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4 Mewnrain* (NC) NEWS Thursday, July 15, 1948 The Black Mountain News Published Every Thursday in Black Mountain, N. C. DAY PHONE 4101 NIGHT PHONE 4503 GORDON H. GREENWOOD Editor GEORGE W. DOUGHERTY Mech - Snpt Co-owners SUBSCRIPTION RATES Buncombe and Surrounding Counties: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.26 Outside Above Territory One Year $2.50 Six Months sl-60 Entered as Second Class Matter Sept. 13, 1945, at the Post Office at Black Mountain, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. guest editorial (Because of the nearness of the Western North Carolina Sanatorium to our town, we believe that our readers will be interested in the o - lowing editorial which appeared in the July-August edition of the Sanatorium’s newspaper, WESTERN STAR. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of the Black Moun tain News.) “HONEST OPINION” by John Christian, Jr. In the past primary campaign six Democrats and one Republican, all candidates for governor, spoke an estimated one million words telling.the voters of North Carolina what they would do if only given a chance. But not one word was said about the illiterate patients in state hospitals. With one teacher and a few hundred copy books in each hospital, wonders could be worked by opening a new world to the scores of patients who can't read or write their names. Doc tors will tell you that a gainfully occupied mind is a big help in the treatment of tuberculosis. So the. pati ent would be helped in more ways than one, if this op portunity were offered to him, but the hospital vote play a very minor part in the election of officals, so the politicans “pay us no mind.” The state treasury is bulging with a surplus of over $171,000,000, yet they can’t afford to purchase lysol or some other disinfectant for use on the ward floors, bathrooms, or urinals. And the state buys a cheap stiff paper to cover your mouth while coughing, in stead of spending a few more dollars and getting a soft tissue to asborb the cough, they have one that scatters germs all over the room and fellow’ patients. In a conversation with Dr. Willis a few’ months ago, this w’riter learned that the state buys the best food obtainable for tuberculosis patients. I winder what happens to it after it is unloaded on the storeroom platform here. What is luxury? What is a necessity? A necessity, in my opinion, is when a patient whose lips have become dry, cracked and parched from rail ing a high temperature finds it necessary to buy a “chap stick” composed of camphor and other medi cinal properties to apply to his lips for relief. But the operators of our state owned store evidently consider parched lips a luxury. If not, then w’hy charge 25c for a 10c article, plus lc sales tax, plus 5c luxury tax; a total of 31c? The writer has been told that the state owned store pays tax to wholesalers for some articles carried in stock and that this tax must be passed on to the patient or consumer. If this is true, then some one is squandering the tax-payer’s money, because the state Board of Health, along w r ith Education, High ways, Prisons, Fisheries, or any state agency are ex empt from any and all taxes. They pay taxes to “no one.” “Fun For You” Comedy Hit Still Scheduled Although the jaycees are going ahead with plans for their big “Fun For You” show here on the nights of July 23, 24, they will be more than glad to abide by any request which the officials may make, O. W. Tinney, president, told the NEWS this morning. As this is written no cases of polio have been reported in Black Moun tain. But if health and city offici als think necessary, the big comedy hit will be postponed on short notice. “Fun For You” is being spon sored in Black Mountain by the Black Mountain junior chamber of commerce to raise money for seats at the softball field. BACK TO WASHINGTON Mrs. Alston Palmer and daugh ter, Celestia Mary, and Miss Lethe Moore returned to Washington last Saturday after a visit with their mother, Mrs. Celestia Moore on Montreat road. Mr. A. T. Cook and daughter, Marylin, have been occupying a cottage with friends at Folly Beach, S. C. for the past week. News Deadline 4 p. m. Tuesday Leaders In Meet At Montreat A co-operative conference desi gned for Sunday school superin tendents and for leaders of men, featuring the tenth annual con ference for Sunday school super intendents and the third annua! conference for men’s work leaders of the Presbyterian church in the United States, will open here !■ ri day to continue through Sunday, July 18, under the supervision of S. J. Patterson, Jr., Richmond, Va., director of men's work on the staff of the executive committee of religious education of the gene ral asembly of the denomination. Meetings will be held in com bined and separate sessions. The general theme will be “A Growing Church—A Challenge to Men. Men will register at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at Montreat Au ditorium, where the conference will hold its- organization meeting at 3 o’clock. Dr. David L. Stitt, Austin, Texas, president of Austin Theological seminary, will con duct the devotional sendees for the conference on the topic. "To day’s Problem,” and the Chris tian’s approach toward the solving of these problems. In addition to business sessions, pun spouXs mo.Tj sq.iodoj uoq.v, presbyteries will be heard, and officers for 1948-49 elected, the conference will consider plans for the Men’s Convention to be held in November 1949. in Atlanta, which plans are now moving for ward with a goal of 5.000 Pres byterian men attending as dele gates from all section of the South. Group discussion periods are scheduled from 9:30 o’clock Sun day morning, following a com munion service to be conducted by Dr. John R. Cunningham, presi dent of Davidson College, and former moderator of the general assembly. Dr. W. J. Millard, Memphis, Tenn., will preach at the 11 o’clock worship service, Sunday, July 18. to bring the men’s conference to a close. - NO POLIO REPORTED (Continued from Page 1) officials who met . recently in Asheville : Stay away from all gatherings, particularly indoor crowds. Movies, churches, Sunday schools, nursery schools, and swimming pools are some of the things that can contribute to the spread of the disease. Patients are advised to keep their children out of the stores and other places while at tending to necessary business. Group attendance at picnics are discouraged. In as much as travel increases chances of contacts to the disease, the recommendation was made that people stay at home instead of traveling. Traveling should be limited to emergencies. Avoid injury to tjie mouth, nose, and throat, such as pulling teeth, removing of tonsils, etc. Avoid fatigue. Children should rest two hours every afternoon. Severe exercise wtih fatigue can help cause more serious develop ment of the disease. The recommendation was made that camps operating from six to eight weeks remain open, but that they place all children and adults in a voluntary quarantine with no visiting allowed by the parents. Short period camps that keep groups of children for a week or two should close. Planned group recreational activities and youth conferences should not be held, as this provides the same opportunity for exposure as occurs in the short term camps mentioned above. The above recommendations are made in view of the possibility of an actual epidemic developing in this area. In case the recom mendations are followed and are effective in controling the disease it might not be necessary to take more drastic action. In case of a real epidemic, the feeling was ex pressed that it would be advisable to require the closure of motion pictures, churches, summer schools, swimming pools, schools and gatherings of all types. This could be done by enactments of A Debt To Profit By GEORGE S. BENSON President ol Harding College Searcy. Arkansas AMERICA has become rich and powerful, with high wages and the best living conditions in the world, because of good When I say America, I mean all of America. All the people in this great country owe much to this system that allows profits to be made and used. When we ap preciate that fact, it is possible to see the dangers that exist when we do things that limit profits or keep them down. For example, today inflation has reduced the buying power of profits by about 40 per cent from what they were a few years ago. On top of this, profit has been reduced in many industries. Many businesses made smaller profits in 1947 than in 1946. Quite a few are not making enough profit to replace worn out tools and machinery Others are borrowing heavily. Those that borrow do so because they find they have to borrow. Question AN INDUSTRIAL en of Risk terprise can only bor row, however, on the basis of anticipated profits : “profits to come." If these ex pected profits do not come, then the future of that business is jeopardized Nobody wants to lend it any more money then. It’s a poor risk. So what hap pens? The machinery wears out Wages hit rock-bottom. Workers drop out, top executives take jobs in better companies Presently, the business is bankrupt. Every company that has to go broke for lack of profits puts a blight upon the record that be longs to America. Yet, right here in America we are today jeopard izing future jobs and future prosperity in the nation by bring ing profits down too low For example, the railroads can not possibly replace their old equipment by depending upon their profits. New equipment like ordinances by the local board of health. The Black Mountain First Bap tist church. State Street Metho dist, Presbyterian, and St. James Episcopal church, will cooperate with the recommendation of the county health officials with refer ence to polio according to a state ment issued by the pastors. There will be religious services as usual, both Sunday school and worship services, for adults and young people 16 years of age and above, the statement said. There will he no Sunday school or services for those under 16. OES CHAPTER from Page 1) Higginbothan; Associate Matron, Edna McDougle; Asso. Patron. Leroy H. Mashburn; Secy., Mrs. Gladys Ham, Treas., Mrs. Mary Hauth; Conductress, Mrs. Marga ret Stone; Associate Cond., Mrs. Reva S. Hinkle: Chaplin, Mrs. Helen Longcoy; Marshall, Mrs. Mae Fortner; Organist. Miss Barb ara Morrow; Adah, Mrs. Loekey B. Lawson; Ruth, Mrs. Catherine Stutts; Esther, Mrs. Rohda Riddle; Martha. Mrs. Addie Gaskins; Electa. Mrs. Mary Potter; Warder, Mrs. Martha T. Simmons. Mrs. Ring and Mrs. Riddle were not present for installation and will be installed at a later date. The followng Grand Officers of N. C., O. E. S., were present: Alvis M. Tingle of Asheville, Worthy Grand Patron; Mrs. Mae Willman of Asheville, Grand Con ductress; Mrs. Hilda Halliburton of Clyde, D. D. G. M. ofnlU 16th Dist.; Mrs. Daphne Mackev of Old Fort, D. D. G. M. of the 14th Dist.; Mrs. Nell H. Porter, Swannanoa, Past Grand Matron; and Mrs. No lan K. Hunnicutt of Asheville, Past Grand Matron. A number of other visitors from various Chapters were present. SONNY AYCOCK AWAY J. A. Aycock and his sister Mrs. Gertrude Groswell and her son William, have returned to Brook ville, Fla. after a visit here with J. C. Aycock. "Sonny” Avcock went to Florida with them to re main until September. CIRCLE NO. 2 Circle No. 2 of the Methodist church will meet with Mrs. Zeb Sawyer on Tuesday evening, July 20, at 7:30. y mm streamlined trains, latest locomotives, lots of heavy e .. ment and modernization 4 in these things call for money pJJr its aren’t enough. Therefore S ' roads must borrow. But ' they do not make enough pTfifc to repay the can? These thC keep the railroads in consul danger. 1 Capital THE NEED for invest. Needed ment and for new C anj" tal is so great that many industries right now are in vesting more than their total prof" its. Os course, they are expert, nt present conditions to be temixw rary. They make huge invest ments, without regard for pre-,e n i profits, only because they expect conditions to improve ar.d better conditions to come in later. Aetu ally, thi.s simply means that prof, its in 1947 (which look trernen dous in figures) were much too small. President Truman, in his re port on the state of the nation said that $50,000,000,000 should be invested in business expand ~ over the next few years. Thu would be fine. However, the far* remains that money for invest ment comes only as a result id work and savings. Unless we cen get more profits than are now customary, we shall still lack f r investments. With present prof its, Mr. Truman’s figure cannot be reached. Why, then, do we need invest ment? For exactly the same rea sons that we need profits. In or der to make sure there will be enough jobs at good wages. Lack of investments and lack of profits is an invitation to unemployment and hard times. Let’s not be de ceived by those who would arouse us against profits. They would like to wreck our “profit” system, which has given us the highest wages and best living conditions that men ever knew. |1 Legal Notices m NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 238 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBI TING THE DUMPING AND BURNING OF TRASH AND— OR GARBAGE WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF BLACK MOUN TAIN. BUNCOMBE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF AL DERMEN OF THE TOWN OF BLACK MOUNTAIN: SECTION I: That on and after the Ist day of July, 1948, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to dump or burn within the Town Limits of the Town of Black Mountain any trash and— or garbage. SECTION II: That all trash and 'or garbage collected within the Town Limits of the Town of Rlack Mountain shall be collected by the Town dump truck and de livered to the dumping ground provided by the Town of Black Mountain located outside the Town Limits of the Town of Black Mountain. SECTION III: That this Ordin ance is passed for the safety and health of the citizens and res idents of the Town of Black Moun tain and is deemed to be an emer gency measure for the health and safetv of its citizens. SECTION IV: That a violation of this Ordinance shall be CO, ? SI '’ ered a misdemeanor and shall ne punishable by a fine of not to exceed SIO.OO, or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. That eac violation of the provisions of - shall be considered • a separate offense and sha.. punishable as provided. SECTION V: That this ordin ance shall be in full force am - feet on and after the IstJ . July 1948: That this Ordinanc shall be published one in Black Mountain News. ORDINANCE NO. 238. ah°« setforth, is duly presented, unanimously passed, on lts „ n second, and third reading. a emergency measure on this - da>y of June, 1948, and is no> full force and effect. J. L. POTTER, Mayor Town of Black Mountain At test: W. Dean Willis City Clerk.
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