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_E STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor ntered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, i the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates DNE YEAR $1.1 BIX MONTHS 1.1 (THREE MONTHS .1 NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION '9 3 6- -MEMBERWednesday, October 28, 1936 Simile: As good company as a bac seat driver in a football traffic jam. The season's first frost already i late this year. Every season of the year has its par ticular appeal, and right now fall is a its best. Southport visitors apparently thinl that everyone who lives here is on a year round vacation. Everyone is waiting for the fina performance of America's greatest drama in which every citizen plays a part?th< Presidential election on November 3. Just because you want to be a liv< wire, don't think that you've got to shod Everybody. It isn't easy to fill another man': shoes, you'll find, especially if he hap pens to wear size 12. The only thing that will keep som< men from kicking against everythinj which comes along is rheumatism. We know a lot of G-Men, all right only the G. happens to stand for gossip. Free Idea Here is a swell idea that is hereb; donated to the first woman's organiza fcion who wants a lot of fine scraps t use in making a quilt for some worth cause. Each fall we are faced with the pr< position of disposing of a half-dozen c so more or less soiled summer ties. The aren't good enough to wear another ses son; they are too good to throw awaj Gradually they gravitate to the bottom c the tie rack, there to remain until th next spring. Now as a rul^, summer ties have way of being rather gaudy. The othe day we were looking over our assortmer from across the room and suddenly thoi ght what a pretty quilt those ties woul help make. So we decided to offer t take the lot of them and deposit thei in a box at some convenient place dow town, provided other men would do th same. It is going a long way to expect i useless a thing as an old summer tie 1 do anybody any good, but we believ this is a workable plan. Garden Contestants Elsewhere in today's paper is a lii of more than thirty Brunswick count club women who have entered a si: months fall and winter garden contest. The prize for this contest is bein presented by a commercial fertilizer coi cern, and the winner will be lucky t receive it. On the other hand, the thir about the contest that impresses us the fact that every person who ente: will win a better balanced diet througl out the winter for her home, and thirl Brunswick county families will share i the daily rewards of this contest. Good Health You don't miss good health unl you suddenly discover that you have lo St It is no news that most persons a: more susceptible to disease in the wint< than during the summer months. Wil cold weather coming on it is wise f< every person to make a few health rul to follow during the coming winter. Your doctor or your druggist will ai vise you how to practice preventative m dicine. That is the most pleasant and i: expensive kind. t ' ? THE STA1 Sunday Mail Within a short time Southport < _ zens will be given a hearing on the n ter of having a Sunday mail service. ~t For several years there has been c siderable agitation in favor of this m< but nothing was accomplished. Each t ? the matter was brought to the attenl 50 of the postal authorities they made )0 investigation, but were not satisfied t to the need for a Sunday mail would jus ? the additional expense. In making a move this time for additional service, local citizens can pend upon the cooperation of Postma: _ L. T. Yaskell. Somehow, we feel that it will not long before this Sunday mail is provic k The "Gypsy Truckster" s Writing in the magazine "Toda Arthur Train, Junior, vividly descril the "Gypsy Truckster" industry. A "gypsy truckster" is usually a n t who has failed in some other calling i is inveigled by high-pressure sales me ods into purchasing a truck. The sel c of the truck guarantees that the purch _ er will be given a freight permit grc ing $200 or more a week, which will able him to soon pay for the truck on 1 stallments, and provide him with a ha: some income in addition. > The buyer really gets the contraci and he can make money, if he can sta the gaff. One incident is cited where 1 > contract called for 18 hours on the ro, [ followed by five hours sleep, then hour loading heavy freight?followed the 18 hour return trip. This is not un 3 ual?some contracts demand that 1 - truck owner keep at the wheel for hours or more at a stretch, in addit to the time taken for loading and unlo i ing. r The upshot of all this is that "gypsy trucking" industry has crea one of the worst accident hazards. D , ers go to sleep?and often they wake in the hereafter, along with the innoc occupants of a car with which their ton Juggernaut has collided. Legitimate trucking companies, y course, see to it that drivers' shifts t_ not too long. But the "gypsy truckst< 0 by cutting rates, has managed to get h y of a good share of the trucking busir for himself, and there is danger that will grow in number. ir The solution, of course, is regulal y that will make it impossible for a mar J_ operate a truck on the public highw ; for hours on end without rest. Such 1; are necessary to the protection of e public and the "gypsy truckster" h self?and they would also help to br some order out of our chaotic tn portation situation. t Vote .'"77 d 0 The greatest possession of a free ] pie is the ballot?the right to vote. 1 o /To-fan/Tor r\i niir lihorfips atiH n wpn n against injustice. Yet that invaluable heritage is prized by millions of otherwise good ls izens. Proof of this statement can 'e found in undeniable statistics. In r elections, less than half of the pen who are entitled to vote do so. It is ex< tional when an election brings to voting booths more than fifty per cen' enfranchised citizens, y One result is that public officials K_ elected by minorities?the vote of the jority is silent. Another, and worse re: tg is a flagging of interest by the peoph i- a thing which vitally affects us all? 0 government. tg This year, there are great issues is fore us. No matter where we may st; it is our duty as well as our privilegi fj. mark an X opposite names of our ch y on the ballot. Only by doing that, jn we have popular government. In Germany the right to vote been virtually abrogated?at the last t tion citizens had a choice of endor: Hitler or of leaving the ballot bh there being no opponent. That is tru< Italy, of Russia, of Greece, of a dc other powers. And here in Amei where we still have that right which ; re serves our freedom, half of us don't t er ble to exercise it. ^ So?vote on November 3. Vote )r Roosevelt, Landon, Lemke, Thomas?v es ever you believe is the best man President. Do the same for other offi It is your inalienable right to vote e~ whomever you please. And only by vol a" on the man and issues of the time, that right be preserved. 0 fE PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, Farm Questions riti Q: Are minerals necessary in the' ration of a dairy cow? A: Yes. The minerals that are :on used most by the dairy cow and ^ve> therefore most likely to be lacked ime in the ration are calcium, phostion Phorous, and common salt. Legume hays, when grown on soils an not dificient in lime, will usually ;hat supply sufficient calcium. An adetify j quate supply of phosphorous can * be secured from the grain ration if it contains as much as thirty the percent of feeds rich in this ma(je_ terial such as wheat bran or cot, _ tonseed meal. The salt should 5ter be SUppiie<3 by adding one pound to each 100 pounds of the grain ke mixture and also allowing the an. , imal free access to it in the pas'e(L ture or exercise lot. Q: Is it necessary to treat the wounds made on apple trees when they are pruned? A: Where the wounds are two ,y," I inches or less it is not necessary l j to use any protective material, j Pruning wounds heal more rapidly when made close, but it is lan always advisable to avoid leaving j j stubs that will necessitate the i new bark growing up over the !th-I wound. When the wounds are Her1 larger than two inches it is adivisable to cover them with a preparation of pure white lead and >SS-1 linseed oil. Grafting wax, Tree en- i Tangle Foot, or a Bordeaux Mix. jture Linseed oil preparation may* jbe used with good results, fid- Q: How can I prevent my flock of purebred White Leg, horns from producing eggs that ;have yellow tinted shells? Hid j A: These tinted shelled eggs the are resu't of a breeding fac, jtor either on the male or female '! side or, in some cases, both sides, an | There is nothing that can be done by to prevent the production of such I eggs this year, but if none of us~ [ the tinted shelled eggs are used the j for hatching and new males se24 cured for breeding next year from a source that does not show lon tinted shells, the trouble should ad- be eliminated. The yellow tint in the shell is not related to the ,, number of eggs produced nor to the food value, but it is well to ted ibreed it out of the flock as soon riv- [ as possible. ^ Feed Quail To of Good Advantage are ? ~~ If armers Are ramuiar mm Jr' Native Quail, But Few old Know How to Feed Them tess And Offer Protection he' Every farmer knows a bobwhite quail when he sees one, ;ion but few are thoroughly familiar 1 with its food and breeding habits, its enemies and the diseases ays that thin out its numbers. l\vs George B. Becker, biologist of il the Soil Conservation Service, says that 86 percent of the food im- of the quail consists of waste ing grains and plant food. . In providing quail and other desirable forms of wildlife with jfood and cover by the planting | of shrubs, legumes and grasses 1 in gullied areas, galled spots land odd corners, the farmer in l cooperation with the Soil Conpeo servation Service and State Col-, jg! lege Extension Service not only j helps to replenish the supply of P [wildlife but controls erosion on !his farm. | Cowpeas, soybeans, late grains [left after harvest, sorghums, millet, wild plum, mulberry, dewberbe [ ry, ragweed, lespedeza, beggarnost; wee(b blueberries, huckleberries, [dogwood, wild cherry and weeds sOns j are among the food producing Sep- | plants attractive to the bobwhite the Quail. , . Fourteen percent of the food [ of the bobwhite quail consists of (aniinal life, including grasshopare I Pers' weevils, locusts, chinchbugs, X 1,1~ "" Vtllfl-O OllOlim. ; caierpuraio, o^uoou fl<f~ ber beetles and wireworms, said suit, Becker. e jn The bobwhite mates usuaUy in May and lays from 6 to 20 eggs, -Our which are hatched in 23 to 24 days. Soon after hatching the be- young are able to take care of j themselves in their new environ,a' ment, and if everything goes well ' f? with the first brood the female oice usually does not lay another set can of e?6sAmong the agencies tending to , decrease the bobwhite, Becker has pointed out, are its predatory ilec- enemies, disease, and weather gjn conditions. K Some of the prominent eneink, mjea of the quail are stray cats 2 of and dogs, Cooper's hawks, sharpizen shinned hawks. skunk, o'possum, cotton rats, snakes, ticks, redbugs "lea, and red ants. pre- Quail are very susceptible to rou- P?ultry diseases and cannot be propagated successfully near chickens. Quail disease, coccidiosis, for an(j blackhead are among the ,rho- diseases of the bobwhite. While farmers have no control over the weather, Becker ces. stated, they can provide the quail for; with food and cover, which will -ing- at the same time help to con? trol soil erosion and build up C3U the fertility of the soil as well jas add beauty of the farm. N. C By PERCY CROSBY j loot at rat ^ whsr^ du> ? diamond rin6 mvl-, (5tt 0?* ^ jmother eoo6rtrme.| "5 we wouldn't think of j 60t/n6 anythin6 in / ^7 th? five a no t6n j \ c6nt store : ? ii in? || ^OurPl PROMPT I QUALITY W finest n courteou: i reasona ?The State "your coun1 Southp< IATERIALS S ATTENTION BLE PRICES ) Port Pilot? 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