Letters to the Editor .f LETTERS WELCOME This newspaper 'welcomes let- ' tors from its readers for pub lication. Letters should be short, legible, on one side of the paper, and preferably type written. The right is reserved to reiect ail letters not consi dered suitable* for publication. Letters should be addressed to : the editor. The News, Chapel Mill or Hillsboro. _ FLUORIDATION 'VIOLATES RIGHTS' l*o the Editor: Your editorial features of The News of Orange County interests us very much—the article “On Fluoride: How long, 0 center of education.” There are volumes written on the fluoride. I have no statement from any chemist who is in favor of adding-fluoride to pub lic drink water supply—with one exception: Dr. Black of Gaines ville, Fla. Dr. Black’s son manu factures the _ equipment . that dumns the poison in the public drinking water supply. His wife is vice-president, so it all fits like a glove. The Blacks profit by it. N. C. citizens are beipg taxed very heavy, without adding any more expense to their load. I am wondering who will pay the bill for the water lines that will have to be replaced in Chapel Hill, N. C. You can’t capture, fluorine. You can’t hold the fluoride long at a time. This chemical even eats up fire brick. Let any per son read reports from men who have worked with fluoride, look, the words up in a dictionary— “Fluoride, Fluorine.” Also, the W. S. Dispensatory 24th edition on pages 1456 and 1457, it tells the story—no one profits from not being informed. I am sure the attorney for the University of N. C. has read the Bill of Rights, the Constitution of the United State's does guaranteed of citizens the right to choose. If Chapel Hill does force fluoridation upon those people who are against drinking water that has fluoride added, has the rights of those people not been violated? Respectfully, Lucy Catlett Austin Route One, Hillsboro ' •_■ • ___ ' ' • *' ' (.Editor’s Note: Mrs. Aus tin enclosed xuith her letter a number of nexus story clip pings from the front pages of recent editions of the Knox ville, Tenn., Journal, all ! citing statements or purport led evidence unfavorable to i fluoridation. These are avail able at The News office. The News, deferring- “re spectfully” to Mrs. Austin’s views as she does to those of this newspaper in her letter, yet denies on the basis of authoritative study of this matter, the validity of her thesis.) ' FOR POINTS BONDS fTo the Editor: Referring to the {proposed State bond issue to be voted on by the citizens of North Caro lina next month, I. as a past member of the State Ports Au thority, would urge the citizens to vote in favor of the bond issue to double the facilities of our two ports in Wilmington and Morehead City. Let us look at the map of the United States: The most, impor tant and progressive states are port states; port cities are our greatest cities. Ninety per cent of the world’s greatest cities are port cities. , —j Remember, too, that every penny of this bond issue, $13,500,000.00, will be paid back, to the Treasury of North Caro lina out of earnings over the next twenty-five years. We gave the State Treasurer last Decem ber a check for $100,000.00—the only time any State agency has every given the State a penny. We ploughed back into our ports facilities a great amount of earn ings during the past six years. !Our new ports are less than ten years old. The bond issue is* not a con tribution by the state or its peo ple,' but a sound, worthwhile in vestment that will pay handsome dividends, and at the same time keep our state among the leaders of the _ nation. The State Porta Authority is a business institu See LETTERS, Pa ge 5 ~~x_~ T. N. BOONE TAILORS ^ SHOWING NEW FALL AND WINTER FABRICS FORMAL RENTALS BURLINGTON,' N. C. GREENSBORO, N. C. A -a STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 6 YEARS OLD $360 86 proof 4/5 QUART JAMES WALSH & CO. LAWRENCEBURG, KENTUCKY —- FARM and RURAL -- FOR ALL fOLKS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS OR TOWNS LESS THAN 2500 NO DOWN PAYMENT' 4% (SUBJECT TO LOCATION) 4 INTEREST Now You Can Own a New Home! Complete in Every Way. Finished to the Highest Standards—At the Very Lowest Interest Rate Ever. EXAMPLE: MAXIMUM TERMS - 33 YEARS 4% INTEREST A $10,000 LOAN FOR 33 YEARS Planned for the Family" MEBANE HOMES MEBANE, NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MEBANE LUMBER COMPANY 1 :! _ - : CALL LOcust 3-9271