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Fatalities Show Increase In State In Third Quarter jjAI.EIGH? Through the third quarter of 1947, 595 persons lort their lives and 4.501 were injured a, a result of 8,162 traffic acci dents on North Carolina streets and highways. Col. L. C. Rosser, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles announces. Fatalities showed a 19 per cent decrease over the same period last year. FATALITIES BY TYPE During the nine months' period. ]84 persons were killed when their motor vehicles overturned or ran (,ff the roadway; 173 lost their jives in collisions; 148 pedestrians v ere killed; 28 met death when their bicycles collided with motor vehicles; and 28 were killed in motor vehicle-train collisions. Thirty four deaths resulted from other non-collision accidents. A 23 per cent decrease wis nc 'ed in pedestrian fatalities, v. h:!e on the other hand there was a "8 per cent increase in bicycle fatalities. Thirty-seven of the pe estrians killed and 200 of those injured were children under 14 jtars of age. Thirteen children I were killed and 48 were injured in bicycle accidents. VIOLATIONS Of the total number of acci dents, 13,886 drivers were involv I ed. Sixty per cent of them were f breaking a traffic regulation. Speeding led in violations with 1 818 drivers exceeding the given speed limit; 221 of the speeding accidents proved to be fatal crash es. One hundred of the fatal ac cidents were caused by driving >n the wrong side of the road. CHARACTER OF ROADWAY Eighty-four per cent of all ic c dents occurred on straight roads; and 75 per cent of the fatal crash es occurred on straight roads, proving that winding a id curving roads are not big factors in our high accident rate URBAN AREAS In cities and towns there were T5/5 accidents resulting in 118 deaths and 1.268 injuries. Forty three per cent of urban fatalities ."ire pedestrians. Total number of ?ccidents in cities and towns re mained about the same as last J. B. MULKEY year. Accidents, however, were not ; as seriaous as last year, for a 21 i per cent decrease in fatalities was noted. More accidents occurred in 1 residential areas. ' Rt RAL AREAS In rural areas there were 4,587 ' accidents, with 477 persons killed I and 3.233 injured. This was a 21 ! per cent increase in number of I accidents and a 19 per cent de crease in fatalities over last year v. hen 590 persons were killed in 3.809 accidents. AGE GROUP More people were killed and injured in the 25 to 34 years of age group than any other. OCCUPATION OF DRIVER More farmers were involved in fatal accidents than any other class of drivers. SPEED More fatal accidents occurred at the speed of 31 to 40 miles per hour. Saturday was the leading day of week for accidents. Wednesday has the least and thus far for 1947 has been the safest day for travel. More accidents occurred between 5 and 6 p.m. than any other time. For the first nine months of this year Mecklenburg has led all counties with 36 traffic deaths, as compared with 24 for the same period last year. Cumberland was next with 27 persons killed, while last year 18 deaths were reported Other counties with this year's fatalities followed by last year's: Wake 26 19; Buncombe 22, 17; Robeson 19, 21; Nash 17, 16; Wil son 16, 17; Gaston 15, 21; Durham 15, 14; Guilford 14, 39 (65 per cent decrease); Rowan 13, 11; For syth, 12, 16; Johnston 11. 11; Rockingham 11, 9; Cleveland 10, 10; Surry 10, 18; Union 10, 3; Halifax 10-8; Edgecombe 9, 9; Randolph 9, 7; Wilkes 9, 12; Ca I tawba 8. 10; Davidson 8, 4; Colum | bus 8, 11; Craven 8, 11; Wayne 8, 7; Sampson 8. 10; Harnet 7, 13; Haywood 7, 10; Alamance 7, 5; Lenoir 7, 8; Granville 7, 8; Lee 7, 9; Moore 7, 5; Burke 6, 12; Cabar rus 6, 9; Caldwell 6, 6; Carteret 6, 4. Richmond 6, 12; Vance 6, 6; Anson 6, 8; Rutherford 6, 6; Blad en 5, 8; Henderson 5, 7; New Han l over 5, 9; Ashe 4, 1; Beaufort 4, 3; WHO SAID THERE WASN'T ANY SANTA CLAUS? Now you can install a complete Gas Heating System with no down payment and finance the whole jcb over a period of thirty-six EASY monthly payments. Why not come in this week and let us help you plan the biggest Christmas you have ever had. Smoky Mountain Gas Cov On The Square Incorporated Murphy, N. C. COOKING REFRIGERATION HEATING Duplin 4. 10; Iredell 4. 3; Pitt 4. i 9: Stanly 4. 10; Hoke 4. 7; Chat- c ham 3, 6; Martin 3, 3; Onslow 3, j 12; Pender 3, 4; Perquimans 3, 1; i Person 3, 4; Polk 3, 5; Scotland 3, j 12; Transylvania 3, 3; Washington t 3, 4; Alleghany 3, 1; Caswell 3, 2; j Alexander 2, 3; Avery 2, 2; Bertie 1 2, 2; Chowan 2, 1; Dare 2. 2; I | Greene 2, 3; Hertford 2, 5; Jones | 1 2, 0; Macon 2, 2; McDowell 2. 4; j i Orange 2, 9; Pamlico 2. 1; Stokes I I 2, 3; Warren 2, 5; Watauga 2, 1; Yadkin 2, 2; Swain 2, 0; Tyrrell | 2, 1; Brunswick 1, 5; Cherokee 1, 7; Currituck 1, 4; Davis 1, 7; 7 Franklin 1. 11; Gates 1, 1; Hyde 1, , 7; Jackson 1, 6; Lincoln 1, 3; Madi- ? son 1, 1; Mitchell 1, 2. Montgome ry 1. 3; Northampton 1, 1; Pasquo- 1 tank 1, 2. No fatality has been re-' ported from Camden, Clay, Gra- 1 ham and Yancey. For the past three years there has been a steady decrease in traf fic fatalities noted for Forsytn, 1 Robeson, Wilkes, Craven, New Hanover, Catawba and Cabarrus Counties. An increase has been noted for Buncombe and Row^n counties. Charlotte led all cities with 19 fatalities. Fayetteville was next with 0. Of the pedestrian deaths, 34 per cent occurred in cities and towns. 1 Charlotte led in pedestrian deaths, ' with 7 reported, while Mecklen burg led for counties with 10. i AT HOME ON THE FARM Don't throw away that old grapefruit hull! You might be taking the feed right out of Bos sy's nosebag. Anyway, that's the way I heard it from L. C. Laney, assistant farm agent for the State College Ex tension Service over in Mecklen burg County. We f?ot to talkin' about more end cheaper feed for livestock last week and he was tellin' me that it won't be long before the local markets are selling ground up peelings from such citrus fruits as the orange, tangerine, grape fruit, and lemon. "I realize there's a critical feed shortage," I says to Laney. "but how do the cows react to having oranges twice a day?" "Well, Cousin," he says, "I magine they'd rather have orang es than lemons, but that's not the >oint." Then he told me how a compari son with wheat bran shows that his dried citrus pulp in the fe2d ind dairy ration is considerably lower in crude protein but is practically the same in crude fat, higher in crude fiber, higher in nitrogen-free extract, higher in total digestible nutrients, and much higher in net energy value. I used to wonder if there wasn't some use for all those peelings ? left over from canned fruit juices Now it seems that the folks who have been squeezing the daylights out of the orange and the grape fruit for City Cousins like mo. have come up with a by-produce of this mass-massaging that will help our farm friends at a time when grain feeds are shorter than eve/. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SCOI T Dr. J. R. Bell Dentist Murphy General HospttaJ Phones: Business 215 Residence 46 Murphy, N. C. We're sextons this Yuletide . . . We're climbing to the belfry and ringing those joyous, silrer-toned bells till everyone of our friends hears the peals of Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! MURPHY LAUNDRY Phone 159 Murphy, N. C. All that makes for a merry, merry Christmas. . . the voices of carol singers filling the air, the bells pealing melodi ously, the holly wreaths hanging in the windows. . .all these things plus joy and happiness in your heart we sincerely hope is yours on this glorious holiday. Ragland Brothers Co. Murphy, North Carolina
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