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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
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^JL^naticnal editorial
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Wednesday, April 8, 1936
In England the King can make a common
man great. Over here it takes a majority
of the delegates.
A man judges a new family by its car;
a woman waits till she sees its wash on
the line.
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It looks as tho we'll have the unemployed
on our hands until we get them on
their feet.
Platjorm Plank
In the coming primary we shall be inclined
to favor candidates for the North
Carolina Legislature who include in their
platform a resolution to dispose of all
business as quickly as possible and thus
get away from the recent long sessions
of the General Assembly.
In the first place, we need men in the
legislature for whom it is a sacrifice to be
away from their business any longer than
is absolutely necessary. More important
is the increased respect North Carolina
voters will feel for their representatives
following a brisk, business-like session.
Franklin Square
It doesn't require a visitor to notice the
daily improvement being made in the appearance
of Franklin Square. Flowering
trees and shrubbery being planted already
are offering a preview of what
Southport residents may expect of their
beautiful park in Springs to come.
The beautification of Franklin Square
is one propject that will long outlive the
WPA.
Checking Up
If you have been negligent enough tc
fail to provide yourself with state driver's
license, you better not make the mistake
of operating a motor vehicle on the state
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highway until you appiy ior, ana receive
your license.
Upon three occasions recently we have
been stopped by highway patrolmen with
the request that we show our license.
Incidentally, a car with brakes too pool
to bring an automobile to a safe, quicl
stop" is sure to bring no more questions
and we doubt if whiskey on your breath
would make any explanation a patrolmer
might require any more convincing.
The Locust Coming
The seventeen year locust is due agair
this summer, but according to predictions
the pest will not swing this close to the
coast.
Damages by this insect are varied
Theoretically, his only temptation is tc
mnnof fi'nif frooc Kir oofiner Ioqv,
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es, but actually, the locust can cut a clear
swarth where he goes, and usually h<
does.
Science in recent years has developer
various means of combatting the pest
and if and when it becomes apparen
that the locust may approach the coast
farmers should get in immediate toucl
with their nearest farm agent, or th<
state department of agriculture.?Wil
mington News.
J. N. Daniel
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The death Sunday morning of J. h
Daniel marked the passing of a valuabl
citizen, a man whose loss will be keenl
felt in the business, fraternal and relig:
ous life of the community in which h
lived.
He was president of the Southpor
Building and Loan Association, a mem
ber of the W. O. W. and of the Jr. O. L
A. M., and was serving as a member 0
the board of stewards at the Trinit:
Methodist church at the time of his death
He was a former member of the boan
of aldermen for the city of Southport. Ii
all these positions he served faithfull;
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'and well.
His community can ill afford to lose i
a man of his calibre.
War Threatens
The tense European war situation went
from bad to worse recently, then from
worse back to bad. Worst occurred when
11 France refused to talk to Germany so
' long as troops occupied the Rhineland,
' Germany in return refused to recall a
single soldier, and high French spokesmen
then intimated that it might be wise
for France to fight a "preventative war"
now.
The progress back to bad was marked
by a change in the French attitude,
doubtless brought about by anxious English
diplomacy. France seemed to soften,
.intimated she might talk terms with Ger-j
many yet, even if German troops are in;
j long verboten Cologne.
So hope for peace soars anew. But all
seem to believe it will be transitory peace.
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i Several days ago circulars announcing
the re-opening of a well known store in
a neighboring city were mailed to all the
boxholders in the local post office. Less
than half an hour after the mail was put
up, the waste paper basket in the post
office lobby was filled with discarded
circulars.
You don't find people throwing away
their newspaper before they get out of
the post office. After looking at it there,
| they usually carry it home and turn it
over to other members of the family.
The difference in the respect you have
for your newspaper and for a circular
j represents the same ratio in advertising
value.
Clean-Up Days
An official city-wide clean-up campaign
has been proclaimed by Mayor
John Ericksen for Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week. The chief objective
is to have the town dressed up for
: Easter.
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; xi every citizen win see to it tnat ms
premises is free from rubbish and un-;
sightly objects, the clean-up program will
; be away to a good start. Provisions are
i being made to have the city trucks work
over time to haul off paper and trash that
is to be disposed of.
The campaign cannot be a complete
success unless some thing is done about
;jthe appearance of the water front and
the railroad section. Delapidated old
boats and antiquated locomotives and
cars fail to add to the attractiveness of
Southport. Surely they can waste away
^n places less conspicuous.
The clean-up program must have the
, full co-operation of every property owner
and resident in Southport if the town is
r to be made more attractive for Easter.
j Rural Electrification
The Edison Electric Institute reports
that 44,480 new farm electric customers
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ing 1935. This compares with a gain of
i 30,400 for 1934, and brings the total
1 number of electrified farrps to 788,795?
' 12 1-2 per cent of all farms in the coun!
try. New Hampshire has the highest percentage
of electrified farms, with 68 per
' cent. Connecticut, New Jersey, Utah and
' California each have 60 per cent.
Viewed as a practical matter, the In1
stitute says, the record is really much
; better than the statistics show. Forty per
cent of the 6,000,000 farms in this nation
have dwellings valued at less than $500
' ?400,000 farms have no dwellings on
them at all. Farms of this character are
^ obviously not in the market for power at
any price, as is emphasized by the fact
that 160,000 farms now reached by power
lines do not take service.
The industry estimates that the mileage
of rural line to be built in 1936 will be
double that of 1935. The increase in
^ farms served will be about 50 per cent
g greater than the 1935 increase, as much
y of the new mileage will be constructed in
i- leaner territory.
e These figures show definitely that farm
^ electrification is making progress in the
h United States, sound, economic and perF.
manent progress. As we recover from def
pression, the extension of service to farms
y will naturally be greatly accelerated. The
^ farm presents a tremendous potential
a market for the electric industry?and it is
y doing everything possible to develop it.
PORT PILOT, SOUTHPOR1
Authorities Say
New Program Is
Best One For A1
Agricultural Leaders Sa;
Program Is Best Ever De
vised For Improvemen
Of All-Round Farming Ii
The State
AGRICULTURE WILL
BE RATED HIGHEI
Nature Of Program Make
It Applicable For Farms
In Every Section Of
North Carolina, Says
Dean I. 0. Schaub
Agricultural authorities sa;
the new soil-improvement pro
gram is the best plan ever under
taken for the all-round develop
ment of North Carolina farming
If farmers co-operate whole
heartedly with the program, sail
Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col
lege, it will elevate agricultur
in this State to a higher plan
than ever before.
The new program embodie
many of the fundamental prin
ciples advocated by the extensioi
service for years, he said, but i
ie much more comprehensive am
far-reaching than anything tha
has gone before.
The nature of the new pro
gram makes it applicable t<
every farm in the State, said thi
dean in urging all farmers ti
take part in it so they canshari
in its benefits.
The program will give the far
mers direct financial aid in thi
form of payments for limiting
their production of soil-depletinj
crops and for carrying out vari
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practices.
F rom 15 to 20 million dollari
will be available for distributioi
this year in soil-conservatioi
grants to North Carolina farm
ers.
Indirectly, it will aid them fi
nancially by preventing the pro
duction of price-ruining surpluses
by increasing the efficiency o
farming, and by stimulating thi
live-at-home movement.
The soil-building practices, i
followed generally, will greatl;
increase the fertility of the soi
within the next few years, th
dean pointed out, and this wil
?-1-- a mrtro opnnnmi
JIlcXHC puooiuic a
and efficient production of crops
By checking erosion in th
mountain and Piedmont areas am
by reclaiming worn-out land, h
continued, the program will re
verse the soil-ravaging processe
that have been going on fo
years. This will help safeguar
the future of agriculture and th
Nation.
The program will encourag
balanced farming so as to avoii
the overproduction of certaii
crops to the neglect of others. I
will also encourage the farmer
to produce at home, as much a
possible, the things needed o:
the farm.
By stimulating the productio:
of forage and feed crops, the pro
gram will give an impetus t
dairying and the production o
beef cattle, the dean pointed oul
The State needs more dair
and beef cattle, he emphasized.
An increase in timber produc
tion and land reclamatioi
I through reforestation will als
follow. This year forestation o
(fields which have been in culti
j vation will probably count as i
(soil-building practice for whicl
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The dean also announced tha
Secretary of Agriculture Henr
A. Wallace has appointed a stat
committee of representative far
mers to help determine certai:
policies of the new program.
Among the matters to come be
fore the committee are: The rat
of payment for various soil
building practices, which practic
es will be considered soil-build
ing, and the rate of payment fo
reducing the acreage of soil
building crops other than cottoi
tobacco, and peanuts.
He said too, that work sheet
which farmers will need in cor
nection with the program wi
soon be in the hands of ever
county agent for general distribi
j tion
A paper salesman was th
father of a small family whic
j he was rarely able to see b<
cause he was away from hon
so much. One night, however, 1
was to stay home and take cai
of several of his offsprings whi
[his wife was absent. The ne:
morning his wife asked him
!he met with any difficulty. "Oh
,he said, "I got them all to be
OK except that little red-heade
j one. I had to lick her befoi
she'd go."
"Why James," his wife e:
| claimed, "that isn't our child; si
: lives across the street."
Judge?"What's the verdict <
the jury?"
Foreman of Jury?"We fir
j the culprit not guilty, sir, bi
jwe recommend that he be wan
jed not do it again."
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rirthday ia April 13, was a pracIcal
farmer. He knew conserva;ion
of soil is of vital importance
:o lasting and successful farmng.
In 1813, writing about his
'arm in Albemarle county, Va.,
le said:
"Our country is hilly and we
lave been in the habit of plowng
straight rows, whether up or
lown hill, or however they lead,
md our soil was all rapidly runling
into the rivers. We now
slow horizontally following the
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curvature of the hills and tot.I
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ked the lines may be. Every (onH
row thus acts as a reservoir til f>
receive and retain the waters,
of which go to the benefit of tbtBfe
growing plant instead of rtmragBjl
off into the streams." '%
Many farmers are learning to-Bya
day, as Jefferson learned. tttKl
value of contour plowing sodHJ
planting to check serious ni^H
losses by wind and water, rr-Rlj
ports the Soil Conservation fa-Kg
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