Highway Record
In State Better
' RALEIGH (JP) While North
Carolina didn't walk away with any
grand awards for highway safety
progress, this state was able to pre
sent a good safety record to the
President's Illfhway Safety con
ference last week in Washington.
The state bettered the national
average of 10 per rent decrease in
fatal traffic accidents by having a
13 per cent decrease for the first
quarter of this year. Too, North
Carolina's 1946 record was 12.7 per
sons fatally Injured for each 100,
000 miles traveled. This repre
sents a decrease of nearly two per
cent from the 1945 average.
Motor Vehicles Commissioner
Landon C. Rosser, who attended Un
safely conference in Washington,
said yesterday that the state ranked
at the top in the amount of pro
gressive legislation lo report.
The 1947 General Assembly en
acted many new traffic and allied
laws covering recommendations in
cluded in the state's highway safe
ty program.
GETS HEAD START AT BARBER SHOP
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! Uradhw iMlin-alion Charles ls
ley. John Ne'.hill. II K. Drown and
Cli;irteN I). Ketner. Health and
welfare Unwell Crawford. Dr.
i.'.a..,! ( TiiniiT W livers and
John Boyd, Earl Messer and K.I ' Kaf.-lC-O. R.
Boone. Community Betterment
Emmet Ballentine, Henry Tiiltle. ! lloleri , l.eon Killian and John
Wayne Corpening and Hichard Cuddehac k
Waynesville Lions
(Continued from i'age One)
ONIY 7 WEEKS OLD, little Tommy Cox, Los Angeles, Cal., already has
a head of hair that gives Reed Sales, the barber, a good workout with the
shears One of the voungest customers on record, Tommy could have
used a trimmina at birth, says his mother, shown 6t left (International)
You won t rind more
Boy's Clothes
ANYWHERE!
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Big Bargains
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Slack Suits
One Group of Boy's SLACK SJUITS
rd si .98
One Group of Boy's SLACK SUITS
f0educed $2.98
Boys Reg. $4-98 SLACK CO QQ
SUITS, reduced to VJ.70 ' -
New State Park
(Continued From 1'age One)
olina Park Commission, has been
invited to attend, as well as Sen
ator Wade Brown, of Boone.
The members of the commission
as named by Governor Cherry re
cently, includes. Charles E. Ray, of
Waynesville; Percy Ferebee, of An
drews; Kelly E. Bennett, Bryson
City; Raymond Sutton. Sylva;
Halph Winkle, lioone; E. K. Guy.
Newland; and Francis lleazcl, Ashe
ville The commission will be the of
ficial representatives of the state
in all matters pertaining to the
development of the Park, Blue
Ridge Parkway and Pisgah and
Nantahala National Forests.
Scheduled to attend the meeting
are A. H. Graham, chairman of the
state highway commission and 11.
Bruce Etheridge, chairman of the
Department of Conservation and
Development. Both are ex officio
members of the new commission.
Hall Named Commander
32nd Legion District
L. C. Hall of Canlon, member of
the Varner-Rhinehart American
Legion post, was elected comman
der for the 32nd district at the
state convention of Legion and the
Auxiliary at Carolina Beach last
week. Mr. Hall previously was
vice commander of the district,
which embraces Madison, Bun
combe and Haywood counties.
DEATHS
REV. R. J. HUNTER
News has been received oi the
death of the Rev. R. J. Hunter, a
former pastor of the Canton Pres
byterian church for more than 10
The Rev. Mr. Hunter, 80
old. died in a Gastonla hos
pital on Wednesday last.
The funeral service was neld ai
the West Avenue Presbyterian
i hnrrh In Gastonia. Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock. Burial was in
the Mallard Creek cemetery in
Mecklenburg county.
WILEY 3. BALL
Wiley J. Ball, 66, for a number
of years a merchant in Canton died
in the Thayer Veterans nospitai,
Nashville, Tenn., last Wednesday,
June 18.
Mr. Bail left Canton with his
family several years ago to accept
a government position in Washing
ton, D. C, where they made their
home for some time before moving
to Columbia, Tenn.
Mr. Ball, a native of Madison
county, was in the grocery busi
ness here for some time, and also
was connected wnn a iurnuure
store here. His wife died on May
28 of this year.
He is survived by three sons,
Gudger of Philadelphia, Pa., and
Everett and Wayne of Columbia,
Tenn., and one daughter, Mrs. Lois
Henslcy, of Nashville; two broth
ers, Jesse and Fred Ball, of Can
ton; and three sisters, Mrs. Annie
Boyd and Mrs. Ella Allen of Can
ton, and Mrs. Ida Lanning of Enka.
Those from Canton attending
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Allen and son, Hugh, Mrs. An
nie Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McKinney. Fred T. and Jesse C.
Ball.
Marriage Licenses
William J. Moorhead, of Blacks-
burg, S. C, to Abbie Fay Henry,
of Clyde.
In the United States the average
Negro man lives to be 50 years old
and the average Negro woman to
be fifty-nine and two-thirds years
old.
Llod Young of Haywood county
to Connie B. Wilson, also of Hay
wood county.
Robert E. Allison, of Sylva, to
Juanita D. Lane, of Roxboro and
Lake Junaluska.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Sloan had
as their guests during the week,
relatives of the latter as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Craig and
son, William Craig, of Charlotte;
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Strowd, of
Chapel Hill; Miss Emma Rankin
and Ed Rankin, both of Gastonia;
and Craig Smith of Richmond, Va.
Hi. Craig is a brother, Mrs. Strowd
is a sister, Miss Rankan, an aunt,
Mr. Rankin, an uncle, and Mr.
Smith, a nephew of Mrs. Sloan.
Sale On Boy's Wash Pants!
THEY'RE HERE BY THE HUNDREDS
Boys Cotton GABARDINE and $1 QQ
HERRINGBONE PANTS Reduced to V1"7UI
Boys COVERT PANTS .. . 1 CO
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Boys KHAKI PANTS . . . Regular $2.98 . .
Reduced to
Boys Mercerized POPLIN PANTS . . .
Regular $3.98 . . . Reduced to
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Formerly to $7.98 . . . Keciucca io
Boys OVERALL PANTS . . .
Reduced to
$1.98
$2.98
$4.98
$1.98
Raffs Stock of Boy's Shirts is Large!
Read The Bargains!
One Group of Boys Sport and
Dress Shirts . . . light and JCT
Harks . . . Reduced to v J-
Boys Crash Sport Shirts
Reduced E1 OQ
to JLU
Boys Sport Shirts
Regular J
Reduced
Regular $1.98 flfl Q
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Boys Rayon Sport Shirts
Reduced 1 QQ
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Boys Dress Shirts . . .
f0edu!ed $1.49
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We Now Have An Ample Stock of . . .
O CEMENT O BRIXMENT
Rock and Glass Wool
INSULATION BATTS
SHINGLES - ROLL ROOFING
BRICK SIDING
Meet the Man Who Built One
.. , ...9 r r Watklno. Greenville. S. C. slen
painter, asked himself and then got busy and built one. It g the second
of his creations. Motored Dy a new ruru cusmc, "
cab and a large rear trunk compartment, the car rides on a chassis and
wheels taken from a 1935 Ford. Watkins built the body of 20-gauge
steel. The job took him three years to iinish in his spare time, but it
has been wortn it, ne says. luvai nn
Gallon Of Money
Reported Stolen
CONCORD Robert Leak, Jr.,
19-vear-old Harrisburg Negro, was
in the county jail today, charged
with stealing a "gallon of money"
from Ervin Russell, another Negro.
Deputy Sheriff Bert Ball said he
was still investigating the ease and
reported that the "gallon of
money" consisted of $700 in dunes,
quarters, halves and $7. in green
backs.
The deputy said the alleged
theft occurred Saturday night at
Russell's home near the Morehead
place in No. 2 township.
He said the Negro admilled the
robbery and led him to an old tree
stump near Rocky River church
where he had hidden about half
of the loot. The other half he said
he squandered on beer, ice cream
and soft drinks for his friends, ex
cept for $250 which he "lost in a
poker game in Charlotte."
Russell reported that Leak en
tered his home about 10:30 Satur
day and reported that the "gallon"
in which he kept the gallon jar of
money had been taken.
BIDS FOR AUTO SALES
LONDON Britain made a
bid for part of America's share of j
the world automobile market, an
nouncii i plans to reduce the an
nual license fees for automobiles
to a flat 10 pounds ($40). Princi
pal purpose of the cut, Chancellor
of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton told
the House of Commons, will be to
1 encourage the British motor indus
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! dustri.il activity will remain high
during the next several years and
as a consequence, the agricultural
I income of this state will remain in
a favorable position.
Junaluska Singers
(Continued from Page One)
The role of narrator was sung by
Barbara Holbert, soprano, and that
of Jairus by Frank Love, bass.
These main solo parts dnmanding
dramatic interpretation and sym
pathetic understanding were ex
tremely well done.
Mildred Cragon, soprano, in the
well known solo, "My Hope Is in
lh. TTtrorlactincy " intarn.al. ...:u !
nil, . . v. . ....j.-..,-,, ...,vai,i Willi
convincing simplicity the hopeful
ness that followed the assurance of
Jesus that Jairus' daughter shall
be made whole.
The "Love Divine AH Love Ex
celling" duet for soprano and ten
'or, sung by Barbara Holbert and
Edgar Bodiford, was a high point
and was executed with artistry and
expression.
Although the choruses consisted
of only eight voices their singing
was well balanced and showed to
advantage Mr. Simson's unique and
subtle Interpretative power which
has won for him an outstanding
reputation in the field of oratorio.
He handled the varying moods of
the cantata expertly to the joyous
conclusion of the work.
Forester Predicts
Prosperous Farm
Year During '48
North Carolina farmers can look
forward to a prosperous year in
1948, according to Dr. G. W. Fors
ter, head of the Agricultural Eco
nomics Department at State Col
lege, who said the national econo
my is in a highly satisfactory con
dition, and the immediate future is
brignfT '
This means, he believes, that ag
ricultural conditions, with a few
possible exceptions, will also be
satisfactory.
Explaining his reasoning behind
such a prediction, Dr. Forster says
that farm prosperity depends al
most directly on the condition of
the national economy. Therefore,
a close relationship exists between
the prosperity of farming in North
Carolina and America's industrial
activity.
As Dr. Forster sees it, this in-
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One 1JKJ5 Chevrolet l'2-ton
truck, new tires, 25,000 actual
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One 1947 Civilian Jeep, Dem
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try to build larger cars to compete
with American models in the ex
port market.
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largest in equatorial Africa,
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Raiff's Stock of Sport and Dress
WE NOW HAVE DKtSS AM'
SHIRTS TO SIZE 20
SPORT SHIRTS REDUCED
Reg. $5.98 Rayon flJO QC
Shirts reduced to ffOOV
Reg. $4.50 Rayon QQ QC
Shirts reduced to p.t-
Reg. $2.98 Rayon and M QC
Cotton Shirts Red. to
RAIFF'S HAVE "LOADS" OF
WORK SHRTS!
Men Heavy
Chambray Shirts
Mens Poplin Shirts .
and Dress . . . Reg.
$2.49 . i . Reduced to ..
Mens Blue
Twill Shirts
Mens Duckhead
Khaki Shirts
$1.00
, For work
$1.98
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