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
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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 <? 11> 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
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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 -
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.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
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; .Manes may develop in some
i. . itt. but 'there is no need what
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Mu in. deb i b< a ids .in all tobacco
iU?. art ei nil acting merchants
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is .1 i\ it. lining facts concern -
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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.
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Mr Ihi \ Poi o plan to spend the
'.-end m Richmond
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