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Hitch Hikers Create Problem The gesturing, upturned thumb, universally recognized highball among wanderers of the highway is strictly frowned upon in North Carolina. Fact it, it's against the law. However, like many statutes, the han against soliciting rides from motorists on public roadways has fallen by the wayside. For one thing, the transportation free load ers have decreased in number, thus drawing enforcement eyes to more pressing problems. And too, near ly everybody drives nowadays since the department of motor vehicles knows officially of 1,228,339 ve hicles. Among non-drivers, the old time shank's mare traveler is vir tually unknown. Transient; feel, It they don't own cars, there are plen ty of others who do. Thus the de clining. but aggressive corps of hitch hikers who unknowingly flout the law regularly. College students are perhaps the worst offenders according to the stale highway patrol. At football games they all but commandeer slow moving cars, creating addi tional hazards for hard pressed of ficers directing traffic. Fortunate ly a stem warning, with a hint of indictment, breaks up this gay Kami sometimes And it would indeed be an unobservant driver who failed to notice the platoon of Wake Forest student-thumbers who line upper Person street in Raleigh every afternoon. The young Dea con law students may not know it yet. but they arc breaking a duly enacted state law. The same situation prevails in West Haleigh where doiens of State college students bend their thumbs and break the law. In edu cation centers throughout the state, weekend thumbers create minor traffic problems. If there is a regular semi-organ ized corps of hitch hikers, it would be students, say extensive travelers. And while most safety officials condemn the practice, it's often overlooked in blanket preparations for highway safety promotion. The department of motor vehicles pro duces no statistics on fatalities and injuries among hitch hikers. That some few are injured, and perhaps killed, every year goes without say ing. Thus an appeal to those who thumb rides regularly to "cease and desist" is probably the best answer. For the academic minded the manual of motor vehicle laws, -in one short paragraph, presents the state's point of view on hitch hik ing. In aection 20-175 it reads: "No person shall stand in the travel portion of the highway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any private ve hicle." ! And for the hair-splitteri, tVe ' "travel portion" of the highway means right up to where the pave ment ends at the shoulder. Scoot Drive Short of Goal The Boy Scout drive in Carteret county hat netted to date $1,850. That nmouqt ia $150 short of the goal set this year at $2,000. Of that total, $814 was contrib uted in Beaufort, 1050 in Morehead City. $65 in Newport, and $21 in Harkers Island. Boy Scout workers are still hop ing to raise the $150 they fell ahort of the goal. They will continue ef forts to raise that amount during the next few days. Co-finance chairman of the coun ty drive were N. F. Eure, Beaufort, and Dr S. W. Hatcher, Morehead City. Contributions may be made to either of these men or to any person active in acoutlng. The Carteret county drive was held in conjunction with the drive of the East Carolina council of the Boy Scouts of America, of which the county group ia a part. I ' * ' l FIVE OCLOCK LONDON DRY | gin A ; Mil M?? ifug fpf Mg | gMH I||l milliuiiii wmzy ** **" i iii Cunt (Continual front Ph> I) with running the stop sign at Quern am) C?)?r ft. Abraham Williams, colored, was charged with court coats on a charge of operating without an ep eralar's J ionise. Evelyn Garrison, colored, waa or dered to pay eoort costs on a charge o( malicious prosecution after she sskjd for the withdrawal of a charge of assaulting a female against Jock Garrison colored. Judge Mason ordered a capias issued for t|w arrest of WUItaa Lawyer Hardesfy, colored, who failed to appear to answer a charge of public drunkenness, be ing In a place where he had no right to be, restating arrest "and striking an officer. Elizabeth City j Band to Appear Elizabeth City high school's famed "*180,000 band" will accom pany the school's football team here tonight when it meets Beau fort at the athletic field. The band will perform between the halves of the game. The 100-piece band is considered to lie the best high school musical organization in North Carolina. The group is particularly noted for ita intricate maneuvers and its spec tacular uniforms. The band travels In three buses. A fourth bus carries equipment and provides dressing room for the players. The band's expenses are underwritten by a resident of Eliz abeth City. The Beaufort band will play in pre-game ceremonies, leaving the time between the halves to the vis itors. The Beaufort band will also parade downtown this afternoon. Morehead House Homed As Fire Sweeps Dry Bool The home of Charles Holland, 16th street, Morehead City, was ruined Wednesday night when a fire swept the roof of the dwelling. Morehead City firemen worked for two hours to extinguish the blaze. The fire was believed to have started when an over-heated chim ney flue set fire to the dry shin gles and tar paper of the roof. The roof burned completely before fire men could bring the fire under control. LMa Svmnhoav Mm * Wll EmTmmttow The tittle Symphony drive will oqntfnu* through tomorrow, ?c cording tt GUno Adsir, proiiilmt . of the local grovy. The canvasser* ere hoping to raise enough money (Ms year to ?ponsor one adult concert and tfco Children's oanrols. Previously. on ly one children's concert ha* been The Little Symphony la a part of the North Carolina Symphony and hai played here In previous years. Contributions nuy be m ad* by calling the Chamber of Commerce office in cither Beaufort or More |head City whote nequeets will be forward*! to Adair or other work' ers. Stale Mnraos fay VWI to County Hoaltk Jfefartnuai Two visitors from the state board of health nursing division. Miss Grace Mattis and Miss Ann Lamb, were at the county health office last Wednesday, according to Dr. N. Xhos. Ennett, county health of ficer. Dr. Ennett says that the nurses were here to discuss general nurs ing problems but also to discuss particularly the new venereal dis- 1 ease center set up in the health | department at Wilmlngten. The center at Wilmington is tbe one | which serves Carteret county, ac cording to Dr. Ennett. Ucmm Examiner Moves Morehead City Location The driver's license examiner, G. I W. McLawhorn, reports that he i will, as of next Monday, be in a new location in Morehead City. | He is moving his office from the Sound Chevrolet building in More head City to the highway patrol office off highway 70 west of More head City. The move came after the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles was order ed to operate under the State High way Patrol. Hours for obtaining a driver's license in Morehead City are from 8:30 to 5:30 on Monday and Tues day of each week. Operator Has Busy Time Centralis, 111. (AP)-rMarie Folti got experience on her first day at the Valmeyer, 111., telephone switchboard that would equal that of some veteran "hello" girls. A small tornado roared up the valley into VaUneyer. In quick order the new operator handled fire and am bulance calls before lines went down and her switchboard all but blacked out. Death Payments 1 Rise in State North Carolina families received >21,539,000 in life insurance death benefit payment! in the first nine nwkka of this ya?r, compared with , *19,886,000 In the corresponding , period of last year, the Institute of Life Insurant* reported today. 1 The number of policies becoming claims in the first nine months was 20,850, which compares wHft 19,820 in the corresponding period of 1891. "The tremendous increases in' life insurance ownership since World War II are reflected in these current payments," Holgar J. John s ?p, Institute presidurt. said in an nouncing the figurls. "For the country as a whole, death benefits I paid in the first nine montiyi of this year were $84,788,000 greater i than in the corresponding period o( last year and 41 per cent more than ip the first nine months of | 1945. Life insurance ownership has , increased 80 per cent in the past seven years." Death benefit payments in this i state in the first three quarters of I 1092 compare with 113,242,000 in , the corresponding period of 1945. i Of this year's nine month aggre- | gate death benefit payments in i this state, $14,280,000 was under : 5,353 ordinary insurance policies; I $3,416,000 was under 2,061 group | life insurance policies; and $3,839,- i WMi th* UJ. &Dd Dtviaion in Korea (AP) ? Men of the U.S. 3rd *visi?n'a 7th infantry refiisent have von live fVingrittinnal Mortals of Honor, the nation'! highest dec oration, and 2,210 other award* In 22 months at liflbUag in K*cm Tha Distiguiahfd Sorvice Croat, seeMd hlnheijt awartf. Jut b?e? be stowed on 14 loldien of the regi ment since it was committed to ac i if.? Mniinmhnr 1QCA iron in nurrmiici , iuuu. Other decorations include: $38 Silver Stars, six Lagtooa Of Merit, 13 Soldiers Medals. 870 Bronze Stars with "v" device for valor, 177 Bronze Stars far meritorious service and 201 commendation rib baos. Bite Follows Sting Greencastle, Ind. (AP)? A dou ble-trouble bumblebee swooped in to Mrs. James Mclntyrc'c garden, stung both her and her dog. Then the dog bit her. DOQ was under 11,436 industrial in surance policies. For the nation as a whole, $1,. 368,684.000 was paid out as death claims under 1 139,543 policies in the first nine months of this year, compared with $1,283,886,000 un der 1,102,843 policies in the like period last year. Of this year's pay ments, $897,858,000 was under 331,524 ordinary policies; $286, 505,000 was under 131,369 group policies; and $184,301,000 was un der 676,650 industrial policies. Iowa to AitiwHw f -SJ Dei Moinct, low* (AP)? towi Joins the st?t*? propagandizing tfieir product!, scenery or other virtue* next yaar Iowa's Motor li cense plates for 1993 will oarry the worth "The' Corn State." Original Horlfc Carolina POTTERY We have on display a wide variety of ju|i, pitchers, candle holders, vases, flower pots, jardiniere and planters of various design size and color. Also Mixing Bowls, Bean Pots, Casseroles, Mugs, Bird Baths, etc. THESE ARE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS FARMERS SUPPLY ROUSE S. FRONT ST. DIAL 2742 NEW BERN We Duplicate The Original Factory Finish ONLY % f p* .00 65 AID UP On Your Old Car ? Ml MBICM I1AIE SUE IP1AT BOOTH ) We Use Only Oh Bat Factory Metimb and EvKpmenl For ? A RriUiuL Minor Finish * Baktd lo Granite Hardness MOBLEY BD1CK 1710 MOREHEAD CUV William Penn Blended ? % W h i i k ' y . J I fT/ER Piano MIL rlSTIVAL PRESENTATION Nationally Advertised Nationally Priced 17-22 ? | ? Don't rajas tibia outstanding showing ?f late model I Wurlitzer pianos now on display in our showroom. A style and finish to match every decorative scheme. 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