The State Port Pilot
Southport, N. G.
Published Every Wednesday
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JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at
the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ONE YEAR S1-50
SIX MONTHS 1-00
THREE MONTHS 75
Wednesday, May 19, 1948
Whereof She Speaks
We notice that at the last meeting
of the Southport Home Demonstration
Club Mrs. Anna Davis made a talk on
home gardens. This is an important
phase of club .activity, and special em
phasis is being laid on this department
now that the United States is being
called upon to ship such great quanti
ties overseas for the needy in war-torn
countries.
The ladies hardly could have chosen
a better person to make this talk be
fore the club, not if Mrs. Davis is able
to present a word picture of her own
gardening activities. On the hill back
of her house overlooking the yacht bas
in is the best garden we have seen in
Southport, and it is the product of her
own labor.
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Short-Sigh ted Criticis m
You do not have to travel far to find
someone who is in serious disagreement
with the Motor Vehicle Inspection law,
%ut many of the arguments being used
against this program are based upon
prejudice and not on facts.
In the first place, our people are ig
noring the primary reason for passing
this law: The conservation of human
life and property. Automobile accidents
were piling up at a rate which was a
menace to our very social and economic
structure, and radical measures were
required to restore a measure of sanity
to our management of motoring.
Statistics show that the new program
already is paying dividends, that there
has been a material decrease in acci
dents and fatalities since the first of
the year. As the enlarged Highway
Patrol becomes better organiged and
when the inspection lanes have come
closer to the completion of their first
year's task, it is reasonable to believe
that there will be even better results
written into the record.
The trouble with the critics of the
program is that they are measuring
time and trouble and dollars against
death and injury and suffering. You
cannot do this and keep your reasoning
sound. The new program has its short
comings, and in some instances hard
ships, but the saving of human life is
mere than enough to justify all of these
things!
A Needed Service
We hope that members of the Board
of County Commissioners will find it
possible to make provision for a Vet
erans Service Officer for the county in
the new budget.
If everyone were of independent
means and no problems in human rela
tions were in prospect, there would be
no need for this service. Nor would a
Service Officer be needed if each man,
woman or child who will have prob
lems which date back to the two World
Wars were able to take care of these
things for thmselves. There would not
even be a need for a head of this work
if in each community in our county
there were some patriotic person who
stands always ready and willing to
help an ex-service man, his widow or
his orphan with the endless round of
paper work that usually preceeds defi
nite action.
But this is a normal county, and our
people are just about average. There
are many who cannot do for themselves
and there are others who will not, even
though their negligence hurts someoen
who is helpless.
A war is not over when the last gun
is fired, and a nation's responsibility
for her fighting men and members of
their families is not discharged with
separation from active duty. There are
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problems, many and varied, which will
continue to crop up; and some provis
ion must be made to have them handl
ed in an orderly and efficient manner.
Otherwise needless hardship and pos
sible suffering will come to men, and
members of their family, to whom we
all owe a great measure of gratitude
and our everlasting vigilance that their
welfare is not neglected.
An Old Issue
It crops up every biennium, so it is
unlikely that anything new can be said
upon the subject. We refer, of course,
to the question of a candidate cam
paigning for office while holding down
a public job.
For purposes of illustration, State
Treasurer Charles M. Johnson has been
attacked for running for Governor and
keeping the Treasurer's post at the
same time. He held on to the State job,
while Kerr Scott, his chief opponent?
that's the opinion of political experts?
resigned as Commissioner of Agricul
ture when he tossed his hat into the
ring. Likewise, F. Etrel Carlyle, solici
tor of the ninth district, is under fire
for allegedly using time in campaign
ing that the State was entitled to by
reason of the office he holds. Some
have called upon him to resign, con
tending that if he wants to run for
Congress, he should do so on his own
time.
On the other hand, hosts of office
holders are seeking re-election in pre
cinct, county, State and nation, and
presumably devoting a mite of their
time off to keeping fences in repair
and erecting a few new fences here
and there.
It's sort of puzzling to attempt to
differentiate between the lads who are
using "public" time to seek promotion
and those who use "public" time to
seek re-election. Of one thing we may
be sure, if fence-building were denied
officeholders there would be a heavy
turn-over.
About the only thing that would stop
candidates already holding office from
taking time off to do a bit of cam
paigning is a law limiting tenure to a
single term.
But this observation won't bring re
form and, come April and May of
1950 and 1952, columns of your news
papers will be full of the same. Oh,
well . . . ho-hum. And far into the
night.
Hospital Week
The great task facing the smaller
hospitals is to acquaint the general
public with the very great needs that
exist. It puts the management of hos
pitals in an embarrassing position to
go about advertising how woefully
lacking their facilities are. This they
should not have to do.
One of the great needs of the present
day in North Carolina is for local lead
ers to carry this message to the public.
Lives can be saved with more beds and
that means more space. Many are suf
fering needlessly because there is no
room for them in present institutions.
The State and Federal governments
have recognized this need. They have
agreed to put up 72 per cent of the
funds for expansion. That means 28 per
cent is left for local communities.
Suppose we could buy an automobile
for 28 per cent of list price! We'd find
the money somewhere. And yet most
North Carolina counties can add to
their hospitals for 28 per cent of the
cost, and in some cases the cost is even
less. The thought pops up that a favor
able attitude for action may be created
if the story is adequately told.
Worthless Checks
An occasional look at Recorder's
Court proceedings will reveal numerous
cases involving worthless checks?rub
ber checks if you prefer, so-called by
reason of their bouncing quality?and,
of course, court records do not show
all the bad check score. Hundreds of
others are handled privately and in
magistrate tribunals.
Just a glance, however, is sufficient
ly compelling to convince merchants
and other business men that a lot of
trouble could be saved if they would
check up on issuers of this paper be
fore accepting same for merchandise or
cash. And, certainly, no honest person
should be embarrassed thereby.
As for those who accept post-dated
checks in lieu of merchandise and/or
services, courts should not be made a *
collection agency in such cases and
there is little sympathy wasted on those
who suffer headaches by reason of
the practice.
WELFARE DEPT.
BY RITH E. PATTERSON*
Superintendent of Public Welfare
j In the past few articles we
;have told how the Welfare Of
! fice is able, with the help of the
j State anil Federal Governments
^ to' give monthly checks to the
i needy aged and the needy child
ren. You probably have been won
! dering if we do not have any
j people with financial problems in
i middle life.
i Indeed we do. There are the
J sick and mentally ill. There are
'people stranded away from home
j who must be helped to get back,
j There are children with some
; problems which cannot be cared
j for by Aid by Dependent Child
! ren grants. All these expenses
i are lumped together in the plan
ning of most local Welfare De
partments under the head of gen
? eral'relief. This is a separate bu'.l
Iget which is cared for by the
! county alone. There is no out
| side help from State or Federal
| Governments at all.
| Shortly after the Revolutionary j
War the local town and county
governments of our new nation
saw that some people must have'
financial help from the town or;
county if they were to keep from!
starving. County commissioners1
at that time started the program
of having an "Out-door Poor
, List." This was a list of the I
poor people in the county to j
{whom the county sent a check'
each month. These checks were:
so pitifully small that they ac-;
tually did very little good.
As people began to think more i
deeply about the real needs of |
the less fortunate there began to j
i be movements which finally re-;
suited in the present plan to |
Old Age Assistance and Aid to
j Dependent Children grants. These j
(Programs, as pointed out before,
still leave a large part of the
needy people for the county to,
J care for. In most counties a bud
jget is set up by the commission
ers for the use of the local Wel
L
FOR HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
I offer myself as a candidate for the House
of Representatives for Brunswick County,
subject to the will of the voters in the Repub
lican Primary on May 29.
If nominated and elected I have one promise,
and that is that I will serve the people of
Brunswick County to the best of my ability.
JACK KING
Freeland, N. C.
No Time To Take Chances!
Hargrove Bellamy
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
Seventh Congressional District
Veteran of Both World Wars.
Holder of Distinguished
Service Cross and Other Decorations
- A Successful Business Man ?
Who Knows How
TO GET THINGS DONE!
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Think It Over! Weigh The Facts !
\
Hargrove Bellamy
FOR CONGRESS
(Paid Political Adv.)
fare Department. In this way,,
both the larger needs and the
small incidental expenses are
cared for by the local Welfare'
Department.
Due to the financial conditions'
in Brunswick County the county
commissioners still handle the j
"out-door poor list. There is no |
money whatsoever for .incidental
needs, such as clothing for school!
children or bus tickets to hos- ?
pitals. In cases where these needs
arise your Welfare Department J
must depend on local organiza-!
tions and the big hearts of the^
neighbors. Where you find cases I
which need the special attention
of the Welfare Department, we
shall be happy to help you plan I
with these people who need your
help.
STARTS TODAY
The 1948 menhaden fishing
season at Southport started up
today with the W. P. Anderson,
Captain Shelton, going out in
search of fish. It is understood
that the Brunswick, a former
minesweeper, will start out the
first of the week and that the
John M. Morehead will follow
immediately. All boats shou'.d
be at work in about ten days.
U. S. DREDGE IS
(Continued from page one)
Captain John G. Swan. He com
manded her during her citation
winning work in the war zone.
Coming home a year before the
dredge was returned to the Unit
ed States, Captain Swan was
placed in charge of another craft
and when the Lyman came in he
again found himself in command.?
Captain Swan, Julian Souther
land and Albert Russ, who are
among those from Brunswick
county on the Lyman, are now
spending several days at their
homes here. It is understood that
the entire present crew of the
ship will make the trip to South j
America. j
MV. TAYLOR TO PREACH j
The pulpit of the Presbyterian (
church will be occupied Sunday.
night by Rev. L. a.
Wilmington. The servic? '
at eight o'clock. Dr. j
gett, pastor of the chur***
be preaching at Lvnchb:.. **
C.,.at that time.
CABINET WORK '
Window and Door Frames, Door and Window $or
made to order. I can save you money when v? l*
this kind of >vork to be done. ' u^n|
Come around and see me. All work SatisfacVr,
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