Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-28
AppaIachian's
Fire.First With
State Insurance
McCoin's Deoth Is
Warning Likewise
As to Main Roods
BY LYNN NISBET
Daily DiSDatch Bureau

Raleigh. Nov. 26.-lhe lire at APP
palach,an Teachers College is the
first big loss sustained by the State
since the present plan OF Sclf-inSur-
ancc WAS inauguratcd. and several al
fectcd OFFICES have been kecnly in
tcrcStcd i'll the amount of damage
done. Original news stories fixed the
loss al 100000. Experience has
proven that such first estimates are
often too high. but the final deter
mined loss Will be heavy.
When the !9l5 General Assembly
established the Srlr-inSurancc plan
il was provided that existing policies
: would be continued but as they cN-
. PRED the State would assume the risk
and the several institutions and de
par,mentS would pay into State
insurance reserve fund an amount
approXmating the previous premium
costs. This was estimated 10 be about
$4,000 4 year. Since the program
has been operative from July !, l945.
there should be in or due the reserve
:. fund little more than 100000.
The State Insurance Department
had not been officially notified OF the
fire up 10 Monday afternoon, nor
Was any State office able 10 tell
whether the particular buildings
burned were covered by outstanding
policies for all or part of the loss or
. if the whole burden would fall upon
the State II is possible that the re-
serve iund vii not be called upon
for any part of the coVcrage. or il
might be hit for the total amount.
The State insurance funds liability
will be determined by appraisers on
adluStcrS from the department and
the amount determined upon will be
transferred from the insurance re-
serve Ia the Appalachian College
building fund
Patrol Is Praised
Many Communications have been
heard of the excellent JOB done by
the State highway patrol handling
traffic ut the Carolina-Dukc football
game Saturday. Eighty patrolncn
lmorc than one third OF the total
patrol personnel We're assigned 10
the game around Chapel Hill. along
highways leading Ia the stadium and
III nearby towns and congcSted areas
Activities OF these regulars were
supplemented by the patrol school
students al Chapel Hill i'll super
wishing parking and getting away
after the game. The fact that no
other big event oCcaSioncd congcSt-
cd traffic i'll the State enabled patrol
heads - concentrate this adequate
force. As result. traffic moved in
orderly manCr. no serious accident
WAS reported. and the numerous in
CidcntS OF tenders bent and radiator
SrlIlS busted did not delay the NOV
inS lines much. Patrol officers en-
phaSI%c that thCcr is not sufficient
personnel 10 permit such adequate
traffic policing except in Unusual in
stances, and they add cautionarv
warnings against careless driving
during the THANKSGIVING week END.
DIR. Mctain's Death Shocking
News of the death of Dr.. Paul Nc
Cam. mead OF the State tubcrcuflar
hospital system. cast a pail over
Capitol Square Monday. Enroutc to
kdi"IGh I" attend a meeting of tho
medical care commission. Dr.. Nc
Gam S car ram off the pavement onto
Inc Sn"uidcr and in attempting to
cu' pack. crashed into a bus. The
tragic consequence OF this accident
JUSTIFIED Inc position taken by many
advocates OF high safety that repair
ana maintenance work on paved
highways could not be ignored
Emphasis has been so much I'm
rural roads that the highway ro,,.
mission has been criticized for v.ork-
ing on main highways a, all .Tus, =
lew days ago. Col II. j. Hatcher
m ,, OF the highway patrol. called
w II. Rogers. Jr.. assistant chairman
oi inc highway commission and
warned mat unless some work was
uohc on shoulders along paved roads
&" very dangerous condition would no
aggravated. The patrol chief v.as
especially concerned about tho baz-
ara OF low and soft shoulders i'm timcs
OF snow when the pavcmcn, cdso
couiId not be seen. During tho ,,1,.
years II was Just as impOssiblc :n
MAINTAIN this part of paved hipb,v,ys
as II was L" keep up country roads .
anu INC deterioration was lust ms
l,"pIu' because of InSiStcnt pop,Inr
uciIIahG Tor country road improve
iile''' me repair program on the main
''1S Sv!.cn even farther behind
-, Candidates Were There
inc guest box at Carolina foo,-
ball stadium Saturday r,igh, 49, 49,.
been Just as appropriately tcrn,od ~ ~,
governors box" A census of en,,c,
norS,-paSt. present and prospccii,.c
couId nave been taken without ,,,rr
IiS mead. Max Gardner. ! G. p
NJ ,LhrInGhauS Clyde Il. Hocy and !
,n. brouShton were thcrc-aII of ,bo
In m'E cH-Soycrnors Of North Caro-
l,ll" except Cameron Morrison. Coz
erhor Gregg Cherry had the favopcd
,pot near the middle of tho f;rs,
IoW' Mixed in with the Other ,,,,os,,
were Lieutenant Governor / "
,D.aiicntlnc, State Treasurer C.b,r,a..
VI. Johnson and State Dement'S
hartman William b. Umste.J III
molc or less avowcd candidatcs fnr
GOVERNOR in the l943 primary Aioo
present. were Brandon p. Ifodrcs "(
,SncviiIc and Thomas J. PcarsajI ~
,oCky Mount. both believed 10 b,re
l !, eyes on the governors office !
y some not too distant date, NJ; ~ J
&c overlooked was Reginald l. H,rD
Is. past lieutenant governor and NJ, u
candidate for that same c
ost next time. '' e"'''c y
aSt moving action on tho rridiro,
u. nttle opportunity for these gcn
enen 10 work" at the Jobs Of he z
,g Candidates, but il was ipteros, Z
is 10 observe their efforts TO sncnL n
the right people" " " speak q
Race Se9repafjo, All. !