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At Last! We're To Have New Pens! Don't look for it to happen too soon but indications are that within a few months the old-style, scratchy, hand-dip-pens in post offices will be a thing of the past. Post master Arthur E. Summerfield has said so in announcing that competitive bids have gone out for the manufacturing of half a million ball point pens and as many refills for use in post offices throughout the country. The post office arrived at this decision, the PMG said, after an extended study of pens in actual use in selected post offices in var ious sections of the country. The results proved so encouraging that overall use was recommended by the industrial engineers of the department The officials expect very little pilfering of these pens by the general public. Few will risk up to a year in prison or up to $500.00 fine to steal a pen labeled “Property of the United States Post Office Department.” That, in the opinion of most of the public, will be the greatest improvement in the post office department since Buffalo Bill traded his horse for an airplane. The most even tempered has had to put an extra valve on his thermometer as he tried to scratch out a line or two with the old-type pen which went out of use years ago but didn't disap pear from the post office. Regularly the post office employees refilled the ink wells, straightened up the useless pens, and hoped that someone would find use for the desk at least. Strange that the post office department held to the old type pens long after the geese lost their fear of being trapped for the quill and came out of hiding. Goodbye, old friend, you may be absent from the writing stands but you will not be missed. Raleigh Roundup (Written this week by Thomp son Greenwood, executive 'ice president of the N. C. Merch ants Association.) ■When Is It? — When is Grace Kelly going to get married to that sleep-eyed boy—never can think of his name—so we Can all get down to home worries again? Grace Kelly is a pretty girl— not much prettier, albeit, than some of our younguns right here at St Marys, Peace, or Meredith —hut I'm just getting tired of reading about her. Plain tired of it. Now 1 may not appear to be ro mantic, but I just got to have mhre time to get down to things like fluoridation, segregation, and wkeh Foster Dulles plans to visit the United States again. Wheels Turning — I got a card last week—a regular postal—from a friend in the Elizabeth City area wanting to know what the N. C. Merchants Association could do to help his town get a new in dustry. Although our organization does lend a hand now and then in ef forts of this kind, we have found it is about 50-to-one easier to es tablish a small industry in the community than to reach into New England and import one. Competition is sickening!}’ sharp among the states in the South and among cities of North Carolina for new industries. And, too many of us look upon "new industry” as a factory with wheels turning. We dream of long lines checking into the plant morn ings and going by a window on j Friday afternoon to collect pay. . This happens, it has happened j many, many times in North Caro lina within the past ten years. We are working to keep the indust ries moving to this state. Meantime, however, we are not producing enough eggs for our ‘ own people. We are not growing beef and pork to feed our five mil lion people. As we strive to b' ;ng in more factories, we should see what we can do to fill these needs. Davis — If the peonle in your community are interested in pro jects of this nature, you might want to write Archie Davis, new chairman of the board of Wach ovia Bank & Trust Co. Write him at Winston-Salem — but don't ex pect him to come and talk to only a handful of people. He’s a busy man. Davis can tell you what the Northwest Development Council— I believe that’s the proper name for it—is doing with agricultural industry in a group of counties lying in the Winston-Salem sec tion of the state. We had him over at the Retail ers Activities clinic in Chapel Hill on Feb. 27. He is strictly on the ball—and so, apparently, are those scores of people who are taking the lead in this work. Go to it! “Indecision brings its own delays and days are lost tormenting o’er lost days.” Can You ? — In a talk to the Fellowship club of the Hayes Bar ton Baptist church here one night last week, Edwin Gill said he is a politician and—he hopes—a good one. Since State Treasurer Gill has served in the legislature, as secre tary to Governor 0. Max Gardner during the latter’s last year in of fice, as Paroles Commissioner for seven years, as Revenue Com missioner, etc., etc., and has no Democratic opposition to his pres ent job, he is regarded far and wide as a politician—a good one and an honest one. He brought out a point about politics which few of us think about. That’s this: a lot of people frown on politics because they don’t have the nerve to run for office. When you get into poli tics, you lay bare your soul to Black Mountain I NEWS On* of Buncombe County's fore most w**kly newspepers published •very Thursday at Black Mountain, N. C., in tho heart of the prosper ous Swennanoa Valley, great re ligious and resort center and growing industrial area. Gordon H. Greenwood Editor and Publisher Entered as second class matter September 13, 1945, at the Post Office in Black Mountain, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates Buncombe and McDowell counties $2.50 per year Outside Buncombe and McDowell $3.00 per year Awarded A rating by Commun ity Research Bureau. the world. You are fair game, brother. You can be all but cru cified by wagging tongues. If there is a black spot on you any where, it will be found — made larger — blacker — heaped down and packed and piled up. So, as Gill points out so inter estingly, we should take off our hats, sir and madam, to the can didates for office—be it local, state, or national—for they are willing to prostrate themselves be fore a public they wish to serve. It isn’t easy. All of us are sensative. We like our private lives to be as private as possible. Maybe that is why we have so few candidates these days for pub lic office. Bad Shape — The old line Dem ocrats I’ve talked to since Estes Kefauver did so well in Minne sota say they can’t remember when their party was in worse shape for a candidate for Pres ident. You know, the Stevenson-for ‘ President clubs got their start ’ here in Raleigh—but we haven’t , heard much activity from them lately. I get the impression that Adlai Stevenson, smart though he may be, does not have the common touch. He admitted re I cently he had failed to “commun icate properly”. In this day of television, radio, mass coverage by newspaper and magazine, you wouldn’t think that plain old handshaking would be as important as 40 years ago — but a grinning Kefauver proves otherwise. ! A man to Keep an eye on in me , Democratic Party is Stuart Sym- 1 ing’ton of Missouri. That’s what the oldtimers around here are say- f ing. He made a big hit here at - the Jefferson-Jackson dinner. And, . to tell you the truth, he does look look a little Presidential. I’ve alway thought Luther c Hodges looks like a governor. , You can’t get around plain old simple looks when the voters—a growing percentage of them wom en—take over. Symington has an easy manner. He has made few enemies, wears pretty well on tv, so keep an eye on him. The folks I’ve talked with don’t think Kefauver can win the nom ination — and haven’t given up completely on Stevenson. Stormy Weather — Three of our North Carolina congressmen — Harold D. Cooley of Nashville, C. B. Deane of Rockingham, and Thurmond Chatham of Winston Salem and Elkin—are heading for stormy weather. By that I mean that their op ponents are going to let them - have both barrels as they seek to unseat them. Although chances are you can not recall offhand when a South ern congressman was beaten for office, it has happened — and could happen again in this year of controversy. If they can afford to do it, Re presentatives Chatham and Cool ey should arrange to spend all their week ends — and much more > than that, if possible — in their home districts. Back home with the folks. It may be that they haven’t done enough Kefauvering lately. In the agricultural Fourth Dis ! trist, you have easy-talking W. 1 E. Debnam hard after Cooley. You have, heard him on the radio i in his confidential tones — talk ■ ing about fertilizer — and there ■ is nothing closer to the farmer. Thurmond Chatham has Ralph J. Scott of Danbury opposing him. Mark my word—before it’s over— you will hear whispers he’s Sen. Kerr Scott’s first cousin. He isn’t, but never mind. Chatham named Fred Folger of Mt. Airy as his campaign manager. Now Solicitor Scott has come along and named A. D. (Lon) Folger of Madison as his’n. Lon, incidentally, is at torney for the Madison Merch ants association. Now in the Eighth—the stormy Eighth they used to call it in the old Deane-Burgin days — attorney and former FBI Man Paul Kitchin is out after C. B. Deane, who knows opposition from the word go and is an old hand at it. Kitchin, a Pat Taylor law part ner, was in on the Dillinger case with Melvin Purvis, now running a radio station in Florence, S. C., ' and our friend, Ralph Brown of I New York City, now assistant to J. C .Penney. VALLEY BOOSTERS— From Page 1 peal to light the field in time for the 1956 football season. The car will be here within a few days and will be shown in var ious sections of the Swannanoa Valley so that the public may in spect it prior to the barbecue. The club has offered two prizes to those seeing the most tickets, S25.00 to the adult and $15.00 to the student. There will be other prizes to be announced later. Tickets making purchasers asso ciate boosters are on sale through out the Valley. —A 30-knot hydrofoil landing craft is now planned by the Navy to replace the 8-knot medium landing craft now in use by the Atlantic Amphobious Force. FARMERS SHOULD APPLY FOR CROP INSURANCE Payments to policyholders in 1955 in 32 North Carolina counties where tobacco or cotton all risk, crop insurance was offered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture amounted to $199,775 for over eleven hundred claims. Damage by hurricane and dry weather for the most part prevented insureds in most claim cases from receiving enough from sales to pay cash production costs. The Federal Crop Insurance corporation made up the difference. Claims would have been very much greater if the 1955 hurricanes had come in July rather than August. Applications for insurance are not accepted after cotton is plant ed and after tobacco is transplant ed to the field. Interested produc ers should file applications immed iately at FCIC county offices, or through FCIC representatives in their communities. BAND, CHORUS WILL GIVE CONCERT MAY 4 The annual concert by the Owen High school band and chorus will be Friday, May 4. Tickets for the event are on sale throughout the Black Mountain and Swannanoa Communities. With the proceeds from the con cert leaders hope to pay, to a great extent, for the 50 uniforms which were purchased recently. At least $750.00 is needed. Tickets are $1.00 for adults and >0 cents for students. IIVIL SERVICE The United States Civil Service commission announces that appli cations are now being accepted for positions in the personnel, ad ministrative. supply, and aircraft trades fields for duty at Overseas Air Force stations. Appropriate experience is re quired. In some cases, education may be substituted for exper ience. No written test will be given. CLASSIFIEDS SELL - Phone 4101 LETTERS THANK YOU March, 1956 Editor i Black Mountain News Black Mountain. N. C. Dear Sir: The support which your paper gave to our recent campaign was a very important factor in the success of the 1956 Heart Fund Drive. We have always regarded our annual campaigns as an op portunity to reach a broad public with the facts about heart disease Obviously we could not accomp lish this educational purpose with out your help, and you are rend : ering an important public service , - Thank you” seems small re turn for what you have given tc the cause of Heart. We trusi that your real reward lies in the satisfaction of having made an im portant contribution toward the better health of your community Sincerely, W. D. Carmicheal, Jr. State Campaign Chm., N. C. Heart Assn., Chapel Hill, N. C. LETTER FROM TEXAS April 5, 195f Dear Sir: Am enclosing check for $3.00 fox a year’s subscription to the Blacli Mountain News. My husband Clarence Mauney, is an Old Fort boy and since his father passed away last December we don’t get any news of North Carolina and Old Fort. Yours truly, Mrs. C. P. Mauney, 2812 Burton, Fort Worth, Texas. OUR HALL OF FAME April 3, 1956 Dear Editor: After standing for a long time before the picture of Old Black Joe iri the Foster Memorial Mus eum at White Springs, Fla., my thoughts ran something like this: When our legalistic highbrows in Washington, and our criticising zealots in the South have been lost in oblivion. Old Black Joe, in pensive mood, will still inhabit our Hall of Fame. In humble condemnation of their waring words, the hands once strong for faithful, loving service, are lifted now in tearful protest at the strife. He, with Uncle Remus, should forever haunt the souls of those who claim to know the answers to our Southern racial problems. J. P. Parker. Look Who’s Here! Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Worley of route 1, have a daughter born, April 7. in Memorial Mission hos pital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shook, a son, April 8, in St. Joseph’s hospital. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ellyson an nounce the birth of a son, Robert Clinn Jr., April 7, in Gainesville, Fla. Mrs. Ellyson is the former Miss Gail Clark, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rondel and niece of Mrs. Harrie Danenhower. Getting Up In The World IT WAS A WOMAN DRIVER! Kennett, Mo., policeman holds chin in disbelief as Mrs. Harrison Clay, Flint, Mich., explains how she drove car up guy wire where It hung at this precarious angle. Damage to car—bent hub cap. STILTED CONVERSATION — These two carnival performers make sure they have no “eaves droppers” while relating some tall tales on a London street corner. The occasion was a fes tival in Soho, a famed quarter Of London. (World Wido Photo*] 9-WSh jJfc EASTER LILT BERMUDA STYLE—Susan Seller, 19-month pretty youngster looks up to this giant Easter Lily. Susan would have to travel up 8 ft., 7 in., to reach the top of this stalk which grew wild In sunny Bermuda. HIGH ALTITUDE PUSH—These two operators of International TD-24, 200 hp, 20-ton bulldozers, seem to be trying to out-push each other. Actually, they are helping to build a road on top of a moun tain for the U. S. Marine Corps near Camp Pendleton. Ove, 65" of the 320,000. cu. yds. of material being moved is rock, but n \l child’s play to these two giants. Protection Cuts i i > t W*y 1(5 ACRES PER FIRE J 24 ACRES; PER FIR&J Wildfire Losses Southern Fore*t Sponsor* of f,re Prevention Conference meet in. in April »»y lo». *o everefe (ire on "protected" fore.t .cre.fe in the South it only 24 ecr... while fire* on "unprotected (pre»t burn t 15 »cre». ) t This is the Law t i A X By Robert E. Lee (For the N. C. Bar Association) AUTOMOBILES Joe lends his automobile to Sam for use during Sam’s vacation. Sam wrecks the car. Without contacting Joe or getting any authority from him to do so, Sam has the car towed to Tom’s gar age and tells Tom to “fix it up.’’ There is a repair bill of six hund red dollars on the car, which con sidering the wrecked condition of the car is reasonable in amount. Sam doesn’t have the money with which to pay Tom. Can Joe get the car from Tom without pay ing to him the six hundred dol lars? No.' In North Carolina there is a statute which gives to any mechanic or artisan a possessory lien upon any article of personal property which has been altered or repaired at the request of the “owner or legal possessor.” Sam was the legal possessor of ,the automobile at the time the repairs were authorized. Tom may con tinue to keep the automible until he has been paid a just and rea sonable charge for work done and material furnished. There is no such statue in most of the other states; and in these jurisdictions only the owner of personal proyerty may authorize repairs which will become a lien upon the property. Casper Taylor buys an automo bile on the installment plan. The conditional sales contract or chat tel mortgage given to a finance company is properly registered. Taylor subsequently wrecks the automobile, and takes it to a gar age where he authorizes the nec essary repairs to be made upon it. The repair bill amounts to five hundred dollars. Taylor is unable to pay the garage bill. He also ceases to pay the monthly payments to the finance company. May the finance company repos sess the automobile from the gar age without paying to its pro prietor the five hundred dollar repair bill? No. In North Carolina a mech anic’s lien for repairs is given preference to the lien of a con ditional sales contract or chattel mortgage even though the latter be registered and prior in point of time. The particular repairs were authorized by a “legal possessor” of the automobile. Bill borrows Henry’s automobile and, while being driven by Bill, it is damaged in a collision. The collision is not the result of any fault or negligence on the part of Bill. May Henry recover from Bill a judgment for the damages to his automobile? No. Bill is not liable for any damage done to the automobile without his fault. While John is driving an auto mobile he has borrowed from Ab ner, the automobile is wrecked as the result of the negligent operation of a truck driven by Frank.' May John recover the full amount of the damages from Frank? Yes. Although the borrower is not answerable to the owner for loss or injury to the property without his fault, the borrower may sue and recover from a third per son the full amount of the dam ages caused to the property in his possession. The borrower holds any amount he recovers in excess of his spe cial interest in trust for the owner of the automobile. The omner of the automobile in turn recovers this amount from the borrower. • RENT IT! — CLASSIFIEDS! • BROAD RIVER By Mrs. M. M. Mr and ^ }{cr0n Slem ‘Vnt ns lativcs. Mr »d ^.rr and Mr better of Broad R • pf Bald and Mrs. V . . Mountain. Wade Huntley. Rev. .an"r • r g. Ownbey and daughters! Aiice and^dna as. Sun day. stonc Mountain ,V,^°r Hst Sundav were Mrs Roland K St and little daughter o Crooked Creek, and Rev. Will iam Snvpes of Ridgecrest. Mr Snvpes delivered the message We had as dinner guests*"* Sunday Rev. and Mrs Cecil Smith and little daughter, Fay. Yewitt Elliott visited Brisco Connor in Mumfred Cove last Sun day afternoon. Bruce Nanney and son and Bruce's nephew of Canton were in this community on business la. Saturday. Mrs Otis Vess. who has been very sick, is much better. Mr and Mrs. Joe Nelon s little son George, who has been very sick, is much better. Mrs. M. M. Eliott, Broad River correspondent for the Black Mountain News, has been ill for the past week with a severe cold and flu. _ —North Carolina honey prod uction for 1955 amounted to 31s million pounds, 30 percent belov. the record high of 6 4-10 million pounds produced in 1951. pc GIRLS entertain faculty at luncheon The fre hman girls of Mrs Earl . t ,vlor's home economics classes entertained the faculty at a lunch ,„,n Thursday, April 5, at noon m thl, home economics department \\\ members of the faculty were pr. -ipnt. including four student teachers from Montreat College The girls planned, prepared and served the luncheon which con sisted <>f baked ham, potato salad otl lettuce, buttered limas. celery and carrot curls, radish roses, pep per rings, hot rolls, butter, pine apple chiffon pie, and tea._ SGT. PRESSLEY IS GUIDE S Sgt. George W. Pressley served as guide when the state championship basketball team visit ed the Waverly (Iowa) Air Base recently Sgt. Pressley explained Radar In One Easy Lesson to the team members who were shown with him In pictures which appeared in many newspapers METHODIST CIRCLES Circles of the Methodist church will meet Tuesday as follows: Circle i_Fellowship hall, 3 : p.m Mrs. H. W. Sanders and Mrs. 1 D. G. Guess, hostesses. Circle 2 —Home of Mrs. June Glenn, Jr, ' 10 a m. Circle 3—Home of Mrs . Charles Fortune. 10 a.m. Circle 4—Fellowship hall, 7:30 p.m. i • SELL IT! — CLASSIFIEDSI • uuun Mr. and M announce the birth 6, in Memorial M Mr. and Mrs are parents of " > He,,, ‘ J'tin of w 4 *«n k* on w NW P hl)S(L Fr»nklin „. 4 a S«> ■ L in St. Joseph'- ho.'. . ? REDUCE. SWELLING ZH& NEW STAINLESS FORM now ALSO AVAILABLE! Ointment duced swelling stopped aucea swelling, heal, ,1 h. shrunk plies OERYI Pain was ^ rtally reduced. Pazo a'*A°r «>ate. relieve itching instants *? he also modem Suppository? 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