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Four Pedestrian Care, Feeding Is Concern of Motorists When you drive, think of the pedestrian when you’re a pe destrian yourself, think like a driver. In downtown city traffic, that simple rule can save a lot of grief. Traffic, these days, like matri mony, is a matter of give and take —especially for the pedestrian, who is somewhat more fragile than an automobile. Most people have better man ners than to push and shove, bawl at the tops of their voices to clear the way, otherwise make boors of themselves. But, strange ly enough, many people forget those manners when they’re driv ing and the result is not good for the defenseless pedestrian. Maybe you forget, too, that when you step out from behind that steering wheel, you’re a pedesrian yourself. It may make a differ ence if you remember that. For drivers: Don’t depend on the pedestrian to do the right thing in a tight moment. Go out of your way to avoid trouble. A hospital bill or a manslaughter charge can give you little satisfaction, even if you’re in the right. Always stop for pedestrians in crosswalks lights or no lights. I waWWwwoWwiwr . •>> vwt £•; N. C. House of Representatives WAKE COUNTY it Repeal All Secrecy Acts it Improve the Educational System ★ Affirmative Attitude toward State Employees it Uniform Court Cost Legionaire Lion JOUAM Wildlife Club Your Vote and Support Will Be Appreciated For Pedestrians: Be alert and think about your walking. Don’t jaywalk or cross against the traffic signals. On the open road, walk on the left, facing traffic. When you’re driving, remember always to give a pedestrian the breaks and the brakes. $29,000 (Continued froqfi Page 1) at state expense. Davis is a former member of the Board of Conservation and De velopment and its Parks Commit tee. The park affairs are adminis tered by the Department of Con servation and Development. The brokers in the timber sale affirmed that $50,000 was paid for the property, and the lumber men say that they will make money on the deal, although lum ber prices have dropped since the purchase was made. The brokers say they received a $5,000 commission on the sale, and Blake says he received $16,000, which leaves $29,000 of the pur chase price, as shown by internal revenue stamps on the timber deed, unaccounted for. The Zebulon Record Florida Out for a Good Time By Theo. B. Davis When I was a boy 15 years old I had never been outside the lit tle county of Graham over which today much of Lake Fontana flows. I was a man in years when I first saw Asheville at Christmas in 1898. I was never outside the State till I crossed into Va. to meet my future wife! And there were hundreds of other young fellows like me living in those mountains. So I am sure my readers will understand my “urge” sometime ago to make a trip to Florida on a fruit truck. Os course I had traveled North and West across the country, but had never been far ther South than north Ga. An un planned vacation last summer had put some new ideas into my head about mental and other prepara tions for fully enjoying travel and quickly making friends of strang ers. Naturally fifty years as a minis ter made it difficult for me to forget that I was still a preacher i though a retired one. So I de cided that I would ignore if not forget my profession, but not the fact that I was still a Christian. Knowing God is always “tagging” along with one, I felt that if I could only keep conscious of His presence, I would not be led a stray and ought to have a most enjoyable trip through Florida for two weeks. And I certainly did! Another thing that in late years adds much to my zest in living is strikingly expressed on a postal from a good friend of mine in Kin ston. Back in November she wrote: “Mr. Davis: I enjoyed seeing you. I think you look very young, and better still, you think young. Sin cerely, Ann Daly.” For a score of years I have been trying to practice a philosophy of life to stay in the current of living things, mixing into the stagnation of years the flow of new thought and ideas. Then, too I have tried in mind and heart to keep in sym pathetic touch with the joy and strength of childhood and youth. Old people are old no more if they continue to grow mentally and associate v*ith the young. Practicing this concept has taken away ten years of the last score I’ve-lived! I have the weight of “passing years without the gloom and worry of their increment. Thus I went to Florida and got all possible from every experi ence. I spent nearly a week with scores of truck drivers at their headquarters in Lakeland. Those robust, jolly, comrade-like fellows were a seeming care-free lot. The place was a wonderful school teaching patience. At first they thought I was just another driver. But when I told them I was an old retired Baptist preacher on a sort of vacation, they seemed surpris ed yet appreciative of that fact. They were especially nice to me. I slept and ate with them those days. We sat together long after the evening meal narrating ex periences and telling jokes. Only one word of profanity was heard during those days and no vulgar joke was told. I thoroughly en joyed their company and could easily for the time imagine myself just as another young trucker! On that Florida trip I learned some things about life that if I had known them fifty years ago, my own life would have been hap pier and perhaps others might have been richer and better. The wrecks and losses of the passing DIAL 3096 FOR Beauty Care Miss Hazel Bunn, Asst. Mgr. Mrs ; Ruby D. Manning, Mgr. Zebulon Beauty Shop years lie all along the road we’ve traveled. Too late! As a poet said: “Os all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, it might have been!! • (To be continued next week) wA/v/w m ■ mm Jfp Men’s Slacks Cleaned l fl Ladies’ Skirts Cleaned \ \ Pleated Skirts Cleaned \ Ladies’ Suits Cleaned Phone 4801 J. L. STELL'S PRESSING CLUB J. L. STELL, Owner WILLIE PRETTY, Manager TRACTOR OWNERS TIRE SERVICE Anywhere We have the equipment to repair tractor tires in the field! We can pump out the solution, repair the tire, put air back in, and have you running again with little delay. FIRESTONE Tractor Tires —IN STOCK ATLANTIC SERVICE STATION DIAL 9461 ZEBULON Tuesday, May 4, 1954 HOW TO RELIEVE SKIN ITCH IN 15 MINUTES. If not pleased, your 40<! back at any drug store. ITCH-ME-NOT has mild anesthetic to ease itch in minutes; has keratolytic, anti septic action that sloughs off outer skin to KILL GERMS AND FUN GUS ON CONTACT. Fine for eczema, ringworm, foot itch, other surface rashes. Today at Zebulon Drug Company.
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