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Wednesday, March 11th, 1936
At a Northern university, the students (
engaged in a mud-throwing contest. Part ,
of their political studies perhaps.
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Highway No. 130
The return of warm spring weather ]
and the resulting improvement in the '*
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condition of the dirt roads 01 wis county ^
was a welcomed change for the residents
of Waccamavv township.
For almost two months during the win- '
ter any trip to Supply, Shallotte or Whiteville,
the nearest shopping centers, was
made practically impossible because of 1
the mud and slush on the main thorough- s
fare, highway number 130. It wasn't just 6
a matter of making their way out from 6
their homes a short distance to the hard
surface?it was dirt road all the way.
The roads are getting back in good v
condition, and traveling is much easier;1*
but residents of that section have not for- c
gotten their desperate need for a hard
surfaced highway. ' '
Latest news in regard to hard surfacing .
the road is that there is no chance that
anything will be done before the end of ^
this fiscal year on June 30. However,
there is an encouraging report that there ^
is a good chance for permanent improvement
of this road early in the next year. c
We know of no road that would be of C
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greater benefit to a greater number of ^
people than hard surfacing of highway'
number 130 from the intersection of high- .
way number 30 and the improved link in ^
Columbus county extending toward the
Brunswick county line. ^
Punishment ?
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In this day of enlightened education in ^
North Carolina when parents and teach- j
ers combine to learn why children misbe- j
have and try to lead them toward good
behavior, it is hard to believe that back c
in 1848 a pupil knew he was going to get t
a certain number of lashes for every mis- i
take he made. ,r
*> Charles L. Coon's history of North Car-;(
olina Schools and Academies gives the *
following "lash" schedule for breaking
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demy in that year: Boys and girls playingk
together, four; quarreling, three; climb- ?
ing for every foot over three feet up a *
tree, one; telling lies, seven; telling tales j
out of school, eight; drinking spirituous j
liquors at school, eight; wearing long finger
nails, two; playing cards at school, .
10; gambling or betting, four; calling ^
each other liars, four; blotting your copy (
book, two; "hollowing and hooping" going
home, three; fdr not washing at play
time when going to books, four.
Star-News Tournament i
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There will be a general pilgrimage of ]
Brunswick county basketball players and i
basketball fans to Wilmington on Friday \
and Saturday of this week, for eight of i
the ten teams in this county have entered ,
the annual Star-News-Y.M.C.A. tournament.
Players and fans alike are very optimistic
over the prospect of furnishing
winners in both the girls and boys division.
Bolivia and Waccamaw girls, coholders
of the Brunswick county championship,
will furnish plenty of trouble
for any teams they meet in tournament
play. It is unfortunate that pairings point
to a meeting of these two teams in quar-i
ter-final competition, but the winner of
that contest carries' Brunswick county's
chief hope for the girls championship.
In the boys division Bolivia's county
champions and the Southport runner-up
team promise to go far in the two-day
sports festival. Drawings make possible
a meeting of these two teams in the finals
Saturday night.
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teams are unusually attractive, individual
basketballs will be awarded players on
winning teams and special awards await
high scoring players in each group. Phillip
Buckheit, member of the Star-News
staff, is in charge of arrangements for
the tournament, which promises to be the
outstanding sport event of the year for
this section of North Carolina.
Tennis Courts
Included in plans for the beautification
of Franklin Square is the construction of
two tennis courts. The necessary area already
has been graded and a clay top
soil is being hauled in.
The best way to insure the completion
of this project in time to have these
courts in shape for use this summer is
to have local tennis players begin to
show interest in their sport.
The organization of a tennis club
would be no bad idea, for a group of this
dnd could help with plans for the court,
md could be responsible for providing
jquipment that will not be furnished from
PWA funds.
Soil Erosion
One of the principal objectives of the
lew farm program is bent toward pre;ervation
of the fertile top layers of soil
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irosion.
In vast expanses of the West, these top
ayers have been literally blown and
cashed away, leaving the denuded under
ayers of clay and rock on which nothing
an be grown.
Brunswick county has been fortunate in
hat it has not suffered from soil erosion
o any appreciable degree. Washing of
he cultivated land has always been reluced
to a minimum by the comparatively
lat surface of this area.
But denuding of the forests, and their
levastation from fire and other forces
ould play havoc with the farms of this
ounty from this very thing. For that reaon
every care should be taken to protect
he forests of this area.
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Reduce Acreage
Indicative of the intense interest which
armers, business and professional men
ilike entertain with reference to the gov'rnment
program for American agriculure,
the auditorium of the Shallotte
chool was packed Saturday afternoon
vhen Congressman J. Bayard Clark was
^resent for the purpose of explaining the
provisions of the new farm bill.
He gave a comprehensive explanation
)f the bill, and the events which led up
o its passage. As to what extent it will
iffect the 1936 tobacco crop, he could
lot say, and neither could any of the
ifficials of the Department of Agriculure.
As to what will be required of the farners
who choose to co-operate with this
>oil Conservation Program, in which
?500,000,000 may be paid out to the farm:rs
in bounties upon condition that they
'ulfill certain obligations on their part,
hat will come later. Just now, the details
lave not yet been ironed out.
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farmers 01 crunswiun cuunuy are iuubi
nterested right now in what is to be done
;oward rescuing the 1936 tobacco and
:otton crops. That matter, in the opinion
)f all those who are in position to know,
ests largely with the farmers themselves.
If the farmers as a whole, for instance,
n the tobacco growing states resolve to
ive up to the provisions of their now deceased
contracts, and to keep their acreage
down to 70 per cent of their base
acreage, then they may look for something
of a fair price for their product.
Otherwise, if they glut the market with
all sorts and grades of weed, then they
need expect nothing but starvation prices
for their products.
The same applies in cotton. The whole
thing is based on the law of supply and
demand, and while the government cannot
promise specifically to pay the farmers
so much if they reduce their acreage,
they will have opportunity to participate
in the $500,000,000 appropriation, and
even if they shouldn't participate in that,
they could keep the price something like
a fair return for their product.
Last year the tobacco crop produced
in this country was much too high. Some
850,000,000 pounds were produced when
slightly over 600,000,000 pounds was the
amount consumed. This year the acreage
should be reduced slightly.
So in face of the situation as it now
stands, the farmer's only hope seems to
lie in acreage control, so that the market
PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT,
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Washington, March 11.?Telegraphic
summaries of yields from
income tax returns which will be
reported to the Treasury by next
Tuesday will have much to do
with shaping revenue legislation.
Federal tax collectors will work
their calculating machines at high
speed so their bosses here will
know how much the taxpayers
jwill contribute for the past calendar
year. With thousands of
i political careers at stake, the
legislative and administrative
branches of the government are
praying for a heavy crop of contributions.
The Shakespearian soothsayer
who warned julius Caesar to beware
of the "ides of March" has
many followers among presentday
political prophets. Concern
over the back-fire from such
drastic revision of tax laws as
proposed by President Roosevelt
last week is apparent at Capitol
Hill. Expediency requires legislation
which will not figure unduly
in the campaigns for reelection.
The activities of Senator
Black's lobby committee in grabbing
private files of Administration
critics and a tendency to regard
the Roosevelt revenue suggestions
as definitely anti-business
are two developments harassing
veteran Democratic campaigners.
They feel that the Republicans
will eventually be handed
deadly weapons. As a consequence,
word has been passed
that Congress, in its wisdom, will
positively cut a revenue garment
differing from the designs sent
up by the White House. It is
hard to wield a tax axe on big
corporations without hitting millions
of stockholders and smaller j
business groups who, collectively,
represent an enormous voting
strength. Political caution hints J
the need for postponing extensive
alteration of income taxes on individuals
until next year.
Some Treasury experts are |
skeptical as to the estimated
yield from increased taxes on liquors.
It has been found that the
consuming public which paid the
bootleggers fabulous prices now
manifest a change of heart and
resent what they consider excessive
taxes on liquor supplies. The
resistance to Canadian products
was lowered when the reciprocity
treaty eliminated the import taxes.
Government tax officials realize
the probability of a "buyers'
strike," but ihey are desperately
seeking additional sources of revenue.
It is known that 59 whiskey
distillers, 38 rectifying plants
and 7 general bonded warehouses
are scheduled to begin operations
early this year, but this increased
production may be kept from
the market if taxes are boosted
to unreasonable limits.
Pressure for adjournment immediately
following enactment of
tax legislation is growing. Therefore,
sponsors of other measures
are working might and main in
an effort to get their pet bills
under the wire. Some solons
make pilgrimages to the White
House to plead for a Presidential
favor to include their measures
on "must" lists which are tantamount
to a command. The antichain
store bill in a modified
form will probably pass without
finding a place on the list. The
bills to revive Federal control
over wages and hours (outlined
by the NRA decision last May)
is a prospect. Hearing will be
resumed March 16. The idea back
of this plan is to force compliance
with NRA condition on all
government contracts, loans and
gran is. jusi a sana-Dagging stunt
No less authority than W. H.
Moran, chief of the United States
Secret Service, says that criminality
is increasing all along the
line. It is estimated that counterfeiting
and other crimes which
are investigated by the Secret
Service have increased fully forty
per cent in the last four or five
years. It is interesting to note
that modern inventions such as
photography have greatly increased
the number of counterfeiting
activities. Government secret agents
are daily arresting amateur
photographers with a smattering
knowledge of etching ability and
criminally inclined for their attempts
to counterfeit currency or
bonds. Check forgers have increased
with the opportunities
given through payment of relief
money which keeps Federal agents
on the jump to apprehend
those who forge signatures. The
percentage of fake coins minted
is exceedingly low compared tc
the reproduction of paper bills.
Under the pressure of criticisir
as to politics involved in the
Works Progress Administratior
relief activities, this Federal agency
is now publicizing data or
the percentage of Federal money
spent for highways, roads and
buildings in various states. Ac
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sumes about fifty percent while
the other money is spent for
houses, parks, playgrounds, flood
control and other conservation.
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penditures attempt to stress the
fact that women and white collar
and professional and technical
unemployed workers are not
overlooked, although the bulk of
the money is received by the laboring
classes. Legislators seeking
rfe-election are taking these
figures and interpreting according
to the political needs in their
bailiwicks as a means of developing
support from the voters.
APPENDECTOMY
Acme, March 4.?Miss Elizabeth
Williams, who with her sister,
Alice, has been taking a
business course at Greensboro,
underwent an appendix operation
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H. O. Peterson Has
A Fine Duck Pond
Phoenix, March 4.?Although
he seldom shoots a gun at anything,
Oscar Peterson, local far-j
mer-merchant and a member of,
the county board of commission-.
ers, is an owner of one of the (
most ideal duck ponds in North j
j Carolina.
In wintery afternoons thous- J
ands of ducks fly up from vari-!
ous points along Cape Fear river!
and swoop down into Mr. Peter-1
son's mill pond.
This pond, narrow enough that,
a gun can shoot deadly across it,
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ted in the deficiencies of era
plant food elements in their ?u
are trying experiments with q.
per sulphate and are finding ii
it eliminates some of the trail
they have had with truck op
Johnston county poultry p?
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hens at the car door in a coop
erative shipment last week.
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county, are to the effect (nil
2,000 eastern Carolina ftnafl
have joined the new Fan E?l
eau organization. I
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