Page Four THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Friday, December 4, 1959 THE NEW BERN MIRROR Published Every Friday at 111 King Street, New Bern, N. C., by the Sole Owner j. 6ASKILL McDaniel .Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.50 Six Months $1.25 Entered as second-class mail at New Bern April 4, 1958, under the act of March 3, 1879. THOSE TB SEALS Here in New Bern and Craven county, where tubercu losis is far more prevalent than healthy folks realize, the pur chase and use of Christmas seals is one of the better ways to celebrate the Yuletide season. It’s true that the disease often attacks as a likely victim the man, \yoman or child who is underprivileged and probably undernourished. But it is also true that it strikes too among the rich, the strong and the influential. No segment of our population lives a charmed life against, the possible ravages of this serious malady. As a matter of fact, from one-fourth to one-third of the nation—40 to 50 million Americans—are believed to be infect ed with the germ that causes tuberculosis. Of this number, ap proximately 250,000 persons have active tuberculosis. Last year alone,* 13,000 people died of TB in the United States. A new case of tuberculosis is reported in the nation every six minutes, and yet it is conservatively estimated that ap proximately 100,000 Americans are suffering from an active case of the disease and aren’t even aware of it. Tuberculosis strikes people of all ages, but half of the new cases reported are among people under 45 years of age. The largest number of cases are found among men, and more than half of the Americans who die from the disease are men over 40. Of course, the cost in terms of life and health is or should be our chief concern, but in terms of dollars and cents the an nual cost of TB in the United States amounts to about $750,- 000,000. Most of this cost is borne by the taxpayers. Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from infective and parasitic diseases, with a death rate of 7.7 per 100,000. Approximately 2,000,000 Americans, or 5 per cent of the 40 to 50 million people infected with the tubercule bacillus, will develop tuberculosis if the present infection rate continues. This year alone, TB will strike approximately 80,000 Americans. The figure would certainly be higher if the tradi tional Christmas seal sale conducted by the 2,700 tuber culosis associations in the United States didn’t provide funds for medical research, case finding, rehabilitation, and the ed ucational activities to combat the disease. Last year the citizens of our nation gave approximately $26,000,000 to finance the fight against tuberculosis. And, we would like to inject at this point the reminder that most of the money stays within the community where it is solicited. Your pennies for Christmas seals are put to work right here in New Bern and Craven county. It is only natural that you are concerned with the welfare of your loved ones and neighbors first—natural if not Christian^so the seals you buy have added significance if you feel that charity should begin at home. You need not be told that tuberculosis has afflicted man kind as far back as recorded history goes. Skeletons of pre historic man show that TB found its way into cave homes, just as it invades our modern houses and apartments. Evidence of the antiquity of tuberculosis has been found in mummies and hieroglyphics of Egypt. The germ that causes tuberculosis was first identified in 1882 by a German scientist, Robert Koch. The X-ray, still the most efficient weapon for finding TB, was discovered by Wil liam Konrad Roentgen, a German physicist, in 1895. Strep tomycin, the first drug used successfully to treat tuberculosis, was discovered by Selman Waksman in 1944. Fortunately, public opinion has changed a lot since Dr. George Bodington of England started a TB sanatorium in 1840. He was denounced a lunatic, and eventually he turned his sana- tarium into an asylum for the insane. It’s too bad the fools who denounced him couldn’t have been placed behind bars instead. Tuberculosis has been called many things. The Greeks had a word for it, they said it was “Phythisis.” Others later labeled it consumption, the white plague and hectic fever. It’s deadly, so fight it with seals. SeQ Us for PRESCRIPTION SERVICE There's no question about it! We give you safety, purity and double-checked accuracy in our prescription service. CITY DRUG STORE ME 7-4138 The Mirror Advertising Pays! Historical Gleanings —By— FRANCES B. CLAYPOOLE and ELIZABETH MOORE INVENTORY OF THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF JOHN WRIGHT STANLEY, DECEASED, RETURN ED SEPTEMBER TERM, 1789, By THOMAS TURNER, EXECUTOR One filtering stone, one copper tea kettle, one copper coffee pot, one fish kettle with strainer, three tin pans, nine pewter candle moulds, one tin dripping pan, 14 patty pans, one cheese toaster, one roasting iron hook, one frying pan, one iron ladle, two pot trammels, one iron tea kettle, two old Dutch coffee mills, one cooler, two soap tubs, one keg, one pickle bottle, one stone jar, one small wooden candle box, 13 baking or pudding pans, 13 Queen’s ware oval dishes, seven blue edged oval dishes, one Japanned tea pot, eight octagonal blue and v/hite China dishes, one oval blue edged red and white China dish. Seven red and white China pud ding pans, two Queen’s china drainers for fish, one wooden box to chop sausage meat in, fivejlozen bottles of cyder, nine large panes of window glass, three pine tables, one Dutch oven, two iron pots, one desk and book case, one mahogany tea board, one wooden sun dial, one mahogany cradle, six Windsor chairs, 12 mahogany chairs with stuffed bottoms, one mahogany side-board, two mahogany beds, one bolster, one pillow, two rose blankets, one mahogany card table, eight mahogany chairs with silk damask bottoms ornamented with brass nails and cheque covers over the bottoms, one oval looking glass, one dressing glass, one Ja panned tin sugar box, three blue and white cheque window curtains, four red and white window cur tains, four green and white stripe window curtains, one set cotton purple bedroom curtains, two yel low and purple window curtains, six purple and white window cur tains, eight green striped window curtains, one set black pencilled Villoge Verses ■s ■ ■ FOR EVERY AGE Christmas belongs, some say, to eager youth— And childhood finds it bright as gleaming gold; Yet, grown-ups too enjoy it, for in truth A heart that sings is never really old. Who of us could wish for something finer, In this time of boundless Yuletide mirth; Than blessings all about us in coastal Carolina, This friendly land, the grandest spot on earth. Happy is he whose heart has love to spare. When Christmas brings its magic charm orice more; And happier still are those with dreams to share, Who bear their gifts to some forgotten door. In every home, on every New Bern street. May holidays be jolly days of pleasure; May each precious moment be wonderfully complete. As good times come to you in fullest measure. —JGMcD. • Ceramic Tile • Quarry Porches • Marble Fireplaces • Rubber & Asphalt Tile G. H. 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C. UPHOLSTERY BY COASTAL Complete Auto, Boat & Furniture Awnings & Blinds Storm Doors & Windows Auto & Boat Tops DONALD HUMPHREY ME 7-6907 Tips From New Bern's Post Office What’s Your Postal I. Q. ? WISE TO ADDRESS )fMA5 I tbuE O parcels on at least TWOjJ FALSER? % be addressed on only one side. Multiple soeefai h »he markings on parcel post sent as ovlnooked ‘‘el'vefy. insured, or C.O.D. mail to be comJ! to*in P'’otect your parcel in case the wrapper ba the Pap®r with your name and address and it is addressee inside the parcel before IS wrapped. Mail parcels early to insure delivery by Christmas.