FROM THE EDITOR'S CORNER
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EDITOR JOHN ANDERSON
If yon have seen a man in
uptown Brevard with a baby
Lion, yon weren’t seeing
things.
Yon were seeing a man
with a baby Lion.
He is Alton Braddock,
who owns a home in the
Little River section.
And he actually books
African Safaris from his of
fice in Hendersonville.
A retired Bradenton, Flor
ida, rancher, Mr. Braddock
has been an African hunter
since he ceune off the plains
in Texas.
He has also hunted game
from Alaska to Florida, and
from North Carolina to Mon
tana and loved every minute
of it.
If you are thinking of an
African Safari, call Alton
Braddock, HendersonviBe.
The back of The Times was
broken into one night not too
long ago. Fortunately, the Po
licemen were on the scene so
quickly that the robber or rob
bers stole very little.
We’re now considering let
ting our German Shepherd
sleep at nights in our shop.
Many stores and offices in the
larger cities use the Shepherd
and other watchdogs for night
protection.
We pity the robber who runs
into a German Shepherd: his
bite is equal to over 800
pounds, and his bark and growl
will scare the daylights out of
you.
Last Sunday was Com
mencement at Brevard Col
lege. Next Tuesday Brevard
high school seniors will
graduate, and next Wednes
day Bosnian will have gradu
ation.
/That means we have a lot
wont Graduations in this is
sue and more next week.
You’ll enjoy reading about
them.
We congratulate the 1971
graduate!
“Passing The Buck’* was the
caption on this little item clip
ped from the “Kernels of
Corn” column in North Caro
lina Education Magazine:
A stork is a bird with many
things charged against it which
should have been blamed on
the lark.
We were surprised that
Senator Carl Killian has pro
posed a bill that would levy
a three per cent tax on ad
vertising in newspapers.
From some of his state
ments, you would gather that
he is trying to get even with
some “writer” or “writers”.
We don’t know who they are,
and we don’t understand why
he wants to take his grudge
out on newspapers in gen
eral.
A three per cent tax on
newspaper advertising would,
be a burden on local com
merce.
Of total dollar advertising
volume in the U. S. (latest
data available) some 60% is
local. This includes:
82% of NEWSPAPER ad
vertising.
65% of RADIO advertising.
64% of TRANSIT advertis
ing.
We’ll make two more
points about Senator Killian’s
proposal:
DOUBLE TAXATION,
When easterners Pay Twice.
Merchants usually cannot
and will not absorb the in
crease cost of a tax on their
advertisements. See the testi
mony of Baltimore merchants
in 1958, after a Baltimore tax
on advertising had been in
effect for six months and be
fore it was declared uncon
stitutional.
Merchants will either (1)
reduce their selling effort or
(2) pass |he cost to consum
ers in increased prices.
When merchants pass the
tax along, the customer pays
twice. He pays for the adver
tising tax, and he pays the
sales tax on the merchandise.
This is especially important
In the food field, where ad
vertising is so heavily used
by grocers, and where low-in
come customers would be
heavily hurt.
A Blow to INFORMATION
Media.
This is important to what
ever degree the State pots
value on free exchange of
ideas and information.
A tax on advertising would
clearly put a heavy burden
on the information media,
which depend on advertising
for support
The consequences were
stated in the U.S. Supreme
Court case of Grosjean v.
American Press Co., 1936, as
follows:
“A free press stands as one
of the great interpreters be
tween the government and
the people. To allow it to be
fettered is to fetter our
selves.”
If there was any doubt in
Senator Killian’s mind as to
where we stand on his bill,
he should have a pretty good
idea by now. Is he looking
for publicity?
Borrowed . . .
How to tell the sexes apart
now with the long hair and
the pant suits: The one listen
ing is the man.
— ☆ —
“The pessimist sees the
difficulty in every oppor
tunity, the optimist sees the
opportunity in every diffi
culty”.
— ☆ —
One reassuring thing about
some of today’s students is
that most of them are bound
to be smarter than they look!
Joke of the week . . .
One of the most tactful of
men was firing a young fellow
From his first job. He called
the young man into his office
and said: “Son, I don’t know
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New Officers Of 25th District
Of American Legion Are Elected
The 26th District of the
American Legion met at Post
No. 47, Waynesvillev on May 2.
District 25 Commander Don
Culin presided at the meeting
which was attended by repre
sentatives of the Posts within
the 25th District.
Newly elected officers for
1071-72 are as follows:
Clifford Cagle - District 25
Commander
James D. Yonce - District 25
Vice Commander
Monroe Phillips - National
Convention Delegate
Ralph Thurmond • National
Convention Alternate
Installation of these officers
will be held during the installa
tion of the new Department
Commander who will be elected
at the State Convention in Wil
mington.
Cathey's Creek Baptist Church
Will Have All-Day Events Sunday
Cathey’s Creek Baptist
church will have a Gospel sing
this Sunday at 1:30 p. m., fea
turing such groups as the
Owens Family, The Talley
Trio, The Ambassadors and
others.
Dr. E. C. Bragg, Vice-Presi
dent of Trinity College, Duned
in, Florida, and father of the
pastor, Kenneth E. Bragg, will
be the guest speaker at the
11:00 o’clock service proceed
ing the singing.
There will be “Pot Luck”
dinner on the grounds follow
ing the morning services.
The public is invited to at
tend all or part of the services.
Need To Write Legislators?
Here's A List Of Addresses
The mailing addresses of
lawmakers representing West
ern North Carolina are pub
lished here for your con
venience.
U. S. Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr*
(D), Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C. 20510; U.
S. Sen. B. Everett Jordan
(D), Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C. 20510; and
U. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor (D),
House Office Building Wash
ington, D. C. 20515.
State Senators, Lamar
Gudger (D), 189 Kimberly
Ave., Asheville, 28804; L C.
Crawford (D), 10 Hampshire
how we’re going to get along
without you, but starting Mon
day we’re going to try.”
And we also like . . .
The wife lay on her death
bed. She pleaded: “John, I
want you to promise you’ll
ride in the same car with my
mother at the funeral.”
“O.K.,” he said, “but it will
spoil my whole day.”
Cir., Asheville, 28804; Carl
D. Killian (D), Cullowhee
28723; Zeb D. Alley, (D), Way.
nesville 28786; Clyde M. Nor
ton (D), Box 477, Old Fort
28762; David T. Flaherty (R),
803 Hospital Avenue, Lenoir
28645.
State Representatives Her
schel S. Harkins (D), Box
7266, Asheville 28807; John
S. Stevens (D), 8 Pine Tree
Road, Asheville 28804; Claude
DeBruhl (D), Box 480, Cand
ler 28715; Charles H. Taylor
(R), Box 66, Brevard 28712;
Liston B. Ramsey (D), Mar
shall 28753; Ernest B. Mes
ser (D), 15 Forest View Cir
cle, Can toil 28716; Erwin W.
Patton (D), West Main
Street, Franklin 28734.
Also Reps. J. T. Mayfield
(R), Box 26, Flat Rock 28731;
Hugh Beam (D), 204 Crescent
Drive, Marion 28752; James
E. Holshouser, Jr. (R), West
|brook Extension, Boone
28607; R. A. Jones (D), 122
Woodland Ave., Forest City
28043: and William M. Ful
ton (R), 207 Myrtle Street,
Morganton 28655.
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With The Sick
At The
Transylvania
Community Hospital
The following persons were
reported by the staff of the
Transylvania Community Hos.
pital to be confined at noon on
Wednesday:
Mrs. Mary Ashe, Henderson
ville
Miss Ellen Mae Ayera Bre
vard
Mrs. Gay Hensley and baby
girl, Rosman
Carr Owens, Brevard
Mrs. Barbara Waters, Pisgah
Forest
Mrs. Alice Allen, Brevard
Rufus Gravely, Brevard
Mrs. Belva Mitchell, Pisgah
Forest
Mrs. Aurelia Raines, Candler
Visitors are requested to ob
serve the following hours:
mornings 10:30 - 11:30; after
noons 2:30 - 4:00; evenings
7:00 - 8:30.
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McCall Rites Slated Friday
Spurgeon James McCall, age
72, of Balsam Grove died un
expectedly early Wednesday
morning in the Transylvania
Community hospital. He was a
retired farmer and timber
worker. He was a life-long
resident of Transylvania Coun
ty and a member of the Shoal
Creek Baptist church.
Mr. McCall is survive by his
wife, Lucy Allen McCall; two
daughters, Mrs. Rebecca Mc
Call and Mrs. Leonard Griffin,
both of Balsam Grove; two
sons, Tolvin of Barnesville,
Georgia, and Tom Wesley Mc
Call of Balsam Grove; seven
sisters, Mrs. Goldie Arludge of
Candler, Mrs. Opal Manning of
Westminster, Colorado, Mrs.
Edna Scroggins of Asheville,
Mrs. Ruth Long of Brevard,
Mrs. Elsie McCall of Rosman,
Mrs. Ruby Owens and Mrs.
Flora Owens both of Balsam
Grove; seven brothers^ Gene
McCall of St. Louis, Missouri.
Harry and Mack McCall of
Travelers Rest, S. C.; Jack of
Greenville, S. C.; Buck Owens
of Balsam Grove, Harley Owens
of Brevard, and Harlin Owens
of Liberty, S. C.; 13 grand
children; two great-grandchil
dren; and a number of neieas
and nephews.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2:00 Friday afternoon
in the Shoal Creek Baptist
church.
Officiating ministers will be
the Reverend Cecil Robinson
and the Reverend F. A. Raines.
Burial will follow in the
Shoal Creek Cemetery.
Grandsons will serve as pall
bearers.
The body will be taken to the
home Thursday morning at
10:00 a.m. to remain until tak
en to the church for the serv
ice.
Frank Moody Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements.
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