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TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, t the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE YEAR Jl.: BIX MONTHS l.C THREE MONTHS ^JL^national editorial (O U ASSOCIATION / 9 3 5 Wednesday, November 13, 1935 The real test for a dance comes on th morning after. The children in several of the Bruns wick county schools are paying in ad vance for their Thanksgiving holidays. Then there are those who think thai alphabet soup is the stuff that you buj at the A.B.C. stores. The present trend in prices of pork and poultry products is about to put an end to the standard American breakfast of ham and eggs. Transferred His friends in Southport congratulate Zach M. Williams, former educational director at the local CCC camp, upon his recent promotion, but there is a genuine feeling of regret that he has been transferred to another camp near Fort Bragg. From what we have had a chance to observe at the local camp and from what we have heard about other camps, Mr. Williams was one of the outstanding educational directors in CCC work. This fact is attested to in that several groups of new men were sent to Southport to be trained by him for work as educational directors in other camps. Mr. Williams did much to establish Camp Sapona high in the esteem of Southport citizens. He will be greatly missed by those who join with us in wishing him the best of luck in his new surroundings. i Try A Little Applause The other night at the Armistice Day! dance the music was good and everybody, seemed to be having a good time, but not! after a single dance did the spectators! show their enthusiasm by applauding. The members of the orchestra, we grant, are professional musicians whose business for the evening is to play for the pleasure of the dancers. But, after all, i these men are entirely human and we believe they would enjoy playing their best more if there were generous, spontaneous applause after each dance number. And while we are on the subject, we should like to take in more territory. When you attend a school performance or any other type of public entertainment, don't be too proud to applaud. That is the only way you have to let the entertainers know that you really do like their TlTnoTAm. ATlH umatoiH'c QT1 rl rivrkfocciAnolo X O y **"- v*""* vv V*A " j/iwivugiviiwiw both like to know when they are doing well. The Red Cross The Annual American Red Cross Roll Call began on Armistice Day and will extend through Thanksgiving Day. During this time millions will renew their active membership to this great national cause. Most Americans are familiar with the work of the Red Cross. Each time you read in your daily newspaper an account of some major disaster just remember that even before the news reached you, the forces of the Red Cross were on the scene with food and clothing for the needy and medical attention for the sick and injured. Calamity is no respector of person or locality. At any moment some unsuspected cause may result in death and destruction within our own community. Powerless to help ourselves or to help our neighbors, the surest, quickest relief we might expect in such emergency would be from the Red Cross. An annual membership is only $1.00. The reason that so much good can be accomplished through such a small donation from each member is based upon the assurance that millions will join this great THE STATE cause of mercy. J. Berg is Red Cross chairman foi Brunswick County. C. L. Stevens is mem ~ bership organizer. Through the schoo -Jchildren he hopes this year to be able t< I set a new record of Red Cross member j ship for Brunswick county. io No Neutrality >o f There is one war in which our countr; 'cannot remain neutral?war against fire j That war has been going on for man: years. It will never end completely, bu 'good campaigning can win many valu " able victories. During its course, the en emy has caused destruction running int< 'the billions of dollars, and many thou e i sands of lives. The war exists because of individua carelessness, individual ignorance, indivi dual lethargy. Fire prevention is almosl " entirely an individual matter. It is up tf each property owner, each manager of s business, each farmer. The best building ' and inspection laws are impotent in the ' face of public indifference?the finest fire department can do relatively little, if the public refuses to co-operate. It is not only a duty but a privilege to J enlist in the war against fire. And the duties are simple. Learn what causes fire, and how fire may be prevented. Then apply that knowledge?today, tomorrow, every day in the year. Fix that faulty wiring?and have it done by an experienced electrician, check that old flue, now that the cold season is upon you; throw away those old rags and newspapers and magazines that you have stacked in the attic and basement, and that you will never use, store that gasoline or benzene in approved, safe containers, and remember that the place for matches and cigarettes is the ash tray, not the rug, the bed, or the garage floor. * " TV We can fight fire successiuny. uunng the last few years substantial progress has been made, and the loss is now well under the $500,000,000 a year level established not so long ago. That progress should serve to remind us how much more remains to be done, and how easy it is to achieve definite results once we really go after them. Football And Fall Traffic Do you know what is the most dangerous driving period of the year? The sta-l tistical truth is that we are now in that; part of the year which is most perilous to the motorist and the pedestrian. October is usually the worst of the twelve months, the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters remind us, and November comes next. The last three months of the year are the most dangerous quarter season. The reasons for this increased danger1 are to be found in the combination of a false sense of security and the increased hazards of natural conditions. The days grow shorter. Nightfall, no-; torious for its accident possibilities, gradually produces yearly peaks between 5 and 9 p. m. The weather is often crisp, i bracing, ideal for driving, and the roads: are crowded?always an important element in accident frequency. A number of j subtle, unobtrusive causes contribute: The skidding menace of wet leaves, roads j slippery with frost in the early morning, j car windows shut in chilly weather with! a consequent failure to use hand signals, j longer working hours causing greater fa-: tigue when driving after dark, week-end! concentration of traffic in particular areas swelled by the great crowds driving to football games. This last calls for special attention. Every Saturday there gathers in stadiums throughout this state multitudes of spectators, sometimes 35,000 in one place. Most of them drive, approaching their destination on the same roads at the same time. Such conditions breed accidents, and if the accident peril is imminent before the game it is doubly so afterward. Then the thousands of automobiles choke every radiating highway, all in a hurry to get away and get home. The reaction setting in after the excitement of the game reduces driving alertness. And to all this the likelihood that many drivers are under the influence of alcohol and the situation is distinctly menacing. , These are occasions for great care in driving. Usually the roads leading from the stadiums are lined with police, stationed to get you there and away as quickly and safely as possible. Co-operate with them, lest what starts as fun ends in tragedy. PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, I ' WASHINGTON I J LETTER 3 Washington, Nov. 13.?With I echoes of the political tom-toms ; fading, the forces of government iare gradually settling down to routine chores. Partisan soothsaylers still profess to read the fuy ture on the basis of election returns in six commonwealths. Par ty chieftains are obviously somes'' what confused as they endeavor t to extend arithmetical calculations of last week's election into 1936 trends. About the best re" suit of the scattered and local ) balloting is possible improvement of morale in both Republican and Democratic camps. It is likely to fan the flames of a furious 1 party spirit before the Congressional primaries begin next spring. Sage campaigners are t duly concerned that strong-mind) ed factions will commit a grevious error in conceiving extrava1 gant hopes to the detriment of f real planning for partisan gains , or more simply?upset the applecart | Trained and impartial observers of the political scenes are substantially in agreement that recent state and community elections offer no real measure of public distemper. Enthusiastic iprohpets and apologists speaking jfrom the warped viewpoint of a I zealot do not concur in these ? j sentiments. For instance, Repub- 0t) jlican commentators feel that the | returns from the hustings will jwean lukewarm G.O.P. support 71 from New Deal measures in Con- Fe jgress through curbing heavy Fed- '2 eral expenditures which built up inj j Democratic votes last week. The ho (conservative wing of the Demo- fir cratic high command predict the cl? I ronorono in WtKn ?rfll CT( jlVTVlHVU AAA fVWllg MWVWW TV III iV" tard the idealistic plans for the so-called "Brains-Trust" and the substitution of more practical po- 5 licies. On the other hand, the g radical camp contends that the m electorate has endorsed legisla- g tive contrivances to bring about Qj a new social and economic order. jjj A new barrage of Congression- jjj al investigations into various in- Jjj duatries is expected to follow g (close on the heels of adverse I m court decisions which ham-string I g [Federal enforcement of New Deal Dj | legislation. It is a stunt to keep j jjj public opinion sold on legislation, j jjj The upset of the much-mooted jjj public utility act in the Federal i g district court at Baltimore means g an early hearing on this contro- j g bersial issue before the U. S. Su-' S preme Court. If the highest trib- jjj unal sustains the courts below! jjj another intensive drive for regu- jjj latory measures will probably g prolong the next session. The g national lawmakers remained on [|j the job eight months of this year g on a promise of a relatively short jjj meeting in 1936?the year when jjj they go before the voting public jjj again. Federal agencies are fully g occupied with defense of newly j g enacted statutes under judicial g challenge and devising regula-1 g tions for adequate enforcement. I S From the government angle it is 1 jjj not an easy matter to restrict jjj regulatory measures to demon- j jjj strably interstate commerce. Just: jjj where intra-state functions end j g and interstate character is as-1 g sumed is something which puz- [ Dj zles lawyers and economists. 1 jjj Out of the welter of opinion I jjj as to recommendations which will g emanate from the Berry confer- I jjj ence for N.R.A. substitutes, it is' g generally agreed that the thirty- g hour work week will be featured. K Organized labor is committed to jjj the proposition as a panacea for jjj unemployment. The project was g used as a stalking-horse for col- g lective bargaining rights embod- 3 ied in the Wagner Labcr Dis- 3 putes bill at the last session. The G{ Administration has been opposed 3 to the imposition of such rigid 5 statutory limitations on hours of 2 employment. Coordinator Kerry, Gj in private life, is a national g trade union leader. He will have 3 an important voice in the plat- fl form building by a crew cf his 3 friends who form the nucleus of g the management, labor and gov- H ernment chin-fest next month. j There is a sharp difference of ; j ideas within Administrative de- ; parements as to the wisdom of q jthe general meeting. Major Ber- Q ry is playing his cards close to 0 the table on the strength of his G intimacy with the President. So G far he holds a winning hand in 9 the rift within the official fami- ; Government statistical agenci- 3 es are not in agreement as to in- g creased living costs and the ex- Gj tent of decrease in unemploy- Gj ment Politics figures prominent- =j ly in the definition of policies H and hard feelings are cropping 3 out. Newly established consumer 3 groups within the Federal ser- Gj vice are running a risk of having Gj their findings censored if they g trace higher living costs to AAA g benefits and other class legisla- H tion. S The Federal government is now 3 the largest holder of farm mort- S gages and has replaced insurance Gj companies, commercial banks and & c. her classes of credit instituti a. A formal statement issue< lesday of this week showed tha :deral land banks have lione< 78,000,000 to farmers while lifi mrance companies reduce thei ldings to $37,000,000 during thi st half of this year. 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