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Sees Peril
To Small Businesses
Broyhill
BI LVnbKBSBlIAN
JAMES T. BBOYHH.I.
One of the treads in this
country has been the growth of
giantism in .government, or
ganized labor and in business.
In most aspects of our produc
tive economy, we see the in
fluences of great corporate en
terprises. i There 4s certainly
nothing wrong with bigness in
business so long as we are care
ful to build in safety devices
to assure that fairness and
equitable competition exists.
Our anti-trust laws are written
•with that in mind to make cer
tain that the strong do not de
vour the weak and that the law
of the jungle does not prevail
;in our economic life.
I feel that if we are to pre
serve the free enterprise sys
tem in this country, we must
do'everything possible to create
a climate whereby small busi
I nesses have a decent and fair
chance to grow and prosper. It
| is Well to remember that very
,few Of the giants of industry
started big. They, too, had small
beginnings. They struggled for
survival and, step by step, they
have grown larger. Today, how
ever, the problems for a small
business are growing greater,
and I feel we must keep a
watchful eye on whether the
door to opportunity for them
is" being slowly closed. The
Federal government has a le
gitimate responsibility in help
ing to create this kind of eco
nomic climate.
Back in 1953, the Congress
passed the Small Business Act.
There were a number of pur
poses to this legislation. The
legislation established the Small
Business Administration, an in
dependent agency, which would
operate within the Federal gov- j
eminent as the spokesman for
the nation’s small businesses
and provide “one-stop” service
to small companies in their
dealings with Washington.
There is a growing concern
among many of us in and out
of Washington that this agency
is being systematically dis
mantled.
There were several specific
responsibilities that Congress
assigned the Small Business Ad
ministration which are of par
ticular importance. One respon
sibility was the authority to
lend money to small businesses
when it could be shown that
there was a reasonable assur
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U. S. adding 7,000 men to
Vietnam force.
ance of repayment and thai
funds were not available fron
private banks and lending in
stitutions. The second import
ant responsibility was a pro
gram to assure that small manu
faeturers received a fail1 Share
of government contracts U
counter the favoritism of Fede
ral purchasing offices to dea
with large firms.
Today, the Small Business
Administration is and has been
for some time without an Ad
ministrator. This situation has
left the agency without leader
ship and its role as a force in
the economic life of the nation
has been reduced. To many of
us, the handwriting is on the
wall that the SBA is being
phased out although the Con
gress has not changed the Small
Business Act and "has given no
indication that it intends to do
so. On the contrary, Congres
sional support for the SBA pro
gram, properly operated with
out political overtones, is as
strong today as it has ever been.
The SBA loan program is at
a standstill. Although Congress
has provided the funds it re
quested, excuses are given that
no money is available for busi
ness loans because available
funds have been used for dis
aster relief loans in Alaska and
along the Gulf Coast following
Hurricane Betsy. Applications,
we understand, are not being
taken and there is no indica
tion when the moratorium will
be lifted, if ever.
GOP Convention
Will Honor
J. E. Broyhill
Raleigh—The North Carolina
Republican Party will hold its
biennial convention March 11-12
at the Park Center Auditorium
in Charlotte, Chairman Janies
Gardner of Rocky Mount hes
announced.
Gardner said he hopes 3,000
Republicans will turn out for
the event.
Sen. Thruston Morton of Ken
tucky, a past national chair
man of the GOP, will address a
large fund-raising dinner slated
for the evening of the conven
tion’s opening day.
The dinner will be a testi
monial to North Carolina’s Re
publican National Committee
man, J. E. Broyhill of Lenoir,
father of Republican Congress
man James Broyhill.
The keynote speaker for the
convention has not been deter
mined. Gardner said he is in
hopes of getting Michigan Gov.
George Romney. If Romney is
unable to come, a second possi
bility is Sen. George Murphy of
California.
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Ben Church of ’Possum Hollar Road in Blowing Rock has been
caretaker at the Snyder estate, “Chetola”, in Blowing Rock
for more than 30 years. He and' his wife, Leota, have one
son, Luther, who is married and living in Blowing Rock. For
several years, Church has been a member of the Blowing Rock
Volunteer Fire Department. (Rivers photo)
Health And Beauty
Getting Well After Cure
Is Trying, Discouraging
One of the most difficult
things about an illness is “get
ting well after you are cured,”
as the Irishman explained . it.
It is that period through which
we must pass from the time the
immediate danger of death or
complications Is over, until the
patient is restored to normal,
and again feels the thrill of
strength and vigor surging
through his body,
Tlie period of convalescence
is more trying and discouraging
than the illness so recently ex
perienced. One finds oneself
becoming incredibly tired, after
very little exertion. Perhaps,
after all, when youth i$ fight
ing back to health, he is given
the opportunity of experiencing
the 'feelings of the aged, the
weary and discouraged. All of
life’s lessons are meant to teach
us valuable truths.
It is so easy to sit around
and pine, ■ when the forces of
nature are low. Those who are
spineless and naturally lack
energy, sometimes fall by the
wayside and become chronic in
valids and complainers.
When you find yourself just
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getting over an illness, with
every ounce of energy sapped
from your body, remember that
now is your time to fight.
You cannot get strong again
unless you build yourself with
food at frequent intervals. As
you improve, begin exercise in
moderation. You can lie on the
bed and tense and relax your
arms and legs. That massages
your muscles and brings fresh
blood to rebuild the tissues.
Help your circulation by bath
ing and rubbing yourself if you
have no one to do it for you.
As soon as you are able,
start taking short walks.
Breathe deeply as you go along.
The sunshine, the green trees,
the beauty of God’s own great
outdoors, brings healing to the
body. Lie down, rest and relax
before you grow extremely
weary.
Pigeon Roost News
Says Big Snow Brings Halt To
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BY HARVEY J. MILLER
Rt. 1, Relief, N. C.
It looks like the big snow or
other things pertaining to it has
got all the other kind of news
erased from the picture. As
really I do not have any visit
ing news this time worthwhile
to report; as even the local folks
are not stirring around here in
the community very much and
lesser no visitors whatsoever
from out of the township. From
all indications toward all the
visiting that has practically
stopped at this time and I don’t
believe it would be saying too
much to put it this way “We
are snowed under.”
It's been such hazardous driv
ing conditions for the last few
days as I write this that it is
apparent now that folks are not
venturing to drive too far away
and driving in the local high
way has only been traveled as
was needful and necessary.
I do realize as I write this
that what I am writing about is
just only reviewing the times
for the local people but our
readers in other places don’t
know how the weather is back
here and also to read this by
folks who use to live here may
bring back memories of other
years, for one old-timer here
said this big snow was like the
winter weather of 1918. But the
snow was much later getting
here this year than the winter
of 48 years ago when there was
snow on the ground for six long
weeks.
As I write this a pretty good
size snow has been continually
on the ground now which start
ed Saturday January 15 and
going now in the third week.
The way it has been going when
the snow begins to thaw it will
then snow more to replenish
back what has went and thawed
and sometime would give back
a little more and just how many
snows that we have had in this
length of time I do not know
as we have had so many that 1
have lost count of them. Welt
there has been snow on the
ground anywhere at times from
6 to 20 inches. I have heard
that on some of the nearby
mountains the snow has drifted
very deep.
Anyway this is the biggest
snow that we have had in seve
ral years and the local folks has
already began to talk about the
thawing of the big snow which
they are sure will be an extra
big thaw according to the big
size of the snow at this time.
One citizen said he was about
sure that it will throw the Water
flow of the local streams to the
highest stage than it has been
since the big rainfall last spring.
The ground surface certainly
was in need of much moisture
conditions for we had practi
cally but little rain since late
last summer and not enough
snow this winter to even men
tion prior to this big snow.
But up to this ^'writing the
school children has taken a long
holiday as there has been no
school anywhere in Mitchell
County since January 14, be
cause of the slick roads and
there has not been any services
in any of the churches in this
lower part of Mitchell County
within last two weeks that we
know about unless they had a
funeral service, which there was
a funeral service held at the
lower Brummetts Creek Breth
em Church last Thursday Jan
uary 27.
me farmers report tnat tney
had got by feeding but little
hay to their stock until it went
to snowing. There was a bump
er crop growed in this part of
Mitchell County last year and
one farmer said he was sure
there was enough local growed
hay to go around and not any
would have to be imported from
other states as usually in other
several past years.
One outdoor man who pays
much attention to the birds and
the wild animals and he be
lieves this deep snow is harder
on the wild animals than the
birds, especially the native win
ter birds is believed to have
faired very good, which he
means the kind of birds that is
supposed to be here but he
seems to think that several birds
did froze to death — because
they was the kind that should
of hibernated last fall but it
is persumed because of the
mild weather about the time
it should of been cold
Weather they just stayed around
and got caught in the big snow
and then couldn't get away to
a warmer climate.
This outdoor man also report
ed that during the snowy days
they stayed so cloudy and dark
all day long that the animals
remained in their dens and
thats why he believes they have
hurt by the deep snows and cdld
weather because of the lack-of
food.
He said that the only gatpe
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animal that he knowed about
that stored away food to de
vour during the winter months
was the grey squirrel but he
didn’t think' that even all of
then! have a storehouse. But he
said that the chipmunk but al
ways known as the ground
squirrel Would' always "store
away several different kinds of
nuts for winter use.- But when
the native ^chestnut trees all
died because of the blight di
sease and there became no
chestnuts for the ground squir
rels to devour they just’ got
scarcer as the years ry|le<} hv
and now even the outdoor men
don’t even see enough of them
to hardly, know what they look
like to recognize them. But if
you are in the woods and hap
pen to run across one they will
really chirp in getting away.
We have been talking so
much • about' the snow but
haven’t mentioned yet how cold
it has been. We have really had
some cold weather along with
the big snow. Well listen to
this: rt’s been from 3 to 10
below zero at different parts
here in this lower end of Mit
chell County section and even
at one place located near the
gap of the mountain between
Brummetts Creek and Tipton
Hill section on Sunday morning
January 30 it was reported a
record low of 20 below zero.
Which must have been the cold
est time also that it had been
in several years.
Zeke Barnett of Brummetts
Creek section reported to the
writer that there was an ice
,feg hanging on his house Thurs
day that was 7 ft. long and 4
inches thick.
Carmon Miller and son L. D.
of Tipton Hill section reported
to the writer that they seen
large bear tracks in the snow at
the head of Bob Hollow on Big
Ridge Mountain near Harrell
Community on January 31. The
bear had been scratching around
an old hollow log and they saw
where it had sat down in the
deep snow.
Tree Planting Help
May Now Be Secured
Landowners of Watauga
County who are interested in
planting trees may be able to
get labor to help with the
planting by applying at the of
fice of the Soil Conservation
Service in Boone.
The Neighborhood Youth
Corps has contracted with
.WAMY Community Action Inc.
'to train young men in Watauga
County in forestry manage
ment. These young men will
work under the supervision of
personnel trained in forestry
management and will be able
to work on a limited number
of farms in the County.
Application for tree seedlings
should be placed with the for
estry division of the N. C. De
partment of Conservation and
Development within the next
two or three weeks to be sure
of delivery this spring. Orders
will be filled as long as seed
lings are available but with an
increase in the number of ord
ers being placed the supply may
be exhausted in a short time.
Rural Antipoverty Plan
President Johnson has pro
posed an anti-poverty program
for rural America with the fed
eral government pledging about
$5 million the first year. The
aim of the plan is federal aid
in setting up community deve
lopment districts to tackle pro
blems of health care, educa
tion, cultural opportunities and
public services.
Washington National Airport ’
to open to jets.
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