[ —Black Mountain (NC) NEWS Thursday. February 5, 1948
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The Black Mountain News
Published Every Thursday in Black Mountain, N. C.
DAY PHONE 4101 NIGHT PHONE 4503
' GORDON H. GREENWOOD Editor
GEORGE W. DOUGHERTY Mech. Supt.
Co-owners
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Buncombe and Surrounding Counties:
One Year $2.00 Six Months sl-25
Outside Above Territory
One Year $2.50 Six Months $1.50
Entered as Second Class Matter Sept. 13, 1945, at the Post Office
at Black Mountain, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
This Week’s EDITORIAL
The Black Mountain merchants, searching for
ways by which the thousands of local shoppers may
be made “shop your home stores first"’ conscious, are
making plans for an aggressive and continuous cam
paign designed to keep the local money at home. Al
though plans are still incomplete, many have al
ready signified their interest and intention to co
operate.
The “shop your home stores first” drive is not a
new idea. Throughout the western part of the state
the small towns as well as the larger ones offer var
ious inducements for the local shopper. But the idea
is the same—promote buying and stimulate trade.
Situated as it is at the head of the Sw T annanoa Val
ey—rich in industry and tourist trade—Black Moun
tain has an opportunity to en.ioy prosperity the year
around instead of a few months during the summer.
The payrolls from Beacon Manufacturing company,
Sayles Bleacheries, Morgan Manufacturing com
pany, Black Mountain Hosiery Mill, Oteen and
Moore VA hospitals, are more than enough to keep
the town humming throughout the year. If we fail
to attract the trade, it may be that we have not con
centrated on enough winter business but have been
content to coast from September to June.
There is no doubt that the business is here. A
market is people, and the thousands who live between
the tunnel and Ridgecrest don’t go to Florida when
the first frost falls. They stay right here and spend
hundreds of thousands of dollars each year for food,
clothing, appliances, furniture, and hundreds of oth
er items of necessity and luxury.
If our neighbors have been more aware of the sit
uation than have we, that should be chalked up to
experience, and we should not spend time crying
over water that has gone under the bridge The
same opportunity is still here and will be. Business
goes where it is invited and stays where it is treated
well. We not only should invite business to our city
but should keep extending the invitation.
Look Who’s Here!
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gwaltney
are parents of a daughter born
Tuesday, February 3, at Mission
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pyatt of
Swannanoa are parents of a
daughter born Thursday, January
29, at St. Joseph’s hospital.
A daughter was bom to Mr
and Mrs. William A. Burnette of
Cragmont Road on January 28.
IN NEW YORK
Di. and Mrs. Sam Cooley and
Peggy returned Monday' after
visiting their parents in Philadel
phia, Pa., and Titusville, N J
and spending a day in New York
City.
MOVE TO MOORE
Chaplain and Mrs. Harry Hub
bard and children, Harryett Ann
and Frank, have moved to their
new apartment at Moore General
hospital.
For All the People
By GEORGE S. BENSON
President ol Hardtnq College
Searcy Arkansas
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AMERH’A, w*- sometimes say. is
made iin -it Koids and hl'igiJ
aires, Kodaks and i.'oea Kola We
like in amis and liade milks We
les|ie,'t ihe slj.'eesst 'll |l*'idlli't.s of
liidiis.il y and have mdiiletiee in
them. We re even likely to take
these things for iftained, without
knowing the how n why liehntd
them. A inertia IS the inly land
where initiative, entef prise iml
eompetltlon have heen allowed to
work for the good of all the
people.
Yet, to view out industry as
Comprising, a lew gteiiL names
and trade-marks only, is to have
a confused and off ha lam e pie
lure. To think that mannl i. Hir
ers of good} we all like to huv
j, automobiles, tor inslanee are
the 'great tuonupiily" is to fail
to see how tog and how piodue*
Y tive the t,allot) really is Neither
General Motors, nor any ot the
0 others, could get by without their
hundleds of helper lactones that
make everything from cotter-pins
to hub-caps.
Whence The THESE HELPER
Supplies? factories ate ill
turn supplied with
parts and materials by hundieds
-of othel firms. A supply line may
even go back to a simple ‘alley
shop" wheie thiee or fout men
grind or polish a part Take a
, town like Worcester, Mass The
1 total wage hill there for workers
in plants supplying the aulomo
' bile industry was almost tUU.iMIII,-
000 in l'Jtti That's a good sized
payroll
Or take the whole parts indus-
I try of which there are more than
l.OO'l companies with plants
spread all over America Most of
these producers are small busi
nesses, employing less than 500
workers each. Usually their on- 1
gin may be traced to ferule j
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This Week’s
Meditation
w. H. STYLES
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This next week, February 13,
will bring again the “World Day
of Prayer.’’ This is the day when
Christians of all denominations
come together to unite their petit
ions to our Heavenly Father for
the needs of the world. The world
is truly “standing in the need of
prayer." Every Christian should
be world-minded in his prayers.
There is such a thing as being sel
fish with our prayers. It is an easy
thing to pray for ourselves and
those of our immediate household.
A Christian should never pray for
himself without praying for his
fellowbelievers throughout the
world.
On this world day of prayer,
there are many things for which
one should pray. We should pray for
the leaders of our world, our nat
ion, our state, our county, and our
town. Paul makes this suggestion:
I urge that supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings
he made for all men, for kings, and
all who are in high positions, that
we may lead a quiet and peaceable
lile, god! . a: a respectful in every
way." We should be as ready to
pray for our leaders as we are to
criticize their actions.
On this day of united prayer, '
let us pray for the soon coming
peace to the world. The world is
a long way from the peace of mind
which peace brings. It is true that
the “shooting war has ceased, but
there are many peace treaties to
be signed. Let us pray that God
will lead and direct all peace- .
makers throughout the world.
We should also pray for the
speedy proclamation of the gospel
to the unconverted everywhere.
here are people who have never
heard of Christ as he is offered in
Jfijfol
Jlt\cai
munis that invented and patented
mi idea for improving automo
biles Many newcomers are still
paring into the parts and equip
ment, field. Under the American
system this is possible.
\ Part Os MISTAKEN in their
Production complaint about mo-«
nopolies, in the next
breath some folks berate the
-machine age” for not offering
the worker a chance to take pride
in his work. -lust putting in cot
t«-i -pins all day in the same old
assembly-line position, they say,
is poor substitute for craftsman
ship. Right here, I want to goon
record as praising the free and
responsible American who put the
cotter-pins firmly and safely in
the chassis of my automobile! He
did a good job.
I’ll give the average American
worker the praise that is his due,
lie has the intelligence to see his
place in our methods of masspro
i 1 1 1 li tioit of goods for the use of
everybody. Not so long ago, war
workers were being told they
w.re “right behind the man be
hind the gun.” Indeed, the low
last assembly-line worker or file
clerk is a part of peacetime pro
duct inn. And it is this production
rhat makes America the best land
in the world in which to live.
Yes, hundreds and sometimes
thousands of suppliers and fabri
cators are the craftsmen behind
the automobiles we ride, the ra
dios we hear. As workers in a
free America, we can never over
look the importance of the place
we have behind the name tags on
the products of our skill. As we
work, and to the extent that we
understand and depend upon that
system, so shall we succeed in
pieserving American ways and
liberties.
the Gospels. Let us pray for the
scores of missionaries who are giv
ing of their time and talents to
bring glad tidings to those who sit
in darkness.
We should likewise pray for the
needy of the world. God has been
unusually gracious to us in Amer
ica. We have had plenty while
others have Suffered. Let us thank
God for his mercies and pray for
those less fortunate than we.
When the Council of Church
Women announce plans for this
“World Day of Prayer,” let us as
a Christian community support
them in this worthwhile endeavor.
With The Sick
Baby Shirley White, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank White of
Black Mountain, who has heen in
St. Joseph’s hospital is recovering
nicely.
Howard Gorham is a patient at
Aston Park hospital as a result
of a broken leg suffered last Sat
urday morning when he fell on
the front step of his home.
Late news received Wednesday
reveals that Mrs. R. E. Hurst re
turned from Moore hospital to hei
home in Ridgecrest Tuesday.
Mrs. B. C. Burnette of Swan
nanoa has been ill with a severe
cold.
Mrs. Gordon Byron, who has
been ill with laryngitis, is im
proving.
Mrs. Zeb Sawyer is a patient at
Mission hsopital where she under
went a major operation Saturday.
Perry Morgan has been ill this
week with flu.
Arthur Jones has been ill at his
home.
Mrs. Carter Uzzell ls slowly im
proving from a recent illness.
Mrs. Janet Dougherty has been
ill at her home for the past week.
HOME FROM FLORIDA
Bill Ellington, of Ellington Stu
dios has returned to Black Moun
tain from Coral Gables, Fla
lHM he T ViSlted hiS Parents ‘ M
and Mrs. J. S. Ellington
"s 0 Cl
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FOCUS WEEK
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Auxiliary of p,,, !
will obser\e y '
starting Fehru,.-,'
day, February r'
churches of the ?
calendar of :i .
On Sunday,
will set in a i, 0( r
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