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f ■ Published Every Thursday in Black Mountain. V t • ELAINE C. CLARK.Editor GEORGE W. DOUGHERTY . . . Moch. Supt. G. H. Greenwood and G. W. Dougherty — Co-Owners Entered as Second Class Matter September 13, 1045, at the Post Office at Black Mountain, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Day Phone 4101 1: LET’S ORGANIZE FOR HOME BlILDING . . . One or two instances have been reported of prop erty owners upping rental and sales values of prop p erty. They are influenced to take this course pron ll ably by the expected increasing demand for housing C in this area. They have a mistaken idea of the ad vantage to them in getting “theirs” first. It will not work out that way, unless of course, such persons expect to make a fast, fat profit and leave the com munity. For if they remain here, and very many others hike rental and sales prices unreasonably, other areas in the Valley will benefit much more by increased population. Black Mountain and any othei community which attempts any wholesale high hike procedures in real estate would simply die on the vine. Residents hereabouts with a memory will recall an example of this drive-away policy with ■ Black Mountain the beneficiary. Let’s not dig our grave, loot's build for the luture H by building fairly with justice to buyer or renter HJ as well as to the seller. WE ALL DON'T WANT TO GET LABELED BY THE ACTIONS OF A FEW. Let the citizens with weight in the community exert their influence to keep miserly hysteria out of our civic behavior pat Of course the step to be taken as earn as possum jf-1 Could he a loosely knit organization of contractors and persons with building money. They could survey r 1 existing available properties and make a reasonable | | estimate of new demand. They could plan jointly the erection of homes in such number as to keep a step or two ahead of demand. They could control at • the same time the type of construction of homes. They could largely forestall construction of firetraps. the use of substandard materials, gyp deals, and Hp other forms of dishonest practice in home building. Sfy They could assure newcomers, most of them un versed in home values, honest value for their money. Let’s find a way to organize to meet this coming demand so as to reflect credit on the community and further strengthen its reputation for advancing the good of the individual by collective action for the benefit of all. ns - BE A LETTER-WRITER TO THE EDITOR . . . Now, now. don’t let that head make you shiver in negation. We know lots of folks would rather die, intellectually speaking, than be thought so naked as to put innermost thoughts, biased of course they as sume, in the public eye. Maybe that's excusable in regard to the expres sion of opinion on many subjects. But we would like to appeal to you, dear reader, to make an exception in respect to the multitude of problems suddenly facing all of us in the Swannanoa Valley. The solution of many of the problems affecting the general welfare and civic development will stem from individual thinking and personal initiative ex amined and approved and put into being by collective action. That is, first individual thinking and suggestions for action; and second, organization and action. In respect to the first stage, the NEWS would offer to act as a clearing house for ideas. Readers, write us a letter expressing any ideas you would like to see put to use in advancing the general welfare or civic development, or, for that matter, on any other subject you feel strongly about. We would make selections from such letters for publication from time to time as space permitted, with your name, or without it if you requested us to withhold it. Ideas have been the source of all progress every i sfSr* K : ship elements in our community will lu on < "u; Srt pelvic progress ball rolling. You , can give i\ l, push, maybe, by writing a letter to the . editor. GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? Mvthical secretary reports minutes of a recent meeting of one of our leading organizations as fol lows: , Presiding Officer: Well, what have we got to go into tonight? The chief officer isnt here, so I guess I’ll have to sit in this time. U*t s see, does anybody know of anything? By the wa\, did > ou know so and so took a trip down to - b> — • From a member: He did? Well, wasn t that fine. Good deal! p. ().: Well, let’s see, not all our members are paid up. (Follows a half hour discussion on dues collecting.) Mythical secretary: Meeting then adjourned; nothing accomplished, no real action taken, nothing of importance discussed. If the shoe fits, why not one of those New Year’s resolutions to the effect that every meeting must see at least one substantial forward action taken consistent with your organization's objectives? •POy.BAU.EVj Anyone? Belief that North Carolina will support President Harry Truman or anyone he chooses to suceed him was voiced last week by Governor Kerr Scott. He thinks the Old North State will carry the hall for the Dem ocratic party, come what may, be cause tne Democrats have pro vided "higher prices for cotton and tobacco" and have brought other benefits to this area Scott may be right, but it makes for a sad commentary when we admit that we care little what trees on in government so long as we receive benefits therefrom. As someone said the other day: We don’t see any harm in letting children helievt in Santa Clau-. Hut more of them ought to he told the fact* before they reach voting age. At Home — A lot of Wake For est college folk- are enjoying a retelling of a Lamar Caudle in cident which occurred two, three years ago. About 11 one tngni oetore ii Wake Forest ■ Georgetown game to be played the next day, the telephone of Wake Forest’s pres ident, Thurn.au I). Kitchen, set in to ringing. It was Washington calling. As sistant Attorney General T. Lamar Caudle, Wake alumnus, was call ing. He said he wanted to bring some officials of Georgetown down for the game and asked 1'resident Kitchen to have them for dinner, entertainment, etc., and to take them to the game. Mrs. Kitchen, who has not been in good health for years, was ill at that time. It was late. Kitchen, in his usual smooth manner, re fused. But Caudle was not to be outdone. The next afternoon after the game one of Caudle’s casual friends and wife returned from the game, went into their home. There was Caudle and one or two offi cials of Georgetown draped about in chairs making themselves com pletely at home. The story is that the refrigerator had been thor oughly raided, and evidence showed the vssiturs had been hav ing a gay old time. They were resting in sodden comfort when found along about dusk on an autumn Saturday afternoon. By Feb. 15 A lot of ap pointee Democrats in Washington and elsewhere art- Scared to death of U. S. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath because of his connections in all sections of the United States. This is the in formation coming to us from pretty close to the White House. However, we also received a tip last week that McGrath is scheduled to move out "not later than February 15.” We’ll see. Aftermath — State college of ficiuls were sorely embarrassed at the little riot that occurred two evenings recently when the Ire capades wore playing at the Col iseum. The matter has been cleared up now, with some of the participants given fines and severe judical tongue-lashings. N evert he less, a lot of Raleigh residents many of whom have children at tending Slate see another side to it. In the first place, one of the largest i n d o o r entertainment houses in the I'nited States is lo cated on the State college cam pus. Its shows vary all the way from hill-hilly performers to the nation's top evangelist. Seldom a week passes, particularly during the school season, that t here isn't a hustle and bustle all over the campus with cars, hundreds of them, and thousands of people gathering from all sections of the state. Maintenance costs of the Col *<*nm »rr tremor!*,) •» necessary. Crowds . fto congestion, ■ tamment hulla!,;,’ young men are at ■., presumbably to :m. ‘ an atmosphere f,,r and study. Thi s. ; &r tun don't fit t. . , , Th<> state is now , , a new entrance to •>. area. This will permit 1 amis of visitors atten on the campus t.. (*„ without serious mt. :f. •/ the norma! pursuits f dents. if. st-um nous come with "ell Off Represents the Southern Conferen ■. in Richmond last week, f the organization is at good financial con.tit largely to the Colis. , {■ sets now run over ill the Southern Basketball T " . ment held in the Col; . ■ spring accounting for this. Selling — The Distribute. y,,. ucation Service of the Str. partment of Kducation ■ ing with merchants or. ;> of sales clinics in the , . r cities. T. Carl Brown, native f Stat. ville, who heads uj> the \v .■ ports on a class held a few ia, ago in Selma There were a: • 60 students, including employer and one of them was ( k. a selling demonstration m • washing machines. She wa an apt pupil, as you will presently She went along talking the finer points .if the hr.. Finally, one of the observer could stand it no longer, 1 ,va that machine,” he -aid. 1', g it the next day to give • as n Christmas present. The • girl's employer is n->w pr thinking of proviiiing her wit- . raise. Year-Around If y a average North Carolina vott have stood in line or wi’.l iiave to between now ami :tl — to buy your license tags f - the flivver. At least one manager automobile club handling of licenses is suggesting • plates be sold throughout year. For instance, if you yours in March of this year ' y would carry you until M ir. next. This, he says, would av : the 60-day rush during the day season. The practice is !,-■ g followed successfully in Marvin: :. A similar move in North (ar olina would no doubt prove con fusing the first year in opera tion. The plan would a' lea.-: provide more Christmas nv Down The Drain A grc;.: deal of money is wasted t a year in Christmas card greet.ng Wr don't mean it the way it sounds. What we are speaking of is your taking so little time to address your cards that you a lot of them -plus the cont-aiie a-half stamps. It is estimated that upwa: : of a half-million cards and Christmas letters are undeiivei able each December here in N r’-h Carolina alone because of im proper address. “JOE BEAVER" By Ed Nofiiger r "in Form! tier t km, V. 6. pejwrUliriil «< A» L ' uri I II take my chances with hunting season as long as they man°'' timber right so I have a place to live.’
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