Let Safety Guide You
Says State Vehicle
Department Head
Raleigh—Don’t let death take
your holiday!
With that slogan as a keynote,
Motor Vehicles Commissioner L.
C. Rosser today asked all North
Carolina motorists to exercise
special care in their driving dur
ing the approaching holiday sea
son.
The Christmas-New Year holi
day season has proved to be the
most hazardous single period of
the year, Rosser said. Heavier
travel and the festive spirit of
the season increase the normal
winter driving hazards, such as
bad weather, slippery roads and
more hours of darkness. During
last December, 103 persons
were killed on North Carolina
streets and highways. Sixteen of
these lost their lives during the
Christmas holidays from the 23rd
through the 25th of December.
And on Christmas Day alone, 11
persons met their deaths on the
highways.
Col. Rosser said that Christ
mas is the season to be merry,
but it is also the season to be
wary. He warned that traffic
would be unusually heavy dur
ing the entire Christmas season,
and asked all motorists to co
operate fully in an effort to re
duce highway accidents and fa
talities. He especially urged that
drivers refrain fro m drinking
while they drive, for “liquor
when mixed with driving can be
one of our most potent killers.”
Local Men Assigned
To Patrol Duties
Among the new patrolmen
assigned to duty during Nov
ember were the following:
Troop A: W. A. Taylor, of
New Bern, to Weldon. Carol
Petteway of Jacksonville, to
Halifax, A. L. Smith of Dur
ham, to Conway, M. F. Pow
ers of Roanoke Rapids, to Wa
shington.
A. W. Andrews of Whitakers,
to Moyock, J. N. Buck of Roa
noke Rapids, to Edenton, J.
W. Sykes of Enfield to Pink
Hill, and C. C. Jones of Hali
fax, to Ft. Barnwell.
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Nature Sows Flower Seed
in Fall; Why Not You?
vvnenever nature produces annu
al flowers in our gardens from self
sown seed, she demonstrates that
annuals can be grown from seed
sown in the fall.
The list of annuals which can
self-seed may vary in different sec
tions of the country, but it is prob
able that annual larkspur and corn
flowers (centaurea cyanus) will be
on the list almost anywhere. Lark
spur. indeed, should be sown in
the fall whenever possible.
Plants from full sow-ing get start
ed n.uch earlier in the spring; and
they flower almost as soon as in
door plants, besides being larger
and more \ igorous.
The list of subjects may safely
include all annuals which usually
self-sow in your neighborhood, and
any other varieties which are
hardy, and have small, hard seeds,
with which you are willing to take
a chance for the sake of earlier
plants. Large, soft seeds, even
of hardy varieties, may decay in
the wet ground, but the hard seeds
wi’l lie safe if protected from be
ing washed out of the soil by rains,
or injury in some other way.
A seed bed surrounded by a
wooden curb is an excellent place
to sow fall annuals. A cold frame
will do as well; and many sow
seeds in the open garden, where
experience has shown drainage is
pood. If seeds are sown in rows,
which can be marked, it is easy
to check results and protect the
seedlings when they appear.
Sow the seed thinly, mixing small
seed with dry sand to help scatter
• t. and cb not sow much deeper
than you would in the spring. Many
gardeners cover the rowr with a
shallow layer of sand after sowing.
In a seed bed. or cold frame, after
the ground has frozen a light mulch
of leaves may be placed over the
bed to keep the frost in. This mulch
should bo removed before the seeds
SJ n it in the spring.
A' ■ is which are usually suc
ci.. A.i f:o:n fall sowing include
Local Student Takes
Part in Dramatic
Production at SCTC
Greenville, Dec. 4—Among
the students taking part in the
production of the religious dra
ma “Family Portrait” by the
Chi Pi Players of East Carolina
Teachers College on the evenings
of December 5 and 6 and the
afternoons of December 8 and 9
was Alton Finch of Roanoke
Rapids, who played the part of
Judah. Finch is a junior at the
college
The first production of the
year by the college dramatic
club. “Family Portrait” was a
beautiful and inspiring religious
drama by Lenore Coffee and
William Joyce Cowen. which
served as an inspirational open
ing of the Christmas season on
the campus. Two performances
were given in the evening in the
Austin auditorium, and special
matinees for public school chil
dren were arranged.
The Clu Pi production was di
rected by Dr. Lucille H. Charles
of the faculty and her student
assistants, Hubert Bergeron of
Spring Hope and Virgil S. Clark
of Greenville. A cast of 36 mem
bers appeared on the stage. In
addition, a technical and busi
ness staff of 45 students worked
on the production.
Larkspur, poppies and bachelor
buttons all grow well from fall sown
seed.
alyssum, snapdragons, cacnlin. ca
lendula, calliopsis. candytuft, cen
tauria cynnus, clarkia, cosmos,
eschscholtzia, euphoriba. gypsophi
la, larkspur, lupin, nicotiana, pe
tunia, annual phlox, annual poppies
and sweet peas.
Conditions in the spring are usu
ally fine for transplanting and
plants may be moved from the
seed bed to the border about the
time one would be sowing seed in
the spring. The fall sown plants
are not soft like those grown in
doors and receive little or no check
from transplanting.
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Peace College Becomes
Accredited Jr. College
Peace College, Kaleigh, North
Carolina has been received into
the Southern Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools as
a Junior College, according to
word received here today from
Louisville, Kentucky, where the
Southern Association held its an
nual meeting Peace College is
now a member or, or accredited
by, every recognized educational
agency possible.
The Preparatory Department
of Peace has been on the ac
credited list of the Southern As
sociation for a number of years.
The announcement of the accep
tance of its college department
makes all academic departments
of the school fully accredited by
the association. This is the high
est regional rating possible for
colleges and secondary schools.
Peace College, a junior college
for women, was founded in 1872
and is celebrating its Diamond
Anniversary this year. The col
lege has been under the direct
control of the Presbyterian
Church since 1907. It is a mem
ber of the American Association
of Junior Colleges and is a char
ter member of the North Caro
lina College Conference.
Dr. William C. Pressly, presi
dent of Peace College, attended
the meeting of the Southern As
sociation as a member of the
Central Committee Reviewing for
Private and Secondary Schools
for the Association.
Bulbs Need Plant Food - §
to Grow Quality Flowers
i An impression is widely held that
bulbs which are newly planted in
the fall do not need plant food add
ed to the soil. It is true that ma
ture bulbs have food stored up on
their own tissue which may be suf
ficient to produce a flower. But
this is not the whole story.
Before the flower is produced a
large number of roots are formed;
and these roots seek in the soil
plant food and water to supply the
needs of the growing plant. If there
is a deficiency of food, the growth
of the plant will be seriously ham
pered. A flower may be produced,
but it will not be the vigorous,
perfect blossom of normal size
which complete nutrition would in
sure.
Fully important as the produc
tion of a flower, is the development
of well matured bulbs for the fol
lowing year. To insure this, many
gardeners give an additional feed
ing to tulip plantings after the bulbs
have flowered.
The danger of using manures
with bulbs is well understood. Any
kind of fresh manure is dangerous,
and only compost thoroughly de
cayed is safe to use. Bone meal
is the traditional bulb fertilizer;
but it becomes available so slowly
as to do little good the first year.
Commercial bulb growers use
chemical plant food dug into the
soil so that it is available to the
bulb roots.
When the entire bed is dug out
before planting the bulbs, 4 pounds
of balanced plant food should
be spread over the surface;
the digging will mix it thoroughly
with the soil. When bulbs are plant
ed with a trowel, a tea spoonful of
plant food may be mixed with the
soil at the bottom of the hole before
setting the bulb.
Approximately 50 leading na
tional organizations whose acti
vities either directly concern or
are closely related to agricul
ture have pledged their cooper
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
HALIFAX COUNTY
Under and by virtue of an or
der of the Superior Court of Hal
ifax County, made in a Civil Ac-!
tion therein pending entitl- (
ed “Myrtle Louise Tyndall,
plaintiff, -vs- Lemuel Carr Tyn
dall, defendant,” and signed by
His Honor, J. Paul Frizzelle,
Judge Presiding at the Novem
ber Term, 1947. of said Court.!
the undersigned, who was by said
order appointed Commissioner
to sell the lands described in the
Complaint, will on the 3rd day of
January, 1948, at 10:00 a. m.. on
the premises located at 536 Fran
klin Street, in the City of Roa
noke Rapids, Halifax Coun
ty, North Carolina, offer for sale
at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, but subject to
the confirmation by the Court,
the following described real es
tate, to-wit:
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Those two certain lots or par
cels of land lying situate in the
City of Roanoke Rapids, Roa
noke Rapids Township, Halifax
County, North Carolina, fronting
each 30 feet on the East side of
Franklin Street and running back
each the same width between
parallel lines and at right angles
to said Franklin Street 140 feet
to an alley and being lots Nos.
1 and 4 in Block 5 as shown f
and designated on that certain
nap of record in the office of
the Register of Deeds for Hali
fax County, in Map Book 3, at
page 97; and being the identical
property conveyed to Myrtle
L-ouise Tyndall by deed of Gar
land E. Midyette et ux, dated
\ugust 27, 1943, recorded in Book
>29, at page 451, Halifax Public
Registry; reference to said map
and deed being hereby made for |
greater certainty of description.
(The above described property
is located at No. 536 East side of
Franklin Street and consists of a
five room, frame dwelling, in
good condition and with all mod
ern conveniences.)
This the 2nd day of Decem
ber, 1947.
W. BERNARD ALLSBROOK
Commissioner-l-l-ch.
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