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- TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. G. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMKS M. HARPER, JR., Editor stored 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 - ?-J1.50 BIX MONTHS 1.00 (THREE MONTHS .75 NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1936- -KCMKRWednesday, November 11, 1936 Soon fishing stories will give tvay to hunting yams. A wise fanner will keep his farm on a self-supporting basis regardless of the J number of relief programs proposed. It was thoughtful to hold the election on Tuesday so as to have the decks all ~ 1 4-! ?#* 11 <vQmac stand a little of that better than we can the onslought of this fall crop of mosquitoes. Here's to the frost that gets 'em! Two Projects We hope that headlines recently devoted to politics soon may be used to bring good news concerning the efforts of citizens to have electric power in communities in the lower end of Brunswick county, and news that work has begun on the Southport-Whiteville highway. ?Bl[} JBOddB 90UBJ3 1S.IIJ jv these two projects are in no way connected. Actually they are not, but in results to be obtained they both will lead to the development of a thriving, prosperous section of the county. We are not trying to steal the thunder of some future secretary of the Shallotte Chamber of Commerce when we prophesy that within a year after the completion of these two projects one-half the business transacted in Brunswick county will be conducted within the city limits of that town. Most of the people who live between Shallotte and Whiteville will not reap the benefits of the extended power line, but they would be mighty glad to be connected by a hard surfaced road to a thriving business center close to their home, and in their own county. A Small Hotel Southport visitors often are impressed with the undeveloped business opportunities offered here, but none is more frequently mentioned than the apparent need for hotel and dining room facilities. As matters now stand there are adequate accommodations for normal demand. It is when there is a special occasion that draws extra visitors that observant citizens realize that' a small, up-todate hotel in Southport would be a paying proposition and a credit to the town. There are many people who know about Southport, like the town and would visit here frequently if they knew there was some place where they could depend upon getting a room and meals for several days. There should be some way provided to take care of these folks. There are hundreds of others who never have visited Southport who could be attracted here each year through advertising. There are innumerable special attractions, especially in the summertime. Every visitor spends money, adding to the volume of business conducted in this community. It is worth an effort on the part of local citizens to see that more facilities are made available for prospective visitors. Human Barbecue In the last 12 months, approximately 10,000 persons have been burned to death. One-third of them were children. Two thirds of all the victims perished in residence and apartment fires. Read that over again. If anything can awaken the American people to the gravity of the fire problem, that brief statement should. If you have a strong stomach, think of those 10,000 roasted bodies. And then realize that at least eighty per cent of fires, big and little fires alike, could easily have been prevented. It is a human frailty to read such a statement as this, reflect for a moment on the horror of It, and then forget it with the mentally-made observation that "Well, my home is safe." Perhaps your home is. But there's better than an even chance it contains hazards that you don't know about. j clear lor aaiuraay s luuiuan gciuivo. i We don't like cold weather, but we can T* An up-to-date house is not necessarily a safe house, from the standpoint of fire ?many a $50,000 mansion has gone up in flames. Expensive furniture will burn as easily as cheap furniture?and the fin est interior fabrics and woodwork will burn as easily as a piece of cotton cloth ^ f 1 and a pine board. fi Whether you live in a four-room bun-'ing galow or a fifty-room country palace, in- blue spect your property regularly, or have it becn inspected by someone who understands fire hazards and their prevention. Get the "J necessary information from your fire de- MoU partment or a similar institution. Once hazards are found, do away with them were ,and make sure they don't reapper. Sam Help reduce the national human bar- p'p?, becue! com] ? his Problem Of Relief ???? cattl One of the greatest, most difficult and ^?11: the most perplexing of those issues is Relief. how( 'it is great because it affects millions of 'Americans. It is difficult because there marl are a thousand and one ideas as to how wnGr it should be handled. And it is exceed- the ingly perplexing because the relief rolls have increased at a time when industry ed t was rapidly improving and gainful em- ad| ployment was also increasing materially. ofTtt Four years ago, Federal relief was gan something new in American government, to c and the wisdom or folly of it were much ^0r debated. Today both major parties sub- got scribe to Federal relief, and the differ- 0f ence between their stands is one of method rather than of principle. with Why have the relief rolls increased 0,41 while business was improving? First, ^itht here are the actual figures, taken from a subs recent issue of the United States News: In July, 1933, when business was slow- ?"?h ly starting up from the bottom reached pota in 1932, there were 3,908,000 persons on meai relief. In July, 1934, when business felt . Al a real surge of recovery, there were 4,- G^,'' 400,000 persons on relief. In July, 1935, scrit when a number of important industries 001-11 began to approach "normal" levels, there were 4,475,000 people on relief. In Sep- he t tember, 1936, when the general business scas( index was somewhat ahead of the 1923- onG? 25 "normal", and when some industries Grar had exceeded even their 1928-29 boom- was period experience, there were 4,547,000 ^ persons on relief. (These relief totals in- New elude employes of the WPA, those sup- .Ra ported by other Federal agencies, and ifg ^ those "unemnlavables" who are now sup-(scrip ported by states and cities. Totals do not | I include CCC members.) ipetit Federal relief officials, of whom Harry to h Hopkins of the WPA is chief, see nothing hard to explain in this apparent anomaly bancj of better business and more indigents, dc They say that the majority of the unem- we ? ployed stayed off relief, for some time, ^'1( j receiving support from friends and rela- that tives, but that as these sources of income t0 * ! dried up, they were forced to go on re- n'? lief. They also say that many unemployed wrin people managed to pull through with their own savings, and that when these Hobl people go back to work the relief total is Lane not changed. They point out that drought boosted the relief rolls. And they also stret I point out that industry tends to take back nap. in employment first those who were dis- hatl charged last?the most skilled and ne- widg cessary workers. As most of these work- temj ers were unemployed for a relatively short time, they did not go on relief to bath any great extent. mak There is another explanation, often .,rTt i , , ? Man made by union labor leaders, to the ef- dnvi feet that technological advances in indus- tin try?which simply means the replacement t^01 of men with machines?have destroyed m\y hundreds of thousands of jobs in the last of i few years. as v tllg But a conservative economist, Joseph ag ? Stagg Lawrence, writing in Scribners, up i says that census figures show that in the ?ive 60 years from 1870 to 1930, which was a period of extraordinary technological gj progress, "the population increased 218 off per cent. In the same period the total gainfully employed rose 278 per cent. intei The manufacturing and mechanical indus- alon i " x. - . i? of r tries, in wnicn me most impressive teendppt nological changes have taken place, show si I an increase of 414 per cent in jobs." It ^ is the general contention of such econ- ^ omists that technological progress may in < force men to change jobs, but that it al- a c ways increases the total of jobs. Prime example of this is the automobile. It kil- hav( !i_J - u: ~ ? 4-1? -C i. _ r leu a, uxg muusii^?biie niaxiuiacturt; ui year horse-drawn vehicles?but it created half key, weel a dozen still bigger industries, such as two. tires, gasoline, repairs, etc. had Still another point? of view is that our soaring relief rolls are the inevitable re- roe suit of an over-generous government. Hoi- aboi ders of this idea say that many men y. would rather take $10 a week on relief on than work for $15 a week. Mr. Lawrence 00111 believes this, and says: "With business recovery eliminating the cyclical factor, and! tinuing unemployment must be laid Fea squarely at the door of governmental indulgence." him -A * IE STATE PORT PILOTj SO SKETCHES |1 RACEY | I sdnesday afternoon we stepinto The News Reporter of- ! to see the new press operatand found the editor feeling over the fact that he had unable to secure the actual H t of votes from Pireway and I ie. ^ oe," says he, "be gone to ie and Pireway and return ;ht with the actual count," rords to that effect, and we E|| i off. But not alone. We saw I Black calmly smoking his at his son's service station, 0r t re picked him up to keep us hp , rany. And Sam sure played part well?kept us laughing youl our sides were almost sore. And >u see, Sam used to buy beef e down around Pireway and ie, and thought that he knew roads well. Since that time, 0 ;ver, great road machines ct1'0 been in there and built real Joe s and many of the old land- P'a( <s have been changed. u'al i one road Sam says go this y?u ; but we went the other, and t'"1 consequence was that we Lot ed in a ditch. Sam said he Pr01 in't push us out, so we rock- in he old bus like a cradle, and csta 8 her jump out. ogra was easy enough to find two song he poll holders, but it be- the to look like we would have :hase the other off into a np and twist him out of a iw. Found him, however, and |B the votes, course, this was just one of I experiences last week. K[ ng others was out getting up I W. J. Bass, of Route One, B| Ibourn. Mr. Bass was harng his sweet potatoes and [ >ugh he had just given his ir cription to us for The News >rter for 12 months, he added *> ' her year onto it, paying us sweet potatoes. One of these toes, which we ate raw, w sured thirty inches! wj,0 id speaking of the potato mar] less reminds us of J. A. ?on, vin, one of our oldest sub- ^im iers in the vicinity of Cerro pret lo. He was harvesting his t]lat s and was tickled ^link?one rj?j, ie most abundant yields that peo] las experienced in any one t|la| m of his career. ,jale it across into South Carolina ?usj ine trip and found Charlie ?00( iger harvesting potatoes. He jubilant over the re-election 'resident Roosevelt, and gave l new subscription to The s Reporter. in up with Vance Ward on a HE ealk in Tabor City. (Vance N| nother News Reporter sub- fcy ition agent, you know; and H s a good one. Which, transI, means that he is keen com;ion which we have learned ighly appreciate. If you don't ve that Mr. Ward will send the The News Reporter, just 1 him $1-50.) iwn in Brunswick t'other day jot up with Wrent Mintz and a chat about politics. We a In't compete with him on a^je subject, but when it come cia* vorrying out of a subscrip- c'4 to The Pilot, we had his a('ec ber. Br'er Mintz just couldn't cr"} g out of it. ker' >t long ago Roy Dew, Kim- thc Formy Duval and Emory ds went with us to Gause's has ling, down on the beach, on ce 1 imping party. We got there 'his ,t four o'clock a. m., and ,ched out on the sand for a When we awoke a red ant us by the ear trying to pull I inder the roots of a tree. A I ;en had Roy in a fever of bad >er. Kimball was off barter- H for a boat and Emory had d a pretty girl in a blue H ing suit and was trying to n whooDee. le day of the election we saw tin McKeithan, a Democrat, tng a Republican mule. Marwas harvesting his sweet po- A is against the day that he jt catch a nice, fat o'possum. 1 e caught a fleeting glimpse _ felly Little a few days back, ve passed cars with him, and . .. end of his nose was as red ? i cherry. Cold wind, breezing ? :rom the North, had probably ' n the nose a pinch. Mr. Litlikes cold weather, however; .use of raccoons, ill White had just come in a deer hunt. No Vinson. Like 'ti' M. Batten, he'd found them frb dear. (Pardon us here for an Pt rlude. A man has just come j5-j g and sold us a half-bushel (U ed apples. They appeal to our itite.) || leaking of apples reminds us it isn't long until Santa is. Which means that we've . to start sewing up the holes lur socks, looking about for prol hristmas tree, buying tinsel, to iles, etc. But lo! In between pon es Thanksgiving. We must a s a nice fat turkey. Several are: s ago we meant to have tur- Blu: for Thanksgiving. Spent a Fai: k locating them, and sjiot at Blu But instead of turkey we Blu: woodpecker. Blu re were down Navassa way B. iday of last week. Saw Mon- Joh Bordeaux down there talking Mrs it buried treasure. On our o. ' back home we came around nolt Phoenix, where we had to step Rt. the gas that we might over- Rt. e a temptation to stop by lace ir Peterson's duck pond. Into Cer pond (occasionally) thous- cer, 3 of ducks come from Cape ley, r river to sleep. If Wimpy Tab iv this Rough House and Pop For wouldn't be bothered with and for a long, long time. He'd Ron j UTHPORT, N. ? Pictured ersonalities VERSATILE Time was when played a piano r? was automatietty iS ally catalogued ^ by his fellows as play basketball ennis would never guess that is one of the most promising ig musicians in Southport. he plays the piano. HOSTESS the f reason that Loughlin's I :e is so pop- M with the^B&^s^l nger set is t Evelyn Jak ighlin has a yj^4$6v^ < minent part '_jj running the blishment. The electric phoniph usually is filled with rs on the current edition of Hit Parade. NURSE f Sometimes patients that call at the office of Dr. William S. Dosher forget their ills when they see the pretty and efficient Elsie Styrron, his office BUYER "hen the men ;? work for a ~ ' ' JSS^^. i year after - .JflPB swear by that is a ' ty good sign y ^ he is all , r J t. Southport F-a w M ole are glad 1 l. Sasa Fohas chosen this town for his ness headquarters during a 1 part of the year. MANAGER Drug store since death, of his father last year. BANKER would take r- ? long list of ctives assoed with good ^ i z e nship to luately des- ^ e G. W. Bun- 0f> j * cashier of 9^1 Jf MEi People's UniBank. He made many friends here sinassuming that position early year. SALESMAX Jim Hood will I sell you any thing from a quart of to a Bf ^ power plant. Ho W ^^9 is one of South9 ^9^H port's most aggressive business 9E__^9i men. VISITOR business vis- k;s: in Southport iU.'MPPV* sntly was W. :: J Holmes, post- ' > "v^S j,. iter at Shal nquent ~ tax f^;I^|TPj Bctor for this nty. PHARMACIST "^TT "| W. A. Canady > ' V . i-a recently accepted a position as pharmacist at . <x-jM Watson's Pharmacy He win be assistant to tho young proprietor who also is a stered druggist. oably step out of the comics call at Mr. Peterson's duck d. mong our Subscribers today Mrs. M. M. Bullard, Fair ff; Mrs. Annie Mae Simmons, r Bluff; S. C. Scott. Fair ff; Mrs. L. A. Hayes, Fair ff; Mrs. Viola M. Barnes, Fair ff; A. J. Smith, Bolton; Mrs. F. Butler, Rt. 2, Greensboro; n E. Powell, Rt. 2, Clarkton; I. M. U. i^ewis, unaaoourn C. Coleman, Delco; D. B. Rey Is, Hallsboro; C. H. Hilburn 2, Chadbourn; D. F. Green 1, Cerro Gordo; Mrs. M. Wal !, Cerro Gordo; J. J. Edwards ro Gordo; Mrs. Charlie Mer Chadbourn; and S. P. Stan Clarendon. H. H. Roberts or City; Hubert Todd, Wake est; B. F. Fowler, Tabor City Charlie Granger, Tabor City, ite 2. Three Rooms and f PteAse don'tcotosteep i YET, J ACK. i'm Wioe AWAKE I TRY ANO GET INTERESTED ) I ^ ^ '' ih (*\ thinkwe'o 8fl & i go to steep woo lj]| i it's g?tt(n6ea '^i~i I AM?T n/\ni T* urns ruKUM A column dedicated to opinions of j the public. A mouthpiece for the > views and observations of our I friends and readers, for which wo accept no responsibility. Contributions to this column must not exceed three hundred words. Southport, N. C., Nov. 10, 1937. Mr. Editor:? Permit me to express to yoi my appreciation for jrour fail and impartial attitude toward the local Republican party in Brunswick during the recent campaign for there has been no occasior whatever for any exception 01 objection to what has appearec in your editorial or news colu mns, and I recognize the fact thai you have been uniformly impartial. Further, I would like to than! the loyal Republicans in the county for their strong support of the local county trcket wtncr was offered the voters of the county. Comparatively speaking the Republicans of Brunswick die far better than in most places It is well to have two parties. Finally, I wish to say that 1 am very happy that our candidates ran a decent canvass anc made an active campaign without putting a dollar to an imAnotf] Will be ! : ? We solicit you: have?"GOOD MU WE HACKNEY s ; I Seth '' f ' i M 3ath. j I^3 iS |W^ J (M <S<_AO I PlCKtoj THli' OUT. i?J I |'m 0?6 T?[ I to reei A v < F| V~ p^l /1 (/j^ rreR)< ' iTi jfa #l\:; !vpl: ?\ j >^| ? lit// irf. II |* //, i Forest Sponges Control Floods Extent T0 Which Forests Help Control Floods Is Shown By Actual Measurements The extent to which forest aid in preventing floods is shown by 'actual measurements made by the ' i TTnitpd States Forest Service. In the Ohio valley, forest soil . is 15 to 30 percent more porous than field soil and absorbs 50 times as much water as bare soil. Even pastures absorb only a third ' to a twentieth as much rainfall j as forests. The spongy forest soils absorb more water not only in single but in successive storms ?an important item in flood con' - trol. | On 23 small watersheds at the : j headwaters of the Mississippi the ;' run-off from forested land for 1 year was only 38 cubic feet of ! proper use in an effort to in, j fluence voting. In this respect I I feel that our candidates hre to . be congratulated, for they have thus challenged the approval of [ people who welcome reform in | cur elections in Brunswick. II Respectfully, j C. ED TAYLOR, Chairman 1 Republican Executive Committee. ?e >i??y i i .iy 1 ier Car M in our Barn l' mule business on the same 1 LES AT REASONABLE PRIC SELL FOR CASH OR ON T1 WAGONS . . . HARNESS? L. Smith 6 WHITEVILLE, N. C JtM ' _ WEDNESDAY. ~,y*ERCYi^rB ; LOOKS PRCTTr '? .v^M CO ?35: UU REAP INNINC It > < 11 JI steepy) i| ^ \ i j* 1' M I ! IF I POKOO.O 4 ?o koo! \ * JO KOO/ j 2 >0 KOOf J SrWfl-l I ' ' I f I water per square mile per seco but from grassed and abanilo: lands it was more than 10 tin as much, ami from denude! ia was 1.304 cubic feet a sea per square mile. 01 nearly times as great as on the for land. There were no flood ci ditions from forest run-off. i maximum run-off from otl lands often reached flood prop tions. Near Holly Springs, V;s-- n UJ.1 111 iX WlUJn 1 percent of the precipitation, a for some rains was as I. .it 96 percent, but was thai percent in an oak forest. Removal of the litter fr pine-hard-wooil pints t Southern Appalachians it. a; run-off from 10 to 150 t.niea. ? Telephone Opera' "It ca three dollars to talk to Chicagl Subscribe!': "Can t j a >' special rate for listening'.' 1 v.: to call my wife." "I have had a ha the tired business man aboa the evening train for hone. "0 of my office boys asked the tcrnoon off to attend his aun funeral. So, being on to I" h erne, as I thought. I said I'd along too." His friend chuck!. 1. "Co idea! Was it a good game?" "That's where I lost out s ly admitted the man of ; : r.e "It was his aunt's funeral." ULES Monday lasis that we always ES AND TERMS." iRMS (AH Kinds) ? Co. I k rJ1,r"iVi','n(i'i - mr
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