The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-06-24

Dare County has $4,000 III eash.lying idle and it
should have more But this $4,000 in cash is worrying
number OF people to get spent An important thing to do
with would be to provide hospital facilities Facilities
could be provided for all the people this money state
words the county could have $15OOOO worth of hospital
facilities without voting any bonds having to pay extra
Now Dare County has grown almost entirely dependent
for its livelihood on the business Of visitors will grow
sders have in and they with people have built
our beaches until the countys tax valuation has jumped
from three million dollars to more than II million dollars
Among the first questions asked by visitors is do
you have any doctors p? What your medical facilities "
People travelling far from home wish this This
assurance will make their stay enjoyable.
Now wouldn't be common sense to take advantage OF
commission of North Carolina and add hospital faci
ties Everyone knows how difficult it is to get physician
10 come TO Dare county yet everyone knows tnat doctors
have DOCTOR it not for convenient hospital already
operating there Doesn't anyone with think
that hospitals and doctors would appeal to our people as
sound very valuable investment for the peo
pies 500O0 especially since another 100000 could be OBJ
tanned free hospital and doctors would do much toward
bringing extra bread to people
Yet instead of bread officials of Dare County would
give stone Actuated by those who the Board they
propose to build Jail They to tear down the Jail in
Manteo, and build unfinished one, which will
cost many thousands before be completed They
asking the people to the polls and vote to
bond the county and raise taxes get $4,000 dollars
to add to this $4,000 in hand
This election will be held July 9th every precinct
In Dare County Every voter registered regardless OF
party should vote in it. Voters of not registered should
go and register with their respective Registrar Sat-
urday of this week, the last chance to register.
On election day. it would be good thing if they go to
the polls and soundy defeat the proposals for the bonds ask
ed BY this rbuke the officials could be told that the people
tired of the waste of their money! That they want lower
taxes to which they have long been entitled and not higher
taxes.
There great trouble with these elections Those who
anxious to spend this big of money pushing the
thing hard and rounding their friends and political work
go out and vote only SO people in the whole county
should go polls 26 of them this of
money the thing would carry Simply because lot of peo
pie didn't have sufficient interest in their county affairs to
take the time to vote. ss6
Doesn't it much better to aid and enlarge the hos
pa at Hatteras operating and to create equal fac
ties the upper end of the county, order to all the
people, that they about to be united by roads and
bridge.
Remember there is big issue in this matter to be set
tied in the election 1t is question of bread and meat 1t
question of which is most important hospital paid for,
Jail and debt Any intelligent knows that visitors
do not ask how big your jail They ask about DOCTORS hos
pitfalls and things important to life and decency
is pity that the county Board prefers jail and debt
to hospital and progress But then the county Board is not
board It looks like about two of its members and
other politicians it. The rest do not know what it's all
about. .s~ss-s g.
1t is time however, for the people to take hand and
show them thing two time to plan to get County
Board that has enough pride in their county enough afec
ton for their people, that has enough respect for themse
and their position in the community to exhibit
for economic welfare and who will show they
know which is important-JAILS and DEBT or Hos
PITFALLS AND BETTER MEDICAL FACILITIES for our
people.