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MONDAY, NOV. 16, 1937
Join The Red Cross
The annual Red Cross roll call will be
in progress until Thanksgiving Day, ten
more days in which to contribute to the
World’s Greatest Mother.
We believe that there are at least a
thousand people in Wilkes county who
did not join last year who feel that they
should contribute a dollar each to this
great humanitarian organization- ^
But unless they are approached by
some Red Cross worker they are prone
to neglect to .send in their dollar by mail
or personal call. Contributions from
those who are not contacted may be
given to some schoo principal or mailed
to J. B. Williams, chairman of the
Wilkes county chapter of the Red Cross,
at North Wilkesboro. Membership card
showing receipt of the money and a Red
Cross button will be returned to the con
tributor.
It is interesting to note that several
industrial plants have made special ef
forts at large memberships among em
ployees, and some have already contrib
uted 100 per cent. The response on the
part of wage earners in industrial plants
looks like a real challenge to business
and professional men, retail store em
ployees, school teachers and farmers,
who collectively should at least equal
the amount contributed by industrial
wage earners.
C&toIuia’s Bloody Kecovd
While we like to advertise and boast
of the resources of our state and to tell
others of the scenic beauty, there is one
thing that we take no pride in—and that
is the state’s record of deaths on the
highways.
It is a regrettable fact that North
Carolina is one of the top states in num
ber killed by automobiles and that it has
a bloodier record on its roads than some
of the more densely populated states.
However, it is something that should
be known in the state by all the people
because faults are not corrected until
they are known. When the people of
the state realize how careless and reck
less they are, then will steps be taken
to remedy the situation.
Without holding out any brief con
cerning the muddled liquor situation
in the state, we say without fear of suc
cessful contradiction that drunken driv
ers are figuring in a very large per cent
of the automobile accidents.
One municipal judge has adopted the
policy of sentencing every one to the
roads when convicted of driving drunk,
regardless of w^ealth, politics or social
position. He evidently takes the posi
tion that one drunken driver is as much
a menace as another and that social po
sition or influence has nothing to do
with making him any less dangerous
when driving drunk than the sot who
has no money and few friends.
Your Accident Bill
Accidents account for about 30 per
cent of America’s total motoring costs!
This is the estimate of National Safe
ty Council statisticians. They figure
that the expense of an average 100-mile
driving trip is $2-60, divided as follows:
Gasoline, $1.60; oil, 20 cents; tires, 19
V cents; accidents, 71 cents.
The direct cost of last year’s acci-
V dents, according to the same authorities,
-was $1,640,000,000. That is enough
tinoney. to build or pave 660,000 miles of
-yoBdj at a cost of $3,000 a mile—or to
1,640,000 automobiles worth $1,000
It is statistically impoarible to accu-
»*»ly detmnntee the indirect costs of
’ accidents. But all experts
;i^|y«m' that they are aabstantially greater
even the vast direct costs,
jlaro fe ■ hotaHy unnecessa-
Tf Itfibi on>the. hltlon’s c^ononaic ^/e-
Ahd. bad as ft is, it to noOtfar
the hum«Q waste'that the
causes.
In MM16, tm^ acci^wits almost
88,01^'humanpfceinga,’'-They inja^ed
800,60Q^oro^ wi^>largeiiu®hev
will eventually die as a result of thg ac
cidents, ^a^ed career, I
‘chUdreh, Tidaisid homaH-^eae are but
to^if theSfeuces of a heavy
foot on the throttle, a ^^drupk at^ the^
wheel, an incompetent in controls a
lethal machine' weighing thdUBands^of
pounds-
We are notv entering the winter sea
son, in which the accident rate has al
ways risen in the past. The^ most’dang
erous driving days are just ahead, with
rain, ice, snow and early darkness to
add to the always-present hazards. Yet
it is within our power to revoke prece
dent, and make winter a safe season. All
that is needed is the cooperation of each
motorist and pedestrian. Do your part*
Sticking To Job
C. B. Eller, county superintendent of
schools, C. 0. McNeil, chairman of the
board of education, the other members
of the board and others interested are
to be commended for their successful
efforts to secure a school building in
Wilkesboro.
With the funds on hand a WPA proj
ect was made up, but when the commis
sioners failed to make provisions in the
county budget for the remainder neces
sary to carry out the project, WPA offi
cials balked at starting something with
out being able to see it through.
While some would have folded their
hands in defeat, they kept on working
at the job and with assurance by the
county commission^?rs that the project
would be taken care of financially, the
state WPA officials were persuaded to
order the work begun.
Conditions at the Wilkesboro school
are deplorable and we feel that as badly
as some other school districts in the
county need additional facilities, that
none will begrudge the ten-room struc
ture to be placed in Wilkesboro-
Some meri who really know very little
have the knack of appearing very pro
found.
Borrowed Comment
Fighting Tuberculosis
(Shelby Daily Star)
North Carolina has made progress, as
Governor Hoey said yesterday in his ad
dress dedicating; Black Mountain san-
itorium, in fighting tuberculosis through
its sanitoriums, through county insti
tutions devoted to the care of the sick
and through educational efforts and ex
amination of children in the schools. But
if the fruits of these efforts is reaped the
State must continue to combat the dis
ease and to seek new means of bringing
to the general public a more complete
understanding of the hazards of tubercu
losis and the comparative ease by which
it may be escaped.
The Black Mountain institution, ideal*y
situated, will enlarge the facilities of
North Carolina tremendously in caring
for patients urgenty in need of the care.
Likewise, it is another center from which
will come an organized effort to expand
the program for preventing tubercuosis.
In recent years the death toll from
the disease has declined gradually. But
the present rate is higher than it should
be and will be in the years to come if
North Caroina does not become lax in
stressing prevention.
Later in the year civic organizations
here doubtless will offer for sale tuber
culosis seals for Christmas mail. They
will be attractive, and embellish pack
ages and letters. Funds from the sale
of the seals will go to the prevention
and cure of tuberculosis and every man
has a chance to contribute to the worthy
cause.
SPENDERS
(New York World-Telegram)
Some figures worth thinking about:
The total of all internal revenue tax
collections by the federal government
from . 1863 through the last fiscal year
was $74,000,000,000-
The gross national debt today is $37,.
000,000,000.
So, We as a nation owe today just ex
actly half as much as we as agnation
have taken in during the last si^-four
years.
IUlel»li, Not. 10-m>r. J. Wial- mrwmT-r t . .
Poison Drugr Claims
Victim In Rocky Mt.
The first death listed in North
Carolina from the use of elixir of
sulfanilamide, the drug which
has been given so much publicity
of late due to its deadly power,
was that of James Thomas Tan
ner, of Rocky Mount, who died
after six days of illness resulting
from use of the mixture.
All of the drug has been con
fiscated by food and drug admin
istration agents in the district.
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No. 18
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P. W. Eshelman
THURSDAY
Noveittber 2Sdi
At 21*. M.
For lii£anMlita Sm
i ;|lon of jBstftVtlons And
tions of the StiAs of Cliar-
M otjSep^bef. 0, l8$7> thOfe ^
wwe 17,711 personft confined- to
pensL oorraOtlqiul sad chOritahle
iBstitatloBs « ^e state.
Of . that tbe ststemsi^C
^ 7.0M loan ijktlents In fEo
four aenua hospitals raaihtained
" hy ^ie g£i^ of Koirith COPoUne,
while 9,38# were inmates of the
state prisons and prison farms.
" A totsl of 1,374 were in instl-
&8i6 were in delinouent schools
for men and women, and 60 were
inmatee of the homes for Con
federate veterans and women.
On 'Spetember SO there were
1,870 persona confined in 78
county Jails of the state, either
awaiting trial or serving senten
ces, the report showed, while 116
insane persons were in 44 jails.
The latter number included 16
under 25 years of age. There also
were 143 children under 16 years
of age In 37 ennty jails during
the month.
The report also disclosed that
on September 30 there were 2,-
492 inmates of 85 county homes,
including 82 children of less than
16 years of age.
“There are now many appli
cants awaiting entrance in all of
out state mental institutions,” Dr.
Nygard said.
"The recent GoTernor”s Com
mission for the Study of the Care
of the Insane and Mental Defec
tives,” he continued, "eetlmates
that there are 1,700 white feeble
minded children and 700 Negro
feeble-minded children who need
long-time state institutional care
and treatment.
Caswell Training School has a
capacity of 676 feeble-minded
whites, while the Qoldsboro unit
for thei feeble-minded Negroes
has a capacity of 100.
“We do not have any recent
estimate on the number of Insane
iu county homes, private institu
tions or private homes, but dur
ing the fiscal year 1936-37 there
were 1,527 listed In the county
Jails reporting to this division.
“The GoTernor"s Commission
report points out that all but
seven states in the nion have pro
vided more state hospital provi
sions per population than North
Carolin.a.
“To alleviate these conditions
the next legislature will probably
consider the report of the North
Carolinn Commission for the
Study of the Care of the Insane
and Mental Defectives, which
recommends:
‘\A second training school for
mental defectives and another
state hospital for the care of the
insane.”
“It is thought that there is a
possibility of serving both whites
and Negroes In each of these re
commended institutions by hav
ing two distinctly separate divi
sions under the same manage
ment.”
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CRAZY MAN KILLED
Thomas J. Wright and another
j policeman first saw the man in
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 9.—A man j a store from which police had re-
who authorities said walked sev- ceived a call to investigate a su-
eral blocks in a midtown business I spicious customer. Wright said
district brandishing a gun died' the man appeared to be mentally
today In a gun fight with two
policemen. Desk Dleutenant EM-
ward Prydrick said a pistol per
mit found In the man's pocket
bore the name of Freeman Mar
tin, 48, of Wallington. Patrolman
ill.
The Pan American Union for
merly was known as the Interna
tional Bureau of the American Re
publics.
Why Suffer With Colds-Paim
? — TAKE COOKS — ?
CCC
And Be Relieved
John Jacob Astor was probably
the richest man in the United
States in his day, 1863-1848.
\0
Says
Reddy Kilowatt
CASH
Months to Pay
the Balonce!
Ask anyone who owns one! The answer will be
that an electric refrigerator is a decidedly
thrifty investment—something you cannot af
ford to be without.
Steti^ics show that 20% of the food pur
chased is wasted through spoilage . . . this
can easily be reduced by 50% to nearly
100% if you own a Kelvinator. You can easily
cut ypur food budget to a remarkable extent
through the purchase of food in larger quan
tities and by taking advantage of^^>ecial low
prices on Saturdays. Aside from the conven
ience and satisfaction of having the comforts
of electric refrigeration the above levings
will, in most instances, more than meet the
payments on a Ketvinatc^.
As to Hw cost of an electric refrigerator . . .
both hi^al apid^ operating costs ere excee^
Ingly low. Let us eig>laln [utf Mw cheep^ ^
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