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Roofing! Roofing! A carload of 29 gauge Galvanized Roofing just received Every person who buys as much as fifteen squares before March Ist will be entitled to a 53.00 razor or a §3.00 hat free. McKinney Mercantile Go. ELLENBORO, N. C. INSURANCE BROWN INSURANCE AGENCY W. L. BROWN Bank Building B. H. LONG BUILDING A LOAN OFFICE mHr »»»a»o •»9 • • ♦ %♦♦♦♦♦♦« There Is Mo Better Flour Housewives of Forest i!L=^a City now accept Point \ Lace FLOUR as the / standard for all good I |||J J If you are not yet using Point Lace Flour, you should try one sack, aft- 111 j^di er which we feel confi- J dent you will be forever L~=l 7 Szzrrr-*m / in the ranks of our satis- uJP ™f 'j fied customers. J T C. WHISNANT & SON Forest City, N. C. f RADIO For The Inaugural "It has been estimated by conservative publishers that at least twenty-five million people will listen in on the radio to the inaugural address of President Coolidge." Have You a Radio in Your Home? If not you will have to impose on friends or miss an in spirited patriotic program. Be abreast of the times. Come in and let us demonstrate the different sets or show you how you can build a set of your own from parts we supply. Our prices are always lowest. Electric Service Company FOREST CITY, N. C. Forest City-Marion-Spartanburg Bus Line SOUTH BOUND Leave. A.M. A M. P.M. Marion 1:15 Rutherfordton 8:00 2:25 Spindale 8:10 2:30 Forest City 7:00 8:20 2:40 Caroleen 7:15 8:35 2:55 Henrietta 7:25 8:45 3:05 Cliffside 7:35 8:55 3:15 Cheshee 8:00 9:20 3:40 Mayo 8:10 9:30 3:50 Cherokee Springs _ 8:20 P:4O 4:00 Spartanburg 8:40 10:00 4:20 NORTH BOUND Leave. A.M. P.M. P.M Spartanburg 9:00 2:00 6:00 Cherokee Springs- 9:15 2:20 5:16 Mayo 9:25 2:25 5:25 Chesnee 9:35 2:40 5:40 Cliffside 10:00 3:15 6:00 Henrietta 10:10 8:25 6:10 Caroleen 10:15 8:35 6:20 Forest City 10:30 3:50 6:35 Spindale 10:40 4:00 6:45 Rutherfordton 10:50 4:10 6:50 Marion 12:00 THE FOREST CITY COURIER A SUGGESTION FOR PLAN TO REPLACE PHY SICIANS IN RURAL SECTIONS OF COUNTY The following paper, offering a splendid plan for replacing physicians in rural sections of the county, was read before the County Medical So ciety, last week by Dr. W. C. Bostic, of Forest City: Gentlemen of the Rutherford County Medical Society: I wish to call your attention to a condition existing in our county with reference to lack of medical atten tion in the rural districts. After giv ing this situation some thought and consideration I find we are confront ed with an economical problem of great importance. Investigation shows the rural population drifting toward the industrial centers of the county, and becoming consumers in stead of producers, hence the high cost of living. These people are leaving the farms because of their inability to procure proper medical attention. In one township about twenty-five per cent of its population has moved to the cotton mills of this and other sec tions. The community spirit and the pleasure of living in the country is waning because of this acute condi tion. The time has come when this prob lem must be solved, and in order that you may understand the matter of which I am speaking, I have prepared three small maps of Rutherford county showing the problem we are trying to present. I understand that the same condition prevails in almost every county in North Carolina and even throughout the United States. First map sketch shows the loca tion of the physicians of our county ' i 1900, before the Standard of Med ical education was raised to the ac quired four year high school course, two years college work, and the four year course in an A.-I. Medical col lege. Second map shows the present lo cation of the physicians of Ruther ford county today (1925). You will note the number of general prac titioners have decreased from No. 24 to No. 15, the light area of this map shows the territory that is reasonably served by the doctors of the county, notwithstanding, the population of this area has increased from 12,000 in 1900 to 29,000 in 1925. The light area represents a six mile field each way for each physician in the coun ty or the territory to which he can give satisfactory service. Third map shows the location of physicians of the entire county as of 1930, with suggestions for the solu tion of the problem when carried out by the plan I wish to offer for your consideration and criticism, which is as follows: First—lt will become necessary to establish an A-l Medical college in North Carolina. Second —The four year high school course is provided already and within reach of every boy in North Carolina (free). Third—The County Board of Health will act as local committee to pass on the qualifications and fitness of these high school graduates apply ing for admission and receive bond SI,OOO for good faith to the comple tion of this course in college, and to the Medical College of North Caro lina. They will select four to six applicants each year that will be en titled to free scholarship, covering tuition and all fees except board, for a two year course in any of the Stan dard Colleges of the State, namely, State University, A. & E. College, Wake Forest, Duke University and! Davidson College. After completion of the two year course in either of these colleges, the applicant will then be entitled to a scholarship to the North Carolina School of Medicine, which will cover the regular stand ard course as prescribed by the American Medical Association. Fourth—After completion of the two-year college work and the four year course in medicine, the faculty of the Medical School will issue a certificate, (not a diploma) to the ap plicant which will entitle him to ap ply for examination before the State Board of Medical Examiners of North Carolina. After the applicant has passed the required and regular examination before the Board he will then receive the State Board of Medical Examiners a limited; .license, which will entitle him to practice medicine in any of the rural health centers in any county of North Caro lina, established by the County and State Board of Health. The applicant accepts the limited license in lieu of his free tuition in college and school of medicine. Fifth—After the physician has practiced medicine in one or more of these rural health centers, as pre scribed by the County Board of Health, for a period of ten years he will then be permitted to receive en dorsement by the local board, and on return of his medical certificate and his limited license to the North Car olina school of Medicine and the State Board of Medical Examiners, he will receive his regular diploma and regular North Carolina State license as of date of his graduation and examination before the Board. During this period of practice in one of these health centers, he will be entitled to all the privileges of the County and State Medical Societies. He will also make insurance exami nations, act as industrial physician and surgeon for any industries with in his field. Sixth —After five years of practice in one of these health centers, should he decide to withdraw from this field he will have the privilege of paying back his tuition fees to the Colleges he attended, also to the North Caro lina School of Medicine, with 4 per cent interest, and on payment of the above fees he will receive his diplo ma, which will entitle him to receive his license before the State Board of Medical Examiners. Seventh —This plan will give all the Rural sections of our State an educated physician. It also places the college course, together with the regular course in medicine, in reach of every boy with limited means, from farm and elsewhere, the chance of securing the regular Medical Course without lowering the present high standard of medical education. Eight—Community life and spirit will be restored to the people in need of medical attention. A great econo mic question will have been solved— consumers will return to the farms to become producers again, thereby low ering the high cost of living. Ninth—The cost of the above plan to the state will be but a trifle and is not to be considered seriously—the money expended in other states for education of our doctors will be re tained largely in our own state. The scarcity of physicians will be reliev ed throughout the State. The boy with an ambition to study medicine will have the chance of the medical course and the privilege of serving his own, and as Aycock said» "He will have the chance to bourgeon out all that is within him." Tenth—North Carolina is proud of her history of the splendid progress being made in every walk of life. She soon will have constructed and paid for one hundred million dollars worth of good roads. She pays more income tax to the United States Gov ernment than any other state in the Union except New York and Penn sylvania. Her public school system is second to none in the United States. She has one of the greatest Universities and has provided for the education of her women, her farm er boys, textile workers, engineers, etc., but has failed to provide for a finished doctor. Eleventh—Will this, the most pro gressive State in the Union, allow her rural population to suffer and die from want of medical attention? This plan could be placed in operation at the opening of the Colleges in the Fall season. The present legislature should provide for the erection and maintainance of an A-l Medical school situated in the central part of the State in one of its largest cities. Twelfth—The County Board of Health, in conjunction with the State Board of Health, will make a survey of the needs of each county and es tablish a district composed of one or more townships. This district will be known as Community Health District, or center, No. 1 to No. 8 of Ruther ford county. The citizens of these various community health centers will be asked to co-operate in the ex tension of better medical attention to its people and help supply a whole time pupil nurse, together with the following equipment, to be used as the case may demand. A linen chest should be provided containing sheets, pillow cases, blankets, towels, gowns and other dressings and supplies, also an outfit consisting of hospital bed, springs, and mattress, together with a nurse's cot, and other equipment such as hot water bottles, syringes, rubber gloves, cotton, etc. With the above outfit any home within ten miles can be hospitalized or made quite as comfortable as a room or ward in a hospital within one hour. There should be provided an addi tional outfit similar for the tubercu lar patients. This equipment consists of small tent, or porch tent, so that the tubercular patient will have the comforts of the modern tubercular sanitorium in his own back yard or lawn. He will be removed from his inflicted room of flies, bed bugs, and foul smelling bed clothing, etc, to a nice clean cot with screens and other accessories, such as spit cup, clinical charts, diet lists, and printed instruc (Continued on Page Two) Don't Worry— \ JB When company conies in « unexpectedly, just smile and 1 phone, or come to us—we \ Yj ♦ can relieve the situation \ | Fresh Meats of all ♦ Groceries, Canned ♦ We will take pleasure in sup- . ♦ plying your wants. | HARRILL'S MARKET ♦ Forest City, :-: :-: North Carolina I BEFORE YOU BUY COAL | Investigate the price and quality of the coal band- | led by us. | I . * t Would also suggest that if you want a heating | t . ♦ t stove of any kind you see our line before buying. 1 I | FARMERS HARDWARE CO. j | FOREST CITY N, C. | I o~~\ :: I FEOJJ. SERVICE :: x • ► X serve you P r °P er ly is our t constant aim. We leave noth- ► ♦ * ns undone to supply your drug o X needs promptly and accurately. s, | |g IjpjM especially call your atten- ► p xjF ** on to unusual care and ac- «► X JL. * H * 'K = ; lif \m cu racy that prevails in our Pre- scription Department. ► S * —Every Prescription brought here is properly filled with the ]► highest grade pure drugs. ♦ ♦ —Phone or come when you ° ► need anything from a Good jt PEOPLES DRUG STORE j 0 Next to Farmers Bank Forest City, N. C. ♦ 1 INSURANCE: \ 1 ———= i - ? Writing all lines and will take care of your wants on short ♦ 4 notice. * J. A. WILKIE -§ |! Insurance and Real Estate FOREST CITY, N. C. jj | Barnes Cash Store it IN NEW QUARTERS it SMITH BLDG., DEPOT STREET. \l Where we are offering the best in | GROCERIES ETC. J: PAY CASH AND BANK THE :: DIFFERENCE. it ~*e buy all kinds of Country Produce at market prices. ( • Also sell cotton seed meal, $2.20 ; hulls, $1.15. BEST IN SERVICE AND QUALITY. LOWEST j; IN PRICE. BARNES CASH STORE J [ Id Biggerstaff Bunding- Next to Coca -Cola Plant. TURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1925
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