Sport Schedules
Costly To Humous
Noting an increase in accidents in
North Carolina involving high school
boys and girls en route to basketball
games, Ronald Hocutt, director of
the Highway Safety Division, ap
pealed this week to parents and
school authorities to take steps to
eliminate accidents of this type.
"It is alarming to note." he said,
"that four young people in our state
have been killed and upwards of a
dozen others injured while going to
or from basketball games in our
state during the past six weeks. Last
fall, two other youths were killed and
several injured while en route to
high school football games This
slaughter of our young people must
be halted."
Accidents of this kind are largely
due, Hocutt said, to overcrowding of
cars, youthful exuberance and im- ?
petuousness, distraction of the driv
er's attention, and excessive speed
"Coaches and school principals can
help reduce such accidents by see-11
ing that cars taking players to games
are not overcrowded, by seeing that 1
the cars are driven by responsible
youths, and by cautioning the driv
ers against speeding and careless
ness," the safety director stated. '
"Parents can be helpful in this 1
connection by having serious talks
with their sons and daughters be
fore letting them have the family
car for the purpose of taking a load
of players or spectators to a basket
ball game away from home
"Certainly if parents and school
authorities will take these steps, the
chances of such accidents occurring
should be greatly reduced."
Thirty-Nine Years
Ago As Recorded
In The Enterprise
JULY S, 1901.
Dr John D. Biggs, our popular
highly esteemed dentist, was elected
first vice president of the Dental As
sociation. which was held at More
head City last week. 'Hiis is very
complimentary to Dr. Biggs, and in
deed gratifying to his many friends
and admirers. We wish for him the
success he so richly deserves.
No revenue stamps required now
m -checks, telegrams and money or
ders.
The Baptist Sunday School will
?picnic" in the Academy grove this
?vening.
Quite a number of Williamston
rooters accompanied the team to
Washington on the 4th.
lion. Claude Kitchin was in town
oday.
H. D. Cook is home from George
own, S. C.
A. L. Bellflower. of Parmele, was
lere Monday
M. W. Ballard, of Ballards, was
n town last Friday
Jack Leggett. of Quitana, was in
his city Saturday.
Will Grimes, the insurance agent
'rom Hamilton, was in town this
veek.
B. F. Godwin and son, Grover,
ivent to Plymouth Monday and re
urned Tuesday.
G. M. Hurras and J Z. Brown, of
lamesvilie, were here Monday.
No complete .satisfactory explana
tion of why human beings see color
has ever been made, says the Better
Vision Institute.
COFFEE!
MADE RIGHT
-EIGHT AT
THE TABLE
Manning-Bowman
Percolator
.J).?
*0
ONLY 95c DOWN
Eight-cup Electric Percoietor as
sketched at the right, in non
tarnish, lustrous chromium, with
solid walnut handla. All inside
parts of pure aluminum; lining
of aasy-to-clean chromium.
Manning-Bowman
Percolator
k.50
*9
ONLY $1 DOWN
Distinctive design in insert
chromium finish end trimmed
with ivory Arinite, es illustrated
et the right. Capacity, 8 cups;
with el the superior Manning
Bowman features,
Sunbeam
Coffeemaster
?16
ONLY $1.50 DOWN
100% automatic. Sat it and
forget it. Attar coffee it made
if automatically tafi (Half to
loop it hot. W e at timpia at
A-B-C. Made of unbreakable
9om-like chromium plate and
trimmed with iat-black Bekelite.
> YOUR ELECTRICAL
DEALER or
i VIRGINIA ELECTRIC
and POWER COMPANY
| Taxpayers Save
On Casoline Tax
| Charlotte?When making out fed
eral income tax returns, motorists in
North Carolina may deduct money
paid out during 1940.as a result of the
state's gasoline tax rate and South
Carolina motorists may not do so.
Coleman W. Roberts, president of
the Carolina Motor Club said yes
terday in reporting on income tax
reductions allowed car owners by
I reason of auto operations.
In North Carolina the gas tax is
; regarded as a consumer's tax and in
bouth Carolina, it is a distributor's
tax. This legal distinction enables
North Carolinians to save many dol
ars over their South Carolina neigh
bors. In North Carolina. Mr Rob
erts explained, five cents of the six
cent tax can be distorted on Federal
returns The one cent part of the to
: tal tax. which goes to the federal
: government, is not deductible
| "Every penny paid to the state ST
: the form of registration and other
! special fees may be deducted by mo
I torists in the two Carulinas," Mi
Roberts sail! "Also they may do
duct amounts paid out in state gas
! taxes when traveling through ntosl
j of the other states, as the bureau of j
Internal Revenue now allow s full
deductions for all but ten states
Alabama. California. Georgia. Miss
is-sippi.. Nebraska. South Carolina.
Tennessee. Utah. Wyoming and
.Ohio, when 11 of tin- 4c tax is deduct \
"tote. Federal- excise taxes are noi
deductible, however "
? The Carolina Motoi Clnl. I>e.i.| .ex
j plained that other deductible items
fmetode- loan sustained-from- damage j
i when not covered by insurance or I
| otherwise compensated, and interest
T"n money-BCrrowed lor purchase ?r!
a car. Finance charge as such, arc
not deductible and whether a per
turn of the charge can IV deducted
as interest depends upon the nature
j of the contract. Dainag, paid f,,i
injury to a pedestrian arc deductible
provided at the time the r.o was he
ing used for business
The amounts paid for insurance on
cars used for business 'may be dr
i ducted, -but not the amount eovei
ing tiie premium on insurance to
protect the finance companies' inter
est.
Tilings To Watch
For Fn The Future
Highway postoffire trucks, equip
ped just like the railway postoffiee
cars where mail is sort, t and bag
ged while the train speeds along
The first of these automotive vet
sinus of the railway mail car roll
, I'd into President Roosevelt's hack
yard tin' other day for a preview,
arid will go into service soon he
tween Washington and Ham burg,
Pa. More metered mail the com
| pany making postage meters reports
I that meters now account for 20 per
cent of all the II s Postoffiee de
partment's postage rev. line . A
new infra-red ray lump tii.il can
i cook a steak in six minutes or dry
24-hour paint in one houi less than
five per cent of its total era rgy em
i erges as visible light . A special
| posthumous album ?f records of the
lute Ilal Kemp, dance hand leader,
with a booklet biography of him; he
left a library of "arrangements" val
ued at $100,000 . , More new items
in the quick-fro/en foods line no
tably oysters, cream (not ice crhani)
i and cider . A bread and pastry
flour made from coffee beans, hut
( with no coffee flavor. ?<?,
1
Krccive Dividend* From
Seven I'oullry Floikx
j Tin- records turned in on seven
poultry demonstration flock m
! Onslow County prove that good man
agement still pays dividends, report
j Assistant Farm Agent Jack Kelley.
BIIlS
IIHAMI
UNTUCK Y SIR AH. 111
BOURBON WHISKEY
1>? I
*2.10 qi.
Distilled in Harrison County,
the heart of the Kentucky
Blue Grass district, with lime
atone water, hy the identical
proceM and formula in use
for the past seventy-nine
years.
TTii? whiskey is 4 yrs.old. 90 Proof
William Jameson It Co., Inr., N Y.
Carolina..
Bird - Lore
The Golden Eailr?A Bird of thr
Carolina Mountains
Tlio Golden Eagle is probably the |
the most famous of all birds, cer-,'
tainly of all birds of prey, and it has 1
been adopted as tile emblem of many 1
nations (hough it is the Bald Eagle i
that is the emblem of the Undid
States. The Golden Eagle is the'
species always meant in folk-lore !
and literature when the term eagle '
alone is nscd. In the Middle Agi-s it I '
was considered to lie the ? King of
Birds." >
In North America it is found ra- >
tlier commonly in the Pacific States :
and 111 the southwest, hut in the east I
it is mainly confined to the mnun- 1
tainous regions where it is found i
along the Alleghaiiies into western i
North c.irotmn fVoln Whence it oc 1
caslonallv wanders eastward
Both Cairns and Obcrholsor state
that it breids in our North Carolina
mountains, but we have no definite
record of any nest bal ing been
found. In mountainous regions it
builds its nest of sticks on any suit
able ledge on the face of a cliff
Its food consists of various small
animals, mainly rodents and espec
ially i .dibits, although it will uvea
sionally attack small lambs It also
feeds on carrion
Ibis is tin* sfiecies meant in the
stories of eagles attacking small j
children or Tallying a baby to its
nest, but although considered, a
stronger and fiercer bird than the j
Bald Eagle, recent experiments
dnive shown it unable to carry any "
thing as heavy as a small baby
The Golden Eagle is about the
same size and build as the Bald
Eagle, spread of w ings about seven
feet and weight about eight pounds.
I lie adults ot tlii' latter can always,
be distinguished by their w hite heads
and tails Immature birds are not so
e.ei to distinguish ill'the field, but
m the hand the Golden Eagle is read
ill known by having the feet feath
? red dow n to the toes w hile the Bald
Eagle has the Iowa r part or the tar
sus bare North Carolina Bird Club
(rfivmimciit Spends
M i 11 inns For Smokes
According to estimates made by
Itay B I'ia scull, economist, an ex
penditiue of around $2000(1110110 will
be for smokes ?
Of about fourteen billion dollars'
already appropriated for defense, 1
about ten billion dollars will go fori
wage.-, l'rcscolt write The biggest
r single Item III the $ I n.uno.ntio.niin ex
penditure by workers, lie figures, is
$.'l,.ri()0,000,0(10 for food Then come I
clothing, $1,500,000,000; household'
operation (heat, light, etc) $1,100,
000,000; motor cars, $1,000,000,000.
house furnishings, $350,000,000; and
tobacco, $200,000,000 These items,
combined, total $11,000,000,000. To
them are added rent or mortgage,
$1,750,000,000, and sundries $250
000,000.
I la- proportions, of course, will
vary somewhat among individual
families, ill different occupations and
niaikets, with debts and savings a
1 factor.
But, at any rate, the defense pro
gram is expected to create a big
new demand for a wide variety of
prod til-Is and services, which would
first hi felt strongly next spring,
and .which Would continue for sev
era! years. Additional defense appro
priations, meanwhile, Would further
expand and extend it
British -Tars Are
Really Big Eaters I
A few days ago. England's war
ship, King George V. brought Ani - c
bassadur Halifax over to this coun- 1
try and replenished its food sup- f
plies To the average layman, after t
reading the list, it would appear that *
England did right well by itself in t
exchanging one ambassador for all v
that food. The purchases made in .
Baltimore markets included
One ton of carrots. 1.200 pumpkins. {
1.000 apples. 160 gallons of tomato I
luree, 2.000 cans of tomatoes, 600 t
.-ans of cooked ham, 24.000 tins of t a
lieans. 60 tins of blackberries. 60 tins 1
>f loganberries. 400 pounds of maca- f
roni, 200 pounds of tea. 1.000 tins .
>f apricots, 1.000 tins of pineapple, r
2 tons of onions, 1.200 pounds of
aeets. 8.000 pounds of cabbage. 1.100
leads of lettuce, 1.000 stalks of eel- 2
?ry. 500 pounds of tomatoes, and 5.- r
.100 pounds ul Brussels sprouts t
V ance Powell Home F
Destroyed By Fire
Also 3.530 oranges, 1.440 lemons.
.000 grapefruit. 35 pounds of ba
lanas. 14 000 eggs and one ton of but
er.
Returning from Gold Point Mon
lay night, where they had been vis- in
ting, Mr. and Mrs Vance Powell
??und their home and all its con
ents destroyed by fire. Nothing was 00
aved except the clothes worn by m
he young couple and even the dog. p?
chich was in the home, was burn
d.
James Mann, who lives near the
\>well home, locateo not far from er
tobersonvdle. was the first to give di
he alann at 7:30. The residence was ca
m old building but was remodeled ^
ast fall. The loss including the home, ' r
urniture Jand clothing was estimat
d at $1,500 No insurance was car- ,H
led on the building.
^ontiae Ads Run In
2500 Newspapers
Pontiac Motor Division's advertis
g for January and February will
? carried by 2500 newspapers, se
eding to W J. Mougey, advetriaing
anager Last year, during the same
?riod, 1500 newspapers were used.
"'Newspaper advertising results
L?n the unanimous acclaim of deal
s attending our monthly merchan
sing meetings," Mougey said. "'Be
use the immediate impact of ef
ctive advertising is felt by deal
s and their salesmen it was decid
I to continue and amplify our
?wspaper schedule."
Pontine copy will run from 36
ejus to 90 inches per insertion,
even farm papers will run spec
1 copy in the heaviest schedule of
is type that Pontiac ever has car
?d
fyejw Wins j\at tana I'Safety jfwaid
jhicc Jimcs Jn
WlTM a rerc.rd f IS j iuenfs f or m.ii.oh .mdnhpurs
v. .?? \ ?' d, ?-m - ' 'Vfi < i ff;e> Virginia. t !e the a.'J Power
C i {'.i.iy-fi ivt- a i mi. t i'fi award i ' r-A p'ace? for t. e
t'bd. time in luc < ????>, ?in. ti'-' n..i 11vnWidi' <:? on
?: /v cd by the Ma t' >n .l' S ? -? t . C'.n:.r
-THis?-record is.net |hg r^-viiit of any hie)'i.ftrfofr trd?Sjfalty;- 8
- Cdtju??ii'()i> ton hi ted v- tli in th ? < m q ;?m:4mI ion, but 'the ?pro-'-"
dui t >1 a un ti-.l ?? r t , 'fi th-? f > i' f i ! oil onq o v. > h ivo
pl.ide .IJI) tinv;,; tri.rub I > V\ H i i . ? ?). a H Jtp) s t Jy rinj vif f'y .
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If ? IJ * 11 ty fjij-,, t, f r, Is v ?? \ nature i tid-jarO uS bnd,
r .gun ing unusual ? " ? ? n t; ? pa. I >t both r m and t ~ ? omen,
and i' i agh emp > y (?. . ! V t! i ? ? f i j J..* -I r-.r^n.o b.e
proqres, n redo ? j t'- < i j ? '1 ?ro.,;..-m ... i tnjp.?,t
vi.tfi'oy l.eci-?' ' ?'?'it ? ?? i. !? ' "<1
They have, >< t '.r J fi.i'v., ?-?.-i i> ?' t-'.-m. , du.r i eg-too
V?Mf 1741 the q .1 'id I. ,t ? , h * 1 nq - J. b .t of
b ttei fi jdheif l-.v-.t y if.'?? ' I,l> . idi-nls f. ?r r- ... oil
?nan hours v.orb J.
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We've put one over on the yardsticks
Here are FOUR NEW ADDITIONS to the
buick Special Line that Compact
Motorcar Bignets Into Handy Size
' ~r~ si
fTMMl was wlien you measured Ruil 6 SvB.C\At 4~</oor
I a car's ability and standing They arc car, wj(h ro()m {of u? Sgj mo(lel47, $1021 *
by the yardstick distance from . . ..
, . the family, with all the little Huick
bumper to bumper. . . ? , . , .
luxury touches, with the unrivuled So you can't take their measure
Hut not any more ? not since comfort of Huick s all-coil spring- with a yardstick.
Huick made ready the four new 'ng and steady-going roadahility. You've got to measure them by
additions to its 1941 SPECIAL series Hut bumper to bumper they are what they </m for you ?in the easier f
that are built for big-car travel shorter ? so they fit your garage. handling, the bigger thrill, the extra
tastes ?and sn.all-car garages! Thejr vv|lee|hase ,,R incheii convenience they add and by
They arc canrnnateintie measure like ^bicycle and flit >"wer h* ,heir new
of almost anything on the road in through traffic with ridiculous ease. ' acf 1 %
the lilt and life of their 115-hp. They go farther on every gallon How about secin^Jem ? nowP
Huick Iihiiiai i. engines.* farther, even, dian other Ituieks.
"Add C ompound Carburet ion si slight ritra coat and horse*
power steps up to 125 while gasolias toilcagc goes even higher.
Bust BuickYet
$
BUICK PRICES BEGIN AT
ktirirtrrrdat f'fait, A full.
Statt tax, optional equip
ment and uaenoriet ?
extra. Pruet tubject to
915
( has. H. Jrnkln* and Co., E. Main SI., Ahoskie, N. C. Chas. II. Jenkins and Co., Wiiliamaton, N. C.
( has II. Jenkins t Co., 20 E. Commerce St., Aulander, N.C.Smith's Service Station, (iranvllle St., Windsor, N. C.