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THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. KARPER. JR., Editor Entered u aecond-clM* matter April 20, 1928, at tte> Po?t Office at Southport, N. C? under the act of March 3, 1879. I T Subscription Rates ONE TEAR $1.60 MX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .76 NATIONAL EDITORIALm\-WASSOCIATION Wednesday, March .11, 1943 Buying Bonds MAYBE you have been noticing the bi-monthly reports of War Savings Bonds made in our county. If you have, you have probably noted that our purchases run around the $10,000.00 mark monthly. Now, that is not all of the bonds in the world, and it probably isn't all of the bonds we ought to be buying. But it does ? indicate that there has been a regular, consistent program of purchase followed. Groundwork of this plan was laid last Spring by R. F. Plaxco, who secured the pledges of individuals and firms over the county for regular investment. He did a j * ---> iMimnnc who signed l pood joo, ami me ? these pledges have stuck to their schedule with encouraging faithfulness. Next month the War Finance Committee of the county takes over to add newvigor to the drive for bond purchases, so a good thing for all of us to do at this time is to take inventory and determine if we are buying all of the bonds and stamps we can afford. If we are not, then let's do it?and let's improve the good record that our county has made. Read The Ads THE best advice we can give our readers in these days and times is: Read the advertisements. Almost every client is spending more money talking about the war effort than he is in promoting the sale of his own particular product or service. Recently we approached the manager of a wholesale firm who serves this area and asked him to sponsor the publication of some vital rationing information. He told us quite frankly that his advertising budget for the month was strained, and begged to be excused. "Well, we'll have to run it at our expense," we told him, "because it is information that every reader should have." "If you believe it is that important," he declared, "we'll run it." And so he did. Almost any magazine you pick up now furnishes better reading in the advertising section than in the fiction or feature department. We call attention to these . facts merely to show the unselfish cooperation of the individuals and firms who have placed the good of the nation ahead ; of their own interests. Start Saving i rpHERE is no longer any way of loadX ing the tax bill "onto the other fel" How." It is now in the lap of every family r in the land. Taxes come ahead of all * family bills. The American family will have to learn to economize as never be? fore. A single person with an income of $100 a month will pay the Federal government g approximately $175 in 1943, and this does not include any state income tax, property tax or excise taxes. A single person earning $15 a week, with no depen dents, will pay some $56 Federal taxes, not counting other taxes. We will have to go without a lot of things hereafter to accumulate tax money. As we scrimp to meet our tax obligations, we will take increasing interest in seeing that city, county, state and Federal governments also economize; that frills and furbelows in government are eliminated for the duration, and for a long period thereafter. Congress could ease the situation tor the taxpayer by passage of the Ruml, pay-as-you-go tax collection plan. Viligence Necessary SUCCESSFUL fire prevention means unflagging effort by communities as well as by individuals. Short lived campaigns on the heels of particularly disastrous fires are useless. Fire hazards multiply like rabbits. The battle against them must continue without cease. Unless human nature has undergone s miraculous change, it is a safe bet that another Boston night club conflagration is in the making at this moment?maybe not in Boston, but in some community. The horror of Boston has faded from the memories of many public officials and proprietors of places of public assembly. Flammable decorations again look on in grim silence at Saturday night festivities, awaiting only the breath of a match. Exits remain insufficient and poorly marked. Over-crowding is prevalent. Fire extinguishing equipment is generally wholly in adequate. Sooner or later deadly fire will strike again. A spark will bring death to scores, perhaps hundreds. And once again the country will be shocked. Once again we will have a ten-day campaign to correct all the fire hazards in the country. Individual and community carelessness cost thousands of lives every year by pre-' ventable fire. The fire insurance industry is one agency that is not careless. It is trying to teach the public not to be careless. It is trying to awaken us to the fact that fire prevention is a continuous process. It is trying to drive the carelessness out of us by teaching us that fire hazards are ever recurring and must be constantly eliminated. The sooner we learn these lessons, the sooner we will be free of death by fire. Shears And Paste I LEST WE FORGET (New York World. Telegram.) Once upon a time, following a word war, there was a League of Nations, prime purpose of which was to police the world and prevent i any more wars of conquest. One of the greatest of nations kept out of that league and thereby made it a failure. Anybody recall which nation? EVEN WORSE j (Norfolk (Va.) Ledger-Dispatch.) Dorothy Dix says it is wrong for a husband to trade an old and ugly wife for a young cutie. It's worser'n that. Dorothy; it's impossible. ^ < ' PLENTY OF WORK / (Arkansas Gazette.) Stalingrad is now almost far enough behind the battle lines for the Russians to put their ' thousands of war prisoners on the job of restoring the place. j WHO RUNS THE COUNTRY? (The Charlotte Observer) John L. Lewis has brought the American people and the American government face to face with the question of which is the superior in our democracy?these or his labor union tyrant. His demand for a $2 per day increase in wages for members of the miners ynion, on | penalty of a general strike after April 1, is only one case in point. Lewis has also issued an ultimatum that all supervisory officials of the nation's coal mines be inducted at once into his organization. There are some 60,000 of these men who occupy positions as mine foremen, assistant mine foremen, tipple foremen, etc. They run the mines under the supervision of the mine management. The official announcement ordering these men to join the union by March 31, also orders them to pay $10 initiation fee and $18 a year dues. If the United Mine Workers and its officers can take over the management of coal mines in this manner and, in effect, oust the owners and run the mines as they chooee. the same thing will shortly happen to all industry. It is frightening to think of an organization so powerful that it can calmly tell 60,000 individuals to join that organization, pay a $10 initiation fee and $1.50 a month?$1,680,000 the first year?or else. It is still more frightening to think that so far there is no government control sufficiently strong to protect an individual in his right to his job if he fails to join an pay dues as directed. And this brings up the pertinent question? Who is the government? What has become of 1 the guarantee of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, in our country? With some men, they put their stomach ahead of everything else, and their figures show it. Some guys will argue with a telephone pole?which is good enough fQr some of the arguments they put up. ; We believe it was Winchell who, said " you'd expect your horse to come with a ' harness, not French-fried potatoes. i : It's not surprising that people who walk around in a fog are very often alli wet- ! * 1 . I 'Tf on a Dig scale, in many instances, condemnation proceedings have 0 been necessary to acquire property for the Army and the Navy. * Direct purchases of lands have r resulted in an expenditure of 240 ^ million dollars since July 1, 1940. F It is estimated that about 95 F per cent of the cases are settled F on valuation. Considerable time 1 and expense is required to validate 1 the titles. In a surprisingly high a number of land condemnation i casgs the Federal government has r been obliged to name John Doe when public notice and other a means failed to disclose the iden- j tity of the real owner. The Lands Division at the Department of Justice has been under the neces- j. sity of handling 66,484 tracts of t land in condemnation and 10,614 e tracts in direct purchase in the f last few months, which was an j. increase of 296 per cent over 1941. Many hardship casei have been reported by property owners because of the lag between 1 the date of purchase and the pay- ? ment for the land. The main obstacle is title evidence as private 1 property owners cannot be paid THE STATE PORT PILC Washington! letter , WASHINGTON. Mnr at.?'WhllA folks in nil of 15 fv* nro nw <v>nfront*<1 with ex*m r?f P r?HonM ?imn1y *' "* nrp ropfn;'?'<lT)f ?f hitter hntflPj rap-inp* thp Motion's Capitol ^ />5fer inflation. Th^c-? ?*ho toko Via t!wn *?> "i flir> g r>t>^ r>' "wl >?"n. g /A" XV*t1 (VIA" "lA A| (V*1 IflfinMAi^ A' ^ f A A AIJVVAn* fliw Af.tt'A" **Af 1?AA?l jj VO A\/"?C? And nA^A'-Al ? ??"??. f) pirvc* vv)?r*A 1 nVN^H?WA!I f l^lfAtiyi V(?1?A *V(aaa IIM^AH. |J cover currents to a boiling point, e has been delayed for further ne- s gpltiations. Organized workers and . v farmers are exerting strong pres-1 n sure upon the lawmakers for up- J t ward revisions o? prices and j f wages which government experts11 claim will result in a vicious in- s flationary spiral taking living, costs skyward. At present there c is little hope for effective com- u promises. c ' The situation regarding food f prices is grave because of the p ramifications. A fair digest of the a ^claims and counter-claims is as 1t follows: The farm bloc in Con- c gress wants to improve the farm- " er's economic status by two me- a thods. first of which is to permit ( the inclusion of the cost of labor d in determining parity prices and v secondly, to prohibit the deduction a of government benefit payments e or bounties in calculating price t ceilings for their crops. The Of- f fice of Price Administration and c fhe Department of Agriculture are opposed to these plans on the ? theory it would break down neces- p sary inflation control programs. t Trade unions are demanding high-[a er wages and want the National I e War Labor Board wage formula c base on living costs thrown over- f board. Here are the wheels-within- jj wheels of living costs' issue. Debate in the Senate this week was to the effect that including la- d bor costs, which represents 35 d per cent of production expense s l applied to all farm commodities, ' would result in consumers paying y at least 30 per cent more for i: foodstuffs. After a stormy session the Senate sent this bill e DacK 10 commucee ror Hearings * on the charge it was "railroaded" r through in 15 minutes without 1* the public or government given a f chance to explain its disastrous f effects. Forecast is that a similar s | measure will be reported again to the Senate as a companion bill c has already passed the House. a There is every reason to believe r that the farm bills will be vetoed J1 by the President and equal cause i! for doubt that his disapproval n will be sustained. The House f passed one bill by an overwhelm- 0 ing vote. O. P. A. Administrator e Brown is the authority for the ^ charge that raising parity prices a for farm products would cost the s public or the consumers nearly 11 p per cent more for food in retail o stores. He added that it would e increase the government expense s by one and one-quarter billion s dollars each year. That a class 0 war is brewing is hinted in the ^ American Federation of Labor's 0 claim, "From 1939 to 1942 per capita net farm income has increased 128 per cent while the factory workers' weekly income ? has risen only 49 per cent." The 1 union points out. "Yet farmers s have gone to Congress insisting ? on further general price increases while workers have accepted wage stablization." The Administration 3 is frankly concerned that its best a efforts to stop inflation will flat- j ten out under combined pressure for farm price and wage boosts. This week is the deadline for r thousands of persons listed in r non-deferable occupations to t transfer to work in necessary in- r dustries. The War Manpower Commission will start a check on ^ the applications received at the h various field offices. The 48-hour week program becomes effective c at the same time. The enforce- a ment policy is not clear although considerable authority has been delegated to regional officials to s handle locally. The re-scheduling c Of war production programs in _ many areas may cause a slow- ( down and relieve the labor short- t a&e. b War needs have forced Uncle j Sam into the real estate business ' 'Reasonable effort may wen De iirected toward promotion of gar:en efforts among people and in ituations where the gardeners are ikely ' w^vceed, and equally toward curbing of effort where it 3 likely to fail." While we know that the farmrs of our section will continue to nake cotton and tobacco their riain cash crops this year, we :now also that they must produce ood not only for their own amilies, but for those of us reiding in nearby cities and towns. There is a great need for oil rops such as peanuts, soybeans, .nd cottonseed. Cottonseed caries the means of producing more neat and milk through the utiljation of meal and hulls. In conlection with the demand for food, armers are urged to produce all f the pork, beef, mutton, milk, ggs and poultry that can be proneed and assembled in marketble quantities. Cheap roughage, uch as comes from kudzu, lesledeza, peavine and other types f quality hay, are needed on evry farm; and there is more reaon than ever for producing home upplies of such crops as corn, ats, wheat, and rice. Sweets may ie supplied through the growing f sorghum, sugar cane, and the iroduction of honey. In view of the shortage of foods f various kinds, it is of unusual mportance that'' farm families hould have home gardens, mbracing the usual vegetables herein, and in addition thereto trovision should be made for a usbstantial acreage in both sweet ,nd Irish potatoes. i1 ARMERS MAY EXCEED COTTON ALLOTMENTS North Carolina cotton producers nay exceed 1943 acreage allotnents by as much as 10 percent his year and not be subject to narketing quotaspenalties, acording to H. A. Patten, State LAA Executive Assistant. Mar;eting quotas, however, will be naintained and cotton sold in exess of 10 percent above the acrege allotment will be subject to lenalties. me move, jranen saia, is aligned to insure plantings of full otton allotments in the cottoniroducing area. Farmers of the lotton Belt normally underplant he total cotton acreage allotment iy 10 to 15 percent. North Caroina farmers last year planted 161,000 acres of a total allotment f 912,000 acres. "Planting of not more than 110 ercent of the allotment will not esult in deductions from 1943 Agricultural Conservation Proram payments," Patten said. "No ayment, however, will be commuted an acreage planted between 00 and 110 percent of the alotment, and deductions will reult if the producer exceeds his 943 allotment by more than 10 ercent. "The step recognizes that there .re some areas of the Cotton Jelt that are better adapted to reduction of cotton than to oth r oil crops which we need so adly in the war effort. All coton farmers, however, should make very effort to meet their goals Or soybeans, and peanuts, and ncrease production of feed rains," he added. He declared farmers planting ip to 110 percent of their cotton creage allotment will be eligible or 1943 cotton loans at the full ate. >T. SOUTHPORT, N. C. intil their rights to the property re established. Nation Becoming Food Conscious By GCY A. CARDWELL ion. Ag. Agent A. C. L. R. B- Co. War conditions are rapidly ausing the food buyers for evry family to become food concious. Heretofore, if one had ,ioney in pocket or purse, it was ot difficult to find and buy preerred articles for the family taile; but for weeks past, the buyrs have walked from store to tore, stood in line, and competed vith others for whatever kind of neat, butter, canned goods, vegeables, fruits, cereals and other oods as had been received since he visit of the day before to tores of the food merchants. There seems to be little that an be done to improve this sitation, due to actual shortages aused by heavy buying for the irmy, Navy and Lend-Lease, and ossibly to faulty distribution; ( nd if the prospective buyer hestiates to grab the food in sight, lerks have been known to say: If you do not want these bannas (green), or these tomatoes, expensive and not so good), 'you o not have to buy." In other ,'ords, "a take it or leave it" ales policy prevails in some stablishments. This indifference o the wishes of the customer ortunately seems to be the exeption and not the rule. There is a lot to be said about Victory Gardens" and some good eople would like to see a vegeable garden on every vacant lot nd on every patch of ground, in very yard, but "vegetables do not ome from the garden without efort and care and risk of not ;etting them and also they may e very cheap at market." - NOT We have a new candidate for the est Man." This one is the person Red Cross bank from the W.B.&S night after riders had contributed to this cause. The bank was kept the drivers, Willie Johnson and Hor and both were boiling mad when 1 the theft ... We never fully apprec port Volunteer Fire Department u | in action. Good work Sunday mo serious loss at Trinity Methodist < local efforts were aided Sunday bj formerly of the Washington, D. and Wilbur Tharpe, who has help* started by bombs since this war You seldom hear of a carnival and getting away with as many n about them as the R. & S. Amu. showed here last week. Operator o treating peanut seed i reduces seed Decay f Reports from various sections < of eastern North Carolina indi- 1 cate that the germination of 1 many peanuts will be exceptionally poor this year. Howard R. ' Garriss, Extension plant patholo- 1 gist, N. C. State College, says 1 that farmers should not only be < careful in the selection of their ' planting seed but that they should also treat them. Tests show that peanut seed treatment reduces seed decay and , results in greatly improved stands ( in greatly improved stands and ] much larger yields. i According to Garriss, arasan is < one of the most practical mater- i ials for treating peanut seed. The i rotary barrel-type machine, commonly used for treating cotton ( seed, can be used with good re- 1 suits. He suggests that the bar- , rel be about half full of seed ] when the recommended amount j of material is applied. Close the i barrel and rotate slowly for 5 i minutes. 1 If this type of machine is not available, any tight barrel or ] drum may be used, by rolling it I over and over for several min- i r More 1 THE SI IN You don't v in other sectio of travel restr V/Vll O4 I uu wqu i a. on in your cot The welfar family depend the Rationing SEND IN TH TheS "You SOHTHPORl ESDAY, MARCHT^^B clean amusement pays hetto"*^H . Top show s -A Yank At F.: ier, former football great at onday for New York for ids here hope the big guy retur^B ie for duty . . . Chicken project^^l lens are springing up or. ;juecnie, ( . ^8 from Wilmington during ad of four years ago. has murt^B stables . . . Prinee. Dr. Roy H .on to his stable, is out or. qualities as a work horse are looking forward to an WEDN1 ' EXACTLY N] title of "Mean- lieve that good, who stole the the long run . . . bus Saturday at the Amuzu i at least $10.00 Mickey Rooney. in the bus by Ensign Don El( ner McKeithan, tre Dame, left M they discovered training. His frier :iate the South- to the section ba: intil we see it and victory garti rning saved a vacant lot in tow :hurch. Strictly! Horse Notes: ( r Dick Rankin, | horses imported C., department Southport horse f ;d put out fire j ed to the Sutton began. iels' latest additi playing a town farm, having his ice things said tigated . . . We sements, which visit to one of t f this unit be- units. ites. The seed can be treated at iny time before planting but aftsr they are treated, they should re stored in a cool, dry place un:il planted. Garriss warns that treated seed should not be aten by humans or farm animals, and they should rot be sold to the oil mills, be;ause of the toxic materials used n treating. VEW LESPEDEZA USED FOR WILDLIFE FEED More than 450 farmers in North Carolina are seeding a new lespeieza called "bicolor" this spring for wildlife and soil conservation, says Verne E. Davidson of the Soil Conservation Service in a eport to the Extension Service it N. C. State College.' The lespedeza is a perennial - ind grows from 6 to iu ieet ligh. Tests in the Soil Conservation Service nursery at Chapel Sill and observations in surroundng states prove that bicolor seed s an excellent food for bobwhites ind that rabbits eat the bark of he plants readily. A total of 2,4'S pounds of seed lave been distributed in 63 counties in North Carolina for use as .voodlarid borders, hedges and on 'han Ever YOU NEED rATE PORT I YOUR HOM rant to lose contac ns of the county si ictions. i * fford not to know jity government. e of every mem Is upon your nn<t program. YOUR CHECK F< IS WEEK... FOI tate Fori ir County Newspa] 1 * * " " he Coast Guard Mounted Pati^l rough and odd shaped "areaTtj^B growers are willing to lPavf iH Wildlife cover and food. Dav,;^B points out. H Shrubby lespedeza can be est^l lished by direct seed, iiVP jB many years without re-PStay,^B ment, are not harmed t.v cutting, or rabbit damage ic ter, and are very attrac'ive August and September with masses of purple flowers. son says. They answer a search for a perennial lespei^^l to replace annual plants for j food patches. H GROWING TIMBER B A. J. Eubar.ks. of Kookmfl Greene County, is delighted his 4 acres of Loblolly pir.es two years ago. He lias Q -^B cent of a stand and the tn^| average three feet in height WHEAT FOR STOtiT I Three thousand bushels of ernment feed wheat has beer. 1 tribvited to Cabarrus County j stock and poultry growers ggHj ; of this wheat will be orderei^H soon as it is available. Taxi drivers in Santiago, ChiH are permitted to maintain ot^| one taxi. fl Before I PILOT I t with friends mply because what is going ber of your I erstanding of I OR $1.50 I r Pilot I r us ? - per" . N.C.
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