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PAGE 4 ' " ' The State fort Pilot |j Southport, N. G. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR. Editor (On Leave of Absence In U. S. N. R.) Entered 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 $1.50 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS 75 Wednesday, May 24, 1944 Corn Crop Needs Attention With an admittedly fine corn crop in this county last year there was still a great shortage. Few farmers found out in the fall that they had enough for their own increased reeds for feeding purposes. Those who grew none, or an insufficiency of the grain, found themselves entirely unable to buy. They have had to depend on inferior feedstuffs, the price of which has been sky high. A bushel of corn is probably equal in value to five or six dollars i worth of the stuff that farmers have had to buy for feed. It is now getting almost two late for corn to be planted, but there is still time and the need is such that every effort should be made to utilize it. For their own needs, if not for sale, the farmers of this county should make every effort to grow ill the corn they can this year. If next winter should find them worse off for feed than they were during the past winter it will be ruinous to have to buy feeds to take the place of the corn which they failed to grow. With all of the apparent need for increased planting of corn this year it is also apparent that the needed increase in production cannot be gained by merely planting. This year's corn fcTop, in order to gain the greatest possible yield, should be given every possible care, cultivation and fertilization. Good Island Publicity Since May 14th w ien release was given, newspapers throughout the United States have been carrying pictures of the scenes on Bald Head Island. Three pictures to form a series have been syndicated by Wide World Photos, an organization as extensive as its name indicates. 1 * a? _ -A lU ~ in syndicating a p,ciuie, me same pocedure is followed as that used by the Associated Press and other news gathering organization. The picture syndicate selects pictures with a general popular appeal and sends copies to all newspapers and magazines that subscribe to their serv ce. These papers use the matter or do not use it, in the same manner that a paper uses or does not use Associated Press matter. The first paper to appear here carrying the full series of three Bald Head Island pictures was tie Sunday News of New York in whbh they formed half a page. The Sunday News has a circulation of three million seven hundred thousand copies and the appearance of the pictures in its pages constituted pretty good p ublicity. The pictures were nade by Ben Patrick, of the State News Bureau, last Summer. Subsequently Wide World Photos acquired a se', for distribution. Acme Photos, another universal picture distributing organization is acquiring another set of pictures that was made on the island at the same time and before the pictures cease appearing in newspapers and magazines Bald Head Island will have gained extensive and valuable publicity. An ln-Between Farm Crop Everybody knows that this is a busy time for farmers, especially since war has stepped up the demands for foods. But it is also an old saying that if you want an important job done get a busy man to do it. Pulpwood cutting is a farm job because pulpwood is a farm crop just as much as corn, cotton, potatoes or vegetables. Pulpwood is also as important to the war effort as other farm products, for without it the war couldn't be won against the Nazis and the Japs. Every farmer knov/s that there are times, even in his busiest season, when he can't work on his field crops for one reason or another. Perhaps it is the laying-off period. Maybe it's the weather. That is the ^me to cit pulpwood. ^ Idle farm woodlancs can be made to \ produce a quick pulpwood harvest and . ' \ A a tidy cash return while waiting for field crops to ripen. If you are in an area where mills want peeled pulpwood, this is the best time of the year to peel. Pulpwood prices ar^ at a wartime peak. There is a ready market for this war material. If you are a farmer or a farm worker, don't let a day or an hour go to waste. When you're not working in the field, cut pulpwood in the woods, your country needs every stick you can cut. ?????????????? Heaven Have Mercy The signal successes achieved by French and Polish troops attached to the Fifth and Eighth armies come as one of the thrilling features of the current Italian offensive. For the first time since the downfall of their nations before the Nazi steamroller, French and Poles fighting as national units have been given a major assignment against I the enemy and have performed it with the traditional brilliance of French and Polish troops. To see the name of the French playing such a prominent part in the communiques and the news releases from the battlefronts- reads like the great days of World War I when the French army performed miracles of defense and offense against the armies of Kaiser Wilhelm. It's great to have the French playing again a prominent role in Allied victory. Nor less does it produce a fascinating thrill for the Poles to have been the troops to capture Monastery Ilill. Not since four years ago when the Polish army was destroyed by the Germans have the Poles been able to lash out in force and with superior equipment against the Nazis. For them to have taken the hill which for so long had defied all efforts of the Allies writes a new page in Polish valor. Significant is the fact that the news dispatches attribute the superiority of JL the Poles to the hate which they pos- ^ sessed. Twice dislodged from command- V ing heights won at great cost, the Poles, says the Associated Press account of the battle, with equal arms and superior hate could not be denied their goal when the third and final m, charge was made. It will be that hate for the Germans r.^,^1 ~ , : 11: amuiuei uiK in tut; uicrtata ui jiiuiiuiid ui enslaved Europeans which will afford the Allies a weapon of immense signifi- jjy cance once D-Day has arrived. When, once the way is clear for the Greeks, ' the Serbs, the Czechs, the Poles, the su French, the Dutch, the Belgians, the hai Danes and the Norweigans to give ex- bie pression to their volcanic wrath against ma the Nazi conqueror, Europe will then 1 see such a conflagration of human emo- thi tions as 110 age has ever witnessed, and ^ Heaven have mercy on the Nazis! da ths To All Qualified Voters ai? No Saturday is the day of election. It to will be the time for all good and hon- opi est citizens to come to the aid of their tra county and state. It will be the day wil when political offices are filled with honest or dishonest, competent or in- coi competent men. It will be the day when lov politics or statesmanship win the right bai to rule county and state government for a another political term. Democracy p.uts the matter of gov- thl ernment into the hands of the people. do< TIiqv ^ofovmino fnv iliomeolvoe wliat tO X IIVJ UVI/V1 iilitiv J-\Sl l/liVUlOVl ? VO " kind of government they want, whether ter good or bad, honest or corrupt. rat It is a responsibility of fearful proportions. It creates a challenge for ^ those citizens interested in good gov- tui ernment which should not be disregar- ma ded. Citizens with no political axe to co! grind and with no other interest invol- fai ved save the welfare of the county's ? and state's best interest should beware lest personal callousness toward government and politics blind them to the responsibility they have toward their county, their state, their nation. It is not a new thing to urge citizens of a democracy to take advantage of their sovereign right of voting. It has been done so often that to do so again ' smacks of being trite and obsolete. But ? so long as substantial citizens, whose * personal interests are not in politics, ? leave the business of politics to the pro- j fessional politician, it will be necessary , to urge upon all the people the neces- c sity for casting their ballots on election J day. 1 A man shouldn't leave powder on ] his coat. It is likely to explode if his > wife touches it. j Seeing ourselves as others see us doesnt' mean much, for others scarcely give us a glance. 4 . * ? THE STATE PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, N. and the Farmer f || ^J?|1 Head, Dept. of Agricultural Economics f Rhode Island State College ^ \iMH SOUND farm management sug- turns are small. A potato growgests that funds should be re- er who put part of his receipts served now to provide for depreqi- from the 1942 and 1943 crops into ation, for insurance against risks, War Bonds will find such a reand for expected future outlays, serve is extremely helpful in a The purchase of War Bonds is one year of low prices. A few hunof -the best ways to conserve such dred dollars in War Bonds are savings. very useful when the farm family Every experienced farmer knows faces an emergency as a result he must.keep buildings in repair, of a serious illness or accident, and that machinery wears out or In planning for the future of the becomes obsolete. In oui> present family or the business, each farm crisis, many of the outlays needed operator will find reserves for a to maintain the farm plant must specific purpose are desirable, be deferred. The lumber, min- With one it will be a provision erals and chemicals now produced for the education of children; with and our skilled and unskilled labor another funds for retirement may must be used to produce foods and be important. With a young man fibre, build ships, make airplanes, especially, such reserves will furand provide the other goods and nish the first payment for the purservices essential to the prosecu- chase of a farm. A farmer who tion of the war. owns the land he operates will find As our farm machinery gets old- such a fund useful if and when an er, as buildings go without paint- opportunity to purchase additional ing, and with minimum attention land develops. to other repairs, these needs . grow. When the war is over, our _ Saving Time Varies industries again will make civilian The time of the year when mon? j- ????? h?iM. ey to buy War Bonds is available guuu*. o.vU,6 varies with the type ol larming. mg a reserve through the pur- Qn da (arms income usuall is chase of War Bonds now, w.U receiveJmonthly or semimonthly, enable a farmer to buy the equip- es f the ? f ment and the other goods, and arePheavy during the months services which then will be avail- ^ chickens are being raised 8 c , _ r . . Producers of cash crops have Savings Are Beneficial ^ large out]ays during the planting The savings from current in- apd growing season, come should include funds to re- But depreciation is continuous, place household equipment and Therefore, irrespective of the type furnishings, to buy new equip- of farming, definite provision ment, and to install a water sys- should be made to reserve in War tem, a central heating plant, elec- Bonds part of the receipts from tricity, or some other service sales of crops, livestock, or livewhich will add to the convenience stock products, and comfort of family living. United States War Bonds may A back-log in War Bonds will be bought in various amounts and help to carry the farm business are "^able. For every $3.00 through a year in which expenses !?ves returned at exceed the returns. Farming is * f erVi . , years. They are ? f??, safe. The interest rate compares . j. , t favorably with that from savings of the risks are price changes, deposjts, Investing in War Bonds unfavorable weather, the outbreak hef to finance thc war. Follow. of disease the attack of a destruc- jng the war_ such savings will pro. tive insect, and the sudden illness vjde the farm operator with the of the operator. Growers of cash 'jash to buy improvements for his crops know that prices vary from farm and home; to educate his year to year. Savings set aside children; and to do the other during years when prices are rela- things which he or his family wish tively high, will help to carry the to undertake, at a time when loans business through a year when re- may be difficult to obtain. U. S. Treasury Department i Earning Against Rabies In Dogs And Horses Is Issued * _ . ., by a rabid horse or pig, without oore Declares Disease Af- SUSj)cctjng the true cause?or he fects More Than Dogs nlay peniljt a rabid farm animal Alone; Is Spread By to remain in a barn or pasture Roaming Dogs Or Wild and thus expose more livestock to Animals this deadly disease. It may, thcre i fore, be well to cite a few of the Thompson Greenwood, Editor symptoms or rames as tney genN. C. Dept. of Agriculture jerally show themselves in farm RALEIGH, May 24.?Dr. Wil- animals, so that the owner can m Moore, veterinarian with the bear in mind these danger signs ite Department of Agriculture, if they appear," said Dr. Afoore. 3 issued a warning against ra- He asserted that when rabies s among dogs and farm ani- occurs, a "decile old milk cow ls (will show a decided change of dis... . ? position, becoming restless, losing Pointing out that most people . ... , . , ' her appetite, reducing her milk nk of rabies as a disease . . , . . . , . ... flow sharply." As the disease pro,ich can be highly dangerous to . . man beings only, Dr. Moore de- SXesses, she will be inclined to red that "few farmers realize fight with her head, or paw the it rabies does not affect dogs earth, like a bull, her vgice bene, but kills many farm animals coming hoarse like a bull's bellow, well?and in some regions of After these early symptoms, the rth Carolina is also common j cow will then grow more quiet, wild life." (developing paralysis, and generalIt is the State veterinarian's ly dying within a few days . nion that rabies is usually j In hogs, Dr. Moore said, rabies nsmitted by roaming dogs or causes unusual violence. A rabid d animals. Rabid dogs, he said, boar will fight a fence or a woodlerally go through h "roaming en pen with his teeth. When in ge," when they are almost this condition, boars have been npletely out of their minds, fol- j known to crush rails or two-by/ing an uncharted course, which fours as if they were eating ry them across dozens of j chicken bones. Sows may turn on myards and pastures. At such their pigs, killing them with their time, it has been found, they teeth. To the owner, these animals 1 bite any object that comes are extremely dangerous. And if their way. If a horse or cow is I they are mingling with the rest is attacked, the first thing it (of the farm animals, they can :s is lower its head and prepare quickly spread rabies to others, defend itself; and this is whyl In the event any farm animals m animals frequently are bit-! show radically unusual behavior, i on the nose when set upon by they should be examined by a rid animals. veterinarian, according to Dr. 'Rabies also affect foxes, wol- Moore. He suggested the following i, coyotes, skunks, squirrels, and steps as control measures, ler wild animals?and they in First?Impounding of stray dogs n can pass it on to farm ani- which do not have owners. Second ils?and human beings?which |?Vaccination of all ilcensed dogs, nes in their way. I thus raising their resistance 'The principal danger to the'against the disease which will mer is that he may be bitten [ substantially prevent its spread. from where I sit... Joe Marsh Pete King Has a Talk With Colonel Bain 'Up in Durham, couple of days tries to horn in behind a legal igo," Pete King said, "I run beer license, too! nto this fellow Bain?youknow, "Another thing: they see the Colonel' Bain, the brewers' obligations we all owe these fine itate director in North Carolina? fellows in uniform among us, an' iVe rode along an hour or so and they're settin' the right kind of lad some interestin' talk. an example. Yessiree, things are "I told the Colonel," he went coming along OK." >n, "it seems to me the beer I was mighty glad to hear etailers are conductin' their Pete tell this little incident, places pretty well these days." From where I sit, it all adds "Yes," he shot back, 'they be- UP to decency and moderation, ieve in their self-regulation pro- two rockbottom essentials in ;ram. It's 5 years old right now thia democracy of ours, ind they back it un! Bein' a de- ' /).. :ent, wholesome lot how they WjMdLtL bristle up when soihe law-breaker /y ? 1944, BREWING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, North Corolina Committer fdgar H. Bain, State Director, 606-607 Insurance Bldg., Raleigh, N. C ? c. Third?Rigid quarantine of an outbreak area, so disease animals may not be shipped to new areas and start new outbreaks, Fourth?Properly policing and destruction of wild animals in areas where they become a menace. "We can control rabies in North Carolina?but only if we have public understanding behind it, and public cooperation as has enabled us to wipe out other dis[ eases which have been a threat to livestock and milk production in this State," declared Dr. Moore. New Addition Made To State Training Staff RALEIGH, May 24. ? Lt. Stanley M. Kulesza, a native of Muskeegan, Mich., has recently been assigned to State Colleges 59th College Training Detachment as plans and training officer. Kulesza was commissioned a second lieutenant on July 16, 1942, at Officer's Candidate Sch<iol at Fort Benning, Ga., and was sent to the 17th College Training Detachment at Bir! mingham Southern College in Alabama, where he held the position i of adjutant. Lieutenant Kulesza ; was accompanied to Raleigh by ] lviia. rvuiesza ana uieir youiig son, Michael. REDUCE OIL LOSS NEW ORLEANS, La. ? The 1 Southern Regional Research La; boratory, located here, recently announced the discovery of an ammonia-gas treatment for cottonseed which promises to reduce loss of oil in storage. This treatment will be especially useful in the prevention of oil losses from seed which become dampened during the harvesting of cotton. More oil loss has been noted in the past in moist seed through the formation of excessive fatty acids. VERSATILE MATERIAL Cotton ballon cloth has found another wartime service to per! form as the liner for sleeping bags. The sleeping bag itself is light in weight, warm, and water j repellent, and the closely woven ballon cloth liners help give added | protection to soldiers when they ! bivouac in the open in cold climates. TROPICAL HEADGEAR HONOLULU.?Favorite style of trimming for headgear among American soldiers and Marines fighting in the tropical areas is the cotton anti-insect head net. These nets fit neatly over the helmet-clad heads of the fighting men, tying under the chin to afford complete protection against the bites of infectious insects. Buy War Bonds regularly. Yoi cue v/iiac Candidati Re-Nom In The Dei Primary, 1 For The O; State Trf Mr. Johnson is again askin party's nominee in the Primarj sible office he has filled so wel people of the State that the bus Below are excerpts from ? something about Mr. Johnson's urcr. State Treasurer Johnson is more than fortunate to have si Under the capable directio: Teachers' and Employees' Retii to $10,730,151.53 on December State Treasurer Charles M, Treasurers in the nation. It is important to have a \ lie funds is of primary concert Carolina millions of dollars by North Carolina is fortunati I les M. Johnson is on the job. I This advertisement writtcr county. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 10^ H| I THE LADY SMILES Hi .., \m 0?r3> V \ B* j <? ~U\ - ( 1 MI v*.. V v! ? N v 1 ^ Ai \ 0Vt?.3O I I . If Uatftow *223, p r- Jk ^ "' TIMELY HINTS last year, retard the war effotttr By RUTH CTTRRENT destroying valuable forest ^ ^B*e sources and by diverting to ri>. ^Vr' Keep handy tools in handy plac- fighting manpower that could oft. es. Some of the most helpful tools erwjse be utilized in war pro*ccst very little. They arc still on ,, 1 'the market. Ition- thc U' s- For?t &rr., Br* ! Sit .it your work whenever pos- points out. ^Bn. sible. Kitchen stools with backs ? Hor! ...... .... I BEEF CATTLE Hiiff come in correct heights for dif-! ., . ... . At the recent Alabama H"~ ^BnK ferent work surfaces. ford buI1 sa|e> North Carols E. To make the family meal a farmers sold 73 bulls at an aveht.ppy occasion, dinner time should age price of $294.52 each. <j. y ^Hier be the social hour in the home.! I'ate & Sons of Rowland cunsp. The food is a symbol of the fam- j ed the top bull, which sold let ilv's v/ell-being; let it be offered $1,110.00. ^pot at its simple best, well chosen, | I 1 wall prepared, well served. But in TERMITES ^Mise this connection, the food is only Keep the soil under the hous asiymbol, while the family gather- dry and remove wooden supporj ^Jlyr ing is an occasion worthy of the from contact wun tne son in prebest home-making effort. I venting termite damage, says J. Myron Maxwell, Extension tr.loROTE NONE mologist at State College. Victory gardeners should use i rotenone only when absolutely I FOREST KIKES IT IN 'it necessary because of limited sup- j Forest fires last year liurnd plies, nays J. Myron Maxwell, Ex- over a total ol .11,854,124 acres of tension entomologist at State Col- UnUed States woooUands. compjr, r, ,..B . .. , ed with 26,010,.185 acres in 1SL lege, fry cryolite or nicotine sul- according t0 the u. s. Forest Serphate on insects. vice. Eighty-six percent of the to tal aceage burned was on area TRUCKS not having organized fire protKIt is doubtful if agriculture will; tion. get more than 25 to 35 thousand J new trucks this year, less than , HOfiS twenty per cent of its anticipated i Present ceilings prices on hogj needs, if production schedules are \ weighing more than 240 pound! met, nay Government reports, j live weight each will be reduce; 75 cents per hundredweight ol FIRES DELAY VICTORY ! May 15, says the OPA. No change Forest fires in the United Stat- is made on 240 pound hogs or cs, of which there were 208,218 less. it Vote Is Solicited For M. Johnson mation If J I May 27 * t HAS. M. JOHNSON H g the Democrats of North Carolina to vote for him a> II" May 27th. He is thoroughly capable of the high and rr>|>""- R| II in the past and his re-nomlnatlon and election assures the HP siness of its treasury will be handled efficiently. HI ditorials from some of the state's leading papers, which tell HI ctiara:ter and services he has rendered the state as its Trea>- 1 one cf the most able men in the South, and North Carolina e> ^^H icli a jierson take care of its treasury. HI ?Statesville Daily Record. HI i of Smte Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, the North Carolina ! ernent Fund was increased from $12,218.24 on August 8, 10H HI 31, 1943. ?Wilmington Star. HI . Johnson is widely recognized as one of the oustanding State j KI ?Waynesville Mountaineer. H I vise and capable State Treasurer. The honest handling of pu' HI i to every citizen of the State. Mr. Johnson has saved North HI his astute handling of funds. ?Shelby Star. HI ; in these times of fiscal upheavals that State Treasurer Char- j HI Charlotte News. H I i and paid for by friends of Mr. Johnson in this HI (Paid Pol. Adv.) I| > H / i I
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