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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940
Pedestrian Deatiia
Bo often we read and occasionally write
about pedestrians being killed on high
ways at night that we deem it worthwhile
to write something on the subject.
Elvery person who has ever driven an au-
tMnobile knows that ft is next to impossi
ble to see a person walking on the road at
night, especially if that person is dressed
in dark clothing.
And when the driver of one car is meet
ing another and is blinded by glare the
hazard becomes greater.
There is very little which drivers can do
about reducing the pedestrian death toll
at night on the highways. All they can do
IB be as careful as possible and hope and
pray that they (do not hat some person
walking on the highway.
But the walkers themselves can do
aomething about it. Some of them who
have never driven automobiles have no
idea about the grave danger involved in
walking on the road. They think that
since cars have good lights that drivers
can see the walkers and dodge them. The
drivers know it is no easy matter to see
persons on the road in time to avoid hitting
them.
Every agency dedicated to the cause of
—PBdirrtfTtrofigTn6Trri^Off'si(ih'wai£mg7''~
EJvery person should know that it is
dangerous to be on the highway at night
dressed in dark clothing. EJvery person
should know by now that pedestrians
should walk on the left side of the road,
facing traffic, should step off the pave
ment when a car approaches and watch
the oncoming car carefully in order to
keep out of its way because it is an'even
chance that the driver does not see you.
If cars are meeting each other the only
safe thing for a pedestrian to do is to get
all the way off the road until both cars
have passed.
“Chiefly U. S.”
Vacations are a typically American acti
vity. No other nation makes such a point
of them. In fact, if you look in the dic
tionary at the word you’ll find a little no
tation after one def.nition which reads
simply: “Chiefly U. S.’’
Americans have built up a system where
they can produce a lot of goods and ser-
,yices and still find time for the joys and
pleasures of life. We now spend close to
ten billion dollars a year just for arnuse-
mei:t and recreation.
And we have the time as well as the op
portunity to have holiday fun. In indus
try, for example, one out of every three
working hours has become leisure time
since 1890.
It makes an appealing picture in this,
the “good old summer time”—millions of
men, women, and children at the beach, in
the mountains, driving around in their
cars exploring the country. It’s some
thing not matched in any part of the
world. And it’s part of the American
pattern—made ptssibly by our bus'ness
habits and abilities and based upon our
traditional freedoms—a pattern we’ll do
well to presence!
Are We Any Wiser?
There is plenty of criticism of the Eur
opean democracies for what some consider
their astonishing failure to recognize in
time the fast-growing military power of
V the dictator nations, and to prepare to
meet it.
Informed commentators are now asking
if we are any wiser. We have the same
chance to prepare that England and
France had a few years ago. Will we do
it/ with maximum efficiency and minimum
—or will we permit red tape and
to make our defense program |n-
Lots of people don’t need life insurance.
- Thoiellow withA,fwtuhe^to ggrade-A
bonds dd^NtfL
The fellow who lives off a blg^ estatip,
thqaghtfully accumulated by an wrcestor,
doesn’t. ’ v
And the fellow who doesn’t care for thtf
welfare of his family doesn’t. ^
The rest of us do! ^ ” -
Borrowed ComuMBt
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
(Baltimore News Poet)'
'The United States Sui^reme C6^ h^
agreed to review the recent convicticm ^
the Los Angeles Times on contempt h
court charges in the Califmmia State
courts.
'This aasures- an appraisement by high
est judicial authority of the fundamentol
issues and public dangers which are in
volved—issues and dangers with which
the private and separate! interests of the
Los Angeles Times and its opposing dis
putants are only incidentally concerned.
While the ultimate decision of the Su
preme Court cannot be anticipated, it is
surely in the orderly procedure for such
vital issues to be deterinined there—and
it is surprising how vigorously such deter
mination, was opposed
The merits of the dispute between the
Times and the local courts with which it
became entangled are now properly mat
ters for the Supreme Coui^ to decide.
Briefly, the Times commented editor
ially on certain matters before a local
court in a manner offensive to that court,
and was adjudged in contempt and assess
ed penalties.
The broad danger is that, if such re
straint upqn free comment can be imposed,
widespread intimidation of all newspapers
will result: with consequent immunity of
all courts from all criticism.
In that event, an entirely new concept
of American life will be initiated, with in
calculable influence upon the liberties an ’
pursuits of the whole American people.
This is the view the Supreme Court must
take of the issue.
If the courts are to be above criticism
by the press, which is amply able to de
fend and express itself, are they not also
Tisifli oy ttie'pe5pl6,~wiRrnmfvRniany
limited means for supporting prolonged
and expensive litigation and are frequent
ly almost wholly without those means.
Are such powers and immunities neces
sary for the orderly conduct of the courts?
Are such powers and immunities wisely
or safely conferred?
They might be fearfully and frightfully
abused.
They might be the instruments of the
final destruction of American democracy,
within which the freedom of press and
.speech, of opinion and faith, of assembly
and protest, have thus far been secure and
inviolable.
The fundamental rights of the Ameri
can people are part of the basic American
law, and, in fact, had to be written into
that law before it was acceptable to the
people of the original American States.
They have been repeatedly and almost
continuously attacked, but have remained
intact.
The present case against the Los Ange
les Times has had many counterparts.
As a matter of fact, another similar case
is pending at the present moment—against
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which had the
courage to criticize a local court and has
been punished for its exercise of that tra
ditional American right.
These two great American newspapers
should be upheld in their right of criticism
—not because they are great and influ
ential, and not even because they are
newspapers.
They should be upheld because, if they
are not upheld, the whole American peo
ple will thereafter be intimidated and re
strained in their opinions and the expres
sion of them and will thus be no longer
free.
They should be upheld because, if they
are not upheld, all of our people, whether
they are influential and powerful or just
humble and individually unimportant, will
be intimidated and imposed upon and de-
I)rived of what have always been the pre
cious rights of the very humblest in com-
?non with the most powerful.
The right of free press is often offensive
and occasionally needlessly and wrongful
ly abusive.
Free speech itself is often offensive and
abusive.
But the utmost abuses of these great
rights are infiniteliy more tolerable and
endurable than the only alternative tq
Jh«ipel Iffll, July 11.—Tirenty-
Mat of North Carolina'!
commorolal hank! made more
than 800,000 loan! toUlln* orer
1410,000,000 to hiulnes! firm!
and IndlTidnaU throughout tho
Tarheel State during, the year
1989,' It was annonnc^ by .Robert
U. Hanee, iireaident of the Amer
ica Bankers Aaeodatlon and vrm-
ident 'of the Wachorla Bank and
Trust Convany, at khe North
Carolina Bankwm Conference at
the University of North Carolina
here tonight. > ^
Mr. Hanee save the results of a
f^rvey of hank lending activity
In North Carolina made by the
American Bankere Association.
Be stated that:
“The survey, which was par
ticipated In by B4 hanks or *7 per
cent'of the 196 commercial banks
of North Carolina showed a defi
nite expansion of hank credit in
the field of new loans. The num
ber of new loans made between
July 81 aftd December 31 was 2,-
982 greater or 4 per cent greater
and the dollar volume of new
loans made dnri ji.' this period was
827,104,176 or 60 per cent great
er than reported by an equivalent
number of banks for the previous
six months.
"The 64 banks reported that
during 1989 they made:
141,21>2 new loans totaling
8134,647,926.
177,160 renewals of loans
toteling 8274,331,21'1.
4,984 mortgage loans totaling
87,762,044.
Number of loans 323,366, a-
mounting to 8416,741,187.
“The survey also reveals that
business firms In the state are
using only about one-half of the
‘open lines of credit’ maintained
for their use on the books of the
banks,” he said. “Fifteen banks
In the larger centers of the state
reported that they carried on
their books during the second
half of the year 86,690,800 In
•open lines of credit’ consisting
of specific amounts of credit of
fered to and kept available for
established borrowers for use as
needed by their,. Of this amount
82,710.274 or 47.6 per cent was
actually used.
“The average number of new
loans made per bank was 2,616
and the average new loan was
1954.
an irerr -uana- WHB
average renewal was for 81.548.
The average number of mort
gage loans per bank was 92 and
the average mortgage was for 81.-
667.
“The North Carolina survey
was part of a national survey of
bank lending activity made by the
American Bankers As^iation.
"For the country as a whole
6,333 or 44 per cent of the com
mercial banks reported that they
m.ide 24.998,000 credit exten
sions totaling 839,810.000 during
the year. These consisted of the
following;
12.680.000 new loans totaling
$23,120,000,000.
12.033.000 renewals of
totaling 815,791,000.000.
285.000 new mortgage
totaling $899,810,000.
24.998.000 loans totaling $39,-
810,810,000.
“The number of new loans in
creased 10 per cent and the dol
lar volume increased 20 per cent.’’
Statesville And
Lenoir Will Get
Marine Offices
Representatives of the United
States Marine Corps Recruiting
Service will establish temporary
offices at the post office buildings
in both Statesville and Lenoir,
from the 15th to the 19th of July,
inclusive, for the purpose of in
terviewing, examining and ac
cepting young men for enlist
ment in the Marine Corps.
To be eligible for enlistment
a young man must be between IS
and 30 years of age, 64 to 74
inches in height, in sound physi--
cal condition, of good moral char
acter, white, single, without any
dependents and have the equiva
lent of an eighth grade educa
tion.
Young men selected will be
furnished transportation to Ra
leigh for final enlistment. From
Raleigh they will be transferred
to the Marine Barracks, Parris
Island, S. C„ for a brief period
of training preparatory to assign
ment to some service school, ship,
foreign station, or marine bar
racks, for duty.
Learn, travel and earn while
serving with this famous branch
of the service on land, sea and in
the air. Information, application
blanks and pamphlets describing
the life and opportunities of a U.
S. Marine will be furnished by
the representatives.
Mart^ New G.0.]^.
LeaHer, Promitet
Fln^tinR CaiD!
Washington.—Newly
ed Republican National
Josepb Mkrtia last Bifbt-sdtd tw ^
O. 6. P. wonid wage a ficlifiM:
campalcn jto elect Wenddl^U
Wlllkle president pnd that he
peets President Roosevelt to be
WUlkie’S opponent. «
charge of the Republic-
can ejuajpaign while Wlllkle flew
to Colorado for a vacation, the
Honee minority leader whonf
Wlllkle had appointed earlier in
the day, said tlw t’Repnhlieani
"will make every effort to orga
nise everybody who wants to help
this campaign to put WUIkle over
In November.’’
Ne said that Mr. Roosevelt is
“so avidlahle” as a candidate for
a third term that he Is not think
ing of anyone else as the G. O. P.
nominee’s opponent. He ' added
that the President “may go
tbrongb somq overturee of being B
drafted” but that he “will be a
candidate after the Chicago con
vention.”
Oampalgn Mjuuij^
Wlllkle also named Martin as
his campaign manager and the
Massachusetts congressman said
he would start the ball rolling
today at a conference with Gov
ernor Harold E. Stassen of Min
nesota, chairman of the campaign
advisory committee.
The committee will meet here
Thursday, he said, and a general
statement may he issned. He said
the main campaign office will be
eetsblished here and that regional
offices will be opened In New
York and Chicago.
loans
loans
Jalopy Race
Salisbury, July 10.—North Car
olina’s first jalopy race—post
poned from the regular June 16
date, will be held here at the
Rowan county fairgrounds track
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’
clock.
More than ten drivers of cars
below the 1932 model have enter
ed the events tut postponement
forced the withdrawal of several
out of state entries, and persons
desiring to take a crack at the
81,000 prize money should con
tact Bruce Thompson at Monroe
Immediately for entry blanks.
Cherokee county farmers are
reporting excellent results from"
the use of lime on their pastures,
reports A. Q. Ketner, farm agent
of the N. C. State College Bxten-,
sion Service.
Use the advertising coIubuib
this puper your shopping guide.'
LOW
WHK-END PRICES
LESS SPOILAGE end
SAVINGS LEFT
OVERS
Don’t be misled by the belief that you cannot
afford to own an electrical refriferator. The
three facts above are just a few of the many
savings you realize and almost any one of the
above would almost pay the low monthly pay
ments. Invesfifafe electrical refrigeration to-
dav and see for yourself that YOU CANNOI
AFFORD NOT TO HAVE ONE!
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them-^that alternative, being oppaeRikmM^
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