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PAGE EIGHT One-fourth Cars Inspected Reveals Faultyjquipent Os 1,173,932 Stopped In i Past Year, 45,991 Tickets Issued • Exclusive of the protection offered to citizens of the State by the High way Part rod during 1960, each patrol man brought in approximately three tjmee as much in revenue and Stolen property recovered as was paid him in salary, thetNorth Carolina Depart ment of Motor Vehicles estimates, i The aveiage salary of a highway patrolman amounts to $2,800 a year, vifhile each recovered property, col lected highway revenue and brought in fines and costs to county school funds and general funds totalling approxi mately $8,643, the Department point ed out. Value of 763 cars and property re turned to individuals was estimated at $664,028.18. Fines turned into county school funds in 79,393 cases in which defendants arrested by pa trolmen were found guilty amounted to $1,898,344.90. Costs in these cases, turned over to county general funds in counties where the cases were tried, totalled $976,156.56. Highway revenue collected on overloaded and improperly licensed vehicles added up to $117,- 318.70, for a grand total of $3,655,- 888.84. Highway patrolmen traveled 18,- 085,698 miles during 1950, as compared with 16,667,708 miles traveled in 1949. Patrolmen spent an annual total of 1,582,648 hours on duty. Over one-fourth of the vehicles in spected on the highway were found to have faulty equipment. Os 1,173- 932 stopped for inspection, patrolmen found 45,991 vehicles for which faulty equipment tickets were issued. Light •tickets were handed out in 9,268 cases and warning tickets were issued to 52,074 motorists. The Patrol investigated 18,934 acci dents in which 807 persons were killed and 10,096 were injured. A total of 6,928 vehicles were weigh "^^ntauThXtreated WHILE (ASLEEP Recent experiments using artificial ly induced slumber offer new hope to mentally ill. 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Get Doan’s Pills today! Doan’s PilLs dpi ink ’l® L COLA J I MORE EC YOUR V 'J. .‘ J «d and 2,019 were found to be over loaded. Driver’s licensee inspected on the highway numbered 1,246,592. Ar rests totaled 91,618 and citations 80,- 976. The 79,393 persons found guil ty of violations were sentenced ,to 1,- t 529 years, five months and four days. Drunken driving was the charge in 7,326 cases. Found not guilty were 6,654 defendants. The Patrol investigated 83,086 com- L plaints. Courtesies numbered 173,- 316. First aid was rendered in 85 cases and fires extinguished in 32. - ■ , i ■■ ■ . , College Publishes New Rose Circular : The State College Extension Ser i vice’s highly popular circular on “Suc i cesstful Rose Culture,” which has been • out of print for some time, has been revised, enlarged, and brought up to r date, and single copies are now avail , sble on request. The revised publication is 24 pages 1 in length and covers such topics as 1 location and type of soil recommend ed, time and method of planting, fer tilization, cultivation, propagation, pruning, insect and disease control, • and recommended varieties for North l Carolina. A number of photographs and drawings are included. 1 Authors of the circular are Glenn 0. Randall, professor of horticulture; Howard R. Garriss, plant pathology specialist; and Clyde F. Smith, head 1 of entomology. “The rose has become the nation’s ! favorite flower,” the authors declare. “This is evident from the widespread interest in it as a home garden flow er and from its national popularity as a cut flower for all occasions. In North Carolina it is being grown with increasing interest in the home gar den and is deserving of even more consideration.” Although the rose is not as easily grown as some other ornamental flow ering plants, this fact only serves to make its culture more interesting, say Randall, Garriss, and Smith. “It is not, however, a very difficult plant to grow if certain princinles of cultur ——” VWWV ' /W ' A,V '^'^ VVVWVV '^'^ # '^ ,VV ' /V ' AA/VVV * w>^/vv ' v ' / '^ /vv ' /vvvv%^vs '‘ <»W»/s/vwww —— -*i—i—i— i-‘*nririnr im nrrr rrriyyyyiiVVVinAnAi long-term Investment that pays daily dividends These are days when thoughtful people turn their minds to the durability of things they purchase—and that makes good sense at any time. But you may have noticed that it's a rare occasion when doing your duty turns out to be the best way to satisfy your heart’sflesire. That’s what’s so marvelous about this ’sl Buick. If you picked a car just for the lift it gives you—your pride in its power and pace or its generous comfprt and room you couldn’t make a better choice. But make note of this; » That gleaming new push-bar forefront, which greets your eye with flashing beauty, contains 25 grille bars made of stamped steel, individually mounted to "give’' and come back unharmed. Combined with a massive, wrap-around bumper, fortressed by two stalwart "bumper bombs" and two ■l _ Smart Snip Buidc , voo* «r io gkatu vaiue i/ TO» l» HCNKY). TAYlOff, ABC Ntlurt, wwyMwAuy iuxtea. ([f - 52= j!*** tm CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON, N. &, THUkSDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1951. • are understood and put Into practice,” > they aafcert. \ “Successful Rose Culture” ie issued ■ as Extension Circular No. 200 (Re - vised). Requests for copies should - he addressed to the local county farm . or home agent or the Agricultural i Editor, State College Station, Ralel|gh. > ‘ ; Fruits Head List Os Plentiful Foods Fruits—apples, oranges, and grape fruit-will be found on February mar kets in generous quantities, Miss Re becca Colwell, county home demon -1 stration agent for the State College Extension Service, said here this week. The home agent based her state ments on the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s plentiful foods list for the Southeast for February. She points out that USDA has these three fruits at the tap of its February plentiful list. Plentiful vegetables in February include Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and sauerkraut. The Irish potato crop for I96o'to taled approximately 440 milliop bush els. Main source of supply in Febru ary will 'be Maine, Idaho, Missesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Colo rado. Increased egg supplies are expected to show u,p on February markets, and for an attractive meat buy, the home agent suggested broilers and fryers. Turkeys, particularly the heavy birds,' House For Sale 7-room house. Desirable location. 185 feet by 50 feet. Can be seen at 911 North Broad Street or call 131-W. Asbestos shingled. Very reasonable. t . Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam A. Sexton, Jr. 11 ; 7- . . V ■-!*•: , ' Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Company, Inc. 105 to 109 E. Queen Street Phone 147 Edenton, N. C. ■ ■«■— '■ " '‘"W ■>■• "V- ' and fish and other meats are on the USDA plentiful foods Ret' for the 1 month. Cottage cheese, peanut butter, . and honey are also February plenti [ fids. I ' J Methodises Hold Series Church School Meetings The Rev. Dwight L. Fouts, pastor [ of the Plymouth Melthodisit Church, has been appointed director of gen eral church school work in the Eliza beth City District and has planned 9 . series bf meetings of church school superintendents and pastors in the dis , trict. The purposes atf these meet , ings is to discuss problems and ex change ideas and experiences and make plans for the future in keeping with tiie needs and opportunities in the schools and churches. The first meeting was held in Ahos kie on January 19 and the remaining schedule follows: City Road Church, Elizabeth City, February 2; Swan Quarter, February 6; Manteo, Febru ary 7; Hertford, February 8; Cres well, February 9; WilliamSton, Febru ary 13; Haitteras, date to be announc ed. » HISTORIC HOME OPENED The “Cornwallis House” alt Wilming ton used by Lord Cornwallis as head quarters in 1781, has been restored and is now open to the public. Restoration of the house that is nearly two centuries old was a project •of the North Carolina Society of Co added uprights, it gives unsurpassed protection. The springs of stout spiraled steel on all four wheels let your wheels dip and curtsey over uneven highways, while you ride level as a lance. 'But these springs also need no servicing, and breakage is virtually unknown. < Buick's great-powered engine is a Fireball, wondrously lively and eager at the mere touch of your toe—but it also wrings extra power from every drop of fuel, and has the mechanical perfection that comes only | from yean of experience with this basic design. D ynqflow Drive gml every mile you drive effortless smoothness of control—but it also dutch repair bills, saves tires, puts less strain on die whole driving mecha nism, from engine to differential. The road-steady gait of a Buick gives you a K._ 4 ' .* •. , ,-bt . m lonial Dames. It took almost two decades to carry it out The interior has been restored in exact accordance with original plana. Colonial types of furniture and ant items have been bought and placed in the building If the Russians do not plan war, they are spending a lot of money for defense. 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