and when he
finishes school he wants to be
one of Uncle Sara's men of the
bounding main.
doubtedly the queen of our North
Carolina forests. Some of its uses
are: lumber for building of all
kinds, poles, piling, pulpwood
fuel, furniture, baskets, pencils
brooms, and lots of other novelties.
From the pine we get turpentine
and tar which is used ir
disinfectant, medicine, soap, creosote,
insect spray, paints and
varnishes, and many other things,
some of which we use every day,
Most of the telephone, telegraph,
and electric line poles in
use in our country today are
made of pine.
Of all the trees that are damaged
by fire, the pine is most
susceptible because of the resinous
substance which it contains.
Surely we must do all in our
power to protect this valuable
heritage of ours from its worst
enemy. One of the best ways we
can protect our forests from fire
is to show others the importance
of always being careful with fire
Fires kill the young trees, retard
the growth of saplings, and
greatly damage the other trees.
When a fire passes through young
trees, even during the season
when they are not growing, they
are either killed outright 01
stunted. Stunting causes the trees
to grow twisted or misshaped,
Such trees very rarely grow into
pulpwood or other marketable
timber.
Lowlands that are not suited
to the growth of any other crop
will grow a fine crop of pine
and other timber if protected
from fire for a few years. When
this crop is harvested, it is almost
entirely profit. The landowner
does not have to pay out the
money for fertilizer, seed, tools
and other things that farmers always
have to buy. In addition tc
this the land is worth more than
it would have been had it beer
burned over at intervals during
this period of time. The timber
if cut wisely, will produce a regular
crop for a long time with
practically no expense or labor,
save that of cutting it.
In cities when a fire alarm is
turned in bells clang and siren!
shriek as the fire fighting apparatus
clangs down the street
Excited people follow the firemen
and give out the general
impression that the whole city
is about to be burned. The average
city fire is almost nothing
when compared to a raging fire
in a sun-dried forest, especially
when it is fanned by a high
wind. In the history of the United
States more timber has beer
burned than has been used.
In recent years nearly fortytwo
million acres were swept by
fire. Had fires been kept out ol
our forests in that year alone,
the unemployment situation in
America might well have beer
reduced to a minimum. It would
have taken thousands of workers
to have prepared this vast
amount of timber for the market.
America needs all of the timber
that we can produce. Statistics
show that we import a large
percent of the timber we use.
Our own forests, properly conserved,
can be made to supply
i our needs, thus adding to the
'ILOT. SOUTHPORT. N. C
: YOUR HOME
AGENT SAYS
SCHEDULE j
Thursday, September 12, Mt. i
Pisgah Club will meet at 2:301
p. m. with Mrs. Floyd Evans. j (
Friday, September 13, Myrtle
Head Club will meet at 2:30 p. f
m. 1
Monday, September 16, Town ,
Creek Club will meet at 4:00 p.
m. with Mrs. G. L. Skipper. 1
e Tuesday, September 17, Leland 1
g club will meet at 2:30 p. m. in r
the club room.
Wednesday, September 18, c
County council meeting will be I
f held at 2:30 p. m. in the Bolivia I.
_ I Methodist church. All members
are invited.
Thursday, September 19, Win- .
nabow club will meet at 2:30 p. (
m. in the the club room.
FEEDING SCHOOL CHILDREN !
On Thursday morning school bells
all over the county will be i
ringing calling pupils to a new ,
years activity, new class rooms,
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prosperity of our farmers, and j
saving our national wealth.
In another recent year forest
fires cost the United States one
hundred and twenty thousand dol- 1
lars a day. No country on earth
can stand such a drain on its *
forests over a long period of J
time. Unless we protect our for- t
ests from so many fires, we shall
soon have no serviceable forests. ni
If we did not need any timber cl
or other forest products, it ib
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would still be to our interest to j f
protect our forests because of [
erosion. A forest is the best na- j
tural soil and water holder. The:
mat of moss and fallen leaves j 1
that lies at the base of the trees
forms a sponge that absorbs the
water in wet weather. Later this
water comes to the surface in the %
form of a spring or stream, leav- p
ing the soil around the roots 1
richer than before. Had there
been no trees there, a lot of the
1 soil and humus would have been '
! washed into nearby streams.
' Fires kill the birds and animals {(
in forests that are burned over. C(
' Millions of them are destroyed tl
in this way each year. It would w
' be well if bird clubs and animal q
1 lovers all over the country would
spend much time in protecting a
I the woods from these fires and t(
, encouraging others to do so. f<
Let us urge our playmates at ia
school and our families at home j
i to be careful with fires, lest we *
! destroy this rich heritage, the
forests.
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With the end of summer in sight the usual
obs to return to their studies. Hooper Sellers has
eft Ruark's, supplanted by Buster Northrop, Jack
Christian leaves the Comstock and his brother
graduates from Leggetts. Johnnie Simmons leaves
;he cafe, etc . . . Keziah managed to convince
Mayor Cooper and party that they were doing
iretty good for country boys. The Wilmington officials
were very courteous and cooperative . . .
rhe first pigeon released by the Mayor beat the
:amera to the draw and so the second snap was
jsed . . . Imogene Garrett has been releasing a
)air from Supply for several mornings.
Recordings: Bob Chester's recording of "Octave
Jump" is taking the local limelight in the swing
iivision while "Whispering Grass' is tops for
sweet . . . This past winter a visitor, Graeme
Eraser, of Charlotte, and I threw a trio of bottles
5ff the dock with notes sealed in, wondering if
my vfrould ever turn up. A few days ago a letter
:ame from Ruby du Bose, of Murrell's Inlet saying
that one of the three had washed up at Myrtle
3each during the recent storm. A previous attempt
vas found along Caswell Beach by Lois Jane
3ussell . . .
First "Roosevelt-for-President" button we've
seen is that worn by Walter M. Stanaland, chairman
of the Democratic executive committee. He
ilso has a feather in his hat (literally speaking!
-W teachers. Most of the chil- each have a well
ren, whether walking, riding a lunch dox ana
icycle, or riding a school bus j The lunch migl
rill eagerly return - renewing old thing hot, somi
riendships, forming new ones, something sweel
Dining new clubs, establishing! Sandwiches i
ew records, each a bit more ma-1 stand-bys, but si
ure and more ambitious. a variety of br
With less anticipation the|use thin slices
lothers back home, feeling re- generous with ,
ponsible for the health and ener- dwich fillings
y of these vivacious youngsters, j ed in advance a
enew the task of preparing ade-, jars in the refr
uate meals with a minimum of i cook sees that
:me and expense. j tools in readines
PLAN the three meals of the j joy a sharp
ay to include the total sum of smooth sturdy
aily food requirements forj limber spatula;
rowth, body repair, energy, and! a small grater
jr the regulation of body pro-! orange rind, che
ssses. (If you haven't a list of j rots; a nut gi
tese essentials, your home agent mincer; You w
ill gladly furnish one upon re-! supply or waxec
nest) paper napkins.
BREAKFAST, hot, abundant Check your it
nd unhurried, gets the day off j fruit, a vegetal
) a good start for everyone, but fish, or meat, i
>r school children it should be elude an occasior
"must". the lunch attrac
THE SCHOOL LUNCH. Just so it will not sh
3 each pupil is provided with AFTER SCL
uoks and supplies at the begin- Most children lik
ing of the school term, so should snack. This is
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Fly news - |
crowd of high school boys desert 'r.ti"""""*?JI
advertising the candidacy of hi* party,I
. . . And while on the subject of p0ijtics I
should have seen the "Willki. -f,,r.pre^ b
pledge card somebody sent Bun K-,.k th? b
day after that worthy had added in a
terations of his own.
Four cases of clay pigeons, H
Ed Weeks, were among the thin: . 7 b
depot warehouse burned. They'd been ther ^ K
the skeet club members were iK.jr /J b
ing apparatus up-going on their , 'b
Automobile license plates for nine states &
one foreign country were on ems in s
one day recently. ... The sports comment K
of the barbershop district will niiss \t> r "b
true*
Burriss, who has moved to Georgetown F H
tiling so far away, the Little Spiles ^b
Junior Legion play-off, at Albemarle last ,,aBr
created a surprising amount of"lo~a! u~res[ H
Big-mouth Martha Ray in "The Farrnet 11 b
ghter," is the feature attraction H
at the Arnuzu. The traveling s.,., H
is Charlie Ruggles, a menace of the first rank fil
Flash! Pinocchio is coming the last of the --^b
. . . There's been a postponement in the ^b
sentation of the drammie that was being tf.b
hearsed by the little theatre group ... And totfl
about that pageant idea of Mr. H. H. Thomas' b
-ventillated, metal. may furnish some of the y B
a thermos bottle, food requirements. This of
it include some- | should not be too heavy or nBI
sthing crisp and;sweet; otherwise i: Wiii"j.-lteJ!^B
i with the evening meal, a giuB
ire good dailyj of milk and seveial
lould be made of crackers, or plain cookies -Hf
eads and fillings. *ruit 's satisfying. HI
of bread and be J THE EVENING MH.U jfctB
the filling. Many ftirnish tne remainder of the aB
food requirements. It should
may be prepar-1 aerverJ hot following a cold
nd kept in small ,unch TWs mj ht
igerator A good,or fish potatoeg a JV
she has goo . sliced tomatoes or slaw.
s. You might en-1 Gutter, a simple dessert and -iBr
bread knife: a
bread board; a DAIRY EXPANSION B
a pas ry rus , pjang are now t)0mg worked r<B|
for lemon and fjnance (ho
ese, or raw car- ? On
inder; an onion |cows ln Bladen County's dra*
ill also want a .for an expanded dairy progra^E
! paper and also says J. R. Powell, farm agent
the State College Extension
lenu for milk, a vice. m
lie, egg, cheese, gg
ind a sweet. In- ONE VARIETY COTTON' W
tal surprise. Pack Approximately i.
tively and firmly ty farmers have signed up
ake about. .participate in the one-varietycd^B
IOOL, SNACK: ton community program, says
;e an after school M. Swicegood. farm a sent
permissable and State College Extension SeraeHB
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