LICENSE PLATES BECOME
SAFETY DEVICES
It U intonating to noto that people who lire in Delaware, Maine, ;
Louisiana, Minnesota and 8outh Dakota receive reflective license
plates, which are widely recognised aa an Important safety device,
in fact one of the beat to be developed during the past decade.
Moat of the plates can be seen from 2000 feet away at night They
were first Issued in Maine in 1M9. Other states have since recog
nized their value and their use has grown. Since almost two thirds
of all accidents occur at night, safety experts deem this a practical
way to reduce accidents after dark. year py
One of the important features of reflective plates, experts say,
is that they are probably the only safety advance that could be put
on all automobiles ? old and new ones alike ? within a relatively
short time. Within a few months after individual state legislatures
approve reflectories tion of its state's plates, they can be made in
their own correctional institutions and issued. Once these plates
are on, cars equipped with them are much safer at night. Unlike
lights, these plates are not hampered by mechanical failures or
adjustments. They are made of a light-reflecting sheeting applied
on a metal base. ??'
These plates cost motorists only 2^ to 50 cents a year. Some states
have even made reflective plates cheaper than the non-reflective
kind, according to a recent report in Public Safety magazine, the
national Safety Council publication.
South Dakota's secretary 'of state, after extensive tests by South
Dakota law enforcement officials said recently "The reflective
license plate exceeded expectations in all cases. The conclusion of
the viewers was unanimous ? that reflective plates would add
immeasurable safety to the highway by making vehicles visible at
greater distances, thus providing greater reaction and braking
time to approaching motorists."
This advance in our desperate need for safety on the highways
will be universal in time. Let us hope all states adopt them soon.
Words Of Life
By W. F. Elliott
Methodist Minister
Murphy, N. C.
LIFE OK DEATH, WHICH?
Is the church an asset or a lia
bility? May we give this question
some serious consideration. The | ,
decision we make here affects our | j
eternal destiny. In the opinion of j j
this writer the church is an asset, { j
but judging from the conduct ofj
many people whom I know they
surely consider it a liability. Too
many folk seem to look upon the!)
church as just an institution which ' j
may take away from their pleas- j
ures and draw too heavily upon
their time and money. Hence, they'
leave it pretty much alone till they
find themselves in distress and
then thev call for a minister.
Let us see what The Bible says
about it. "Though the wicked
sprout like grass and all evil doers
flourish, they are doomed to de
struction forever." Psalm 92:7. In
the same Psalm, verses 12 and 13, ^ ,
we read these words: "The right
eous flourish like the palm tree
and glow lake a cedar in Lebanon.
They are planted in the house of '
the Lord, they flourish in the courts
of our God." (RSV) Here is a
striking contrast. Evil doers are
doomed to etenal destuction but the
righteous flourish in the house of
the Lord. It is a matter of choice:
come into the church and live or
stay out of it and perish. There is no
alternative. mi
Why are so many hearts closed
against Jesus Christ and his
Church when it offers life and all
the blessings that heaven may be
stow? I can see no reason for this
sort of thing except that they are
taken by the wiles of the evil one. I
There is no excuse for this. The
sinner mus,t appear at the judg
ment bar of God with nothing to
olead in his favor. He will have to
admit that his sentence is just. But
whoever comes into the chruch
through sincere motives is placing
himself in position to receive every
blessing that is secured by the
jlood of Christ. One Is serving his
>wn best interests when he comes
ntp the church. Nothing else can
lo what the church seeks to do for
?nankind. It seeks only our welfare
:t never asks us to do that which
vould bring us harm. What it does
for us is good and only good.
'What a Friend we have in Jesus.
Why can we make such claims
tor the church? Because it is the
jhurch of Jesus Christ and is in-j
iwelt by his Holy Spirit. This gives
it great value. Without his indwell
ing Spirit it is only a human or
ganization. But it is objected that i
is imperfect. Yes, it is made up of
imperfect human beings who are
In the process of being made per
tect. It is the best church that God
lias, but he is constantly at work in
it to make it better. We can help
God make it a better church if we
will, but we cannot help it by stay
ing away from it. He who stands
off and finds fault with the church |
is doing both himself and the
church an injury. Unfriendly criti
cism never does any one any good.
Please remember that the church
is our friend. It has no ulterior
motive.. It exists for our good and
is seeking our best interests al
ways. Jesus is the Friend of all
mankind. He never did any on
any harm.
The church makes demand?of us
but they are never unreasonable
What the church asks of us is al
ways less than the blessings it be
stows upon us. It is impossible for
any one ever to put into the church
more than he gets out of it. Since
it is such a friend of ours it de
serves all that we can do for it.
The profit is all on our side. To
spurn the offers of such a friend is
nothing short of base ingratitude.
So what will you do with thi.
friend of yours? Will you neglect it,
forsake it, leave it out in the cold?
Will you spurn it offers of salva
tion? Or will you draw it close to
your heart and love and cherish it
Come into it and make it you
spiritual home... You will find peace
and joy there and protection. Come
into it and be with God's people. By
so doing you will lose nothing, but
you will gain everything and heav
1 en in the end.
Backward
uiance
U VEA88 AGO
Thuraday, January 90, 1M7
Karl Orr, Conductor on the Sou
thern, Aaheville, worked in thla
area last week.
Mrs. Pearl Reagan la visiting her
sister, Mrs. Donald Ryder In Sa
vannah, Ga.
Mack WOmack who is employed
in Aaheville spent the week-end
here with his wife and son, Mrs.
Womack and Joe.
Mrs. Louise Rogers spent** few
days laat week with her brother
and sister-in-law. Dr. and Mrs.
Ben Grant Jr. In Franklin.
John Ellis, soA of Mr. and Mrs.
Luke Ellis, left last Sunday to at
tend Davidson College, Davidson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Higdon, spent
Thursday of last week in Aaheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Olson spent
last week-end with friends in Fran
kiln.
20 TEARS AGO
Friday, January 28, 1837
Miss Ruth Morgan, Miss Dalr
McCracken, Miss Elizabeth Gray,
Miss Martha Brumby and Mrs.
Estelle Banner attended the ball
game at Blalrsville Tuesday night.
Mrs. Margaret LeMay Mauney
and Mrs. Dot Cooper spent a few
days in Raleigh this week on busi
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bishop spent
Friday and Saturday In Knoxville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lay spent
Sunday in Athens, Tennessee.
Mr. Frank Taylor spent the week
end in Topton visiting his sister.
Mrs. B. E. Singleton, has arrived
from St. Petersburg, Fla., to join
her husband, who' is with the TVA.
They are at Regal.
SO YEARS AGO
Friday, January 28, 1927
Mr. E. C. Moore is erecting a
garage on his property on Tennes
ee Street.
Mrs. Porter Meroney and infan
daughter left Monday to join Mr.
Meroney in Knoxville, where he has
a position with Kulhman Drug Co.
Mrs. Howard Moody is the house
guest of Col. and Mrs. J. N. Moody.
P. B. Fere bee was a business vis
itor in Robbinsville on Monday of
this week.
Messrs. S. E. Cover, G. W. Cov
er, P. B. Ferebee and Arthur Bris
tol were in Bryson City on Tuesday
of this week.
Mrs. Fisher Hubbel is the guest
in Asheville of Col. and Mrs. J. N.
Moody.
Hatchery Report
For December
Commercial hatcheries in North
Carolina produced 7,508,000
chicks during December 1956, ac
cording to the North Carolina
Crop Reporting Service.
This was 1.4 percent above the
output in December 1955 and 78
percent more than the 5-year 1950
1 54 average.
The number produced during
January through December 1956
totaled 109,731,000 compared with
91,748,000 during the same months
last year? an increase of 20 per
cent.
Broiler chick production in De
cember, by commercial hatch
eries amounted to 6,977,000 and no
; broiler chics totaled 531,000 head,
broiler chicks totaled 531,000 head
through December amounted to
97,105,000 compared with 82,056,
000 during the same months last
year ? an i".c?ei3e of 18 percent.
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Let's 'talk about apples and re
quest your neighborly help. Every .
one la familiar with the common
apple varieties such as Delicious,
Stayman, Rome Beauty and oth
ers. Then there are crab apples
which are grown for making Jelly
and also for their ornamental
beauty. Another kind of apple may
not be so familiar and this is the
one we will discu^. We will call it
the Cedar Apple. ,
The Cedar Apple, as the name
applies, is borne on the red cedar
tree and it is a bad actor. Why?
Because it is responsible for a dis
ease which attacks apple trees
and is known as cedar rust. This
rust, which Is a fungus, attacks
both the leaves and fruit of the ap- '
pie tree, and, in severe cases, will :
cause the leaves to turn yellow, 1
stop manufacturing food and may 1
drop. ]
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This disease is commonly known
as an alternate host problem be
cause it spends the winter stage
on the cedar and the summer
stage on the apple tree. If one of
the hosts is destroyed, the disease
will disappear, and this is the best
way to control it. On the cedar the
little brown apple, or ball, can be
easily identified at this season of
the year. When warm weather and
rains come in the spring, these ap
ples swell, become jelly-like and
put out horns or spore bodies.
These spores are discharged and
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Combinations Changed .. .
carried by the wind to apple trees
which maty be as much as a mile
or more away. On the apple leaf
the disease first appears as a
small orange spot on the top of
the leaf. On the underside of \the
leaf the tissues swell, and more
spore 'bodies are formed. After
spending the summer stage on the
apple leaf the spores are dis
charged again and go back to the
cedar tree for the winter. This is
an interesting cycle but a vicious
one.
In the beginning I spoke of neigh
boriy help, because this disease is
of serious concern to commercial
apple growers as well as to those
who have home orchards. If you
have apple trees of your own or if
you live within a mile of a com
mercial orchard, you can help by
doing one of three things: do not
plant red cedar trees; remove
those that you have and replacp
with another evergreen, or, ex- ,
amine your cedar - trees and re
move and destroy all Cedar Ap-|
pies that you find.
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