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Condemned For Life Condemned for life will be the fate of many automobiles after January first, in North Carolina and as a result of such a sentence, many lives may be saved. When the rigid inspection law included in the safety measure passed by the last legislature is activated January first, highway safety . should be greatly in creased; for it will necessitate that cars either be kept in a safe driving condition or be taken off of the highways. Motorists will be given plenty of warn ing. If a motor vehicle fails to meet the safe driving requirements and is given a “rejection” sticker, it is then up to the driver to take it to a garage or repair shop to have it put in good running condition. Garages too, will have their responsibi lities; for they will be furnished with a complete index of regulations worked out by the department of highway safety and will know how to bring any vehicle mestiojr up to the state’s minimum re rected, its owner will be given an “appro val” sticker. This should put garages on their mettle and make all work guaranteed. An individual, who knows his life is threat ened by some disease would never go to a doctor, bf whom he was not sure. But the toll of many lives on the highway has been greatly increased by motorists who took their cars to garages where needed repairs were supposed to have been made. Inspection will take dut the guesswork and eliminate the unsafe doctors of motor vehicles. Motorists will not continue to patronize garages whose work will not pass safety inspection. Under the new regulation, the motorist, who is given a “rejection slip” will not be allowed to get by, unless he has the neces sary work done on his car, within the specified time and returns to an inspection station for another examination, he is at the mercy of the law. And it is well that he should be; for if he is allowed to con tinue to operate a vehicle on the high way, the lives of many he comes in con tact with are at his mercy. The law will track him down and his windshield will be tagged with a large yellow sticker label ing the vehicle “condemned.” Printed on the label will be these words: “ This vehicle is unsafe and must not be operated or parked on roadways or public space . . .” Official reports show that 65 per cent of all vehicles are found to be unsafe if their upkeep is left to the individual. And statistics further reveal that 17 per cent of all accidents are traceable to faulty equipment. The condemnation of unsafe motor vehicles is certain to mean that death and destruction on the highways will be lessened. -0O0 j Arts Of Peace Not all of the scientific energies of the time are being devoted to the production of atomic bombs, guided missiles and other dustrial miracle. The enormous and vir turally limitless demand for oil products of hundreds of kinds has caused an ac- ' celeration of this work. As long ago as 1910 a German scientist worked on a pro cess of hydro-genation of coal into oil Im portant progress in this direction was made by German and British scientists between World Wars I and II. However, in all of the methods developed, the cost of the pro duct was several times greater than the cost of producing gasoline from petroleum. Now, however, recent American re search and engineering developments make it appear that within a few years synthetic gasoline will be produced from coal at a cost very close to that of production from petroleum or natural gas. An exploratory program has been completed, and the next step is to be large-scale pilot plant program. The purpose of pilot plants is two-fpld, first, to obtain design data for commercial Plants and, second, to work out operating factors and engineering methods that can not be investigated within the limitations imposed by a laboratory. Commercial pro duction is the final stage. This is an example of how American industry prepares for the future. One characteristic of free enterprise is that it never is content to stand still. It always looks far ahead. oOo Building Increases In the first 9 months of 1947, construc tion in place totaled more than $9 billion, as compared with less than $7 billion for the same period of 1946. The U. S. Commerce Department pre dicts that the industry will produce an even greater volume of work than the $12 billion total now estimated for 1947. The mountiijg strength of the demand for construction in the face of the current price level has amazed those who had pre dicted a recession in building. Leaders of the industry say that present prices will hold for some time, being based upon wage rates and material costs which are relatively inflexible. Apparently any improvement must come from greater efficiency and technical advances in the art, bpth of which are Safe? “Be careful what you wear and when you wear it,” Dr. W. E. Coughlin, Ph. D., Director of the Good Housekeeping Textile Laboratory warns in an article in the Sep tember issue of Good Housekeeping maga zine. “All ordinary fabrics will bum. Most of them burn rather slowly, so the flame can be extinguished or the garment remov ed before any great harm is done. “On the other hand some fabrics ignite easily and flame furiously because of their fibres or construction, or a combination of these factors. You should learn to recog nize these fabrics and garments made from them, so you can be careful when you are wearing them.” Important advice on what to wear is .proffered by Dr. Coughlin who states in part; “Your chances of becoming a human torch are slim if you exercise ordinary care and common sense in wearing highly inflammable garments. Don’t for example attempt to save a few minutes by slipping down to prepare breakfast in your dress ing gown. The long, loose, flowing sleeves and dangling sashes of these garments and the sheer, napped, or pile fabrics from which they are made invite disaster when you are using your range. Also be careful how you light cigarettes when you are wearing a veil or dressing gown, and never stand close to an open fire. The same advice goes for flannelette nightgowns and robes, and long-napped materials. “Hospital records show that most in juries, to small children from burned cloth ing come from fabrics that ordinarily are not considered to be dangerously inflamm able. The panic-stricken child’s inability to extinguish the flame and to remove the burning garment usually is the reason. The answer here is keeping a watchful eye on very small children and teaching older ones to understand and avoid the hazards of playing with matches and bon fires. Children should be warned about the sheer dresses and veils worn on occasions such as church ceremonies, especially when lighted candles are carried or are standing near by,” Dr. Coughlin concludes. We believe these tips are worth con sidering. Any safety measure is cheap at | any ume, in comparison to loss. 0;' ..rvfv SPARTA spectacles ■ After two weeks of rain on the home front, and flood waters raging as near as Galax, people of Alleghany county are indeed glad to see OT Man Sol again. The incessant Tatar had taken a lot of the brilliant hue from I the hills, giving them a rust col or instead of the gay orange, red and yellow of last week. Perhaps Indian summer will last a little longer before we take on OT Man Winter. PAT FOR WHAT TOC KNOW. “Show me first your penny,” is a policy sometimes used by in- j dividuals as well as business' firms. It’s good business too, if you received a card in the mail stating that upon receipt of 25, cents you would be sent a clip ping concerning you, naturally: you’d send the fee. It’s human nature to have that much cur iosity. The W. A. Woedruffs were well aware of the new arrival at their home, but they pur-| chased the clipping which con tained the birth announcement. (Incidentially, it was not the News office demanding a fee.) BEAST Vs. MACHINE. Mrs. R. V. Thompson had the misfortune of losing a young fil ly recently when it ran in front of a State highway department! truck. The young animal became excited and the truck driver was unable to bring his vehicle to a stop before the deed was done. TRAVELING SHERIFF. I You never know when you’ll' run into Alleghany’s sheriff or clerk of the court. They were1 visiting in West Jefferson Mon-| day and denied all charges of “courting.” They had attended court for Ashe county and also visited the office where the News is printed each week. Inciden tially, for a man who’s made 40 raids on stills in Alleghany coun ty, the sheriff really gets around. LEAVES FOR WINTER. Mrs. Ellen Parks has gone to Winston-Salem for the winter after spending sometime here at her apartment at the home of the Ervins. Not only will the News| miss her cheerful notes and help-1 ful Ijints, but she will be missed by her many friends. SCORING ACE. Bill Reeves -continuse to leadj tie Yellow Jackets as their sting is felt by the Flat Rock team at Mount Airy last Saturday. Today the powerful Walkertown team will be able to test its strength against the hometown boys. More power to you, team! CHURCH WALLS MOUNT. Alleghany Methodists, as well as interested spectators are pleas ed with the progress being made in the construction of Sparta’s Methodist church. Although the work is moving slowly, the build ing may have its covering before cold weather actually strikes. Work on the VFW clubhouse is now at a standstill until steel fromework can be secured. Both The Everyday Counselor Rev. Herbert Spaugh, D. D. - Much of life’s misery and un happiness is caused by thinking about ourselves and our own troubles. The more we think, the worse we feel. Then comes some grave emergency which demands every ounce of thought and en ergy. When it is past, we sud denly discover that our despon dency over our own troubles has gone. ~Tt’s surprising what effect bad thinking has on the body, pro ducing bad feelings. From M i lw a u k e,e, Wis. through the Associated Press comes the story of a man who was driving a car and was seized suddenly by a violent sneezing attack. A crash into a pole wire ended it. “Charles Brooks found out how to stop an attack of the sneezes. Driving along a city street he was seized with a sneez ing spell so violent he lost con trol of his car. It climbed 10 feet up a telephone pole guy wire— and stayed there. Brooks eased himself out, brushed off his | clothing and walked away to call i a wrecker. He wasn’t hurt—nor was he sneezing any more.” Who hasn’t tried the old method of breaking up an attack of the hiccups in a child by startling them with a loud noise. Most of us have to be jarred out of our pettiness if we grow mentally and spiritually. So many of us are emotionally immature. We wartc around in adult bodies but with many attitudes which are even worse than those of children. How easily our feelings are hurt by someone else. Then we retire into a corner and lick our wounds, pity ourselves, and glare balefully at the one .who in jured us. It happens on every street, in every club, in every church. Then comes some crash ing emergency which suddenly pulls us out of our little corner, Little Pine News Several attended church ser vice last week end at Little Pine church. It was conducted by Rev. Coye Anders, of Hanes and he was assisted by Rev. Don Rich ardson, of Ennice. Miss Nellie Murphy, of Ennice, is taking nurse’s training at the Martin Memorial hospital in Mt. Airy. Miss Attoree Greene had as her week end guests recently Misses Wilma and Wanda Anders, of Hanes. Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Murphy last Saturday night were Rev. and Mrs. Coye Anders, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Anders, all of Hanes. Don Richard Cheeks, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cheeks, who has been ill, is improving. Mr. Lawrence Johnson spent last Saturday night wiht Dale Greene. A young peoples’ meeting is being held at Little Pine church each Friday night All young people are invited to attend. building projects are still in a re ceptive mood for contributions. «<««- VH«<- «««• »»» -►»>» -*-»M »*>»> pEBR-iirWi Mmrmfr «/ Ifsdsratfse, This Program Speaks for Temperance This Committee’s chief elm' Is to maintain whole* some conditions in places where legal beer is sold. This is accomplished by educating beer dealers and checking conditions in retail beer outlets . .. end by assisting authorities to maintain high standards of law observance. This program of Self-Regulation, in operation since 1939, has had die noteworthy effect of weeding out most of those who abuse their license privileges, The beer industry’s Self-Regulation Program en courages law observance. It is a program whieh def initely spaaks for temperance. and throws us into the midstream of some great activity. Our little troubles are forgotten. We humans get all of attacks. Most of them are some form of “egoitis,” or selfishness. Our sense of self-sufficiency or self-complacency is suddenly im paired or wounded by something said by another, in the mental and emotional confusion caused thereby, we end up in doing something like the Milwaukee man. We lose control of ourselves and crash. Then we wake up, ’ perhaps call a wrecker, and if we have good sense we ask Al mightly God to forgive us for our foolishness, and go our way per haps sadder, but wiser. Unfortunately, some people re quire more than one crash to teach them sensible living. The best way to drive safely down the highway of life is to keep your eyes on the road, and avoid, if possible, attacks of “egoitis.” PRINT 1000 mVSLQFIi C'Tpk Got A RNB PHom Us for Your PRINTING Auction Sale 75 Acre Farm Known As G. R. Wagoner Farm ALSO PERSONAL PROPERTY On Wed., October 29 At 10:00 A. M. I Will Offer For Sale 75 acres of valuable farming and grazing land, located in Piney Creek township, about 9 miles west of Sparta, and 4 miles northeast of Piney Creek high school. Pro perty has large well constructed frame dwelling house, 2 good barns, other out-buildings. Farm situated on good gravel road, leading to Sparta-Piney Creek hard surfaced road, IVi miles distance; property has electric lights, daily RFD mail service, on school bus route to Piney Creek, two churches and large store nearby. Farm now in high state of cultivation, has valuable grazing land, well watered, has good orchard, about 10 acres of young timber. Title to this property is gilt-edged, no encumberances. Having disposed of cattle, will also offer for sale 2 good milk cows, one fresh; one calf; 1 9-month’s old colt (filly); 1 300 lb. hog; several hay stacks; corn and fodder; about 2,000 ft. of lumber; a large slab pile, (slabs from 100,000 ft. of oak lumber and in good condition; farming tools; furniture and many other items too nu merous to mention. . * Terms: Cash On Day Of Sale for personal property; on real estate, half the purchase price to be paid on day of sale; remainder in install ments to suit purchaser, deferred payments to be se cured by interest, bearing notes. Mrs. G. R. Wagoner, Owner Luther Davis, Auctioneer Auction Sale I Will Sell At My Farm On Saturday, October 25 At 10:00 P. M. To The Highest Bidder For Cash. 11 Good milk cows, Guernsey and Jersey. 1 Four-can milk cooler. 2 Heifer calves, 3 months old. 9 Pigs, 8 weeks old. 1 Poland China brood sow. 1 Good team of horses. 115 Rhode Island Red pullets, just laying good. 11 Young turkeys. 16 Hay Stacks. 1 Oat mound is chalf. About 5 or 6 hundred bushels of corn and some fod der. v 1 Good Case mowing machine. 1 New Hay Rake. 1 Farm Wagon. 3 Riding cultivator plows. 2 No. 40 Oliver plows. , 1 3-foot cultivator. 1 Fertiliser distributor. 1 Bean Sprayer. 1 Electric fence. 1 2-row corn planter. 1 Spring tooth harrow. 1 Wood-saw and power unit 1 ’42 model Chevrolet four-door sedan. Household and kitchen too numerous to and many other things
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