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Study Shows That 57 Deaths In 440 Were Preventable In 1940 there were 143 deaths in Cherokee county Of this num ber, 57 were preventable accord ing to the department of rural sociology of N. C. State College A preventable death is a death that would not have occurred if the death rates by age in North Caro lina had been as low as those in the major residential group of any other state. The sociologists assume, as basis for these findings, that the geo physical conditions in rural and urban areas of North Carolina are as favorable to a low death rate as in any other state and that the people of this state are as sound biologically. Yet. 37 states had lower death rates than North Caro lina in 1940. a situation which points to lack of adequate medical care in this state Figures on pre ventable deaths for more recent years are not available, since it is ? necessary to have an age-race j breakdown of the population in order to calculate preventable deaths. Such data have not been available since the 1940 census. According to figures compiled by the department of rural socio logy. 55. or 393 per cent, of the white deaths in Cherokee in 1940 j KEEPSAKE |i Diamond Rings j REGISTRATION CERTIFI- I CATE WITH EVERY DIAMOND Davis' Jewelers j ! Milk is Making A "Man" of My Baby Grade A Pasteurized Milk DAILY DELIVERY Mt. Valley Cooperative W .VV. HOLLAND. Mgr. BRASSTOWN. X. C. j were preventable, and 2, or 66.7 ' per cent, of the non-white deaths i were preventable. The county i ranked 28th in per cent of pre- | I ventable white deaths and 66th in | per cent of preventable non-white j j deaths. In human terms these figures j ?tell a story of grim tragedy ? of j suffering, heartache and broken homes, of social and economic waste in the loss of people who should not have died in the year in which they did These needless deaths give stark urgency to the report of the N'. C Hospital Association which points out that hospitals of the state are finding it increasingly difficult to ?tay in business They also give urgency to efforts to provide ad-: ditional hospitals They stress the need for additional medical school facilities in the ^tate to train more white. Negro and Indian doctors. And the> point a-u?in to the need for a payment plan, or plans, that will enable all citizens to afford J full medical care According to Dr. Selz C. Mayo of the department of rural socio logy. It may be safely assumed that 'he death rate for each age group in tlu' state could be lower ed to the lowest death rate that prevails in any age and residence 4 roup i the nation. This is pos sible by means of a complete medi cal care program that will meet the needs of everyone." Several months ago one North Carolina county voted on a bond issue t<> finance a new hospital The issue failed to pass, largely be cause Mime citizens feared the c >st of maintenance. The tax pror p >>ed for maintenance was not to exceed 10c per $100 valuation and the estimated valuation at the time was S30.460.077.00. At that valua tion a tax of 10c per hundred I have yielded $10,400.06 per year In 1940 this particular coun ty ranked 90th. second highest in the state, in per cent of prevent able white deaths, and 73rd in preventable non-white deaths In that year it had 276 preventable deaths out of a total of 437 death-. Hospitalization is not the sole means of medical care and it would therefore not be accurate to say that the county made a decision to sell the lives of 276 people per year for an average sum of $12.54 each, but it would be in the neigh borhood of fact. A society which thinks in human terms and cherishes the worth of the individual will not permit the continuance of preventable human tragedy. Better financial support for existing hospitals, construction of additional hospitals and provi >:,>n for their adequate mainten ance more mccucal training op p ^rt unity for all races, and more e.f: etiv? effort to bring within reach of every citizen complete medical care, including medical at tention which does not require h )spita'ization. are major needs, j A BEAUTY FOR DOUBLE DUTY! ITS THE mat UNIVERSAL 2-SPEED WASHER Slow, gentle action for fluff stuff like silks, rayons and woolens. "I DO THS ROUGH STUff" < Regular speed (or rough (tuff like , heavy garments * , and work clothes. J |/ Now! This new, amazing 2 -Speed Washer makes every washday task easy, safe and sure. A simple turn oft the Speed selector gives slow washr^ ing action for Jight, delicate pieces ?-regular actioo for ordinary pieces. ^TTtDAV UMITID QUANTITY S?E(T turn (OKU RIGHT AWAY! UNIVERSAL MURPHY ELECTRICAL SHOP "Next Door to the Post Office" Phone 134-R Murphy, N. C. Brasstown Mr and Mrs. W. B. Jones and daughter of Norfolk. Va.. were visiting Mr and Mrs. Aleck Jones of Brasstown last week. Miss Lillie Deal of Asheville visited Mrs. Lena Brendle Thurs day night. I.oval Jones. James Myers, and Ralph Myers spent some time in Nashville. Tenn.. Saturday night at Grand Ole Opera, then went on to Shelbyville to a horse show. A large crowd was at the weiner roast at Ann Carringer's Friday nigh:. Clay Payne and daughter. Gene va. of Franklin visited Mrs. Hattie | Walker last Sunday. Mrs Wylie Vault of Hayesville | was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. J B Sneed Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Buford Adams. Mr. Adams' sister and her husband from Atlanta were week-end guests in this section Mr. and Mrs Marion Myers and <on. Ralph, attended the revival j at Blue Ridge. Ga . Friday night to hear the Rev. James D. Moore i of Akron. Ohio, deliver a message. Mr. and Mrs Harry Rich had is visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. 1 I oe Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Totherow. Wylie Ramsey. Chris-, tine Turner, Mrs Sue Reece and \ )r!h ??arolinians moved by an en . -jhicied conscience will be vigi lant to ?ee that these needs are me; | children, and Hardy Hagler of I Midway. 1 Miss Louisa Anderson of Greasy J Cove visited Flonnie Payne one day last week Mrs. R D. Garrett went fishing , i last Saturday. Mrs. Mamie Rich spent the last ] part of the week with her son. j Ta Image Rogers of Ranger Miss Chartene Anderson of Greasy Creek visited Fair Ellen Flemings Wednesday Eulane Anderson spent last Sunday evening with Fair Ellen Flemings of Greasy Cove. Miss Marshaleen Wilson, who has been employed at Elizabeth t >n. Tenn . is spending a few days v it h her mother, who is ill, in Sutty Wig. Mrs. Hickory Reece visited Alice ' Tipton Sundav evening. Maltby News | The Maltby Choir has been in vited to a homecoming at Red j .Marble Sunday. August 28. Gene and Robert Wilson have . m >ved back to Maltby after spend- , ing sometime near Clover. S. C. | Miss Doris Dockery was the v eek-end visitor of Miss Kathleen j Holloway. The people representing Maltby at the Western North Carolina ! Baptist Association at Mt Pisgah last Tuesday and Wednesday were: I d Hert. Westly Totherow, Earl and Fred Holloway f Culberson Mrs MeKing and daughter. Birdie of t'opperhill. Tenn.. were visitors in this section Sunday. Harford Loudermilk left Thurs day for his home in Canton. Ohio. He spent several days here visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raper and Mrs. Hirold Harris left Saturday tor their home in Canton. Ohio. Mr and Mrs. O. G. Anderson .? pent last Sunday with Mr. and I Mrs. John Hogan of Murphy, j Route 2 James Mintz of Hangingdog was , a business visitor in this seetion last week. Attorney J. B. Gray of Murphy I made a business trip to this sec- ' t.on last Saturday. Marvin Thompson of California ' js visiting friends and relatives in I tMis seetion. Postell Mrs. Hattie Camon and daugh ter. Charlotte, of Gastonia. are visiting her father, the Rev. S. A. Stiles. Mrs. Josie Clark visited Mrs. J. R. Hamilton Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Ranse Johnson of California are visiting relatives in this section. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Stiles and children, and Miss Ramonia Jory visited Mr. and Mrs. Hurshell Stiles at Marble Sunday. Lakes Dockery was a dinner' guest at Harks Stiles' Sunday Mr. and Mrs Marion Jone? of EUijay. Ga . visited Mr. Jones father. P R. Jones, over the week- j end. Berton McNabb Frank Sparks of Suit, and M C Stiles were the dinner quests of Heaclin Stiles Friday Wasted farmland which has been stripped of its topsoil and cut to pieces with gullies offers little in the way of food and protection for wildlife. Old Belt tobacco narketi will' ?jpen on September 13 Egg production for the remai der of the year is likely to b.. son what smaller than it was for th. same months last year HEADACHE CapadiM (Mtjjns 4 . ? ? l.ci.d itifrt Jirad lh,J* "'"j " I" Wi.li ?? 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Remember Aug. 31 Go to the polls and CAST YOUR VOTE Against BEER and WINE Cherokee County Wine and Beer Election, August 31 To Vote Dry Mark X As Shown Below ( ) For the Legal Sale of Wine (X) Against the Legal Sale of Wine ( ) For the Legal Sale of Beer (X) Against the Legal Sale of Beer WHEN YOl VOTE Vote Dry FOR THE G000 OF THE HOME FOR THE CHURCH FOR CHRISTIANITY FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT ??LET'S BE SENSIBLE" The "Wets" (those who advocate the sale of wine and beer) say "Let's be sensible," to which we, the "Drys" 'those who advocate doing away with any form of alcoholic beverage) reply that the way to be sensible is to heed the word of God ? "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not WISE." Proverbs 20: 1. The "Wets" say, it is sensible to receive $20,000 revenue on beer. We, the "Drys" say, it is senseless to receive $20,000 revenue a year and pay out $200,000 a year intcrime caused by strong drink. We say it is senseless to spend $100,000 a year in Cherokee County for beer and let $75,000 of that amount go to the big monopolies, brewers, outside of our county and state. They, the "Wets," tell us that over a period of 3 years we would lose $60,000, but do not tell us that crime during that period would cost over a half million dollars and that our people would send over a quarter of a million dollars out of our state to fill the pockets of the brewers elsewhere. "Let's be sensible" and turn this half-million or more dollars into buying food, clothing and shelter for women and children who are hungry, ill-clad, and homeless because of the Godless traffic of strong drink in our midst. "Let's be sensible" and drive the bootleggers out of our county who are being sheltered and protected by the present traffic in so-called "Legal beer." Statistics show that more money is being spent to counteract the bootlegger today than was ever spent during the years of prohibition. Prohibition did not fail, and prohibi tion will not fail again. "Take the common-sense view." they say. To which we reply, vote against the sale of beer and wine. Vote DRY. This is the common-sense view. Cherokee County Forces For Temperance and Law Enforcement j
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