What Can I Do About Accidents - Any self respecting Tar Heal citizen con cerned about die traffic menace which claims so many lives and causes such untold suf fering each year will ask: "What can I do abotX traffic accidents?" If there is any emergency in which John Doe can not only help but one whose solu tion depends, to a large extent, on his very active participation?tn*r emergency is the prevention of auto wrecks. Traffic safety is built out of the many contributions made by the John Does?by their careful observation of the first prin ciple of traffic safety: "Know end obey all Traffic Laws." The steadfastness which every men, woman and child adheres to this cornerstone of traffic safety will help in no small way to solve the preplexlng dilemma of mo dern traffic hazards. Some doubting Thomases may claim we ere unduly exaggerating the Importance of traffic laws, dismissing them as Insigni ficant in the overall picture of traffic ha zards. They ere Inclined to attribute fata lities to other more remote causes?to the operation of some natural law or even to Fate. In answer we can only quote what the State Department of Motor Vehicles says has happened In traffic mishaps in recent years: That about three-quarters of the drivers involved in fatal smashups were violating one or more traffic laws at the time death struck) The deliberate flouting of any law?from those of nature to those of traffic?is in dicative of an unhealthy state if mind, an unwholesome attitude, which can lead only to disaster. A knowledge of and a healthy respect for our traffic regulations Is essential not only to the solution of the traffic problem but to the survival of our whole social structure. Fundamentally, it's a simple solution. All it calls for is a willingness on the part of every driver to accept his responsibility as a citizen and as a human being to learn the traffic laws?and to obey them. You can do something about accidents? you can help save lives. WHEN ^ I THE ROADVi I NARROWS \V select Filliwiig irallir ?/JI|lll lit Lilt CIHK */*erie win care UUICM TIKKIIC ASSICIATIMS. IK. Agriculture in By VERNE STRICKLAND N. C. Farm Bureau Federation MINIMUM FARM WAGE The scrap over extending the minimum wage into farm labor ranks is going to be a tough one. And it's going to be an important one. Probably no other stats has as much at stake as North Ca rolina. which has to mobilize veritable armies of hired work ers to harvest maiiy key farm crops. In addition, North Carolina is termed a "low wage state," paying farm labor an average of 86 cents per hour. The jump from that figure to a minimum wage of perhaps $1.15 per hour is a longer leap from farm em ployers in many states would have to take. What die minimum farm wage could mean to the average North Carolina farmer is spelled out graphically by Dr. C. R. Pugh, an extension economist at N.C. State University. Dr. Pugh cities the hypotheti cal case of a farmer who pays his labor one dollar per hour. Amlnlmum wage of $1.15 per hour would force his costs up by the following amounts on the crops listed here; ?$2.50 increase for produc ing 100 pounds of flue-cured tobacco; ?$2.30 increase for produg ing 100 pounds of burley tobacco; ?50-cent increase for pro ducing 100 pounds of lint cotton; ?20-cent increase for pro ducing 100 pounds of peanuts. - ? Dr. C. E. Bishop, head of N. C. State's department of economics, notes that there are "many people who erroneously believe that a minimum farm wage will slow down the Influx of unskilled, low income people into the cities." He maintains that this belief "will encourage congressmen1: from urban areas to support a minimum wage to the farm laborers." Indeed, the minimum wage j could actually speed up the movement of workers from the farms, as employers accele- * rate mechanization to cut unit production costs. Many of these ? workers thus disowned will wind up on welfare rolls.Thefarmer would be doing them a service by vigorously fighting the mi nimum wage proposal. Health and Safety Tips From The American Medical Association With the coming of spring and a return to gardening and other out-of-doors activities, the risk of tetanus Increases. For several years the Ameri can Medical Association and many state and county medical societies have carried on con tinuing campaigns to urge the American public to protect it self against this very serious disease. Tetanus?commonly known as lockjaw?need not happen. By means of immunization, te tanus is almost entirely pre ventable. The tetanus spores can be found in the cultivated soils of most areas of the United States. They can be picked up by plants or animals, and in troduced into the victim's body by something as inconsequential as the scratch of a thorn or an insect bite. While millions of babies and members of the armed forces have been innoculated against tetanus, the fact remains that about three-fourths of the adult population is lacking in immu nity. The protection offered by Immunization wears off after a few years and must be re established by booster shots, which most people fail to get. Once they enter the body, tetanus spores "hatch" into microscopic bacteria, which begin to multiply, in the pro cess they liberate one of the V deadliest of all poisons which ' attacks the nerve centers, caus ing convulsions and muscle spasms?some so severe that victims have been known to 1 fracture a vertebra. Usually the first nerves af fected are those of the head ? ana necK wrncn control the chewing muscles. These turn rigid with spasm, giving the disease Its familiar name lockjaw. In a clean, free-bleeding cut tetanus spores usually are washed out. Or if they do sprout Into bacteria, the microorgani sms may be destroyed by the oxygen in the blood. But when blood flow is slight, or when the spores are insulated by im bedded dirt and cfebrfs. the te- ' tanus bacteria may gain a dead ly foothold within die body. This ? Is because tetanus bacteria thrive in the absence of air. No drug can halt a full-blown case, and about 60 per cent of those stricken die. Protection by immunization should be started early?one and a half to two months after birth?for the scrapes and falls of childhood offer tetanus many opportunities, in children, as well as adults, Immunity is Initiated by a series of three shots, spaced over eight weeks, and followed by a booster dose within six to twelve months. Immunity is maintained by boosters every five years. HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS FROM THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Is your child having trouble keeping up his grades in school tills year? There may beaphyslcalrea son for his poor record, says Today's Health, the magazine of the American Medical Asso ciation. Does the child squint, strain, rub his eyes or complain that they hurt, water or itch? Does he hold his book very close to his face when hereads?Has it been a long time since his last eye test? He may have defective vision. He may not be able to read the teacher's notes on the blackboard. Does he often ask you to re peat a question or statement? (That may have nothing to do Bible History BEGINNING OF SATAN Moses Chapter 4 verses 1 through 4. "And I. the Lord God, spake unto Moses saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded In the name of mine only Begotten Is die same which was from the begfemfaw and he came before me. saying, "Behold here ami, ?end ma, I will be thy Son and I will iitrmm all mankind that one soul shall not be lost, and wrely^ Iwflldo hwhar^re^lve loved and chosen from the be ginning said unto me, Father, Thy vtfll be done, and the glory be thine forever. Wherefore be cause that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to de stroy the agency of man which I, the Lord God had given him and also that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine only Begotten I caused that he should be cast down and he became Satan, yea, even the devil, die Father of all Ilea, to deceive and to blind a and to lead them captive wflL . Duplin Times Progress Sentinel Published Weekly by Progress Sentinel, Inc. Keaanseille, N. C. Second Class Postage Paid at Kenansville, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Single Copy Me b> Duplin and Adjoining ? Mao. ? $1.11 I Tr. ? OH Outside Of Duplin and Adjoining Counties ? Mas. ? M.St I Yr. ? M M (tad. N. C. Sales Tax) Outside North Carolina 1 Yr. IM? A Duplin County Journal de rated to the religious, ma tani drrdopmeat>'of*D^Un OosiBty. SENATOR SAM ERVIN ? SAYS * / WASHINGTON - WJim start ed out to be a short Congres sional session dedicated to Im provement of existing programs and laws has turned into ano- 4 ther effort to enact broad new programs. Presidential mes sages have been coming toCap itol Hill for weeks now with regularity urging new Federal aids at home and abroad. More over. the Viet Nam War has shifted Congressional concern from reform to Inflation, taxes, and the conduct of the war. Hopes for a short session have all but evaporated, what all this means Is that Congress will have less time to devote with hearing, of course. Many of our children know we will say something a second, third or fourth time . We often encou ? rage the habit of not listen-, lng.) Does he sometimes miss ?or seem to miss?a point made in a movie or on tele vision by the spoken word? Does he turn his head to one side as he listens? He may have defective hearing. It might even be as simple as Impacted wax In the ears, which can 'be re moved by your physician in a simple office procedure. Has he had an Infection, di sease or accident whose effects j may be lingering on? is there < a possibility (as far-fetched as \ it may seem to you at first) that i poor nutrition mav be holding him back, limiting his enthu siasms, Interests and capabili ties? He may be eating a con- i slderable quantity of food, but still be undernourished, if he eats Improperly, or If his tastes in food are too limited. If your child Isn't performing properly In his school work, ask yourself whether It Is time for an examination to determine whether his problems are caused by a physical condition that might be corrected. " to the improvement of old pro grams and instead will be de voting much energy to the con sideration of educational plans for overseas children and a new flock of civil rights bills. In this climate, criticisms le veled at the anti-poverty pro gram and the alleged misuse of federal Housing funds are almost certain to get less at tention than they merit. Con gress ought to take a long, hard look at existing Federal aids to individuals, communi ties, states, and the world. Such an effort would certainly im prove many Federal programs and cut waste out of others. Instead, the President has announced that he is sending down another set of ant 1-discri mination bills, is suggesting new and more costly city de velopment plans at a time when the Federal Government is pressed to hold down expen ditures, and is advocating pas sage of a rent-subsidy program that poses future budgetary pro blems. In the Congressional work load are some new programs that have much merit. The Pre sident has proposed amend ments to the Federal water Pol lution Control Act that I strong ly favor. I have Joined in the introduction of two bills on this subject. Conservation of pure vater supplies is a national leed vital to life in the years ahead. The water Pollution Control Act, which I co-sponsor, simply takes a new approach to the old problem of stream pollu tion and water shortages. Prin cipally it would shift functions from the Department of Health, Education, and welfare to the Department of Interior, and it would also create a commission to study the nation's water needs, especially with respect to pure water. Other Administration-backed iTlncle Pete From I Chitllin Switch T DEAR MISTER EDITOR: a I tee where one of them Wash ington column writer* named 11 John Cramer that work* fer a ' outfit called the Scripps-Howard tl Newspaper* has sneaked up on a * possum hiding in the Pentagon a wood*. * He come acrost a agency there h .that ain't hit a lick at a black- I' snake in four months. The Big t( Brass in the Pentagon explained d that all them workers was wait- i> ing fer a big computer to git a! installed and they was running four months behind with the in- tl stalling. This column writer said ci the name of the new agency was tl IPS of RPB of OD of AI&DSC tl which stood fer Input Pre para- b tions Section of Report Prepera- H tions Branch of Operations Di- ai vision of Army Information & tl Data Systems Command. ir I brung this item up at the a country store Saturday night and 01 some of the fellers was dis- vi agreed in the matter. Ed Doolit tle allowed as how it wouldn't M make no sense to hire a bunch a| of carpenters to build him a 0i barn four months afore he got the lumber to build it. He was p of the opinion this was more fe of that non compus mentus busi- u ness the storekeeper was talking gj about last week. Wi Zeke Grubb was agreed with g, Ed, said them workers could've K been earning their pay fer four ci months by cleaning junk piles, picking up beer cans and help ing Lady Bird in the America Beautiful program. Clem Webster of the Great ociety argued ever body waa lissing the main point, that it mid take four months fer Item workers to learn the name nd call letters of their new gency and that didn't nobody rant to be working fer aomepun e couldn't spell or pern ounce 11 let you umpire this one. Mis sr Editor, and if you git to any edsion in the matter, put it t ) your computer and send it long. Incidental, Ed told the fellers He "image" of the Great So lety was gitting worse all the me, reported he had saw where Hey was a big rash of phony $9 ills in New York and Boston, [e claimed it was a sad state of Hairs in the Great Society when lem counterfit boys was stoop ig to $5 bills. Anything under $20 bill nowadays, said Ed, had Light to be throwed into the po ;rty program collection plate. | It's a great pity, Mister Editor, f >me of the sessions at the store n't recorded fer history. I reed net that some of the best writ ig in the world was in news ipers but it was enjoyed and rgot like the weather. It's the ime way with some of the ses ons at the store. I reckon they as times when some of the eatest filosophy of this age has ime from fellers like Ed, Zeke, lem, Bug, Josh and the store >eper. Yours truly. Uncle Pete [( Minister's ( j Desk : 1 By: I). E. |* rkrrsonj ?' ^ ar*?w I One of the tragedies of the American home Is that the In dividuals In It are not interest ed In the other members, their feelings, desires, plans, etc. Under this type of arrangement you have a group of Indivi duals living under one roof, but they have not become one prodk-ams which I support are die tire safety standards bill and the antl-crlme proposals, in this connection, I have in troduced some antl-crlme le gislation on my own to curb rising crime rates and have worked on the legislation In the Committee. All In all, Congress still has much work to do before the snow flies. As of April 1, of twenty five major Administration mea sures on the Congressional ca lendar only three had reached the status of "final action." in addition, twelve regular ap propriation bill still had a long way to go, and a multitude of lesser bills were In the "study" and "hearings scheduled" stage If any consensus has develop ed at tnis stage of the session, It Is this: Congress Is less prone to create new Federal programs that will add to the already mounting tax burdens of the country. The word "vaccination" comes from the Latin word "Vacca." meaning cow, ac cording to World Book Ency clopedia. The term originally referred only to the Injection of cowpox virus Into the body to prevent smallpox. Inot share and sacrifice tor one another. They are not truly a family. Every husband and every wife should seek to know and understand as much as possible about their mates. This will make It possible to live not Just for self but for the marriage partner too. There was once a man who dashed Into a police station at midnight, explaining that his wife had been missing since eight o'clock that morning and asking that a search be made for her. "Her description," said the sergeant. "Height?" "1 don't know," replied the rage, 1 expect.*' Do you know how she was dressed?" "1 expect she wore a hat and coat," the husband rejoined, "and, oh yes, she had a dog with her." "What kind of dog?" "Brlndle bull terrier, weight fourteen and one-half pounds, four dark blotches on his body, shading from gray to white. Round, blackish spot over die left eye, white stub tall, three white legs and a right from leg brindled, all but the toes. A small nick In the left ear, a silver link collar, with?" "That'll dot" gasped the ser geant. "We'll find the dog.' No wonder many marriages ' are on the skids. This llttte story Is not much of an exag geration of many of our homes. We know more about out pos sessions and out pets than we do of our mates because we do not care, we are not con cerned. We do not take die time to make marriage a ge nuine partnership. Why no; be gin thinking right now of things, even little things, In which you can show your love for your mate, invest your best intoyour marriage ana the best will be returned to you. just try kl tell me hoy/ !ions dobs ittake. a cuocow-g e<5HES 1 M THE MOST EXPENSES WOOL'? 3 ( V VJCUUR PRCN1D6S J V th6 cpgruegryjooL i ,0 CAM NATURE PfiOTUCE 01AS5?| CAME PfTTAtciPC GrQd\tJ c 4-.. ,. i. > .il ^6KS 16 ON RECORD THg MftMMOUlW POTPfTO TW eRev* m ba/S.lPN*>,COL.,\NB0W\N6 qfe U96? 10 0Z.t 2 FT. 5 U4Q% U>N6 Crossword Puzzle across fed' |* |? \* I* h lT KM* l? l,r"F" tDeer'f homsHfe? ? ? ?2 _ Charts n?" B '? ""SSSSeatM BT~'k S" U. Piece of |? I ? HHBB^g8 j^aew? I I 8| ItS^Fr ? fetes?" r???? && R*? h? i|"5 18, Ape r fcH?? n#R ? ? ? ? ? ? 27. 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