Martins To Meet Strong Sanford Quint Sunday Afternoon Merry Christmas For Morticians? (By Henry Averill in the N. C. Capital Parade) Raleigh?Unless there is a com plete reversal of the current trend in highway accidents and deaths in North Carolina, this is going to be a very merry Christmas?for Tar Heel undertakers (or morticians as they prefer to be called.) Practically every month of 1941 has shown a sharp increase over its corresponding twelfth of 1940 and so it seems reasonable to expect De cember and the Yule season to con tinue in this ascending curve. Which means that more than 60 persons will be killed in the ten-day period from December 21 through 30, and more than a dozen will be come bloody, broken corpses on Christmas Day itself. Maybe the vic tims will find peace, but it will not lie "n earth, anH there acgiireHty can be no promotion of good will to men through killing them off on the roads. Capital Parade took the trouble to find out the score for last year's Christmas holidays and here it is: Between December 21, 1940, and December 30, 1940, there were 53 fatal accidents in the State, with 57 persons killed in them. On Decem ber 25th, the day of joy and gladness for most folks, an even dozen died in automobile wrecks. These somber statistics provide a very black background for the com ing holidays, and account for the worried looks of Highway Safety Di rector Ronald Hocutt and his aides. Mr. Hocutt will, as usual, issue a Christmas appeal for courtesy, san ity and caution. "Give a life for Christmas," will be his slogan; but he has been appeal ing and caroling for years, and un less he gets a bit of cooperation from Tar Heel motorists, he might just as well take the rest of the month off and go somewhere he cannot see the red record of death and disaster sure to be written in the blood of North Carolinians. Large Crowd Expected To See Spins In Action Heads British Army Head of Britain's home forces, Gen. Sir Alan Brooke was appointed to succeed Sir John Dill, retiring as Chief of the British Imperial Army General Staff. He is known as a wizard in the field of mechanical Christmas Season To Break Record! On comes the Christmas shopping | season, with merchants and Com- i meTce Department experts alike pre dicting record-breaking volume, pos sibly touching $5,000,000,000 All this in spite of taxes, the spectre of in flation, ether "go slow ' signs. The expected splurge may have something of the. old "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow " philos ophy in it, in view of the fact that after the holidays we'll have turned the calendar corner and be actually in that tax-battered year of 1942. But at any rate there seems to be little awareness of that in the cur rent shopping mood. Store shelves are abundantly stopked for a whop ping holiday season, too, in spite of official curtailments that have been applied, month after month, to one consumer line after another. Locals V( ill Display Improved Attack Sunday Afternoon After Several Hard Practice* The Martin* Are Very Optimistic With several hard scrimmages bo hind them and another long session of practice on docket for tonight, the WiUiamston Martins will present a vastly improved team which will take the court here Sunday after noon against the Sanford Spinners Sunday's exhibition is scheduled to get underway at three o'clock and is expected to draw a large crowd. The Sanford Spinners, always ranked with the best in the State, were slated to perform here last Sun day. but the contest was postpon ed until a week later In their first meeting this season, the Spinners took the large end of a 80 to 50 verdict, which an un usual display of offensive basket ball on the part of both teams. San ford's set of twins, Joe and Jim Mills, led the attack the pair scoring a to tal of 42 points. These whirlwinds of the hardwood always offer fans a real show- in the art of "dropping" baskets from any and all difficult angles, and they are expected to tax the Martin defense to its utmost. Another stand-out for the Spinners will, be Wayne Harris, who former ly starred for High Point College, receiving much praise for his out standing ability. This trio along with Charlie Ruark. former University of Georgia athlete; Johnny and Sam Womble, who used to play for N C. State College and Cooper, of Elon, will combine their talent to please every basketball fan in this section Sunday who witnesses the affray in the high school gym. Brushing off the rough spots m both offense and defense with hard practice, the Martins will enter Sun day's tilt with an eye for revenge, which in pimple words, means that the visiting squad is in or an after I noon of trouble. "Big Leaguer" Beaird, whose ankle Was injured the latter part of last season and which he hurt again I several weeks ago. is reported . f ?st rounding intq shape and ready iof all opposition. With the regular practices, all of the players are rub | bmg off much oi tiie-iust, ami it is anticipated that a great battle is in j the offing for Sunday afternoon. EXECUTRIX' NOTICE Having this day qualified as ex ecutrix of the last will and testa ment of Annie M. Boston, deceased, late of Mai tin County, North Caro lina, this is to notify all persons hav ing claims against the estate of said deceased, to exhibit them to the un dersigned for payment on or before November 12. 1942, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immed iate payment. This the 12th day of Nov., 1941. K1NKCY HANSEN. n!4-6t Executrix JoRtlitv, d* ;oV? f/^U666 LJOaaU?iTS. iALVS. HOSI !*OF3 See Us For D Y N A MITE CAPS ft FUSE ? LARD STANDS ? BUTCHKR KNIVES ? HOG SCRAPERS ? LARD PRESSES - ? SAUSAGE MILLS ? HEATERS WILLIAMSTON Hardware Company WASHINGTON STREET TaxesPAYABLE AT PAR During December INTEREST RATE OF ONE PER CENT PER MONTH WILL BEGIN SOON. Save Money PAY YOUR TAXES NOW! The TOWN OF WILLIAMSTON Those Famous Bearded Gents Will Return Yep, folks, this is part of those bearded Rents who form the House of David basketball team which holds any number of rec ords ? as shot-makers, passing artists, clowns or what have you. The House of David will play the Williamston Martins here Sunday afternoon, December 21 which will he one of the biggest court attractions seen in this sec tion this season. Above are two of the boys, Ham Hamilton and Bill Stein eckr, both here last year, and Miss It nth Parker, ace sports writer. Miss Parker wants to know why Steineeke doesn't transplant some of his whiskers 011 that bald dome. Which isn't such a bad question even though a bit iiersonal. That the House of David beau ties' will bring a greater array of trick shots and passes along w 11ta several new members is evidenced in a story by Sports Writer II Moats in the I'on tiac Mich. I'ress It was not the Celtics with Banks, lliekey and all, but it w is the Davids with Hamilton, bald Slcioccke and the other bearded buvs that'took the basketball show and pleased the spectators. The score didn't matter lor those whiskered boys know their basketball ! Supply ()f Tobacco Bed ( loth Assured I-' ?< inn the possibility in certain lo ? nhiU > i.f a shortage of cloth for to I).!??,' . plant bods, the'North Carolina I'Sf) \ r? fonso Board is taking steps ? opr with tlu> situation before act Ju.i : 1 !?111.i.?.'s arc reported. T ' .ceo i. rmcrs will be interest - ! I 'i'i .teni w that arrangements have .My h? ?)h worked out with man : ? . "North Carolina's re call be met." said G. Tom Scott, i ban man of the State Defense [Board. H It |" iblc. however. "ho added, ; .Manes may develop in some i. . itt. but 'there is no need what | ... \ t l.>: ? rush nn pr. sent supplies, < Vri'aMigement.- . ill be made to take M o i.. .ill 11 qim . merits." i M' uravoid such develop Mu in. deb i b< a ids .in all tobacco iU?. art ei nil acting merchants ' > 1 el . the cloth, used on plant is .1 i\ it. lining facts concern - ? it- > . I'ty' ti> obtain the sup ? i ? i i for i ch locality. 1 i-i ? If b , sufficient quan i ? ill i not available at pres :: . 1 ? IMviy. to be made a vail e * ? m rn ar future. county de 1. ? Is ma.\ vy<>tk with mer % -it.. ..on- the Mil ? M -I ? O: .itig ev.-ry tobacco ' i : North Carolina "to take ??t t i .?ihle iMlIi of U)th bid o.1 \ cloth wliiciv will bo used ?? in.} 2 c i i Merc ha ills are al ... die DeleiiStj Board to v., rn putvlia. era of the. possibility hortages of more serious nature ic Hr.1 future and thus the necessity , i i .ireful treatment of their present 1 supply. in Visit in Richmond Mr. and Mi t! K Thorpe and Mr Ihi \ Poi o plan to spend the '.-end m Richmond 011 TII If D IN HARRISON county, the Heart or THI KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS DISTRICT. WI1H LIMESTONE WATER. 8Y THE IDENTICAL PROCESS AND PORMULA IN USE SINCE 1861 % w>.v? 1 v 'W'?o'; S|..'!."? j>|. s:>.M) (ji. OLD IMS HUNTER BRAND