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Law Enforcement Center? Before spending a dime on renovating the old jail or building a new one, we hope the 'public and the various officials ftithin the county will take a long look into the future and the law enforcement needs of the county and its municipalities. To serve Transylvania’s needs over the long pull, what is needed is a Law Enforcement Center, a modern building with a jail, plus facilities and equipment for the 30-plus em ployes of the combined sheriff’s Department and the Brevard Police Dept. With a central location, one set of records to keep, a com bined investigative department, and only one statewide police network hookup needed, this combination setup would save city and county taxpayers thousands of dollars a year, and with the departments in con stant touch would also greatly improve the efficiency of law enforcement. We have talked with some members of both law Enforcement agencies, and they Jagree that it would improve the ^police work of both depart ments. We have talked with several elected officials, and to a man they favored the idea. It would save fuel for heating, fuel for autos, make interdepartment com munications simple, and they also wouldn’t need but one coffee pot. It just makes good sense to us, no matter which angle we view it from, except for the moment — politically. The city and the county are too much at odds too much of the time. But we can exclude the political angle. Politics isn’t noted for making sense. The taxpayers are going to have a chance to have a say so or two in this problem of what to do about a new jail. There’s a public hearing in the matter on March 25. We’re hoping for the largest crowd ever to pack the court room at 7:30 p.m. on that date. Since something is going to have to be done about the jail, the public will have a chance to say what that something will be. Mark the date on your calendar. Grow With Us liiri scouts everywnere are celebrating/ | | Sixty-three years ago—on March 12, 1912, to be exact — jfcrirl Scouts of the U.S.A. was founded, on very much the same ideals that shaped the birth of our republic. Just as our country has grown, so has girl scouting: from 18 girls in Savannah in 1912 to more than 3.3 million girl and sadult members in 1975. 1 | Many changes have been :|nade to keep the Girl Scout program timely and available to Pill girls through the years. But, llhe principles on which girl Icouting is based — honesty, airness, and respect for oneself ind others — have remained onstant. From its beginning, ;irl scouting has helped millions f girls to grow into resourceful women. To highlight this year’s Girl Scout week, March 9-15, Girl Scouts across the country invite all citizens to “grow with us.” They ask us to work in part nership with them as they prepare for leadership roles. They ask us to join their con servation efforts, their work with handicapped people, senior citizens, the migrant com munity, and hundreds of other cooperative community service projects. Whether 6 or 60, say the Girl Scouts, “Grow With .Us” and have fun doing it. We accept their invitation with thanks. And we add our congratulations to an organization that continues to contribute so much to what is good about the American way of life. Sign Those Letters | Although our ground rules for fetters To The Editor clearly >|:all for persons writing to sign ■their names, we’re still getting unsigned letters. ? And after writing to us Mr. Anonymous or Mrs. Anonymous, as the case may be, calls us (still anonymous) on the telephone to brand us “yellow” for not printing the letter, or Accuses us of being tied in with this faction or that. <<5 k We’ve printed many letters since we’ve been here which gave viewpoints 180 degrees from ours. We’ll run any letters which aren’t libelous or obscene — within the bounds of decency — so long as they signed. If good reasons are given for withholding names, we’ll do that, but The Times must know whose letter it is printing. We want everyone to feel free to express his ideas. That’s the way we like it. It’s what a free America is all about. But please sign those letters. We don’t like being called yellow. The Transylvania Times 100 Broad Street Brevard, N. C. 28712 The Transylvania Pioneer, established 1867; The French Broad Voice, established 1888; The Brevard Hustler, established 1891; The Sylvan Valley News (later Brevard News), established 1896; The Times, established 1931; Consolidated 1932. A STATE AND NATIONAL PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED MONDAY, THURSDAY ED M. ANDERSON—Publisher—1941-1958 JOHN I. ANDERSON—Editor-Gen. Mgr.—1941-1974 MRS. ED M. ANDERSON, Publisher UL.YUE K. OSBORNE—Editor BILL NORRIS, Assoc. Ed. and Adv. Mgr. MRS. MARTHA STAMEY Office Mgr. DOROTHY W. OSBORNE, Women’s Ed. ESTON PHILLIPS, Printing Dept. Head GORDON BYRD, Prod. Foreman D. C. WILSON, Printer , DAVID METCALF, Compositor PAM OWEN, Teletype Setter CINDY BYRD, Teletype Setter JULIE LINDGREN, Clerk-Typist SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER YEAR Inside the County—$12 year $8 Six Months Outside the County $15.00 $9.00 Six Months MEMBER OF National Editorial Association North Carolina Press Association New York—Chicago—Detroit—Atlanta NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE American Newspaper Representatives |G)d Transylvsnia Yfrnes j = by Carle Her-sK- ^== Jim AiKen j's probably besT Known -these days as -Hie— father of Moms AOabley. /^rounoC the Turn of ttiecenl ury, though, he tvas cpu-i'fe. a. business man in his own Y~l<)ht, ns.calls his nie.ce., RosaWilKes. He Started, out Se/lina needles ancL pins, but became the proprietor* of a. restaurant, barber shop, grocery and was also arj underTaKer. She says bis restaurant was about where Psttergon's is today on Alain Street. Buf it was in the. role of volunteer fireman that he met his death, m IW. AII businesses closed, for his funeral, held- in the White 3apTist Church ■ My ! fh/§ food *75 yoo/t -far Thas whaf we cal/ ,tJ I Report To Hill Country | BY CECIL HILL State Senator Several bills of far-reaching influence were considered by the Senate this week. The Omnibus Utilities Commission bill was finally passed by the Senate and sent to the House. My column has mentioned this important legislation previously. I think it is a good compromise for both the electric companies and the consumers. On Wednesday we con sidered Senator Gudger’s bill calling for split sentencing. This bill passed after being amended to apply only to persons who had not previously been in prison within the past five years. It is to run on a trial basis only for two years. In my opinion, this bill will put more criminals in prison than any single piece of legislation passed in the last few years. I also believe that it will keep more people out of prison after they have tasted a little prison life. The bill provides that the judge may sentence a con victed person to an active sentence not to exceed six months, or one-fourth of the minimum active sentence suspended, and the remainder of the sentence will be served under strict probation. I feel that most, having seen what life is like inside prison walls, will conduct themselves in such manner as rarely to return. Much is to be learned in committee meetings in the legislature. We are privileged to hear experts in many fields. One Wednesday the Com mittee on Banking heard several outstanding mortgage loan bankers. They pointed out that 95 per cent of the mortgage money in North Carolina comes from without the state. One of the economists now states that the 52 billion dollar deficit estimated by President Ford will probably reach 110 billion dollars. This will be catastrophic. This economist forecast that the federal government would have to borrow money to cover this deficit. He stated that there was not enough money in the public market and that the government would offer the people bonds or notes at a high interest rate. He was fearful that in dividuals would withdraw from savings accounts in banks and savings and loan associations to purchase higher yielding investment. He also stated that not only would 1974 be repeated in the money market, but that a recession is a part of our economic system which we will have to take. I am sure the legislature will operate state government as a tight ship. The legislature believes that a slow recovery is the most that we can hope for over the next few years. “Citizen, do you have permission to move this plant from one pot to another?” THE RIGHT TO MOVE Just as our Constitution guarantees to every citizen the right to move freely around the country, so it protects the right of each individual to conduct his own business or contribute his labor in the place of his choice. But these rights are being threatened by pending legislation —introduced last year as the “National Employment Priorities Act”—which would make relocation of a manufacturing facility from one stale to another (or even an intra-stale move) subject to prior government approval. EDITORIAL PAGE THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES (Editor’s Note: Letters most be brief, signed typed or written legibly on one side of paper. We reserve the right to reject, edit, or condense. Letters should be received by The Times by Monday mornings.) Margaretville, New York 12455 March 5,-1975 Mr. Dear Mr. Osborne: In your February 17 issue Dr. Herbert Spa ugh took to task certain writers whom he regarded as engaging in “character assassination and defamation.” of early American heroes. Incidentally there was no point in including Mr. Nixon among such future targets as no one can write as concise and devastating an epitaph as has Mr. Nixon already done to himself. In his seminary days Mr. Spa ugh must have been aware of the value of segregating and apocryphal books from the rest of the books of the Bible largely because of their exaggerated stories and claims to authorship which could not be substantiated. And if the writers of today take the same approach, why get so uptight about it? March 2, The Sunday New York Times in its travel section carried a letter which I hope you will reprint as its illustrates the point in question. As you can sec the writer’s credentials are im peccable. The facts which he presents can be authenticated or disclaimed. Nowhere does he attempt to downgrade the thrilling victory and the change in fortunes of the ragged and indomitable army. Neither does the status of George Washington as a brilliant military strategist nor his statesmanship rise or fall on the basis of this article which Mr. Spaugh would describe as the work of a debunker, j . Yours, gi , tarn Edward Lindgren The letter follows: CROSSING THE DELAWARE To the Editor: In reference to the article by Val Lauder, “A Park That Gives Washington His Due,” (Travel Section, Feb. 16), we strongly believe your readers should understand that the Leutze painting, “Washington Cross the Delaware,” which was reproduced in the article, is often misinterpreted as being historically accurate. Nothing could be further from the truth. The American flag pictured had not yet been designed, the soldiers would not have held their barrels pointed upwards to catch the falling sleet. General Washington would not have been standing in the bow of the boat as if he were posing for a picture, and the style of the boat is incorrect. Washington always made use of ferries whenever they were available: there was a ferry in operation in December, 1776, at the spot Washington chose to cross the Delaware. The David Library of the American Revolution, located one mile north of Washington Cross Park in Pennsylvania (not in the Memorial Building as the article incorrectly stated), contains one of America’s leading privately owned collections of Revolutionary War letters, documents and memorabilia. We cordially invite the public to visit the library. Dr. Sol Feinstone Director David Library of the ^ 1 American Revolution ™ Washington Cross, Pa. ummtjvwwj; THE EVERYDAY COUNSELOR BY DR. HERBERTSPAUGH There is a hydrant-eating tree at Kemersville, North Carolina which has virtually completed its work on Main Street there. For nearly 20 years, the tree has been edging its way closer and closer to a nearby fire hydrant. For a while, Kernersville was ahead of the battle. It managed to keep the hydrant operating when needed. But the tree was relentless. First it took over two outlets, making both of them useless. The third outlet is still free from the tree, but the biggest problem now is that the firemen cannot get a wrench on top of the hydrant to open it for the flow of water. What’s going to happen? Either they will have to replace the fire hydrant ot take down the tree. A town spokesman said the victory of the tree over the hydrant is “inevitable.” This is very much like the old story about the camel and the Arab’s tent. The Arab was riding his camel over the desert. Night came and they stopped to camp. During the night, it became colder. Hie camel asked the Arab to let him put his nose in his tent to keep it warm. Next he said it was getting colder and he wanted to put his head in. Soon there was the plea for his head and neck. Finally the camel was all in the tent and the Arab was out. That’s what is happening to this country by the gradual erosion of our moral and spiritual foundations. I have referred to this from time to time in this column. I have seen it happening over the forty years which we have been wriling the Everyday Counselor column. The pendulum has swung from morality to immorality, from righteousness to unrighteousness, from good citizenship with law ob servance to “dog-eat-dog.” The American attitude all over the world is changing. Witness the Watergate and subsequent revelations. It is all been so gradual. Some can remember the days of prohibition during World War I. There was crime and bootlegging, but the hospials for the treatment of alcoholics closed from lack of patients. They were known as the Keely Institutes. Then came the repeal of the 18th amendment and the modification of the laws regulating liquor. Alcohol consumption has gradually increased until today the leading cause for automobile and other ac cidents is the drinking of alcohol. The same thing has hap pened to our observance of Sunday. First it was closed tight. Then drugstores were allowed to open for a few hours. Gradually they opened' completely, and then variety stores. Other stores followed suit. At first there was Sunday afternoon opening. Now it is becoming Sunday all day. Slowly the tree has been growing around the Tire hydrant.
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