Saturday, Dec. 12, 1925
AVTO ACCIDENTS IN
/ COUNTRY ON INCREASE
Show Steadily Mounting Toll
of Lives Taken in Accidents.
Raleigh, Dee. 10.—C4b—A steadily
mounting toll of lives taken by mo
tor vehieles was indicated by figures:
issued here tonight by the Department
of Commerce. The figures showed
that automobile fatalities had in*
creased in 30 states of the I'nion
from 1920 to January. 1025. For
the year 1024 in the registration
areas of .'lO states there were 15,528
deaths caused from accidents in which
automobiles were participants and
these did hot include collisions with
trains whicfi' took an additional toll
of 1.088 lites. the Interstate Com
merce Commission reported. The de
partment. however, in issuing its fig
ures expreSed the belief that some
of the fatnStirs resulting from train
and auto delusions were included in
the totals Snorted to them in which
only automobile* or other motor ve
hie’es were included,
j The states in the registration area |
reporting to the department of com-|
merer included in 1020. 84 states of |
the Union.. l In 1024 the area in-1
e ided 8!) “States and represented 88.4.
I -per cent, of the total population.
/yflte state of North ( nrolina report
elf 328 deaths from strictly motor, ve
hicle accidents in 1024 compared with
258 in 1023. 160 in 1022, 130 in 1021 j
and 133 in 1020. This was an in- 1
.crease from 5.2 deaths per hundred'
I thousand population in 1020 to 12
[ x.mf' loo.ooo in 1024.
| pn the 34 states which reported in
' 1020 n total of 8.828 deaths there
was reported in 1024 a total of 14,-
437 fatalities, an increase per hnn-
I tired thcsfiaml population from 10.3
ito 10. The other five states added
[to the reporting area in 1024 brought
I the total dentils to 15.528 for a rate
of 13.7 fatalities per hundred thou
sand.
•The greatest number of deaths ini
1021 from this cause occurred in New!
York state where the fatalities to
talled 1.035. Pennsylvania enme ser-
< y *'l with 1,535. In Pennsylvania
th iy' total for 1024 was less than iti
1023 when there were 1.502 fatali
ties.' “ ;
The least, number of deaths report
ed in 1024 was from North Dakota
wliere the toll of motor accidents was
45,
That some progress has been made,
however, in combatting the fnpidly
increasing, toll. taken by motor ve
hicles is indicated in reports from a j
number of states. In these decreases
in the number of deaths were shown I
when 1024 was compared with 1023. i
lowa’s fatality list declined from |
242 to 211 J, Kansas from 217 to 160. j
Nebraska from 123 to 113,.- I’ennsyl- j
vanin from 1.502 to 1.535 while Maine;
held its own with 91 deaths each of I
Hie years.
California led all states in the in- j
tio of denths to population with 32,
to every 100.000 persons. Missis
sippi had the lowest record with seven
denths to every 100,000 persons, Cal
i torn ins ratio, however, was a de
crease frog 1023 when it was 32.6
per hundred thousand while Misxis
sipi's wasjjiu increase from 4.4 tier
hundred tjuusand in 1023,
The stim- of Florida flowed the
greatest increase in accidents on the
basis of its population. In 1023
there were 16.2 deaths to every 100,-
000 pouulation while in 1024 there
were 22.6 fatalities.
JVithout exception the report show
ed that the states with the greatest
number of fatalities were those in
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I fated. Thu- Now York led the list
with 1.085, Pennsylvania lamp sec
i ond with 1,535, California third with
12543. Illinois next with 1.065 and
Ohio fifth with'l,o24 deaths.
Os the eight southern states wfiicli j
i! reported on automobile fatalities.:
North Carolina' led the list with 328
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BUNCOMBE HAS BEST
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
State College President Thinks the
Mountain CsuAty Is Successor to
Pilt.
Raleigh. Dec. 10.—Buncombe coun
ty has taken the pnln) from Pitt ns
tile best governed North Carolina
county, awarding to President E. C.
Brooks, of State College, who is also
chairman of the commission for the
study of county government, and I)r.
Brooks topi the ission this yes
| terda.v when it met in Governor Me
j Lean's office.
j Buncombe's excellences were pre
j seated by E. M. Lyda. one of the
members, who discussed particularly
the department of "commfaxion of in
stitutions." This new division of
county government supervises the
county home, the reformatory, wel
j fare department, pest house, agricul
i turat extension service, the courtl
• house, and the children's home and
indigents. Commenting on this de
partment, Dr. Brooks said: "Bun
combe is the only county that hns
such an organization and which in
securing such milts.'’ At another
point ill. the conference Dr. Brooks
declared that "Pitt county hns been
held up as the best governed county
in the state, but from the showing
made by Buncombe county, it seems
probable now that Buncombe is the
I best governed county ill this state."
I Pitt had carried a wonderful repu-.
i tation and several years ago at
Chapel Hill tlic glories of the tobacco
kingdom were extolled to , the diu
satisfadion of other, ctfhnties. The
county commissioners association was
in session—it had one clear duty—
. follow Pitt's example.
Governor McLean's commission was
organized in September and in that
time it hail surveyed a dozen coun
ties. Its chief interests have been
business methods which are notori
ously Weak.' Today the commission
listened to papers .on management
and Frank Spruill, of Nn«li, and A.
j Orrell, of Wilmington, led these dis
j missions. Each red papers.
I Comities Jiest governed haye been
! found til us far to have business man- 1
i agers or auditors. l lt likewise lias
j been found profitable in county gov
! ernment to divorce the treasurer's of
| fice from the tax collectors. In the
i managerial" form Mr. Lyda and E.
: I). Bridges, of Chariote. presented
tlm papers, tftongh Mr. Bridges was
tfot present. •
MISSING DRUGGIST RETURNS
HOME IN STATE OF COLLAPSE
Had Mysteriously Disappeared About
a Week Ago.
Franklinton. Dec. 16.—J. D. Joy
ner, druggist, who mysteriously disap
peared about a week' ago. returned
home Wednesday night. He does
not remember leaving home, but bln
memory, was partially restored to
1 1 iin ill Chattanooga or Knoxville, die
does not know which. lie arrived in
Raleigh on 'the CAroliua Special
fyoni Asheville, the same train he left
,on one week previous. He is in a
state of collapse, and can remember
only partially what has happened.
His family and friend* are delighted
to have him back, though he is in
j bad shape physieally.
] The return of Mr. Joyner solves n
: mystery that disturbed and dls
tressed the town of Franklinton ns
nothing lias done in many years. He 1
j disappeared Wednesday, December 2. I
j He left here eariy that morning, say
ing that he was going to lialeigh to [
transact some business with the W.
H. King Drug Company, stating that I
ho would be back by 9 o'clock. At ■
noon, lie had failed to return, and in
quiry was made' of the flnjeigh firm
on which he had said he would call.
His friends and family became anx
ious when it was found that he. had
not called on the Raleigh firm.
He left his car with the Motor
Service Company, stating that he
would be back in a short while. He
failed to return for It. sending the i
claim check to his wife instead. He
was last teen at the Union Station j
at Raleigh.
Neibhbors and friends i;e*orted 'to
every possible expedient to/lqcate the
raising ihan. Delegations wetiY to
important railroad points in tile stnte
and searched hotel and hospital rec
ords in a vain attempt to find him.
Th; Savings Club and Its Value.
High Point Enterprise.
Released this 1 week to some 1.500
persons here is a total of a little more
than .860,000 in savings through the
Christmas clubs rtf the Ipuiks.
Last winter two Christirfas Sav
ings clubs were reinstituted by local
hanks following several years with
out them. The move was a commun
ity service of importance. We fancy
the clubs are handled at a net loss
to the banks. Their value lies in
the inculcation of thrift and the ac
cumulation of a commercial power that
otherwise might be wasted.
The 860,000 will return quickly to
circulation. The chances are that
the volume of Christmas Savings club
mbne.v will be usec,l for the purpose
tlic name sut&ests —to pay the cost
of the Christmas buying. The clnbs
insure that many people will pay as
they go during the holiday season,
coming to the new year with a clean
slate, while the merrliaiTts will be
benefited by the release cf the large
itotal in cash.
The Hangover.
Johnny had been the guest of honor
at a party the day before, and his
friend Paul was regarding him en
viously.
I "How was it? .Have a good
time?" he asked.
"Did 1?” was the emphatic an
swer. "I ain't hungry yet!”
One of the most interesting women
in London is Mrs. Burge, proprietor
and active manager of The Ring, one
of the best known boxing clubs in
the English metropolis. Mrs. Burge,
who began her career as a music hall
performer, became interested in the
boxing game through her marriage to
Dick Burge, the famous pugilist.
Since Mrs. Burge took over the direc
tion of The Ring some ten years ago
she has “sponsored as many ns 12,500
different tights. It ts said
personally supervises the "try-out" of
every aspirant for pugilistic fame
who: comes to her notice.
Clminpionship lawn tennis was re
cently played by artificial light for
the first time at Queen’s Club, Yam
don. ,
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