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FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1926
4 TU‘iSXK£ITION
Mrs* Barbee, Os Ral
eigh, Guest Os
' Pupils
Another Trip Phila
delphia’s Big
Show
T As £he guest tis about a hundred
and fffty of her former pupils in the ,
•city H**. J. M. Barbee, of the Junior*
Higfc school faculty, Raleigh, left Sat- :
’urttoy night for Philadelphia to at
tend the National Educational Asso- I
•ciation and the Sttaqui-Centennial Ex- !
■position. She Went in company with j
H. F. Syrgley, of the l
JlaleCfi* Schools and Mrs. SrylwfV. j
MfS. Barbee was much overcome
■wAh joy at the thoughtfulness of j
fcrr former pupils, when Mr. and
Mrs. Clarewcy Mitchell and John S.
McDortfcW called at her home Satur
day presented her with a gift
vd %Ul6 for the trip to Philadelphia..
XVith only about a day and a i
half to get up the money the com- |
mittee which was headed by Miss
Isabel Haneys as chairman, saw
close on to a hundred and fifty of
fcw former pupils, the contributions
ranging from fifty cdntT. to a dollar.
"We could have raised a thousand
•Arilairs iif we bad had more time,”
Mr. Mitchell said, and Mrs. Barbee ;
«(eclw£>l Vhat no honor could ever
corn* tt> her that would be more
•deeply* appreciated.
Others assisting on the commit-,
•tee were Joe 'Carrel, Wiley Rogers,
Willie Jones.
Having begun her service as a
teacher when Cvnteiinial School was
the only school in the city, Mrs.
BaTbce through the years has
taught many boys and girls and has
recently had one of the elementary
schools named in her honor. She ser
ved for a couple of years as principal
of the Barbee School on North Blount
street and is now teaching in the Ju
nior High school.—Raleigh Times.
HEAVY DOWNPOUR AT
CERRO GORDO SUNDAY
Cerro Gordo, June 28.—The heavi
est rainfall to come within two
hours time on record here fell Sun
day between the hours of 12 and 2
o’clock when in the Cerro Gordo
section a sufficient downpour came
that cars on the streets were drown
ed out and refused to go. Chickens
by the dozen were washed away
from home and floated down the
principal streets of the town. Traf
fic was suspended over several
streets and roads for the afternoon
on account of high water and
bridges washed up and floated away.
Some of the older citizens declared
that never before have they wit
nessed such a downpour to come
unprecedented by thunder.
On some farms field crops were
buried underneath a foot of water
which, however, quickly passed off
and no serious damage is expected
to follow.
MORE MEMBERS NEEDED
IN THE B. Y. P. U. WORK
On Wednesday night the B. Y. P. U.
of the Baptist chureh held what was
presumably a meeting. Out of all
the number who were there last time
and partook most liberally of the
ice cream, the grand total on W ed
nesday reached the overwhelming
number of twelve. Officers present,
there were none! It seems that the
organization that made such a start
has already suffered a blow-out. If,
in the course of tw r o weeks, such a
project can flit out as this seems to
have done, there is something wrong
with the young people. And there
really is if they have no dependability,
no initiative, and no stick-to-it-ive
ness.
There are enough young people in
the church for two A-l B. Y. P. U s.
There is every’ chance in the world
for Zebulon to come back from the
B. Y. P. U. convention next year with
one of the banners. And a challenge
is sent to us from every other union
in the state to compete with them for
one of these.
This is a call and a plea for one
night out of the six week day nights
in the week. Let’s put this thing
through, and show the older folks
that we can finish what we began,
; ,nd that the young folks will not
come up lacking.
Sweet Girls
May—My dear, you have made a
bed job of putting your paint on
this morning.
p a y—Yes, honey, I’ll admit I’m
somewhat of an amateur— you see I
haven’t been putting it OP a? many
yenr» 39 you tow* ’.
The Zebulon Record
REPRESENTING FOUR COUNTIES—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH and FRANKLIN
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
EVANGELIST
; * TELLS STORY
Os Being Made A
Captive In
Mexico
Los Amrelt-s, June 27.—Before a !
densely massed congregation of 7,590 j
persons, Aimee Semple McPhersi n,
the evangelist, today was accorded a '
thunderous welcome when she re
turned to her pulpit in Angelus Tem
ple for the first time since she dis
appeared frnVh a beach at Ocean Park
on May 18.
Long before the service began,
streets around the templp were
jammed, while every vantage point
in the neighborhood was held by her
adherents and the idly curious.
The subject of her sermon w. s
“The Conquering Hosts,” in which
she painted a picture of her flight
during the five weeks’ absence, re-1
counting how she was kidnaped atid i
held captive in Mrxien nnd how she i
anally escaped.
Ten miViMlv-* before the service
was oyieYied by Mrs. Minnie Kenned %
the evangelist's mother, Mrs. Mr- !
Pherson made a dramatic entrance.
The entire assemblage rose from
their seats and thundered a welcome.
The ovation lasted for several min- ;
utes. The evangelist showed a mark
ed change from her former fatigued
appearance.
She told the congregation that she
had been in the hands of a beauty; ]
specialist so that she may “look like
her oM self,’' i ]
Every effort was made to accom- ]
niodate the throng. Before entering
the temple Mrs. McPherson, seeing
hundreds standing patiently in the |
sun, directed that room be made for
them. Temple workers gave up their ,
seats and 7,500 persons were crushed
into a building designed to accom
modate 5,300.
The crowd overflowed from the
temple doors into the streets and
thence into Echo Park.
Hundreds brought their lunches ,
and waited ail day for the anpear- •
anec of the evangelist.
Mrs. McPherson, who came home |
yesterday to a ritously joyful iv
ception from her followers, spent a
fairly restful night last night. She
claims to have been held captive in
a shack near the Arazona border in
Mexico.
Every service at Angelus Temple
today was a religious festival of
joy at the return of the leader cf
the “Four Square Gospel.”
EDITOR IN TEXAS PAYS
TRIBUTE TO MISS POOL
George M. Bailey, editor of the
Houston, Tex., Post-Dispatch, who
runs a column in his paper that he
calls “Early Morning Observations,”
on a recent morning headed it with
the following tribute to his former
teacher:
“Miss Eliza A. Pool a teacher in
the public schools of Raleigh, N. C.,
has been awarded the signal honor
and distinction of being ‘the woman
who has done the greatest good for
the pupils of the State.’ We know
that Governor McLean has chosen
worthily in this ease and that there
will be one in North Carolina to
question the accuracy of his judg
ment in making the award. Miss
Eliza is the woman from whom we re
ceive letters beginning ‘My Dear
Little Boy.’ There has not been a
moment in the fifty-three years that
has elapsed since she led us along
the deligb’ful pathways of the old
Blue-Back Speller’ and McGuffey’s
Readers that we have not loved and
cherished the very memory of her,
and no honor could come to her that
she does not deserve or that would
not gratify the thousands of men j
and women whose lives she has j
blessed.
MRS. EDDINS ENTERTAINS
FOR GUEST
On Friday night, Mrs. Bernice Ed- j
dins entertained for her guest. Miss,
Mildred Vick, of Bailey. A large
number of young people were present, l
and Miss Alice Humphrey gave sev-1
eral musical selections at the pian■».
The hostess was assisted by Miss
Lucille Williams in serving delicious ;
refreshments of pineapple and choco- !
| late ice cream with nabiscos.
Those present were: Misses Lois
*and Daphne Eddins, Fannie Lou Wiggs
I Alice Humphrey, Edna Mitchell, Ida
Cahoon, Maude Land, Masie Cham
i blee, Chloe Horton, Maxine Robert
! son, Vivian Dawson, Marion Whitlock,
j Sybil Cahoon, Justine and Mildred
Davis, Willa Horton, Lucille Williams,
and Crystal Davis. Messrs Channie
Whitley, Urquhart Massey, Douglas
Pearce, William and Rudolph Mitchell
Wallace and James Ternple, Hoyt
"•Brantley. Oven Medlin, Myron Hor
t«n. Toni Bupn, and Dr, Massey.
16 DEATHS LAST
WEEK’S TOLL
Death List Slightly
Lower Than
Last Week
Summary Os Acci
dents Taken From
Raleigh Times
Violent deaths took a toll of 16 j
lives in North Carolina during the \
past week, of which seven were caus
ed by automobile and truck accidents,
according to press dispatches from
all sections of the State.
Six of the fatalities were listed as
homicides with two of them classed j
as suicides. One homicidal case j
took the lives of two brothers ner.l‘
Greenville,
The fatalities of the past week !
were slightly lower than the prev
ious week, but the toll of careless
and reckless driving apparently re
mains undiminished.
The violent deaths were listed as
follows:
New Bern The wife and child of
Rigdon Patrick, a negro, were kil'ed |
when h<‘ drove his automobile into
a concrete bridge on Jasper Highway
near here.
North Wilkesboro—James Wiggihs, I,
3, died of burns he received by falling |
into a pot of boiling water at his |
home.
Statesville Jonas Harris. 40, killed
hisself at his home near Stoncy Point 1
by emptying a load of shot through 1
his heart.
Newton—Miss Muriel Cole, 25, a
trsined nurse, shot herself through 1
the heart while attending a patient
in this city.
Charlotte Thomas W. Coin, 30, a
l.
lin m 'm. died of injuries he received
v:h , li < j is head was crushed by falling :
fri telephone pole.
i* fyinghani Susan McGregor, a
nej c ’’woman, of the Southern Pines ;
see c f, died of burns she received
wh fan automobile left the highway
anJ I 'j.rned over near here. Kerosene
lai f exploded and set fire to the
under which she was pinned,
nville Leland and Wilfred
brothers, .“.1 and 23, respect
ively, were killed in a row with two
stepbrothers over a parking space in
a garage. Edward Evans and Fran
cis Johnson are held for the double
murder.
Asheville—Leona Fifee, 19, of Rich
mond, K.v., died of injuries she re-;
ceived when her uncle’s car plunged !
down an embankment and \yis struck .
by a train.
Tyron—Mrs. S. A. Turner, of Sa-1
vannah was instantly killew w hen a |
Southern Railway train struck an |
automobile about two miles from this
place.
Hickory—Edmond Greer, 15, was
drowned at Lake Broyhill while play-!
ing in the water with four other ,
youths.
Gastonia—Freida Btuler, 3, was ;
killed when struck by an automobile
after having jerked loose from her
mother’s hand.
Henderson —Charlie Faulkner 23,
died of wounds he received when shot
in the arm accidently by his father.
Lumberton —Allen Oxendine, an In
dian, was killed near here in an auto
mobile collision on the highway.
Wilson—Herman Bowden, a negro,
was stabbed to death at his home
during a brawl w ith another negro. I
Moncure—Joe H. Overby, 41, was
instantly killed when he was caught 1
! in a revolving cog-whecl at a brick
kiln. His body was badly mangled.
REUNION AT MRS. BE’iGEON’S
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Saunders at-
I tended a birthday ret in ion at their
| grand mother’s hist Monday. The
! grand mother is Mrs. Damarius Ber-
I geon. She is 92 years old. All the
j children, grand-child.) on, and great
j grand- children as well as the many
{friends and other re'atives attended.
A great spread of a. 1 good things to
eat was served and Mrs. Burgeon
• was the recipient oil many useful and
I appreciated gifts. There are 6 chil
dren living. Miss £ a rah and Mr. Ben
; Bergeon, who live at the old home
with their mother. Mrs. William Saun
ders, Mr. John and Roderick Ber
geon, of Spring I lope, and Mrs. Alsy
Strickland, of Y.l. Pleasant. There
were 47 grand children and 12 great-
I grand children. All enjoyed it v f ry
| much and hope Mr . Bergeon will
live many more years and doubtless
I “he will as sh* is lively and a mazing
ly strong for one of her age.
, Sine" Austria became a ropublu
■ 1 it 3 hydroelectric development ha?
II jumped trom 170,000 to 131,00(
I ; horse-power.
An Antwerp concern ill hav<
■ charge of all te 1 .phone <, [ationi
"in Greece .
ZEBULON, N. C., VOLUME 2, NUMBER 3
CONSTABLE
BREAKS UP
PLAY HOUSE
Mistaken For Small
Moon Shiner’s
Plant
Last Saturday evening some small!
children were playing “saw mill’
atinill ohe mi'e Last Os Pilot. They
were using an old auto gas tank for
the boiler and had it “steamed up.” ;
Someone passing by and seeing the
smoke reported it to F. Pearce, the
township constable, thinking it was ,
a liquor plant. Pearce proceeded to (
go down and capture the plant with
the aid of a friend, who as
sisted him in the raid. | (
The father of the children being n 1
saw mill man. It is quite llaturnl for
his children to follow in his steps, ,
so what was thought to be a liquor (
plant turned out to be a “young saw f
mill” which was loaded on the of
ficers car and carried away but later
learning that it was only the play | ‘
house of some children who seemed j
. I 0
very much troubled over the loss of (
js
PILOT DEFEATS
CLEMONS’ 13 TO 9I 1
j >’
Pilot, June 20. The Pilot hall team ; l '
went on the warpath here last Sat- I *'
unlay and circled the bases exactly I ’’
13 times, while the visiting team was
held in check by Clyde Pearce. The
locals won 13 to 9.
The hitting of the entire aggrega 1
(ion, hut especially that of Pearce !
who hit safely four times out of his!"
five trips to the plate, featured tlv 1
event. The fielding of Sherron aid
‘hi- hitting of Broughton was the best 1
for the visitors.
The score was tied 6 to S in the {
eighth inning, the locals at bat with '
two men on base when Claude Pearce
hit a home run off the local’s star *
pitcher Underhill, untied the score,: *
making it 11 to 6 The game was the! l
best played on the local lot this sea- | ‘
i
son.
The game was well attended by
many spectators. We cannot quite;’
understand why the visiting team
should lose after having such a good '
number from Pearce’s to “pull” for
them, who seemed hacked worse over 1
the loss of the game than did the ’
players themselves. It was said that j
they went away pale and broken '
hearted.
REVIVAL AT M. E. CHURCH
Beginning Monday, July 12, at 8 1 j
p. m. Rev. J. A. Russell, of Snow Hill,
N. C., will assist Rev. E. M. Hall, the '
pastor of the Methodist church in | 1
revival services. Two services will
he held daily. Rev. Russel' is one j
of the best pastor-evangelists ir. the ;
North Carolina Conference. Mr D.
L .Maness, of Durham will have 1
charge of the music. The public gen
erally is invited to attend these meet- j
ings. |.
ONE SHOT HEARD
AROUND THE WORLD
“Few who read of the atrocity at
Serajevo twelve years ago Monday at
tached much importance to it, yet
like a tiny cloud that sometimes tin
a summer day quickly expands into
a storm of portentous magnitude, so
was to he the effect of this sinister
: incident in an obscuro {corner of
; Europe,” said a Raleigh man Mon
day.
“It has been aptly described as the ;
! ‘detonator which set off the terrific
! forces behind European diplomacy.
; Yes, there were few in North Caro
lina or anywhere in the South, for j
I that matter, who could forsee the i
price of cotton take the spectacular j
downward plunge it did take in the :
following weeks as a consequence of
this event in a far-away part of the j
work!. All of which makes particu
-1: r!y pertinent the remarks of an
eminent government official in a re
cent issue of the Saturday Evening
Post that the cotton growers of the
South must needs have a vital inter
est in the international situation,!
especially as to the buying power of
the Old World.
“He is absolutely right, for the
Southern States have strong reason
,to take much more than casual in
terest in the individual and collective
welfare of the people of Europe. It
may well be said that the bloody in
cident of Jun 28, 1914, marked the
beginning at an interest in the world
affairs in the South that has grown
and will continue to grow. It is
oen mere and more clearly that we
can't afford to be indifferent to the
! welfare of those who, culturally at
)
! least, are our equals.’*
e !
i Movable gloss eye' are being made
'*n Germany.
FARMERS CAN
PRODUCE FEEDS
Mr. Anderson Urges
Farmer To Grow
Own Feed
If Cotton, Tobacco
Prices Low They
Will Suffer
Cotton and tobacco have both suf
fered from the extreme drought this
spring and present indications arc
that both yields and prices are going
to he lower than they were last year.
Spring rats and other spring hay
crops have been almost a failure in
this county and many of our farmers
arc already having to buy hay and
other feeds to produce this crop.
Should the present indications prove
true and the yields and prices ••• cot- .
Lon and tobacco he low this fall, many J
• f our f: rmers may fail to “pay-out"
and be in w< rse condition to secure
credit and lx gin their farming op
erations next year. Now is the time
:v play safe and grow their own feed
stuff:--. It is not too late to plant soy j
jeans, cowpeas, Sudan grass, millets,
•te, and farmers who have not al- j
•eady d"iie so. should plant a suifi
■ient acreage to these crops to pro
luce all of the hay they will need
luring the next year.
Sudan grass and soy beans <• cow
teas can he own together or sepa
ately and will make good yields if
dantod at this time. It' planted to
gether; sow at the rate of 1 1-2 to
1 husht Is of soy beans or cow peas
md 15 to 20 pounds of Sudan grass,
jroade: st, per acre. They’ will often
make more hay when sown together
it this time of the year, than if plant
'd separately, and the quality of the
lay is good.
If planted separately; plant the soy
Deans in row.; 2 1-2 feet wide, fer
tilize and cultivate. Plant from 3
pecks to a bushel per acre. If broad
casted; sow from two to three bush
id.- per acre. Virginia, Laredo, and
!)-too-tans, are the best varieties for
hay and require only about half this
quantity of seed per acre but Many
mouth Yellows-; Tar Heel Blacks, Bi
'oxi’s, etc, are good and should be
planted if the other varieties cannot
bo obtained.
Sudan gras makes one of our best
non-legume h: ys and is equal to Tim
othy or other commercial grass hays.
It is very palatable and readily eaten
>y work stock, if cut at the right time.
Sow* from 35 to 4<» pounds of seed
per acre, broadcast, and cut just be
fore it blooms. Two cuttings can us
ually be secured when planted at this
time if planted on good land.
For later plantings use German or
Golden millet and sow at the rate of
30 to 35 pounds per acre.
For further information see or
write,
JOHN C. ANDERSON,
County Agent.
TO ASK RECEIVERS
FOR SUBSIDIARIES
OF CO-OPERATIVES
Receiverships will be asked in
the next few days for the five cor
porations which are subsidiaries of
the Tobacco Growers Co-operative
Marketing Association, for which
three receivers were recently ap
pointed by I. M. Meekins, judge of
the United States District Court of
Eastern North Carolina.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the
recent action against the association
were in Raleigh Monday drawing
up papers in supplemental proceed
ings which will probably be started
shortly.
These subsidiary corporations pur- .
chased and leased tobacco warehouses (
for the association in three States—
North Carolina, South Carolina and {
Virginia.
NORMAN IV. LYNCH
HEADS PHARMACIST
The North Carolina Pharmaceutical
Association at it. 17th annual meet
j ing recently in New York City, se
j lected Greensboro as the 1927 meet
j ing place with Edwin Nowell, local
druggist, as local secretary, it was [
learned Tuesday night.
The following officers wore elect-1
ed: President, Norman W. Lynch,;
Charlotte; first vice-president, C. L.
Eubank , Chapel Hill; second vie - 1
president, R. R. Copeland, Ahoskie; j
third vice-pr< id<mt, Polk C. Gray,
Statesville; : ecretary-treaaurer, J. j
G. Beard, Chapel Hill, (re-elected); j
• assi I ant secretary-treasurer, C. M.j
■ I Andrews, Hillsboro, (re-elected);!
member of the board of pharmacy;
E. V. Zoller, Tarboro, (re-elected).
> Cities, of South Africa are having
a spurt in the bu iding of Kamos,
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PLAY SAFETY
I FOURTH OF JULY
On The
Past Fourth and
Futilities
I,:ist year over 111 persons, mostly
children, lost their lives as the re
sult of Fourth of July accidents;
,UK lost the sight of one or both
! eyes; and over a thousand were in
! jure.),
{.'loin J 00:; to Ibid the American
Medical Association conducted a vig
} orous campaign to stop this needless
sacrifice of human life. For a time,
success seemed to have resulted. He
ports for the last few years indi
cate. however, that renewed and un
ceasing effort must he made to save
the children and the rest of the
public from this menace.
More successful than the prohibi
tions of fireworks and firearms was
the substitution of peaceful methods
of celebration. Facades and pag
eants, patrotic meetings and outings
band concerts and athletic contests
are some of the ways by which peo
ple have celebrated, safely and hap
pily, the anniversary of our na
tional independence.
City governments, health organiza
tions, societies and clubs should try
in every way to make this sort of
celebration popular and universal,
says Jane Stafford in Hygeia. Par
ents should co-operate by teaching
’lvir children to celebrate safely aid
nt« lligently without firecrackers of
any kind.
WII,!, SCALES OPPOSE MAX?
Close political observers around the
State Capitol and the State Depart
ments at Raleigh, are of the opinion
that A. M. Spines, prominent Crcens
boro at tonal, will run against 0.
Max Gardener for Governor in the
Democratic of Ruts.
Mr. Scales, they say. is at m< -ent
making signs that can he interpreted
an, nothing e|y but the gestures of
a man getting ready to run for
something. And as there seems to
lie little that’s not nailed down po
litically for the next couple of years
anyhow, they’re guessing that it’s
the Governorship.
Should Mr. Scales make a run for
Governor in the present era of per
fect satisfaction with the adminis
tration it is probable that he would
be snowed under like the other can
didates who have attempted to beat
(he “machine” in recent years.
However, a lot of water can run
under the bridge in two years, as
the saying goes, and there are pit
falls which if not avoided can lead
the Old Guard into serious difficul
ties.
Already it is showing some sign of
distress, especially around the sur
plus. When the General Assembly
gets to prescribing a cure for that
terrible surplus church is likely to
'et out.
At which t'hne Mr. Scales, a bril
liant orator, and a real Morrisonmn
progressive, should find an oppor
tunity to shine.
ANOTHER PROTEST ON
SUNDAY EXPOSITION
Philadelphia. June 26.- liecaus 1, the
directors decided to open the Kcsinu
('entenni.il Exposition on Sundays,,
the Rev. Dr. Clarence K. McCartney,
former moderator of the Presbyterian
General Assembly, has resigned from
various exposition committees. His
! action follows that of Bishop Joseph
F. Berry, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, who earlier in the week with
drew ;.s chairman of the committee
on programs.
In his letter of resignation. Dr.
McCartney d/'rlareij it “Unfortunate *
that a lawless act should constitute
a part of the celebration of 150
years of national existence."
Governor Pinchot was a kcd to 1
have Attorney-Oeneral Woodruff ?ek ■
an injunction in the State Supr< me <
Court restraining the So; qui-Centen- 1
nial Association from opening the
exposition on Sunday. The request
was sent by two Philadelphia organi
zations, th t . Methodist Men’s < >ro
mittee of One Hundred and the Phila
delphia Sunday School Assurin'ion of
the Seventeenth District.
FIRST COTTON BALE
IS SOLD FOR 51.500
Dallas, Tex., June 26.—'The official
1026 “first hale” of Texas cotton re
ceived here was stdd today on the
floor of the Dallas Cotton exchange
for $1,500, or about a pound.
The 51,500 price included the
“first hale” premium given by the
exchange. The entire purchase nrice
was donated to the Dallas community
chest.
The cotton was grown near Mer
cedes find was fcinned lust TuoatHjr,
TII E RECORD
Will Print Your
Community News
DAILY VACATION
j BIBLE SCHOOL
Commencement Will
Be Held Sunday
Evening At 8
To Be Held At Bap
tist Church In
Zebulon
On Sunday ivcming at H o'clock the
commencement exercises of the Daily
Vacation Rible School that has been
in session for two weeks at the Bap
tist church will be held. Every pa
rent and friend of the children who
have been attending this school
should be present to hear the children
sing songs, repeat Scripture verses
give drills and other interesting and
helpful tilings they have learned dur
ing the school. Several Bible stories
will be told by the children.
It is hoped that “a full house” will
be present to see how much children
•an learn in so short a time of things
so helpful and vital to child train
ing. And not only this, but the ser
vices will he spiritually uplifting.
At th<' morning hour of wor hip,
pastor Davis will preach the third
of the series on The Prayer of Our
Lord. The study will be Our Lord's
Prayer for His Disciples, as recorded
n the seventeenth chapter of John’s
Gospel.
;R \NI) TOTAL FOR TRAFFIC
CASUALTIES FOR 6 MONTHS
Automobile, airplane, railro; d.
steamboat and horse-drawn vehicular
traffic killed 1.127 persons and in
jured 6,557 in eleven Southern States
during the period from January 1.
1925, up to and including Monday,
a survey conducted by the Associat
ed Press revealed Tuesday.
The grand total of traffic casual
ties during the all but two days less
han six months’ period was arrived
at through a consolidation of traffic
surveys conducted weekly by The
Associated Press, through co-opera
tion of members’ papers in the area
covered.
There were a number of outstand
ing accidents in all classes of traffic.
The collision of two vessels in the
Mississippi River channel near New
Orleans, several months ago, claimed
upward of a score of lives while
train crashes in various sections of
the South of more or less import
ance killed equally as many.
Estimates placed the number of
grade crossing fatalities in the 11
states at 50 while airplane acci
dents at the various commercial, mil
itary and naval fields claimed a like
number. Drivers of hore drawn ve
hicles killed were comparatively few
by reason of their steadily diminish
ing number. The over a dozen kill <f v
were the result of collissions with
automobiles. Others killed were in
the now ordinary automobile era b .
There were more persons kill'd
and injured during the month of
January than any other of the period
included with 2G.'J deaths and 1,271
persons injured. The January total
is accounted for in the treacherous
condition of paved roads and high
ways during the winter from -now
and rain. As the weather improved,
. motorists began taking the road in
greater numbers and a corresponding
increase in the number of accidents
were noted after February and March.
Casualties by months follows:
Month. Killed. Injur'd.
January 233 1.271
■ February 199
i March ... 166 f*27
April 220 1,156
. May \ 160
June 140 1,140
Totals 1,127
Florida led all Southern states in
the number of persons killed with
205. Os that total 120 were killed
during the first three north* w'-iv
the wdnter season \v i in pi
Florida also led in the :
persons injured with 1.261. of v.!; >-l»
number 666 were injured during c
first quarter of the year. North
Carolina was second in the
of persons killed with an ev<
while Georgia was sec -d
be? of persons injured with 11
The tabulation by sta! ■ u
States. Killed. Injured
Virginia
North Carolina 200
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi 49
Louisiana 116
Arkansas . 19
Tennessee 62
Kentucky
Total ÜB7