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Tuesday, Feburary 4,1936
Dr. Graham and Athletics
It would seem that many people wish to turn our
educational system over to the hands of the athletes
to run just as they wish.
Legislators go to Raleigh and are run through the
political mill and then they are fitted for the office of
college trustees. They then seem m be willing for the
athletes to take charge of the colleges and universi
ties?and athletics seem to be a growing ' racket" that
is dismissing much of the work which has given us a
greater part of our intelligence and culture. And in
order to attain any measur eof fame, the students
would seem to have to be able to throw, hit, kick, and
catch a ball.
There are certain interests in our State which are
apparently anxious to kick out President Graaham,
bebecause of his efforts to try and get athletics on an
honest and fair basis. The habit of many of the in
stitutions of higher learning in the country has been
to use their endowments and scholarships to promote
athletics, by going about the country, principally to
the high schools, and picking out the most promising
ball players and give them scholarship* years before
they are eligible to p>lay in college games, denying the
same advantages to other boys just as worthy of help,
and in many cases more so, because they lack ath
letic attributes, regardless of their mental ability and
character.
N'o man can even guess what we will lie doing a
century hence. However, we can see nothing in the
present pxilicies that will give a wise man the basis
to prophesy a stronger legal profession or medical
profession then, nor for deeper spirituality, greater
statesmanship, unless we follow a program designed
to bring about a better-balanced man. rather than
simply exalting the muscular (lowers in students.
It pierhaps does not hurt a man's character to be an
athlete, yet it makes a lot of spectators lie for their
team and against their o(>pxinents and encourages un
fair criticism.
ft will indeed be a shame if Dr. Graham is kicked
out of Chapiel Hill because of his efforts to be honest
and fair?in athletics as in all other things.
The Character of the Lawyer
The applicants (or law license sailed into rough
seas last week, when over 75 per cent of them failed.
The legal profession has suffered much in reputation
on account of lawyers without character or knowl
edge being licensed to practice law, and just as soon
as they enter the profession they begin to chase am
bulances, run to car wrecks, and league themselves
with some justice of the peace to form cooperative
courts, so they can further skin people for their hide
and tallow, the court taking one and the lawyer the
other. Another snide practice is to visit jails and
make contacts with prisoners in order that they may
collect fees. And some time they even go far enough
to league up with the head of some lodge under agree
ment to split fees with him for bringing in cases and
drumming up witnesses.
When the country is freed from such cattle, the
profession of the law will again rise in the estimation
of the people.
The character of the lawyer is more important than
his knowledge of the law.
Where the Opposition Lies
It is striking strange that nnthing proposed to
protect the freedom of the average man suits the
grafters of the country.
A law to protect men's live* against war is not
nearly so sacred as a law that will allow and help the
munitions kings to have a war so they can sell their
ammunition to kill men.
The wealthy are the fellowi who block every ef
fort to keep us out of war. They like war because
they get rich and do not get killed. And then they
are rich enough to buy mugwumps and scalawags and
all their liberty leaguers, who are always willing to
help tee that the hands that feeds them is kept well
The 'Drinking' Driver Is Deadlier
Then the 'Drunk'
By Da. Montana Fishbun
(Editor, Journal of the Anwrkaa Medical Association
and of Hygria, tin Health Magaaine)
Almost 40,000 peopfc killed and nearly a million
injured every year' That is the toll of motor ac
cidents in the United States of today.
The greatest menace in this reign of slaughter is
the drinking driver?not the drunk, mind you, ac
cording to one high authority?as extensive experi
ments conclusively show.
When your car is moving at a speed of 60 miles an
hour, you are traveling 88 feet a second. A person
reacts in about one-fifth second to what be sees or
hears, psychologists reveal. This is known as the re
action time.
When the mind is ontrolled by alcohol, this time
may be slowed to two-filths second, or even much
slower.
If you lose one-fifth second in deciding what to do,
you have traveled 18 feet, or 36 feet if you lose two
fifths second. Either of these distances may mean
the difference between safety and crippling or death
Efficiency Lowered.
In Milwaukee, a doctor tested the effects of small
amounts of alcohol on a number of people to de
termine what the alcohol would dcr to their minds.
Each was given about an ounce of whiskey. Every
one suffered a remarkable loss of efficiency. Even
when apparently able to do mechanical work more
rapidly, he did so at the expense of accuracy.
In another experiment a device was used to meas
ure the time that elapsed between a signal and the
application of brakes. Four ounces of whiskey was
given.
Those who had this amount were able to pass the
ordinary tests used to determine drunkenness, and
were able to perform adequately the routine actions
involved in driving, but they were not able to do as
well in avoiding obstacles placed on the road, backing
the car, and using the emergency brake rather than
the foot brake.
Reaction time was increased in every one of them,
even though the alcohol taken was well under the
limit necessary to produce drunkenness.
Dr. Herman A. Heise, who conducted these ex
periments, considers them actual proof that it is not
the drunk who constitutes the greatest menace, but
the drinking driver.
It is apparently a mistake to consider a person
sober as long as he can still talk and walk. We have
to know just how much alcohol he has had to know
the extent to which the alcohol is responsible for
motor accidents.
Needle Threading Test
To show what effects a small amount of alcohol
will have, one man was able to thread 180 needles in
20 minutes at 10 o'clock in the morning. He did this
over and over for 14 days. Then at 11 o'clock on
the 14th day, he drank about 11-2 ounces of whisky..
The next morning he tried to thread needles again, 11
hours after drinking, and continued this for ten days.
His efficiency in threading needles was 6 percent less
after taking the alcohol.
In Stockholm, Sweden, where they determine the
actual amount of alcohol in the blood, 41 percent of
all men admitted to the hospital because of accident
injuries were found to have alcohol in the blood.
In Great Britian, where the motoring problem is
coming to be as threatening as in the United States,
authorities feel that it is just as culpable under pres
sent crowded conditions for men to drive motor cars
while drunk as it would be for an engineer to attempt
to run a train while under the influence of alcohol.
When the question was referred to the Medical
Research Council, it brought out the opinion that the
direct effect of alcohol on the nervous system is, in
all stages and upon all parts of the system, to de
press or suspend its functions; that it is, in short,
from first to last a narcotic drug.
This distinguished body of scientists felt that al
cohol led many persons to take risks and to make
rapid decisions less judiciously than they would other
wise.
Suffers from Delusion
The taking of even small amounts of alcohol was
found to impair both mechanical skill and intelligence
and to reduce speed. Interestingly enough, the per
son concerned always feels that he is doing better
than normally. The committee found that alcohol,
in amounts of two or three ounces of whiskey, is very
detrimental to rapid and accurate co-ordination, and
will invariably depreciate driving ability.
The most recent scientific report that of the British
Medical Association Committee, pointed out that it
is almost universally agreed that the first effect of
alcohol, and the effect of the smallest doses, is upon
the higher functions of the brain.
When alcohol is taken into the body, it is eliminat
ed slowly. The body oxidises it at the rate of about
one ounce of whiskey an hour. This rate is not in
creased fven when the concentration of alcohol in
the body is raised by drinking larger quantities. The
effects persist and may be responsible for a motor ac
cident long after the alcohol is first taken.
Haw To Tell i) Driver it "Safe"
How are you to tell when a person is intoxicated
and unable to perform suitably in a motor car?
A very simple test is to ask him to touch his nose
with a finger of both the right and the left hand. Ask
him to take a key, walk across the room and unlock
a door and then bring the key back.
In this way you may learn whether walking is
normal and straight, whether there is fumbling with
the lock, and whether the person can turn without
becoming confused. Ask him to talk or read and see
whether he slurs his words or stumbles in reading.
These simple tests will frequently determine wheth
er it is safe to let him drive. If not, make up your
mind not to ride with him?and stick to your decision.
Today the number of deaths from motor vehicles is
greater than that of suicides and murders combined.
More accidents take place during late fall and winter
than in summer and spring, even though motor cars
are used less during the winter.
It behooves us, therefore, to be especially careful
during Novmber, Decmber, January, and February.
More boys and girls were kiled last year by auto
mobiles than died of diphtheria, scarlet fever, or
typhoid.
NOTICE or SALE or SEAL
By virtue at the authority of the
Superior Court for Martin County,
the undersigned will on the 22nd
day of February, 1930. at It o'clock
noon, on the premiaee daacribed. ex
jxjee to rale the following described
property:
Being one houae and lot in the
town of Hamilton, N. C., formerly
owned and occupied by Jerry Ben
nett and wife, Lucy Bennett.
JOS. W. BAILEY.
jan-21 4t-w
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice U hereby given that under
and by virtue of an order of the
Superior Court of Martin County
entered at the January Special
Term 1936 in that certain special
proceeding entitled, "J. H. Rober
son. Sr., J. Ben Roberson, D. L.
Koberson, et als, versus C. Arthur
Roberson, et als.'*, the undersigned
Commissioners appointed by the
Court will on Monday, the 2nd day
of March 1936, at twelve (12 o'
clock Noon, in front of the Court
house door of Martin County, at
Williamston. North Carolina, offer
for sale, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing tract of land, to-wit:
"Lying and being in the County
of Martin, Robersonville Township,
situate and near the Town of Rob
ersonville, N. C, adjoining the
lands of Jesse Ben Roberson and
Koberson Street on the East, C. Ar
thur Roberson on the South and
the center of the Canal and Flat
Swamp on the West, containing
thirty-six (36) acres more or less
and being the share of land allotted
to O. P. Roberson in the division of
the lands of the late George O.
Roberson, which said land division
is of record in the Public Registry
of Martin County and is hereby re
ferred to for a more accurate de
scription of said lands.'*
This 24th day of January, 1936.
HUGH G. HORTON,
ELBERT S. PEEL.
j28 4tw Commissioners.
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon us in a deed
of trust executed by L. A. Clark and
wife, Essie Clark, on the 19th day
of November, 1924, and recorded in
book T-2, page 269, we will, on Sat
urday. the 15th day of February,
1936, 12 o'clock noon, at, the court
house door in Martin County, Wil
liamston, N. C., sell at public auc
tion, for cash, to the highest bidder,
the following land, to wit:
All that certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Poplar Point
Township, Martin County, and State
of North Carolina, containing 119
acres, more or less, and bounded on
the N. by Everett Branch, on the E.
by lands of Jim Barnhill. on the S.
b^^heJVdd^jaOtdjjncMhj^Jands
of Jim Barnhill and an the W. by the
lends of J. L. Wynn. and mora par
ticularly described as follows, to wit
Bet inning at a stake in Everett
Branch, the corner of J. L Wynn
and the land herein conveyed,
thence & 4 1-2 W. 123 poles, S. 20
3-4 W. 6 poles, S. 43 1-2 W. 10??ol<w.
S 33 1-2 E. 33 poles. N. 46
poles, N. 12 E. 135 poles, thence N.
44 w e poles, S. T2 W. 70 poles, S.
56 W. 30 poles to the beginning
This land is sold subject to all un
paid taxes.
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of L. A. Clark and wife. Es
sie Clark, to pay off and discharge
the indebtedness secured by said
Deed of Trust.
A deposit of 10 per cent will be
required from the purchaser at the
This the 3rd day of January, 1036.
INTERSTATE
TRUSTEE CORPORATION,
j21 4tw Substituted Trustee.
Durham, N. C.
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon us in a deed
of trust executed by William James
and wife, Lillian James, on the 1st
day of December, 1922, and recorded
in book K-2, page 438, we will, on
Saturday, the 15th day of February,
1936, 12 o'clock noon, at the .court
house door in Martin County, Wil
liamston, N. C., sell at public auc
tion for cash to the highest bidder,
the following land, to wit:
A tract or parcel of land lying and
being in Roberaonville Township,
Martin County, State of N. C., and
being lot No. 5 allotted to Lillian
James in the division of the lands
of her father, R. T. Taylor, and fur
ther described as follows: Begin
ning at the corner of lot No. 4 in the
center of the canal in Ross Swamp
and running along the line of lot
No. 4 S. 34. 15 W. 31.80 chs. to the
center of the road, thence along the
center of the said road N. 74, 45 W.
9.40 chs. to a stake, corner of lot
No. 6, thence along the line of lot
No. 6, N. 34 15 E. to the center of
the said canal, thence down the cen
ter of the said canal its various
courses, approximately 9 chs. to the
beginning, containing 30 acres, more
or less. The adjoining land-owners
are C. D. Taylor and Leyta G. Tay
lor, the canal referred to on the S.
and Andrews land on the N.
This land is sold subject to all un
paid taxes.
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of William James and wife,
Lillian James, to pay off and dis
charge the indebtedness secured by
said Deed of Trust.
A deposit of 10 per cent will be
required from the purchaser at the
sale.
This the 3rd day of January, 1936.
INTERSTATE
TRUSTEE CORPORATION,
j21 4tw Substituted Trustee.
Durham. N. C.
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