fAany 1877 Problems Same
As Now Said M’boro Paper
By MARGARET JOHNSON
MURFREESBORO - A look at
The Murfreesboro Enquirer for
1877 reveals that people and ani
mals were plagued with the same
maladies as in 1965.
Many stories and essays were
lifted from other newspapers. A
story from New York tells of a
coal dealer's horse and a dog
who slept together. The horse
accidentally hit the dog, who bit
the horse. A day or so later the
dog ran away.
The news story continued:
“The wound in the horse’s nose
' healed up but at the end of three
weeks he sickened, refused to
eat and snapped his teeth at who
ever approached him. He grew
worse and four days later he be
gan to foam at the mouth. He ut
tered loud cries and beat against
the sides of the stable, and when
his owner went in to get a shovel
the horse tried to bite him. In
his ravings the horse broke one
of the chains with which he was
fastened, snapping off some of
his teeth and cutting his lip in
doing so. He also bit the manger
furiously and tried to tear the
flesh from his own legs.
“Later in the day one of Dr.
Beigh’s officers shot him, as he
was suffering all the pangs of
hydrophobia.”
Hydrophobia remains a dread
disease, though perhaps more
under control by laboratory tests
and quarantine of dogs suspected
of having it.
Even a century ^o alcoholism
was recognized as an illness. A
story headed Drunkenness as a
Disease by Dr. George M. Beard
declares:
“He who drinks to Intoxicate
for the fun of it, for the sake of
the pleasure it gives, or to drive
dull care away, is vicious. He
who drinks because he cannot help
drinking, who is borne against
his wishings or strivings by an
irrresistable impulse, is dis
eased. Drunkenness as a vice
often leads to drunkenness as a
disease. Drunkenness as a vice
may be and often is stopped by
signing a pledge of total absti
nence. Drunkenness as a disease
is rarely cured by signing the
pledge or by so called moral
measures of any kind. With such
persons life is a constant pledge;
they wish to be delivered from the
suffering as much as the dyspep
tic patient wishes to be delivered
from his indigestion or the neu
ralgic patient of his pain.
“The inebriate may pledge
himself to abstain from alcoholic
liquors, and may put himself in
a position where he cannot get
them, but to this negative treat
ment should often be added posi
tive medication, if we expect a
permanent or even temporary
cure. In a word, inebriety is a
neurosis _ a functional disease
of the nervous system - and
should be treated on the same
principles as other and allied dis
eases.”
Citizens are Just awakening to
the need of treatment for the
mentally and emotionally HI. A
front page essay states in part;
“The interest which has lately
been aroused touching the treat
ment of the Insane in the asylums
for their seclusion Is something
which is of periodical occur-
Wage Bill
Would Hurt,
SaysMangum
RALEIGH - A congressional
measure extending minimum
wage coverage into U.S. farm
labor ranks “would hurt most
the very people it purports to
help,” a North Carolina farm
leader said.
B. C. Mangum, N. C. Farm
Bureau president, registered
the organization’s “intense op
position” to a broad wage bill
which recently received the
House Labor Committee’s en
dorsement.
The proposal is expected to go
before the full House within the
next two or three weeks,
Mangun released his state
ment after the N. C. Farm Bu
reau board of directors, meet
ing here today in a regular quar-
rence but we hope the present
agitation of the subject will have
practical results. The entire
subjection of the Insane to their
keepers encourages gross abuse
of them. There is no department
of medicine so unsatisfactory as
that which concerns the dis
eased mind, and no maladies are
so perplexing and so various
and so contradictory in their
manifestations as those of the
mental and nervous organization.
But the best informed specialists
in New York and abroad dis
countenance physical violence in
the treatment of the insane.”
Only three decades before this
was written Dorothea Dlx plead
ed with North Carolina legisla
tors to establish a state insti
tution for the ill of mind. The
lawmakers finally agreed and
built a hospital on a hill in Ra
leigh. Thus the name Dix Hill,
Dorothea Dlx went from state
to state in behalf of the welfare
of the insane who were often
confined in filthy jails and pun
ished unmercifully.
terly session, voted to reiterate
the organization’s position
against minimum farm wages.
The Farm Bureau spokesman
said the legislation would blanket
all temporary and seasonal farm
workers, and would cover per
manent labor retained by farm
ers who employ four or more
full-time wage earners.
The bill sets the minimum
hourly wage for covered work
ers at $1.15 beginning next July,
and hikes the minimum to $1.25
beginning July 1, 1968,
According to Mangum, the bill
makes no provisions for piece
rate workers, and prohibits em
ployment of workers under six
teen, except in special cases.
One section of the bill would
end the exemption from mini
mum wages for cotton gins, to
bacco processors and vegetable
processors. Agricultural proc
essing and marketing enterpris
es in what is called the “area of
production” would also lose the
exemption.
Howard M. Ange, Edenton, North Carolina
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field with other machines that had to stop because of wet weather. I get good
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heaters and drying wagons work just fine.”
Mr. Ange has two Long peanut combines and 17 Long drying wagons. He grows
80 acres of peanuts and harvests approximately 600 acres for others on a custom
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GREENVILLE - East Carolina The whooping first-year class,
College announced an enrollment by far the largest on record, in-
substantially higher than expect- eludes 2,710 new freshmen, 106
ed and President Leo W. Jenkins transfers from other campuses
heaped thanks on Greenville and 638 who started their first
“YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER"
Teens Like Motorcycles
But Not Their Bad Image
homeowners who are accommo
dating many of the students.
year at ECC during last school
year but have not yet reached
Official tabulations show the sophomore level. Many of the
college has an on-campus stu- latter group will join the sopho-
dent body of 7,888 -considerably more class after fall quarter,
higher than the expectation of The over - all total includes
around 7,300 and nearly 16 1/2 from all four undergraduate
per cent above last year’s total classes 3,090 newcomers to ECC
of 6,775.
and 4,060 returnees. It also in-
In announcing the enrollment, eludes 159 special first - year
Dr. Jenkins said, “Greenville students enrolled in the Under-
has done it again. We can’t thank graduate EveningCollegeoperat-
these people enough.
ed on the campus by the Exten-
“The best estimates we could sion Division,
arrive at, based on Greenville’s In addition to on-campus en-
abillty to absorb students we rollment the college reaches
simply couldn’t provide rooms through its Extension Division
for, led us to believe we would some 8,000 individuals who ac-
have around 7,300 students.
'But due to extreme coopera-
count for some 11,000 registra
tions in three resident centers
Eastern NorthCarollnacommun-
By WESLEY SUMNER
AHOSKIE - Do you define mo
torcycle as “a powerful, racy
machine that emits loud noises,
and travels at a tremendous rate
of speed”?
Would you define a rider ofthe
above vehicle as “a youth, clad
in dungarees, leather cap and
jacket, and a pair of black boots,
who races around town, terroriz
ing other citizens with his speed
and recklessness”?
If you do, you are probably an
adult and fall into the same cate
gory with the majority of other
adults in the area.
Buf, if you do, you are just as
mistaken as the other adults who
follow your thinking.
It’s true that Hertford County
has Imported a wave of motor
cycles in the past few months and
that an increasing number of
young people are riding them to
school and work every day.
Area Library Offers Films
tion of homeowners here we have (Goldsboro, Camp Lejeime and
a total enrollment of 7,888. This Cherry Point) and many other
far exceeds our expectation. Easte -
“I want to thank and commend Ities.
the people of Greenville who are
making a sacrifice so that many
of these qualified students would
not be turned away because they
could not find a room.” WINTON -Sixnewbiographical, with the late president “Herbert
Final student population fig- films are now available through Hoover.”
ures were tabulated on the col- the Albemarle Regional Library. A free public library service,
lege’s automatic data processing They are additions to the North the films are not available for
equipment under the direction of Carolina Adult Film Project - use in public schools or for view-
Reglstrar Worth E. Baker and a collection of 16mm films own- ing by students, but may be used
data processing director Terry ed by all public libraries of North by PTA organizations for adult
Hanner. Baker said the system, Carolina. viewing. Civic clubs may also
installed four years ago, ran The films are “Biography of order the films,
more smoothly this year than Jackie Robinson,” a half hour Requests for the films should
ever before. description of a baseball star’s be made to the regional library
A breakdown ofthe total (with rise to fame; “Margaret Mead,” office in Winton or to the county
last year’s figures in parenthe- four half hour television inter- libraries in Windsor and Gates-
vlews with the anthropologist; ville. About two weeks should be
‘Pablo Casals,” musician; allowed for delivery.
‘Pearl S. Buck and W. Somer- Groups using the new films
Contrary to common opinion, Several reasons are behind
the Honda, most popular motor- thi^ complete revolution In the
cycle in Hertford County, is not rldlqg habits of area young peo-
a powerful machine. Top end for pie.
the majority of bikes in this area
is only about 55 mph, consld- One of the most important to
erably less than any automobile e youngster is the economy of
around these parts. riding on two wheels instead of
This poses a problem for the four. A Honda “50,” In this area,
“Honda” rider, for he just can- costs only about $400 and a rider
not compete for his right of way can travel for days on one gal-
wlth an automobile. North Caro- Ion of gas.
lina traffic laws award two
wheeled vehicles the same rights Another big point in the favor
as four-wheeled ones, but motor- motorcycle fan Is the ex-
bike riders constantly complain popularity of the bikes
of being run off the road by auto- *^®nis®Ives. Teens ask, "If he
mobiles, and inotherwayshaving have one, why can’t I?”
their rights infringed upon. aj^roach?
The image for the Hertford Yes, the motorcycle, or rather
County cyclist is quite different motorbike, is here, and In my
from that of many other areas, opinion, it's here to stay.
Local youths do not wear black
leather Jackets, for their low-
powered machines do not require
them to wear such wind-breaking
clothing.
In fact, local "Honda” riders
are usually seen wearing the
same fashions as their friends
who ride In cars.
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030^ graduates, 565 (414X
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