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PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT * Southport, N. C. t PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor a toterad u second-cloaa matter April 20, 1020, at C tto Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1870. I ,, j. Subscription Rates OWE TEAR *1A0 6 EX MONTHS 1.00 i THREE MONTHS ?. m .... M .. ,75 j NATIONAL EDITORIALIQ4D&JSSOC1ATION Id it VllunAtA^ 1 f s Wednesday, September 29, 1943 1 ? ? t Welcome?Service Men r THERE has been a marked increase in attendance of service men at the v local churches recently. This is most v gratifying to the pastors of the various ii churches in town and to the citizens in a general. j. This increase is partially due, we are t sure, to the encouragement given the of- ^ ficers and men by the Commanding Officer at the Naval Section Base, Command- ^ er George Campbell. Every Sunday morn- ^ ing he has special buses bring the men ^ over for services. Having been in the service for 44 years, p Commander Campbell realizes that the religious influence figures greatly in the ^ moulding of men into a force with a purpose and the will to secure a better world. s ? " *' ^ i n 7 , O Gambling Un tooa rroauciwn |f( THE ceiling on shrimp, based on prices J) that prevailed in September, 1942, p appears to us to be forcing the food pro- j, ducers, who have not been forced out of tj business already, to engage in the biggest gamble of all times. They are not producing food and re- t] ceiving returns to compare with the pres- ^ ent day demands, and what the public is ^ willing and eager to pay. The whole ceiling is based on conditions that existed a , year ago, and any one with the least in- ^ telligence can see that the cost of production has increased tremendously in those { twelve months. The shrimpers and dealers have been caught in this tide of advanced ' 'cost and are expectefl td deliver food- tl stuffs, regardless of the fact that they cannot make a living by so doing. v< We cheerfully' admit having been an vi earnest advocate of increased food production, but, so long as agencies of the h government elect to put price ceilings S that are all for the benefit of the high f< salaried consuming public, and the pro- tl ducer has to gamble to make his living, it appears we have been making a mis- e] take. a N. C. Schools Are Very Lucky t! o NOW and then one reads of the hard a luck that some North Carolina com- ^ munity alleges is confronting it. It howls ^ because a regular teacher's position is vacant, or because it is unable to get an a extra teacher for its increased attend- n ance. Taking everything by and large, it ^ , seems to us that the schools of North Carolina, with respect to teachers, are in /better shape than any other state in the * Union. ? Take Illinois as a contrast. Last week ^ the educational authorities in Illinois announced that they were unable to open 782 schools of that state. Many of these ^ being large consolidated affairs in which vmany teachers are normally employed. The teacher shortage in that state runs i~ into the thousands. wh on vnu rooH in fho rwanors nf this I or that school in this state being up against hard lines because an extra tea- g cher is not available, or because some regular teacher has resigned and no qualified instructor is immediately available to take his or her place, just forget all about it. Remember that things are ten times worse in other states. Our schools are very lucky to be running as smoothly as they are. Decrees Don't Produce Cows FOR sometime past the American people have been reading that they can expect milk rationing. They are therefore partially prepared for such drastic a step. The civilian butter reserve is at the vanishing point, which means that our milk supply is below needed amounts. t Farm labor costs, dairy feed, seed and everything the dairy farmer uses, have shown either normal or abnormal rises. No matter how fine our economic planners spin their theories, all of them comwow v. >ined cannot produce a milk cow in less han three years, by law, executive deree, or otherwise. There is just one way to get more milk, tnd that is to allow the farmer who proluces it a fair and reasonable profit basd on the cost of production and the la>or involved. Until that is done, the milk, >utter and cheese supply will grow shortir and there is no use in kidding the American people about the issue. Debt That Can't Be Paid a characteristic of the jungle fighting r\ in the Southwest Pacific is the high >roportion of nonfatal wounds. Japanese nipers fortunately are poor shots. Equaly fortunately for our men in that area, here are plertty of highly trained medical nen to care for wounds immediately. If it rere not for this on-the-spot medical serice, the horror of infection and death yould become almost unbearable. Reportng on the heroism of the Army doctors, news dispatch from Munda states: "It 3 a heart-warming experience to watch he young surgeons working night and ay, ministering to the wounded Amerians in the gloomy depths of the New leorgia jungle. The main responsibility or saving lives rests with them ... It as been the aim of the medical corps in lis campaign to give every wounded man reliminarv treatment within a few minu>s after he has been hit . . . The Corps oes its job with the bullets and shrapnel :ill flying." These are the same doctors that a year r so ago were striving to build careers jr themselves at home. Most of them ave families and all of them spent long ears of study and privation preparing to ractice medicine. They carry with them lto battle a wealth of knowledge and le best traditions of the American medi* Eil profession. The parents, wives and sweethearts of le men in service owe the military doc>rs a debt of gratitude they can never ope to repay. hit This Caps The Climax iUGAR was short first. We had our ) sweet tooth pulled and one teaspoonll of sugar (instead of our proverbial iree) in our coffee was sufficient. Next it was coffee. We never liked it ery strong anyway, therefore got along ery well. Then it was steak. The rich brown, iscious steak, smothered in onions, and arnished with mushrooms, was but a >nd memory. We survived that an rignt, lough. On down the list?butter, chicken, ggs, and the like. We managed to get long without them very well. But now?this climax of it all?that's le hardest. We could get along without ur usual amount of sugar, our coffee, nd steaks, but when we sit down to the ible and there are no grits there, then lat hurts. The situation had become so alarmingly cute last week that Time Magazine was loved to comment. It chose to call the ivorite dish of most southerners a "gas onomical delicacy." Call them what you may, but we look ith eager anticipation to the day when rits will once more grace the southern ible. We hear Hitler's tearing his hair out. /hen he starts on that comical mustache, ictory will be ours. j Shears And Paste t ALDWIN'S GOOD WORK (Birmingham News) It is disheartening to see how the liberal intelligence which has made so many phases of Washington an inspiring place since '33 is being driven out. The story of Baldwin, head of the Farm Security Administration, is the story of this process. He is an able administrator, despite mistakes which his organization has made. Since '35, he has been in a position to body forth fresh ideas in the field of agriculture. He was a major factor under Will Alexander, he has stood on his own feet for three years. He is the victim of obscurantists, because he lacks the political, perhaps the administration, support to steer a source which is the projection of policies he holds dear. The Ed O'Neals, representing the big farmers, and the Senator Byrds, representing antiadministration forces, have joined hands to smash a public servant who sought to aid the little, the forgotten, man on the farm. THE STATE PORT PIU WASHINGTON |! LETTER < WASHINGTON, September 22. ?Mixture of politics and war threatens to produce an unsavory stew. Two major controverses ? S draft of fathers and the Ful- 31 bright resolution committing the ? country to a post-war collaboration program ? have provoked g concern in officialdom. Both projects are snagged this week. g( President Roosevelt's report to Congress last Friday on the progress of the war may have ]( some effect in loosening the ^ snarled legislative threads. Though itj the White House message was silent on the draft issue, many lawmakers read into Mr. Roose- ? velt's report strong hints that ti nothing should be done to slow ? down the tempo of war activities. '' Yet, the Baruch findings that the a lack of teamwork among govern- 81 ment agencies accounts for many ills in the manpower problem Cl may stimulate demands for strict- S er legislative controls over these ii policy-makers. e: HIT COMPLACENCY 0 Mr. Roosevelt and other leaders are striking hard at the spirit of " Complacency which is regarded as seriously undermining the war ef- P fort. The War and Navy Depart- oi ments have advised the War tl Production Board not to relax iff h; any manner the programs for the si utmost utilization of all resour- ir ces. They declared that the cur- a1 rent high output is still insuffi- s( cient to provide a minimum of protection in the form of imple- c< ments of war for the armed ser- el vices. Similarily, word has been tl passed to workers inclined to let n down in war factories that instan- e1 ces are too frequent where Amer- B icans have died for the lack of adequate equipment. It is official ly stated our most serious limit- 11 ing factor is man hours and par-1 ticularly skilled man hours. Man-1 power Chief McNutt told a Sen- j ate committee there is ineffective use of labor in government estab- \ lishments as well as in private enterprise. In order to attain the j goal set for armaments output in-, jdustrial production must within the next twelve months, rise at j least 6 per cent above its Aug- j ust level. The manpower bottle- j Ineek continues to be a controlling |n( factor and is declared unquestion- ^ ably to have retarded the flow of ^ goods and services. c( SENATORS CHIDED ti With nearly one-third of the u: Senators failing to answer roll w calls during the first week of the P1 Congressional post-recess session, many are chafing under the ver- U1 bal lashings of their colleagues. The sore spot was uncovered by j ^ Senator Scott Lucas, of Illinois,1 who chided his associates for ab-' senteeism, particularly at public j and executive hearings on the! r. Senate Military Affairs Commit- j tee, relating to the draft of fa- *7 thers. He criticized the practice long prevalent of having only a vv handful present at important hearings when legislation is draft- a ed. The Mid-Western solon openly charged "the members do not give the close attention to proposed legislation that it should receive." cl Many others concurred in his opi- ai nions. Lucas lambasted the tendency of minority members to stay 111 away from committee meetings on the therory the majority would .! vote according to the dictates of the current Administration. He al pointed out the same absenteeism prevailed when Republicans were Ia' in control of Congress and stamn-1 ed this neglect of duty as detri- ^ I mental to their constituents. What | Senator Lucas failed to relate was I the acknowledged fact that many a] 1 legislators sit through hearings b( at the insistence of pressure ^ groups and not from their inclinations. n LOOK TO CONGRESS I Notwithstanding differences in ' partisanship, there is a striking ? similarity in the reports of "home 1 front views" as now appearing in " the Congressional Record. The digests of conclusions expressed ? by lawmakers, fresh from meetings in their districts, show that the average person fully expects Congress to. remedy conditions not to their liking. Among the demands of citizens consulted by Senator Wiley of Wisconsin were: Checks on trends toward state socialism in the guise of war emergencies; calling a halt to ir proven wastes in government ex- ac penditures; real post-war planning p now to cushion shock of war's ai ending; requests for more defi- fa nite plans on peace policies; ear- ly clarification of the manpower " muddle and cutrailment of Federal payrolls. On the other hand e( House Speaker Sam Rayburn SI claimed there was too much ai grumbling on what he called "the pi noisy, squabble-ridden front at home." w NATION BOOMING ^ Data compiled by various Fed- D eral agencies confirm the popular B belief that things are booming. Estimates of the Department of w Commerce show that gross na- ?' tional expenditures in 1943 will L be approximately $188 billion, an A increase of 24 per cent over 1942. These expenditures represent the in value of currently produced goods and services to government, to CI private persons and to business. n( Government war expenditures for al goods and services this year, ex- P1 eluding offshore expenditures and allotment to soldiers' dependents, are expected to total $88.5 billion, a gain of 75 per cent over ?* 1842. All expenditures of the Fed- a eral Government are estimated at H 4 3T, SOUTHPORT, N. C. 95 billion. Total private expenitures this year are expected to ;main at about the 1942 level. \ave Howe-Grown Pork Without Loss By following a few simple rules, 1 rowers can easily save" a good j upply of home-grown pork with- , ut loss, says Dr. D. E. Brady, in harge of meat research for the .gricultural Experiment Station , t State College. He suggests that since it will 1 Don be time to butcher and cure ork, growers should write to the ( igricultural Editor, at State Col ge, Raleigh, for a free copy of ,'xtension Circular No. 262, en- , itled "The Farm Pork Supply." This publication lists the equiplent needed; describes the best i lethods of butchering and cuting; and gives two plans for curig, ? dry curing and brine cur- 1 lg. Information on smoking' and recipe for making sausage is alii included. The secret of pork curing, ac- i ording to Dr. Brady, is to use ood sound meat, the correct curig ingredients, and clean containrs. Of course, it is necessary that lere be cool weather for cur? Salt is the agent primarily resonsible for curing. Excessive amLints of salt injure the flavor of le meat and cause a too great i ? .?, .1? Tnnl arut*iiiiig ui uic uiuovK-o. mall on amount of salt, accordig to the expert, allows bacterial ction to set in, causing subiquent spoilage of the meat. Sugar is used in the curing pro;ss to counteract the hardening 1 ffect of the salt and to improve le flavor and texture of the leat. White or brown sugar, or /en molasses, may be used, rady said. 'armers May Get ' Electrical Wiring j lr. Dodson, Secretary To ] USDA War Board Has j Quota For Electrical Cop- I per Wire For Certain i Purposes 1 J. E. Dodson, of Supply, an- ' iunces that under a new plan < gently put into operation by the far Production Board and the ] Tar Food Administration, each | >unty is given a quota of elec- j ical copper wire which may be j sed only for approved farmstead iring which will increase food roduction, such as for wiring mses, barns, etc. It cannot be ! sed for wiring a dwelling. Thf County USDA War Board j is been authorized to distribute lis quota among the farms in ' lis county, so if you need copper ' ire for farmstead use (other ' lan for wiring your house) go to !r. Dodson's office and make aplication right away. Qf course, lere are certain requirements hich must be met but if you jalify, the County War Board m issue you a certificate which ill enable your dealer to sell you le wire. The County USDA War Board in also authorize your farm for i electrical service connection, rovidfed certain requirements are tet. The main requirement for jrchasing cooper wire for get ng a puwci iiiic wiiiictuuu is iat your farm have at least 5 limal units. However, if you need only a nail amount of wire, you don't ive to have five animal units nor > you have to come to the ofce to get a certificate. You can d directly to your dealer and by gning a certification that you e a farmer and the wire is to i used on the farmstead, you lay purchase up to 75 feet. [o Plant Much Vinter Peas Soon !ar Load Of Austrian Winter Pea Seed To Be Received Shortly To Supplement Amount Already In Hands Of Brunswick County Farmers Brunswick farmers are preparig to plant a total of about 2,454 :res of land in Austrian Winter eas, this fall. Seed for 636 acres re already in the hands of the irmers, having been carried over. Ixty thousand pounds of addional seed will shortly be recelv1 by the A. A. A. office at liallotte and will be distributed nong the farmers who plan to ant. Handling this car load of seed ill be U. L. Rourk of Leland, r. C. Savage of Winnabow, J. awson Lewis, of Bolivia, Odell lanton, of Supply, Delmas Heett, of Shallotte, Harry Bennett, ' Thomasboro, L. C. Brown, of ongwood and J. R. Simmons, of sh. The peas are much like clover i that in sowing on land that is never been planted in the op before, it is necessary to insulate the seed. This is easily id cheaply done with laboratory epared products. DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and Mrs. Milton Johnson, ' Bolivia, announce the birth of daughter at Dosher Memorial ospital on Sept. 16. I -NOT EXNC This September, say the local weatherwise, has' been the coldest that they remember ... A sheriff i ind three Ex-Sheriffs were all in town Monday: Sheriff Willetts, Ex-Sheriffs Dillon Ganey, R. D. White and F. L. Lewis. After tomorrow Chief of Police Otto Hickman will begin rounding up all stray dogs. Better be sure the tax is paid on your pooch or he may be among the missing . . . Dick Brendle says there ire plenty of quail waiting the hunters and that I he has five boxes of shells saved up from last! I season. The squirrel season opens Friday and there ' seems to be plenty of them this year?but no am-' munition . . . Few people realize that Uncle Jim, the efficient mailing, clerk and janitor at the post! office, is 78 years of age . . . Second to Aunt j Mary Ann Galloway, who is reputed to be about' a hundred and a dozen years old, is Sarah Jane Collon, who is 89 and still going strong . . a Oscar Galloway, once a member of a trio of colored men I who were celebrated for their wit, is 80. The other j two are dead. Chinquapin time was reflected Sunday in the' large number of folks taking a stroll through the J woods . . . Used to be a Southporter who consid1* !" ,ing season is to< lo encourage Planting Grain a, Hospital during 1 County Agent's Office Will Put On Campaign To En- WAS courage Fanners to Plant C. R. Livingst< More Small Grain And Plant Earlier This Year The office of the county agent it Supply will immediately get V_/V--'J underway a campaign to encourage farmers in Brunswick county in the planting of more small \I/*fl jrain. Efforts will also be made " lO ? have this grain planted earlier i i i ? in the fall than in previous years. SIIUUIU DC However, owing to the damage tinns fnr that is often done by the Hessian 11UI1S tor riy it is not felt advisable to sow aefore the first killing frost. A V Good seeding times, says Coun- r\I*C I 01 ty Agent Dodson, are in this orier for Brunswick county: t Ooats, from October 1 through, III 01 November; Barley, October 1 you nee(J through November; Wheat as soon J is possible after the first killing frost Where practical, it appears advisable for farmers planning to /"* sow wheat to get their land in \Ji readiness to plant just as soon as the first killing frost strikes, rhis will give them better assurince of being able to sow all the iesired acreage before the plantHB Everywhere our armed forces are smashing the enemy back in the new aggressive war of INVASION. < 5 ft They are your sons, husband, brothers, sweetheart, father, relatives and iriends. They ask only one thing?that you back t them up ALL THE WAT. y jf? With Victory coming nearer, you must not fail our boys?your soldier, sailor or marina. You'ra net asked to give a cent ?only to put ^5 THIS ADVERTISEMENT SPOIS HARRELL'S FU SOUTHPOl WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29 ia.. H TLY NEWS - | ered the chinquapin his chief money Orchids to R. F. Plaxeo for his efforts '< JX the war bond drive across ... As an ii|Ust,' of how Southporter's want the work of lti. Scouts and Cub Scoots- to continue. , .ti? marked this week that he could idcr of the Cub Scouts by their good beh | JS Sure harbinger of fall is the spontar ..lls I9 pearance of football games on the C:ini;,.? g 3 We knew all the time that a group of q,^ 1M called a covey, but we were surpris.! to {,;? ! other bird designations. For instance" it ^1 1 of phesants; a Wisp of snipe: a Flight of i 1 2 or Swallows: A Muster of Peacock- \ EiiM herons; a Building of rooks; a Br< if a Plump of wildfowl. Dr. Londis G. Brown, who formerly pter^B medicine and surgery here and went it , thf vice two years ago, is now in California I f Squire Afton Smith likes nothing so 1 uch ,1 2 lecture to a group of colored people r, will soon be another scrap metal drive, niean.vr K * we have a good bit of tin that was e nate.' the Section Base and which is to be 1 r.?:<o some charitable purpose. > far advanced. patient at Dosher Me merit) u^^B ATIENT pital for several days last S lale was a medi tosher Memorial IN' HOSPITAL S last week. owrvcus is :f patter James Walker Hospital in L DAYS AHEAD I li the weather turning cooler yonH :gin to think about your prepara-H 11 Ready for Cold Weather? I ar store you will find the things . W. KIRBY & SONS I SUPPLY, N. C. I . every dollar you can scrape up into the world's sales! investment?War Bonds. | f i Buy at least one extra $100 War Bond j during this $15,000,000,000 3rd War loan I Drive in addition to your regular bond- | gd buying. Everyone who possibly can must \ invest at least $100. Some o' Too must invest thousands. jB Take it out of income, take B it out of idle and accumu- I XD S lated funds. Start "scratching El A D wP 3rayel" now! /H I ISORED AND PAID FOR BY 11 NERAL HOME I *T, N. c. I 1 I
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