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Qflay the good cheer of the season enter your home at
Christmas and abide with you and yours through all the days and
months to come. To all we extend our sincerest wishes for health,
happiness and the fulfillment of dreams most dearly cherished . . .
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Nantahala Lumber Co.
Franklin Machine Shop
Highway Patrol Has Traffic Plan'
To Reduce Holiday Motoring Deaths
RALEIGH? The State High
way Patrol has opened a "holi
day traffic control plan" In an
effort to reduce motor deaths
and Injuries over the forthcom
ing Christmas holidays.
The project w^ht Into effect
unannounced, but Motor Ve
hicles Commissioner Edward
Scheldt outlined It In a news
conference with reporters last
week.
The commissioner said the
project will make extensive use
of electronic speed recorders
and dally "saturation" patroll
ing.
"From now until the end of
the year we intend to keep our
radar and electronic speed re
corders in constant use through
out the state", Scheldt said.
"This, plus day and night satu
ration patrols, may help to cut
down holiday fatalities."
Under the saturation plan,
heretofore mainly a week-end
project, patrolmen will rove as
signed stretches of 10 miles or
so along an unspecified num
ber of roads daily.
Mr. Scheldt also said all the
highway patrol's speed record
ing equipment would be press
ed into service, plus other units
to be in use by local enforce
ment agencies. He hinted that
delivery of 10 more "Speed
watch" devices might come at
any moment.
The "Speedwatch" instru
ments use twin cables stretched
across the road and compute
speed by a stopwatch. Mr.
Scheidt warned holidays travel
ers that the devices are likely
to be worked in tandem, that
is two or more may be set up
within a few miles of each
other.
From highway patrol head
quarters, Commander James R.
Smith said a majority of his
men had volunteered to work
through the holiday, thus mak
ing "safety coverage" about as
complete as possible.
He urged motorists to drive
at reasonable speeds on holiday
trips and to keep a close watch
on pedestrians.
Mr. Scheldt said last year's
official holiday period began at
6 p. m. December 24 and ex
tended through midnight, De
cember 28. Sixteen persons were
killed and 255 injured during
that period, the commissioner
said.
He estimated nearly a quarter
of last year's holiday deaths
were due to drinking. Fbr cele
brants the commissioner en
dorsed these tips from the Na
tional Safety Council:
Stay alert. Don't become so
preoccupied with holiday mak
ing that you go into a holiday
haze. Keep your wits about you
whenever you're in traffic ? on
foot or In a car.
Don't venture Into the street
? walking or driving ? If you've
been drinking.
At office parties and other
festive gatherings, arrange rides
(or call taxis* for guests who
have been imbibing./
"If you drive, don't drink ? if
you drink, dont drive", la a
good motto for the holiday sea
son.
News Making
-Continued From Page Two
rather shake hands or fight
with a bare handed pian.
The Nantahala road issue Is
a sort of a personal matter with
me. For several years off and
on I have been writing In this
column urging the construction
of an all weather road from
here to Nantahala. Those peo
ple are entitled to it and it is
good business for us.
President Elsenhower, a year
ago, had restored the Repub
lican party. His popularity and
reputation pulled many a Re
publican Senator and Represen
tative into office. He was, and
should have been, In the Driv
er's seat. That is what the
American people wanted. In his
state of the Union address and
first message to congress he
outlined a broad and compre
hensive program. Since then he
has not shown the drive and
force to see that this p-fnm
is carried out. in recent days
there are indication* that ht
plans to take a bigger hand
putting his own program iat?
effect. Perhaps he has come to
realize that If he Is to be a
President for all the Amerteaa
people, as be has so often ex
pressed the desire to be, he has
got to get out and show tte
people that it is he and tic
alone who is the president.
After all he is the man they
choose and it is his leadership
they want ? not a watered dow?
comprised soupy variety.
As of October 1, the North
Carolina 1953 cotton crop ia
forecast at 460,000 bales, 19 per
cent below the 1952 crop.
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To everyone at Christmas time come*
the joy of giving and receiving. It is our
pleasure now to offer our sincerest wishes
for a very cheerful Holiday to all our friends.
BOWERS
reetin^
iW.T the 1071 of the Scos-n
and all it* friendly cheer brighten your
hone at Christmas and abide with you
all through the year. ..This is our
warm Holiday wish for you and yours.
Franklin 5 & 10c Store